It surely hurts to be at the receiving end of some brutal belting and a massive 102-run defeat. What makes it worse for the suffering captain is the fact that he asked for it.
On a batting beauty of a pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium that eventually produced 754 runs — with a World Cup record for aggregate boundary hits of 74 fours and 31 sixes — Dasun Shanaka’s decision to field appeared justified on a hot afternoon when his opposite number Temba Bavuma fell to the 10th ball of the innings and the next five overs produced just 10.
But what followed was a run-riot leading to a few World Cup records, including the fastest century and the highest total.
