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Axar has delivered in pressure situations earlier, and he admitted he fell back on the confidence of having done well in the past. “There was also confidence from having won the [T20] World Cup one month back,” he went on. “You may not always come up with the goods under pressure, but the learnings from those experiences will come in handy. I have been doing well for the last one year or so, and that adds to the confidence as well.”

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Nissanka, with a T20I best 79, and Kusal Mendis had added 84 for the first wicket, and Nissanka put on 56 for the second with Perera, but after that, it was India all the way. Part-time off-spinner Riyan Parag applied the finished touches with three for five, rounding off a great first full-time night in office for Suryakumar. “We practiced here for two-three days and we knew how the wicket would play,” the new captain pointed out. “We never thought the game would go away from us, given we won the World Cup. Fortunately, there was no dew.”