| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to the final day of warmup game. Favorites, India take on Bangladesh in their final preparation before the main event. The Men in Blue were completely demolished by the Kiwis in the last game. Their batsmen will look to put up a better show before heading into the tournament. Bangladesh, on the other hand, will finally look to have a complete game before they kick off their World Cup campaign. They did not even take to the field in the last game and might feel a little uncertai |
| TOSS - Indian skipper, Virat Kohli calls HEADS but the coin comes down as TAILS. Bangladesh win the toss and elect to bowl first. |
| Bangladesh skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza mentions that because of the conditions and the fact that the wicket was under cover, they want to bowl first. Informs that most of the players are playing today as it is their last chance before the World Cup starts. Ends by saying India are one of the biggest sides and it will be a good test for them against their Asian rivals. |
| India skipper, Virat Kohli says that they were looking to bowl first as well. He states that they did test themselves in the first game under difficult conditions but now if they are batting first, they will try to do their best having already got a hang of conditions. About the previous game, Kohli mentions that they played a practice game within 2 days of coming to England and it is not easy to do that. Virat feels that they have played a lot of cricket and are in good frame and that they have |
| PITCH REPORT - Michael Slater is the pitch analyst. He says that there is a little bit of greenness on the surface which was also used between South Africa and Sri Lanka earlier. Sourav Ganguly joining him, reminds us that in that game, most wickets were off short pitch deliveries. Ganguly though says that the pacers will be better off trying to get the ball up and making it swing as there will be assistance for them early on. He feels that it is a good toss for Bangladesh to win. Sourav though |
| It was about time to start the game but the covers had come out as a precautionary measure. They though have been removed within no time and we should be starting soon! The umpires, players are seen in the dressing room itching to get out to begin the game in live visuals! Can't wait for the game to get underway... |
| Finally we are all set to begin. The umpires are out in the middle. The Bangladesh players follow them onto the field. Out walk the Indian opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. Rohit will take the strike. The first new ball for Bangladesh is in the hands of Mustafizur Rahman. The umpire says play and so we shall begin. |
| 0.1 : M Rahman to R Sharma, India are off the mark straightaway. Mustafizur bowls it on a length first up. It goes with the angle, Rohit taps it through covers and gets three as the fielder gives it a chase. Solid start from Rohit. |
| There is a steady drizzle that has begun. |
| 0.2 : M Rahman to S Dhawan, Good length ball coming in to the batsman, Shikhar tucks it to square leg and gets off the mark with a single. |
| And we are going off! After just two balls. Not what we wanted to see but let us hope that this is a passing shower. The rain has got heavier and in come the covers on the field and up go the umbrellas in the stands. Afraid to say that the rain has picked up pace! |
| Update 1058 local - Good scenes from the ground as the groundstaff are seen rolling up the main cover and slowly removing the others as well. Hopefully, we should be resuming soon! |
| Update 1104 local - We have got an official word. The game will be resuming at 1110 local time (1010 GMT). Not too long to go... Also, good news is that the dark clouds seem to have cleared and the SUN is showing up! |
| The players are seen walking back out to the middle. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma will resume batting, with the latter on strike. Mustafizur to bowl the third ball of the opening over. Let's play!!! |
| 0.3 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Bowls it fuller on middle, Rohit looks in good touch as he astutely blocks it. |
| 0.4 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Length ball on off and middle, Rohit tucks it to the man at square leg. |
| 0.5 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Pulls his length back slightly on this occasion. It is once again on off, Rohit defends it to the man at cover. |
| 0.6 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Dot to finish the over. 4 runs off the first one. The last ball is on off, Rohit defends it off his front foot. |
| Skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza to bowl from the other end with the second new ball. He will start from around the wicket. |
| 1.1 : M Mortaza to S Dhawan, Starts with a length ball coming in with the angle, Dhawan looks to flick but gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 1.2 : M Mortaza to S Dhawan, Length delivery on the off stump line, Dhawan defends it to cover. |
| 1.3 : M Mortaza to S Dhawan, Once again he bowls it on the pads, Dhawan looks to flick but it goes off the thigh pad towards square leg and they take a leg bye. |
| 1.4 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Comes over the wicket to the right-hander. He bowls it on a length outside off. No swing for the skipper there. Rohit shoulders arms to it. |
| 1.5 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, This time gets a little bit of away swing though he induces it late. It is outside off, Rohit once again leaves it. The ball swings away after it goes past the stumps towards the keeper. |
| 1.6 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Straight ball on the fifth stump line, Rohit offers no shot. Tidy start from Mashrafe. Just a leg bye off his first. |
| 2.1 : M Rahman to S Dhawan, Good ball. Full and pace just outside off. The ball swings away after hitting the deck. Dhawan looks to defend but gets beaten. |
| 2.2 : M Rahman to S Dhawan, On the fourth stump line. No swing on offer, Dhawan leaves it alone. |
| 2.3 : M Rahman to S Dhawan, Length ball pitching on leg and it comes in slightly. Dhawan looks to defend but gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 2.4 : M Rahman to S Dhawan, Length ball on middle, Dhawan tucks it to the man at mid-wicket. Four dots on the trot. Is something going to happen here? |
| 2.5 : M Rahman to S Dhawan, OUT! Yes, something has happened. Something big. Bangladesh have got the first breakthrough. Mustafizur has got the reward for troubling Dhawan throughout this over. Length ball pitching around off and coming in to the southpaw. Dhawan looks to flick it but misses and gets hit on the pads. Bangladesh players put in a big appeal and the umpire after a few thought raises his finger. Dhawan does not take the review. Good decision as it looked plumb. Hawk Eye later on rol |
| Cheers around the ground as the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli walks out to bat at number 3! |
| 2.6 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Wicket maiden from Mustafizur. Brilliant stuff. Length ball pitching on off and moving away, Kohli shoulders arms to it. |
| 3.1 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Poor shot! A length ball wide outside off and moves away, Rohit goes for a wild slash but misses the ball. Very loose from the Indian opener. |
| 3.2 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Much better. Rohit comes ahead to prevent the movement and defends this length ball on off back towards cover with a straight bat. |
| 3.3 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Good ball! Gets the outside edge but it does not carry. A length ball outside off, Rohit looks to defend it but gets an outside edge. The Indian vice-captain did well to play it with soft hands and ensure that the ball does not carry. This is good tight bowling though from Mortaza. He does not have the pace but is very accurate. |
| 3.4 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, RS comes down a step or two before keeping this ball out solidly. |
| 3.5 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Bowled on the pads, Rohit looks to work it away but misses the ball. It goes off the thigh pad towards square leg. A leg bye is taken. |
| 3.6 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, Good end to the over. Again just a leg bye from the Mortaza over. Length ball on off, defended back towards the right of the bowler by Kohli. Mashrafe's figures read 2-2-0-0! |
| 4.1 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Full on off, Rohit defends it back to the bowler. |
| 4.2 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Pulls his length back now and bowls it just outside off, Rohit tucks it to mid-wicket and grunts a loud no to his partner. |
