Christchurch, Oct. 22 -- Following India's win over New Zealand in the first T20I, the New Zealand batter Glenn Phillips hailed the Indian opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, saying that one has to have "every plan under the sun" against them as they offer very "little room for error".

An explosive 93-run stand, powered by a half-century from Sanju and a fiery finish from Naman Dhir, powered India to their highest run-chase in T20Is, galloping down 226 runs after a brief collapse during the middle overs which left the world champions at 122/4. Sanju (67 in 33 balls, with eight fours and four sixes) was the top-scorer, continuing his fine run of form in T20Is this year, while Naman (42* in 15 balls, with five fours and two s...