India, Nov. 3 -- 118/0. This is what the score read after the Powerplay in the third T20I between India and New Zealand. Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sent the ball flying to all corners of the ground, and eventually, India chased down the target of 199 well inside 14 overs, setting multiple records, including the highest Powerplay score.

Yorker? Went for a six. Bouncer? That too went out of the ground. Slower one? Well, that disappeared too. Everything New Zealand tried kept vanishing well into the stands.

Gone are the days when conditions varied from country to country. Increasingly, pitches for T20 cricket all over the world are becoming batting-friendly, and the scores of 220-240 are being normalised. And the question beg...