| 4.3 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Finally a run after a while off Mustafizur's bowling. He bowls it on a length around off, Rohit guides it to third man and gets a run. |
| 4.4 : M Rahman to V Kohli, FOUR! Edge and between the second slip and the keeper. All the Indian supporters had their heart in the mouth there. Length ball moving away from the batsman. It is on the off stump line. Kohli has had issues facing such deliveries in the past. Mustafizur does everything right but the first slip region is vacant and Kohli gets a boundary |
| Now they have plugged the gap and two slips are in place... |
| 4.5 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Length ball on off, this time Kohli pushes it to cover. |
| 4.6 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Excellent shot to finish the over. This will give the Indian skipper good confidence. Length ball on off, Kohli drives it magnificently through covers. The boundaries are big on that side so he does not get four but they run three. |
| 5.1 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, Almost a run out there. Length ball on the pads, Kohli flicks it to fine leg and takes a run. Rohit gets off for the second but Kohli sends him back. He makes his ground quickly and safely back home. |
| 5.2 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Excellent running. Length ball on off, Sharma defends it with soft hands to cover. Kohli calls for a quick single and gets it with relative ease. |
| 5.3 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, On the pads, Virat flicks it towards mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 5.4 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, On off, Rohit defends it off the front foot. |
| 5.5 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Good length ball on off, Sharma tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 5.6 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Once again Rohit finds the same man with his tuck. Has been a slow start for Rohit here. 3 runs off this over from the Bangladesh skipper. |
| 6.1 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Mustafizur hits the deck hard on off, the ball angles away from Kohli. He lets it carry to the keeper. |
| 6.2 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Length ball on off, Kohli defends it back towards the bowler. Mustafizur cannot hold onto it and it deflects off him towards mid on. |
| 6.3 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Good quick single again from these two. Back of a length ball on off, Kohli tucks it to mid-wicket and sets off for a run. |
| 6.4 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Length ball on the off stump line, Rohit is in no hurry and defends it. |
| 6.5 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Outside off, width provided by Mustafizur. Rohit looks to slash it but it goes off the lower half of his bat to third man for one. |
| 6.6 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Right off the meat but straight to the fielder. Full ball on off, Virat drives it perfectly but straight to mid off. |
| 7.1 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Good length ball on off, Rohit taps it back to the bowler. Mashrafe cannot hold onto it but mid off is there to block that single. |
| 7.2 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Takes the charge and comes down the track to this length ball but it goes off the inner half of his bat towards square leg and they get a couple. |
| 7.3 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, FOUR! This will boost his confidence. Full on off, Rohit drives it through mid off. The fielder there misfields it. The boundaries are big on that side of the field but such is the timing of Rohit Sharma that it still crosses the ropes. |
| 7.4 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Back of length ball on off, Rohit looks to pull but gets hit on the body as he misses the pull. |
| 7.5 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, On middle and leg, RS flicks it to square leg and gets a single. |
| 7.6 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, Full on middle and leg, Kohli nudges it wide of mid on and keeps the strike with a single. |
| 8.1 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Good length ball on off, turned towards mid-wicket by Kohli. |
| 8.2 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Back of a length ball on the body, Kohli plays a very controlled pull towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.3 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Comes 'round the wicket and bowls it on off, Rohit defends it to mid off. |
| 8.4 : M Rahman to R Sharma, Slashed but only for one. Mustafizur bowls it on the fourth stump line, Rohit slashes it but to third man and gets a single. |
| 8.5 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Bouncer! Nice surprise delivery from Mustafizur. He has directed it well to. It is close to the body. Kohli sways away from it. |
| 8.6 : M Rahman to V Kohli, Good shot! Length ball on off, Kohli gets on top of the ball and drives it through cover. The long boundary there means that the ball does not reach the fence but they get three once again. These two are good runners between the wicket. |
| 9.1 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, Length ball on off, Kohli taps it back to the bowler. |
| 9.2 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, Fuller on off, Kohli looks to flick it but gets a leading edge back towards the bowler. |
| 9.3 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, OH! Good length ball outside off, Kohli comes down the track and looks to hit it on the off side. He misses, Mushfiqur behind the stumps looks to hit the stumps with an underarm throw but he misses. |
| 9.4 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, On middle and leg, this time Virat strokes it wide of mid on and gets a run. |
| 9.5 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Edge but just short of second slip. Length ball swinging away from the batsman. Rohit looks to defend but gets a thick outside edge. He plays it with soft hands and hence it bounce just short of the diving Soumya Sarkar at second slip. It goes past him to third man and they take a run. |
| 9.6 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, Good length ball on off, Virat pushes it to the man at cover. |
| Powerplay 2 time! Four fielders can be kept outside the 30-yard circle till the end of the 40th over. Meanwhile there is a change in bowling, Mohammad Saifuddin replaces Mustafizur Rahman. |
| 10.1 : M Saifuddin to R Sharma, Hits the deck hard first up on off, Rohit blocks it off the back foot. |
| 10.2 : M Saifuddin to R Sharma, Oh! Luck going India's way at the moment. Length ball on off, it keeps low after pitching. Rohit defends it with soft hands and it goes to second slip on a bounce. A fraction lower and this would have been a wicket. |
| 10.3 : M Saifuddin to R Sharma, Good length ball outside off, Sharma plays it to point and gets a single. |
| 10.4 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Good length ball on off, Virat defends it to cover. |
| 10.5 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Outside off, Kohli strokes it wide of cover and gets to the other end. |
| 10.6 : M Saifuddin to R Sharma, Dot to finish the over. Just 2 off Saifuddin's first. He bowls the last one on the stumps and Rohit blocks it to see off the over. |
| 11.1 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, Short of a length, Kohli pulls this away to deep mid-wicket without much timing for a single. |
| 11.2 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Outside off on a good length, punched towards mid-wicket by Rohit. |
| 11.3 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Thick inside edge! A length ball outside off, Rohit comes ahead to punch this through cover but the ball goes off the inside edge to backward square leg! A single is taken. Sharma is not finding his timing here. |
| 11.4 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, Five wides! A bouncer on leg stump from Mortaza, Virat goes ahead initially to play the ball but it bounces really too high and over the head of Kohli. The keeper cannot hold onto the ball either with a dive. The ball goes away behind to the rope. Free runs for India. |
| M Mortaza to V Kohli, Virat works it down the leg side. They pick up a single. |
| 11.5 : M Mortaza to R Sharma, Rohit Sharma rocks onto the back foot and slashes this ball to deep third man for a single. |
| 11.6 : M Mortaza to V Kohli, Pushed away to deep cover for a single by VK. The Indian skipper retains strike. 10 runs off this over, might give India some push. |
| 12.1 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Good length ball on off, Kohli drives it to deep cover and gets a single. |
| 12.2 : M Saifuddin to R Sharma, Full on off, Rohit drives it to mid on and gets a single. |
