India, Feb. 10 -- Tim Seifert has had his share of highs. Against India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; on pitches lush and abrasive; against spin and pace; under the pump or just setting up innings with insane hitting. So, it isn't exactly news when he goes at a strike rate of over 200 in an unbroken 175-run opening stand-the highest in T20 World Cup history-on a flat Chepauk pitch, that too against an inexperienced bowling like that of UAE, one of the bowlers once almost getting maimed by a full-blooded straight drive from Finn Allen.

You expect clean hitting from them, but not with the kind of clarity that ends a chase in 15.2 overs and absolutely dismantles UAE after their courageous innings. But it wasn't the only talking point of the matc...