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Pant batting at the top order is a nice move due to his gameplay, just give him 5-6 matches if he fails then others are waiting in line.
Pant will be under a lot of pressure as he needs to perform in the opening slot to get a spot in the T20 format because when Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul returns he wont be having that opening slot to experiment.
Kane Williamson is out injured and he is their best bet to perform consistently and i hope we will see a competitive match than a one sided encounter .
India haven't made brilliant start, the presence of Suryakumar Yadav have helped to reach good target. If they weren't able to make the big target surely this could've been a win for New Zealand. In the match, the Indian bowlers had good target and the same made them play without pressure. This helped them win the match easily by a big margin.
High total might be a reason and they were under pressure to maintain the run rate, but they batted terribly, they lost the openers pretty quickly and only Kane Williamson played well in the match and the rest of the batsman were throwing away their wicket.