| 12.3 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Length ball on off, Kohli strokes it to mid-wicket and gets a run. |
| 12.4 : M Saifuddin to R Sharma, Outside off on a length, Kohli slaps it to point. |
| 12.5 : M Saifuddin to R Sharma, Hits the deck hard on a length, Rohit hits it straight to cover. |
| 12.6 : M Saifuddin to R Sharma, Excellent finish to the over. Saifuddin bowls a pin-point yorker on off, Rohit does well to jam it out. |
| Rubel Hossain comes on to bowl now. |
| 13.1 : R Hossain to V Kohli, Good ball to start. On a length outside off, slight away movement. Kohli pats it solidly towards point. |
| 13.2 : R Hossain to V Kohli, Flicked away to deep mid-wicket by Virat for a run. The 50 comes up for India. |
| 13.3 : R Hossain to R Sharma, OUT! Chopped on! Rohit's tough stay in the middle has been brought to an end by Rubel Hossain. The change of bowling has worked. A short length ball outside off, Rohit plays a lazy pull but the ball does not bounce as much as he expects. Also looks like he was a little late on that shot. The ball goes off the under edge and onto the stumps. Bangladesh have a good grip on the game now. |
| Lokesh Rahul walks out to bat at number 4. |
| 13.4 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Good ball to the new batsman. On top of middle, Rahul defends it with soft hands back down to the bowler. |
| 13.5 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Good shot! Confident one. A fuller length ball outside off, Rahul leans into the ball and drives it to cover. The ball goes straight to the fielder though. |
| 13.6 : R Hossain to L Rahul, On a length outside off, Lokesh defends it off the back foot towards the off side. |
| 14.1 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Punched confidently on the back foot towards cover by Kohli. Good shot but not in the gap. |
| 14.2 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Bowled on middle, tucked away through square leg for a single by Kohli. |
| 14.3 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, Bowled on the pads of Rahul, the batsman flicks it through square leg and gets off the mark as well. He brings his skipper back on strike with a single. |
| 14.4 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, FOUR! That is the shot of the day! Outside off on a length, hit on the up by Kohli through cover. The timing is such that even if the boundary is a long one, the sweeper still does not have a chance to reach that one. |
| 14.5 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Smart batting this. On a length on middle, pushed towards mid on with soft hands by Kohli. Quick single taken. |
| 14.6 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, Another single to end the over. Rahul pats this ball to the right of mid on for a quick run. |
| 15.1 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Good ball! On a length outside off and shapes slightly away. Rahul looks to defend the ball but it goes past the outside edge. |
| 15.2 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Back of a length outside off, run down to third man with real delicate hands by Rahul. Single picked up. |
| 15.3 : R Hossain to V Kohli, FOUR! That was a deliberate shot but was too close for comfort! A length ball outside off, Kohli wanted to run this down to third man but it goes uppishly and too close to the slip fielder. The fielder though cannot get a hand to the ball despite the dive and it runs away to the third man boundary. |
| 15.4 : R Hossain to V Kohli, The Indian skipper has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total. |
| 15.5 : R Hossain to L Rahul, On a length outside off, pushed away to deep cover for a run by Rahul. |
| 15.6 : R Hossain to V Kohli, FOUR! Poor ball and Kohli takes full toll. On the middle and leg stump line, easy pickings for a batsman of this caliber. Virat comes inside the line and glances it away to deep fine leg for a boundary. |
| 16.1 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, Good length ball on off, Rahul defends it to point. |
| 16.2 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, Fuller on off, Rahul once again defends it. |
| 16.3 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, Almost chopped on! Length ball outside off. It is not wide enough to cut but Rahul still goes for it. He gets an inside edge which goes past the stump and towards the fine leg region for a single. |
| 16.4 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Driven excellently. Length ball on off, Kohli drives it through covers but the fielder stops it before the cushion and they take three. |
| 16.5 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, Fuller on off, KL drives it to the man at mid off. |
| 16.6 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, On the pads, Rahul flicks it wide of deep mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| Drinks break! Bangladesh holding things quite tightly here in this game so far after their skipper elected to bowl first. They have sent back both the Indian openers. As for India, their skipper has looked in real good touch but he will need support from the other end if they have to improve the scoring rate. The next passage of play will be a vital one! |
| 17.1 : R Hossain to V Kohli, Full on the fourth stump line, Kohli drives it to the man at mid off. |
| 17.2 : R Hossain to V Kohli, This time on off, Kohli taps it to point and takes a quick single. |
| 17.3 : R Hossain to L Rahul, WIDE! Rubel bowls it down the leg side, Rahul looks to flick but misses. The umpire stretches out his arms to signal wide. |
| R Hossain to L Rahul, Good length ball on off, Rahul defends off the front foot. |
| 17.4 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Slower delivery on off, Rahul plays it to third man and gets one. |
| 17.5 : R Hossain to V Kohli, FOUR! Rubel bowls it full on the pads. He was asking to be hit there. Kohli obligies and thrashes his flick through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 17.6 : R Hossain to V Kohli, Back of a length ball on the body, Kohli pulls it to fine leg for a single. |
| 18.1 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Bouncer on off, Kohli plays a controlled pull which falls short of Mehidy Hassan at short mid-wicket. |
| 18.2 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, Good length ball on off, Virat defends it off the back foot. |
| 18.3 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, On middle, Kohli flicks it to the man at mid-wicket. |
| 18.4 : M Saifuddin to V Kohli, OUT! The Indian supporters here in Cardiff have gone silent here. Saifuddin bowls it full on middle and off, Virat comes ahead, shuffles across and looks to flick but it goes off the inside edge, flicks his pad and goes onto disturb the stumps. Saifuddin is ecstatic and why wouldn't he be? The Indian skipper who was looking so good out in the middle departs. Huge moment in the game! |
| Vijay Shankar walks out to bat at number 5. |
| 18.5 : M Saifuddin to V Shankar, Good length ball on off, Shankar starts his innings with a back foot defense. |
| 18.6 : M Saifuddin to V Shankar, Shorter on off, Shankar sways away from it. Tremendous over from Saifuddin. It's a wicket maiden and it had the big wicket of Virat Kohli. |
| 19.1 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Outside off, Rahul leaves it alone. |
| 19.2 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Good length ball on off, Rahul defends it off the front foot. |
| 19.3 : R Hossain to L Rahul, FOUR! Short, wide and punished. Rubel bowls it outside off, Rahul frees his arm and slashes it over covers for a boundary. |
| 19.4 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Now follows it up with a good solid front defense. |
| 19.5 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Length ball around off, Rahul cuts it to point and gets one. |
| 19.6 : R Hossain to V Shankar, Fuller on off, Shankar defends it off the front foot. |
| 20.1 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, FOUR! That was four the moment he hit it. Saifuddin bowls it on a length on off, Rahul picks the length early and pulls it over square leg wide of the fielder in the deep for a boundary. |
| 20.2 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, Full on off, Rahul drives it wide of the man at cover and takes one. |
| 20.3 : M Saifuddin to V Shankar, Shankar is off the mark. Length ball outside off, Vijay guides it down to the man at third man and gets one. |
| 20.4 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, On middle and leg, Rahul flicks it wide of deep mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| 20.5 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, How has that been kept out? Length ball on off, the ball keeps very low after pitching. Rahul looks to defend but is taken aback by how low it kept. He somehow manages to get bat on ball. It hits it bottom edge of his bat and goes over the off stump. |
