India, Feb. 4 -- When Abhishek Sharma was on the rampage at the Wankhede Stadium I was thinking, which bowler in the world can possibly stop this carnage?

The thing is, this exciting young left-hander drives on the up, pulls anything that is short, takes the yorker on the full and drives it straight down the ground for a boundary. When you take the pace off, he is ready for it, uses the loopy nature of the delivery to hit it even further.

Adil Rashid, a competent T20 wrist spinner, also could not stop him. He tried everything in his armoury, the leg spinner, the front of hand fast ball, the googly at various speeds; he tried all this around the wicket too.

Nothing worked.

So which bowler can stop this mayhem? Two bowlers came to mind,...