1st T20 | Conway’s 92 sets up New Zealand’s 66-run win against Bangladesh
The Hindu
Conway and Young lifted New Zealand to 210-3. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi then took four wickets in the space of eight balls, as Bangladesh managed only 144-8 in reply
Devon Conway’s prolific international summer continued on Sunday with an unbeaten 92 which led New Zealand to a 66-run win over Bangladesh in the first T20 international. Conway took his runs from only 52 balls and combined in a 105-run third wicket partnership with Will Young who made a half- century from 28 balls in his T20 international debut. The pair lifted New Zealand to 210-3 as it batted first after winning the toss. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi then took four wickets in the space of eight balls - three bowled - as Bangladesh managed only 144-8 in reply.He has worn India’s blues, albeit in an Under-19 World Cup, with K.L. Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat as his teammates. He has proudly adorned the Lion’s Crest — the famed Mumbai cricket logo — in all three formats. He has played with Yuvraj Singh, against Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid and has the likes of Rahul and Joe Root in his illustrious list of dismissals. He is also a software developer for an IT giant, based in California. Virtually every middle-class Indian over the last three decades at some stage dreams of being either a cricketer or an IT professional. Saurabh Netravalkar has been combining two dreams, even after relocating to USA to pursue academics at the prestigious Cornell University in 2015.
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