| 20.6 : M Saifuddin to L Rahul, On the pads, Rahul flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 21.1 : R Hossain to V Shankar, Good drive from Shankar. He comes well ahead to this length ball outside off, pushed towards cover by Vijay. There was a good stride forward. |
| 21.2 : R Hossain to V Shankar, Eased down to third man for a single this time. |
| 21.3 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Length ball on off, defended back towards the bowler by Rahul. |
| 21.4 : R Hossain to L Rahul, FOUR! Rahul is looking incredible in the middle. Short on off, Rahul stands tall and pulls this away with ease wide of deep mid-wicket. It was well-controlled. He is not going to be dictated terms to. The 100 comes up for India. |
| 21.5 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Smart batting this. A length ball on off, patted towards the mid on region. Single taken. |
| 21.6 : R Hossain to V Shankar, OUT! Shankar departs. He has lost the opportunity to claim for a place in the playing eleven. A length ball outside off, Vijay looks to punch this off the back foot but gets an outside edge on its way through to the keeper. Rubel strikes for the second time today. Another budding partnership has been nipped. Bangladesh wresting good control in this game. |
| Out walks MS Dhoni to a huge cheer from the crowd. Also, Abu Jayed comes onto bowl now. |
| 22.1 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, Wide! Starts off on a wrong note. Jayed bowls this down the leg side and it has been wided by the umpire. |
| Abu Jayed to L Rahul, FOUR! What a shot! A length ball wide outside off, cut away hard by Rahul after backing away. The ball flies wide of point and beats third man with ease. Such control. |
| 22.2 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, Length ball on off, defended back towards the bowler watchfully by KL. |
| 22.3 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, On a length outside off once more, Rahul comes ahead and defends the ball with soft hands towards cover. |
| 22.4 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, Another good defensive stroke by Rahul towards mid on. He covered the ball well before defending it. |
| 22.5 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, On the money once more from Jayed, Lokesh pats it towards cover coming ahead. |
| 22.6 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, FOUR! Fabulous shot! Overpitched by Abu this time on off, driven past mid off by Rahul. The timing and placement is such that it reaches the boundary with ease. India reach Nelson. |
| 23.1 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, Back of a length outside off, cuts in a bit after landing. Dhoni lets it go through. |
| 23.2 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Dhoni is off the mark in style. What a shot. A length ball just outside off, nothing wrong with the ball. Dhoni just quite remarkably just comes ahead and pushes this ball in the gap through covers. The ball is so well-timed the only running the fielders had to do was to get the ball back from the other side of the rope. |
| 23.3 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 23.4 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, Another back foot push towards cover by MSD. Good shot. |
| 23.5 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, Cut away to deep cover for a single by MS. |
| 23.6 : R Hossain to L Rahul, Punched off the back foot to deep cover for a single by Rahul. A good over for India this, 6 off it. |
| Just one over for Jayed. Shakib Al Hasan is now on. |
| 24.1 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, SIX! Welcome to the attack, Shakib. A short ball on middle, Rahul goes back and pulls this way over deep mid-wicket. He has his eye well in here and will not miss out on half-trackers like that. |
| 24.2 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, Flighted on middle, pushed back to the bowler by Rahul. |
| 24.3 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, Turned towards mid-wicket by Lokesh. He wants the single but Dhoni declines. |
| 24.4 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, Slower through the air on off, Rahul comes ahead to defend but the ball goes off the thick inside half and on the leg side. Single taken. |
| 24.5 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Slower again outside off, Dhoni comes down the track but misses the ball as he tries to defend. The ball hits him on the pads but well outside the line. |
| 24.6 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Pushed to the cover region by the batsman. |
| Abu Jayed with a change of ends. |
| 25.1 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, FOUR! Terrific shot. Rahul plays yet another gorgeous drive. This time to the right of the bowler. A half-volley but it has to be put away nonetheless. The ball is driven past mid on with such calmness. |
| 25.2 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, Rahul looks to cut this ball wide outside off but misses it. |
| 25.3 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, Wide! Bowled wide down the leg side and it is penalised by the umpire. |
| Abu Jayed to L Rahul, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 25.4 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, Punched off the back foot towards cover-point by Rahul. Dot ball. |
| 25.5 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, FOUR! No one moves when Rahul hits the ball like that. A length ball outside off, Lokesh leans into the drive as he just pushes the ball past extra-cover with superlative timing. Picks up another boundary. |
| 25.6 : Abu Jayed to L Rahul, FIFTY COMES UP FOR RAHUL! He is ringing all the right bells before the mega-event. A fuller length ball on off, driven past mid off for a couple of runs as Rahul gets to the landmark. This has been a really pleasing innings to watch so far but Rahul would love to go on and make this into a big score. 11 runs off this Abu Jayed over. |
| 26.1 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Floated on middle, Dhoni comes down and looks to flick it but gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 26.2 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Tossed up on middle and leg, Dhoni drives it to the right of short mid-wicket who gets to it quickly. |
| 26.3 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Shorter on off, Dhoni gets on his back foot and hits it to long on for one. |
| 26.4 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, Gives it flight on off, KL defends it with calmness. |
| 26.5 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, Slower through the air on off, Rahul blocks it. |
| 26.6 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, Short on off, Rahul cuts it but finds the man at point. |
| Mehidy Hasan replaces Abu Jayed. |
| 27.1 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Flatter one on middle, pushed along the ground back to the bowler by Dhoni. |
| 27.2 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Flighted on off and middle, turned towards mid-wicket by MS. |
| 27.3 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Another flighted ball that is met by the straight bat of Dhoni. It goes back to the bowler. |
| 27.4 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, MSD runs down the track and hits this ball down to long on for a single. |
| 27.5 : M Hasan to L Rahul, Flatter on the pads, Rahul pushes this ball to the right of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 27.6 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Dhoni pushes this ball to long off for a single. He keeps strike for the next over. |
| 28.1 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Bowled flatter on middle, pushed towards cover by Dhoni. |
| 28.2 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Slower through the air on off, MS comes ahead and looks to defend the ball but it lobs off the pads towards the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 28.3 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Dhoni decides enough is enough and runs down the track to this ball. He finds the gap wide of long on even though he does not time the ball as well as he would have liked to. Gets into double figures with that four. |
| 28.4 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Shorter and quicker on middle, Dhoni wants to punch it off the back foot but it goes off the inside edge towards square leg. A run is taken. |
| 28.5 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball back to the bowler. |
| 28.6 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, Pushed towards mid-wicket by Rahul staying nice and tall. |
