Tim Seifert’s record breaking half century. (Photo- PTI)
Tim Seifet-Devon Conway vs India: New Zealand got a stormy start in the fourth match of the T20 series against Team India. Kiwi team’s opening pair Tim Seifert and Devon Conway together hit fours and sixes. During this, Tim Seifert equaled the record of scoring the fastest T20 half-century for New Zealand against India. At the same time, along with Devon Conway, he accomplished a feat which had never been seen in the last 9 years.
Tim Seifert’s record breaking half century
Tim Seifert caught everyone’s attention by scoring a stormy half-century in this match. In Visakhapatnam, Seifert touched the 50-run mark in just 25 balls, which is the fastest half-century by a New Zealand batsman against India. He shared this record with Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor, who had completed 50 runs in 25 balls in Auckland in 2020. During this, he attacked the Indian bowlers fiercely and kept his strike rate close to 200. Thanks to his stormy innings, New Zealand got an explosive start.
This happened after 9 years
Seifert along with Devon Conway made a great partnership for the first wicket. Both added 100 runs in just 8.2 overs. During this, Conway scored 44 runs on 23 balls and was out on the ball of Kuldeep Yadav. This was the first 100+ run opening partnership against India in T20 International after the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-finals. At the same time, after 9 years in India, an opening pair achieved the feat of making a partnership of 100 runs in T20 against Team India. Earlier in the 2017 Rajkot match, Martin Guptill and Colin Munro had added 105 runs.
New Zealand’s 5 years long wait is over
This was the first time in New Zealand’s 17 opening partnerships in T20 against India since 2020 that a 50+ run partnership was formed. Earlier, the openers were seen struggling continuously, but this time Seifert and Conway showed a completely different style.