Mumbai, Jan. 22 -- Following India's win over New Zealand in the first T20I, former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull hailed Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh for their knocks, pointing out how the latter has not played enough T20I cricket for his country and should have played 100 matches by now for his abilities as a finisher.

Abhishek continued his mean streak at the top with an explosive 35-ball 84 laced with five fours and eight sixes while Rinku's quickfire 44* in 20 balls helped India reach 238/7 in 20 overs during their first T20I against the Kiwis at Nagpur, which they won by 48 runs. After featuring heavily in the Indian set-up from 2023-24 with 30 matches under his belt, Rinku could get only five T20Is and three innings under hi...