| 29.1 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Flatter one on the pads, Dhoni works this away to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 29.2 : M Hasan to L Rahul, Five wides! A slower off spinner on middle, Rahul initially wants to tuck this away but the excess spin on it takes it down the leg side. The batsman leaves it alone and the keeper too misses the ball. It goes behind to the rope. |
| M Hasan to L Rahul, Flatter on off, turned towards mid-wicket by Rahul. |
| 29.3 : M Hasan to L Rahul, Rahul stays back to this flatter one on middle, he turns his bat early in an attempt to flick but the ball goes off the leading edge and rolls back to the bowler. |
| 29.4 : M Hasan to L Rahul, The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot but finds the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 29.5 : M Hasan to L Rahul, Defended off the front foot by Rahul presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 29.6 : M Hasan to L Rahul, A flatter one on middle which is kept out by KL to end the over. |
| 30.1 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Keeps a tad low! Flatter and fired wide outside off, Dhoni looks to cut but misses the ball. |
| 30.2 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Shorter one outside off, cut away to deep cover for a run by MSD. |
| 30.3 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, FOUR! Shot! A flatter one on the pads, Rahul comes inside the line early before lifting it over deep backward square leg. The ball reaches the boundary. The 50-run stand comes up between these two. |
| 30.4 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, SIX! That has gone out of the ground! Rahul, you beauty. This is some striking. A flighted ball outside off, Lokesh takes full toll of the overpitched nature of the delivery and flies above the sightscreen and out of the park. Huge! The ball will take some retrieving. 2 boundaries in 2 balls, Shakib will be wondering what to bowl now. |
| 30.5 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, KL has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 30.6 : Al Hasan to L Rahul, FOUR! Make it 15 off the over! A really expensive one from Shakib. A flatter ball on the pads, Rahul comes inside the line and then sweeps it over deep backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 31.1 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, SIX! Dhoni's time to go big now! Looks like the Indians have decided to attack the spinners. A flatter one on middle, MS lifts it with his traditional shot over wide long on. The ball ends up in the stands. |
| 31.2 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Leading edge that lobs through no-man's region at cover. A flatter on middle, Dhoni looks to flick the ball away but it takes the leading edge and goes aerially through cover. Luckily there is no fielder there and two runs can be taken. |
| 31.3 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single. |
| 31.4 : M Hasan to L Rahul, Lovely shot! A flatter one outside off, driven hard by Rahul after making room. He finds the gap to the left of cover. Two runs taken. |
| 31.5 : M Hasan to L Rahul, Rahul shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 31.6 : M Hasan to L Rahul, Another one kept out by Lokesh from the crease to end the over. 11 runs off this. |
| Drinks break! Dhoni and Rahul have turned the game around and started India's fightback. The two have added 74 runs in just 60 balls and attacked the Bangladeshi spinners. Rahul in particular, has looked scintillating. Bangladesh, on the other hand, will not be too worried yet as the run-rate can still be controlled but they would love a wicket or two because they know that if these two continue till the 40th over or so, the ending can be destructive from India as Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jade |
| 32.1 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, Starts with a straighter ball on off, Dhoni pushes it to mid off. |
| 32.2 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, FOUR! What a shot! Dhoni comes down the track and whips it wide of short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 32.3 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, Follows it up with a single down to long on. |
| 32.4 : M Hossain to L Rahul, Tossed up on middle, Rahul milks it to long on and gets one. |
| 32.5 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, Fuller on middle, Dhoni strokes it to mid-wicket. |
| 32.6 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, Short around off, Dhoni punches it through covers and they get three as the ball does not have the legs to go to the fence. |
| 33.1 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Floated on middle and leg, Dhoni turns it to short fine leg. |
| 33.2 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Tossed up on leg, Dhoni comes down the track and milks it to long on. |
| 33.3 : M Hasan to L Rahul, FOUR! Mehidy bowls it short outside off. He serves it on the plate for Rahul cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 33.4 : M Hasan to L Rahul, On the pads, Rahul flicks it straight to mid-wicket. |
| 33.5 : M Hasan to L Rahul, Tossed up on off, Rahul defends it onto the ground. |
| 33.6 : M Hasan to L Rahul, Once again Rahul finds the man at mid-wicket with his flick. |
| 34.1 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, Flatter on middle, pushed down to long on for a single by Dhoni. |
| 34.2 : M Hossain to L Rahul, Flatter one on the pads, turned towards mid-wicket by KL. |
| 34.3 : M Hossain to L Rahul, Another one fired in on the pads, pushed towards mid-wicket by Rahul. |
| 34.4 : M Hossain to L Rahul, Eased down to long on for a single by Rahul. |
| 34.5 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, Pushed away to the right of deep cover by Dhoni but the former Indian skipper decides only a single is enough there. |
| 34.6 : M Hossain to L Rahul, 2 wides! A wide down the leg side, the keeper cannot collect it cleanly. Dhoni runs through to the other end as the short fine leg fielder mops up. |
| M Hossain to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Flatter on middle, Dhoni comes down the track and lifts this ball over mid-wicket. It flies away to the deep mid-wicket boundary. The acceleration is well and truly on from the Indians, 9 runs off this over. 1 shy of 200 now. |
| 35.1 : M Hasan to L Rahul, 200 comes up for India with this single. It is on the pads, Rahul flicks it to square leg and gets one. |
| 35.2 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, SIX! Don't bother looking this is out of here. Tossed up on off, it is under Dhoni's bat and he whacks it over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 35.3 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, WIDE! Has to reload that again. He has bowled it way outside the off stump. Dhoni has a go at it but misses. |
| M Hasan to MS Dhoni, WIDE! This time down the leg side. Wide signalled. |
| M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Tossed up on off, MS blocks it. |
| 35.4 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, Shorter on off, Dhoni punches it to the man at cover. |
| 35.5 : M Hasan to MS Dhoni, NO BALL! Mehidy has taken the stumps on his followthrough. He bowls it on middle and leg, Dhoni squeezes it to long on and gets a single. Free Hit to follow. |
| FREE HIT TIME!!! |
| M Hasan to L Rahul, FOUR! Makes the full use of the free hit. He gets a floated ball on off, Rahul plays the reverse sweep through the third man region for a boundary. |
| 35.6 : M Hasan to L Rahul, On the pads, Rahul flicks it to mid-wicket. End of a big and expensive over. 15 runs came off the over. |
| 36.1 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, FOUR! That brings up the FIFTY FOR DHONI! What a way to get to it as well. Also, what a time for him to get into such form. A flatter one on the pads, Dhoni whips it over deep backward square leg for a boundary. Such a vital knock for the team and personally. |
| 36.2 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, SIX! Four first, now six! Vintage Dhoni time. A flighted ball on middle, Dhoni gives this a full swing of the bat, down on one knee. That was six from the time it left the bat. Ends up going out of the park over cow corner. |
| New ball please! That shot from Dhoni has seen the ball getting lost. The fourth umpire comes in with a box. |
| 36.3 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, Flatter on middle, pushed down to long on for a single. |
| 36.4 : M Hossain to L Rahul, Pushed through the cover region by the batsman. They pick up a single. |
| 36.5 : M Hossain to MS Dhoni, Dhoni eases this ball away to deep cover for another single. |
| 36.6 : M Hossain to L Rahul, Runs off all the balls in this over. A single to end, 14 off the over totally. Punched off the back foot to long on. |
| Sabbir Rahman to have a go with the ball now. |
