Hamilton: Mayank Agarwal batted thrice on Day One of the tour match. First was his brief outing in the middle that lasted 13 balls. The other two were prolonged practice sessions under the watchful eyes of the coaching staff. The purpose of the rigorous batting session was to overcome a minor technical glitch that had developed in Agarwal's game.

The problem was that Agarwal was getting closed off at the point of impact. It meant his bat had to come around his body to meet the ball which caused him to play inside the line of the ball. The technical hiccup was resulting in him edging the ball to the slip cordon.

On Sunday, all those practice drills enabled him to overcome the issue as he scored fluent 81 in 99 balls before retiring to the dressing room. It was the first time Agarwal had crossed 50 in 10 innings on the tour—six of those were for India 'A' last month.