It's surprising India stop batting (1,7)
I believe the answer is:
i declare
'it's surprising' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'india stop batting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'india' could be 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'i' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'declare' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for i declare that I've seen before include "Gracious" , "Crumbs" .)