| 37.1 : S Rahman to L Rahul, Bowls it short on off, Rahul hits it hard over mid on which goes to long on on a couple of bounces. They take a single. |
| 37.2 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Tossed up on middle, Dhoni strokes it to long on for one. |
| 37.3 : S Rahman to L Rahul, Shorter on middle, Rahul gets on his back foot and whips it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 37.4 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, On the pads, MS looks to flick but it goes off his pad and they run through. Leg bye signalled by the umpire. |
| 37.5 : S Rahman to L Rahul, Tossed up on middle and leg, KL plays it to long on and rotates the strike. |
| 37.6 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Flighted on the stumps, MS blocks it to see off Sabbir's first. |
| Mustafizur Rahman comes back on to bowl now. |
| 38.1 : M Rahman to L Rahul, FOUR! Edge but they will take it however it comes. Length ball outside off, Rahul loks to slash it but gets an outside edge through the vacant slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 38.2 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Now blocks the following ball confidently off the back foot. |
| 38.3 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Length ball outside off, Rahul runs it down to third man for one. |
| 38.4 : M Rahman to MS Dhoni, Outside off on a length, Dhoni slaps it to sweeper cover and gets to the other end. |
| 38.5 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Good length ball on middle and leg, Rahul taps it to cover and looks for a quick single but Dhoni sends him back. |
| 38.6 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Length ball on middle, Rahul blocks it to get through the over. |
| 39.1 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Dhoni shows aggression again as he comes down the track and hits it hard to long on. There is a man there so just a single. |
| 39.2 : S Rahman to L Rahul, On the pads, Rahul turns it to square leg and gets one. |
| 39.3 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Oh, he will feel he has missed it. Comes down the track and Sabbir offers him a juicy full toss. Dhoni cannot do much but just stroke it to long on for one. |
| 39.4 : S Rahman to L Rahul, Short outside off, Rahul looks to cut but misses. |
| 39.5 : S Rahman to L Rahul, Tossed up on the pads, Rahul taps it back to the bowler. |
| 39.6 : S Rahman to L Rahul, Short on off, Rahul punches it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| Powerplay 3 signalled by the umpire. Now 5 fielders can be placed outside the 30 yard circle till the 50th over. |
| 40.1 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Length ball on middle and leg, Rahul looks to play it on the off side but gets an inside edge which goes towards the fine leg region for a single. |
| 40.2 : M Rahman to MS Dhoni, Back of a length ball outside off, MS looks to cut but misses. |
| 40.3 : M Rahman to MS Dhoni, Short on off, Dhoni pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 40.4 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Back of a length ball outside off, Rahul sways away from it. |
| 40.5 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Length ball on off, Rahul blocks it to cover. |
| 40.6 : M Rahman to L Rahul, SIX! 250 comes up with that maximum. Also, Rahul moves to 98 with that maximum. It is shorter in length, Rahul plays the pull and whacks it over square leg for a maximum. |
| 41.1 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Flatter on middle, punched off the back foot towards cover. |
| 41.2 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Turned towards deep mid-wicket for a run by Dhoni. |
| 41.3 : S Rahman to L Rahul, Pushed off the back foot to long on by Rahul. He moves to 99! |
| 41.4 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Driven straight to cover this time by Dhoni. |
| 41.5 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Flatter outside off, chopped away to deep cover for a run by Dhoni. The crowd realises that Rahul is on strike now and makes noise. |
| 41.6 : S Rahman to L Rahul, HUNDRED FOR RAHUL! What an innings for him. What a time for it to come to. A flatter one outside off, driven to deep cover by Lokesh to get to the landmark. Such an important knock going into the World Cup. This inning has been full of class from him. If there were any doubts who might bat at number 4 for India, this innings should have quashed them. |
| 42.1 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Full on off, Rahul strokes it to deep cover and gets a single. |
| 42.2 : M Rahman to MS Dhoni, Full on middle this time Dhoni plays it to deep cover and gets to the other end. |
| 42.3 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Pull his length back on middle, Rahul taps it down to third man and gets a run. |
| 42.4 : M Rahman to MS Dhoni, Length ball on middle, Dhoni flicks it to mid-wicket and gets one. |
| 42.5 : M Rahman to L Rahul, Good length ball on off, Rahul taps it to point and grunts a loud no. |
| 42.6 : M Rahman to L Rahul, SIX! As soon as the ball hit the bat it was six. The sound it made was as sweet as sugar. Back of a length ball on off, Rahul pulls it over the square leg fence for a biggie. |
| 43.1 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Flatter on middle, Dhoni punches it to long on for a single. |
| 43.2 : S Rahman to L Rahul, OUT! Rahul has been bowled. A terrific knock comes to an end. Sabbir gets the centurion. A flatter one on leg, Rahul tries to come inside the line and sweep it over deep square leg but the ball keeps low and gets him on the glove before going onto the stumps. This has been a lovely innings though and makes a lot of things simpler in the Indian camp. Also, in the context of this game, India has moved to a strong position with the help of Lokesh's 100! |
| The new man in is Hardik Pandya. |
| 43.3 : S Rahman to H Pandya, Flatter on middle, punched back down to long on for a single by Hardik. |
| 43.4 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Pushed off the outside half towards point by MS. |
| 43.5 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Left alone now by Dhoni as this one is well outside off. It just ends up inside the tramline though and is not adjudged wide. |
| 43.6 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Pushed to deep cover for a single by MSD. He keeps strike for the next over. |
| Rubel Hossain is back on. |
| 44.1 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, Wide outside off, driven to deep cover by Dhoni for a run. |
| 44.2 : R Hossain to H Pandya, On a length on middle, Hardik flicks it away wristily to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 44.3 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, Punched away to cover off the back foot by Dhoni. |
| 44.4 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, SIX! That has been deposited on the sightscreen. A half-volley outside off, Dhoni just reaches out and jabs this ball over long on. Huge! And that too with such ease. |
| 44.5 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, Terrible fielding. A fuller length ball outside off, Dhoni pushes this ball to the left of mid off. The fielder there tumbles over the ball and fails to stop it completely. Three runs are taken! |
| 44.6 : R Hossain to H Pandya, Another wristy flick to deep mid-wicket for a single by Hardik. He keeps strike for the next over. |
| 45.1 : S Rahman to H Pandya, FOUR! Jeez! That was hit with venom. Short and straight outside off, Hardik smacks it straight through the legs of the bowler for a boundary. |
| 45.2 : S Rahman to H Pandya, Now follows it up with a single by punching it towards cover. |
| 45.3 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, DROPPED AND FOUR! Liton Das has dropped the dangerous MS Dhoni here. Tossed up on middle and off, Dhoni looks to go over the man at long on. The bat flips in his hand as he tries to hit it. Liton Das there runs to his right and gets to the ball but cannot hold onto it. The ball hits his hand and goes through him. The ball bounces in front of the ropes and crosses for a boundary. |
| 45.4 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, FOUR! This is a clean strike. He is demolishing the bowlers here. Short outside off, Dhoni smashes it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 45.5 : S Rahman to MS Dhoni, Outside off, Dhoni cuts it to point and gets a single. |
| 45.6 : S Rahman to H Pandya, Tossed up on off, HP strokes it to covers and keeps the strike with one. |
| 46.1 : R Hossain to H Pandya, Good yorker! In the blockhole, Hardik can only jam it away to long on for a single. |
| 46.2 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, SIX! That is out of the park again! A half-volley from Rubel, Dhoni has his eyes in and easily lifts this ball over long on. No doubt where the ball was going, always the other side of the rope. 300 up for India! Also, Dhoni is into his 90s now. |
| 46.3 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, Slower delivery outside off. It is on a length, Dhoni pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 46.4 : R Hossain to H Pandya, Short on the body, Hardik pulls it hard but it goes to deep mid-wicket on a bounce for a single. |
| 46.5 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, Back of a length ball outside off, Dhoni does not play any stroke to it. |
| 46.6 : R Hossain to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Moves to 99! Length ball on the body, Dhoni pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary with ease. He will have to wait though a bit for his 100 as the over is done. 13 off it in the end. |
| Shakib is back on now. |
| 47.1 : Al Hasan to H Pandya, FIVE WIDES. Shakib bowls it down the leg side, Hardik looks to paddle it but misses. The ball goes between Mushfiqur's leg and into the fence for a boundary. |
| Al Hasan to H Pandya, SIX! That is out of here. Shakib tosses it up on middle and leg, Hardik swings his bat at it and whacks it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. |
| 47.2 : Al Hasan to H Pandya, FOUR! In the air but in the gap. Floated on middle and leg, Hardik smashes it between deep mid-wicket and long on for a boundary. |
| 47.3 : Al Hasan to H Pandya, WIDE! Pressure getting the better of Shakib. Shakib fires one in down the leg side. Hardik has a go at it but misses. Wide signalled. |
| Al Hasan to H Pandya, WIDE! Two in two here. Once again Shakib misses his line and bowls it down the leg side. Wide signalled. |
| Al Hasan to H Pandya, OUT! Hardik holes out. His cameo comes to an end. Shakib after bowling two wides finally gets his line correct and tosses it up on middle and leg, Hardik swings his bat at it and looks to clear the man at long on. He hits it to the right of Sabbir Rahman but does not get the elevation he was looking for. Sabbir runs to his right and takes a good running catch. |
| Dinesh Karthik walks out to bat now. |
| 47.4 : Al Hasan to D Karthik, Swept straight to the man at short fine leg. He gets a tossed up ball on the pads first up and DK sweeps it to the man at short fine leg. |
| Review time! Dinesh Karthik has missed a flatter one and got rapped on the front pad. Considering the line, it looked to the naked eye though as if it landed outside leg. It was given not out by the umpire and Shakib hence reviews. Let's see what the replays say... |
| 47.5 : Al Hasan to D Karthik, SAFE! Bangladesh lose their only review. Floated ball on leg, Dinesh looks to block it but gets hit on the pad. The keeper and the bowler go up in appeal. Shakib is confident he has got his man. He convinces his skipper to take the review. Mashrafe takes it and the replays roll in. Hawk Eye shows the ball was pitching outside leg and the on field call stays. |
| 47.6 : Al Hasan to D Karthik, Floated on middle and leg, Karthik sweeps it wide of short fine leg. It looks to be going to the fence but the fielder from deep mid-wicket mops it up before the ropes. Two taken. End of an expensive over from Shakib. A brilliant one for India though. 19 runs and a wicket. Despite getting a wicket this is not what Bangladesh would have wanted from their star player. |
| Al Hasan to D Karthik, 2 runs. |
| Abu Jayed to bowl the penultimate over. |
| 48.1 : Abu Jayed to MS Dhoni, Wide! Very wide outside off, Dhoni leaves it alone. It is wided by the umpire as it outside the tramline. |
| Abu Jayed to MS Dhoni, SIX! Dhoni gets to his century! What a way to get to the mark. MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI! Stand up and salute this man. A length ball on off, Dhoni smashes this way over the bowler's head and into the stands there. An excellent innings that will give him a massive boost going into the mega-tournament. |
| 48.2 : Abu Jayed to MS Dhoni, Wide! Bouncer down the leg side and it is wided. |
| Abu Jayed to MS Dhoni, Short one on middle, pulled away to deep mid-wicket by Dhoni from deep in the crease. Single taken. |
| 48.3 : Abu Jayed to D Karthik, FOUR! Karthik gets into the act now. A fuller one on middle, Dinesh goes really deep in the crease so that he can get under the ball. Hits it through mid-wicket and splits the gap between the two men in the deep. Boundary. |
| 48.4 : Abu Jayed to D Karthik, On a length outside off, pushed away to deep cover for a single by Karthik. He gets Dhoni back on strike now. A biggie upcoming? |
| 48.5 : Abu Jayed to MS Dhoni, SIX! YES IT IS A MAXIMUM! Over fine leg! A short ball on the body, Dhoni swivels and pulls it away over deep fine leg. The boundary is really short there and the ball ends up in the crowd. Carnage! |
| 48.6 : Abu Jayed to MS Dhoni, The batsman drives the ball straight down the ground and picks up a single. Dhoni keeps strike for the next over at the end of 21-run one! |
| 49.1 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, Tossed up on the pads, Dhoni comes down the track and looks to heave it over the bowler's head. The ball lobs over Mushfiqur off the pads and Dhoni does not take a single. |
| 49.2 : Al Hasan to MS Dhoni, OUT! Bowled! End of an excellent knock from MS Dhoni. Once again Dhoni looks to come down the track and heave it over the bowler's head. He misses it and the ball goes onto disturb the timber. Shakib has something to be relieved at. Dhoni's knock comes to an end and he walks off to a huge ovation from the crowd. He raises his bat to appreciate the crowd's applause. With this innings he has sent a warning to the rest of the teams just before the start of the showpiece |
| 49.3 : Al Hasan to R Jadeja, Shorter on off, Jadeja punches it straight to the man at cover. |
| 49.4 : Al Hasan to R Jadeja, SIX! Jadeja has no time to settle and he needs none. Shakib bowls a tossed up ball on middle and leg, Jadeja takes the full toll of it and smokes it over the long on fence for a maximum. |
| 49.5 : Al Hasan to R Jadeja, FOUR! Now follows the maximum with a boundary. 10 runs off the last two balls. Shakib floats it on the pads, Jadeja sweeps it wide of short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 49.6 : Al Hasan to R Jadeja, Floated on middle and leg, Jadeja hits it over mid-wicket. The ball reaches the man in the deep there on a bounce. They get just a single. 30 off Shakib's last two. 64 runs off the last 4 overs has seen India finish with 359/7 off their 50 overs. |
| India have absolutely punched their way back into this game. After being 102/4 at the end of the 22nd over, they have finished with a massive 359/7! All thanks to smashing tons from Lokesh Rahul and the legend, MS Dhoni. Both of them took the Bangladeshi bowlers to cleaners and hit them to all parts of the park and ensured that India end up with a really strong total on the board. |
| After being put into bat, India lost their first wicket really early as Dhawan departed getting LBW to Mustafizur. Rohit Sharma too did not look at all comfortable in his stay of 19 out in the middle. The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli looked ominous while he was there but fell against the run of play and when Shankar fell as the fourth wicket, it looked like the Indians would end up with a below-par total once more. |
| Enter MS Dhoni, a pushed cover-drive four off the second ball he faced showed that he meant business. Along with KL Rahul who looked absolutely stunning in the middle, the former Indian skipper added 164. The Karnataka lad, Rahul brought up his century while showing an array of excellent and eye-pleasing shots! He was dismissed soon though but his partner, Dhoni took on the baton of scoring the quick runs and accelerated from there. He reached his 100 as well and with the help of the cameo from |
| In an innings where 9 bowlers were used, the opening 20 overs bowled by the pacers were the only ones that were good. Thereafter, it was all too easy for the Indian batsmen and the spin attack was absolutely ripped apart by them. A sorry reading for the Tigers after it was looking promising at one stage for them. Nevertheless now they will have to concentrate on batting well. 360 to win, a really tough total but not impossible. Bangladesh will have to bat really well to overhaul it. India will b |
| 0.0 : We are back for the chase. The umpires walk out followed by the Indian team. Dinesh Karthik will be donning the keeper's gloves just like the first warm-up game for India. The two openers for Bangladesh are Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar. No Tamim, hmmm... Liton is on strike first up and will face Mohammed Shami. Let's play! |
| 0.1 : M Shami to L Das, Shami starts with a good length ball on middle, Liton defends it strongly off the front foot. |
| 0.2 : M Shami to L Das, Good length ball and some swing away from the batsman. Liton strokes it to third man and gets the chase underway. |
| 0.3 : M Shami to S Sarkar, Edge but safe. Length ball outside off, Sarkar looks to cut but gets an outside edge which goes to first slip on the bounce. |
| 0.4 : M Shami to S Sarkar, Good length ball on the pads, Sarkar flicks it to the man at mid-wicket. |
| 0.5 : M Shami to S Sarkar, WIDE! Shami bowls it way outside off, Sarkar looks cut it but gets nowhere close to the ball. Wide signalled. |
| M Shami to S Sarkar, FOUR! What a way to get off the mark. Shami overpitches it on off, Sarkar gets on his front foot and drives it exquisitely through mid off for a boundary. |
| 0.6 : M Shami to S Sarkar, SIX! This is even better! Shami overcompensates his length and bowls it short. Sarkar was waiting for it and he just guides it over the slip's head over the third man fence for a maximum. 12 runs off the first over. Solid start from Bangladesh. |
| Jasprit Bumrah has the other new ball in his hand. |
| 1.1 : J Bumrah to L Das, That has pinged off the bat but straight to point. A length ball outside off. Good bounce on that one, pushed off the meat of the blade to point by Liton. |
| 1.2 : J Bumrah to L Das, Good ball on off, slightly back of a length. Das defends it back down the ground to the bowler. |
| 1.3 : J Bumrah to L Das, That is so lucky! A length ball coming in with the angle from outside off, Liton is surprised by the movement and awkwardly looks to jab it out. The ball takes the inside edge and goes past leg stump. Lucky! Single down to fine leg. |
| 1.4 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Yorker length ball outside off, sliced away to deep third man to his left for a couple by the southpaw. |
| 1.5 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Oooh! Almost chopped on. A back of length on off, Soumya Sarkar looks to punch the ball away but gets a under edge. The ball bounces over the stumps. Sarkar was worried at one moment and even almost tried to use his hand to push the ball away. Not the smartest thing to do. |
| 1.6 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, SS runs it down to third man for a single and keeps strike for the next over. |
| 2.1 : M Shami to S Sarkar, Excellent ball. It comes in with the angle but as it hits the deck it moves away from the batsman. Sarkar looks to defend but gets beaten all ends up. |
| 2.2 : M Shami to S Sarkar, Good length ball on the body, Sarkar taps it towards point and gets a single. |
| 2.3 : M Shami to L Das, FOUR! Good shot. Length ball outside off, Das hits it over point. He was in control of that shot all along and gets a boundary. |
| 2.4 : M Shami to L Das, Nowhere close to control on this shot. Length ball on off, Liton looks to run it down to third man but end up french cutting it to fine leg for one. |
| 2.5 : M Shami to S Sarkar, Good length ball on off, Sarkar defends it off the front foot. |
| 2.6 : M Shami to S Sarkar, Full on middle, Sarkar flicks it to mid on. |
| 3.1 : J Bumrah to L Das, Length ball coming in after pitching. Liton defends it form within the crease. |
| 3.2 : J Bumrah to L Das, Good ball! Pacy ball pitching on middle and comes in after pitching. Das looks to play it straight but gets hit on the thigh pad. The ball goes to the third man region off his thigh pad and they take a leg bye. |
| 3.3 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, FOUR! Full on off, Sarkar picks the length early and drives it through cover-point. The fielder gives it a chase but comes second best as the ball beats him to the fence. |
| 3.4 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, FOUR! Edged but Sarkar won't mind. Good length ball going away from the southpaw. Sarkar looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge which flies through the second slip for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Back of a length ball outside off, Sarkar looks to play the upper cut but it does not raise as much as he was expecting. |
| 3.6 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Good length ball on off, Soumya defends it to see off the over. |
| 4.1 : M Shami to L Das, Length ball coming in after pitching. Liton looks to defend but gets an inside edge which goes to the left of the keeper. Dinesh Karthik slips which allows them to take a single. |
| 4.2 : M Shami to S Sarkar, Good length ball on off, Sarkar punches it wide of cover and gets a single. Jadeja rushes to the ball and has a shy at the nonstriker's end but he misses. Direct hit and it could have been trouble for Bangladesh. |
| 4.3 : M Shami to L Das, On off, Liton punches it to the man at cover. |
| 4.4 : M Shami to L Das, Back of a length ball on off, Das blocks it off the back foot. |
| 4.5 : M Shami to L Das, On the pads, Das flicks it to the man at mid-wicket. |
| 4.6 : M Shami to L Das, Fuller on off, Das defends it to see off the over. Just 2 off the over. |
| 5.1 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Good length ball on off, Soumya strokes it to mid off. |
| 5.2 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Brilliant fielding! Length ball around off, Sarkar taps it wide of point and looks for a run but Virat Kohli dives to his right and saves the single. Inspiring stuff from the skipper. |
| 5.3 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, NO BALL! Good length ball on off, it moves away after pitching. Sarkar looks to poke but misses. All the goodness of the ball is of no use as the umpire signals it as no ball as Bumrah overstepped. Free Hit to follow. |
| FREE HIT TIME!!! |
| J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Excellent bouncer! Free Hit does not cost at all. It is on the body, Sarkar looks to play the uppercut but misses. Dinesh Karthik does really well to take the ball jumping full stretch. It looked to be an overhead wide but the square leg umpire was happy with the ball. |
| 5.4 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Good length ball outside off, Soumya looks to push it but misses. |
| 5.5 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, On off, Sarkar blocks it off the front foot. |
| 5.6 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Good length ball on off, Sarkar looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 6.1 : M Shami to L Das, Back of a length on middle, Liton pats it with soft hands towards mid on and wants a single but the ball goes too quickly to the fielder. |
| 0.0 : Shami with a false start... seems to have missed his run-up. The second or third time today! |
| 6.2 : M Shami to L Das, On a length outside off, defended towards the left of the bowler. |
| 6.3 : M Shami to L Das, Pushed towards cover by Das coming ahead. Kohli there fields the ball well on a bounce. |
| 6.4 : M Shami to L Das, Bouncer outside off, Das looks to pull it away but the ball bounces too much and goes over the bat. |
| 6.5 : M Shami to L Das, Liton opens the face of the bat and helps it to third man. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 6.6 : M Shami to S Sarkar, From around the wicket, on a length outside off. Sarkar backs away and angles this ball away to third man for a run. |
| 7.1 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Good length ball on middle, Soumya tucks it to mid-wicket and gets one. |
| 7.2 : J Bumrah to L Das, FOUR! Excellent shot! Full outside off, Liton saw the mid off was inside the circle so he just drives it through mid off for a boundary. |
| 7.3 : J Bumrah to L Das, FOUR! The idea to intimidate Das with a bouncer backfires. Bumrah bangs it in short, Liton gets on top of the bounce and whacks his pull over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 7.4 : J Bumrah to L Das, Now follows it up with a composed single by guiding down the third man. |
| 7.5 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Back of a length ball on off, Sarkar blocks it. |
| 7.6 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, WIDE! Bumrah has to reload that again. He bowls it down the leg side, Sarkar looks to flick but misses. Wide signalled. |
| J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Good length on middle and off, Sarkar defends it off the lower half of his bat. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes onto bowl now. |
| 8.1 : B Kumar to L Das, Starts with a length ball on the pads. There is a hint of inswing for Bhuvi on offer. Das looks to flick but the ball clips his pad on its way to Dinesh Karthik behind. |
| 8.2 : B Kumar to L Das, Length ball on the pads once again, Liton flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 8.3 : B Kumar to L Das, Better line and length this. Full on off, Liton taps it back to the bowler. |
| 8.4 : B Kumar to L Das, Once again the length is the same but it is on the stumps, Das blocks it. |
| 8.5 : B Kumar to L Das, In the air...but just short of the fielder. Good length ball outside off, Liton shuffles across and flicks it uppishly towards mid-wicket. Yuzvendra Chahal dives in front in an attempt to take the catch but the ball was short of him. |
| 8.6 : B Kumar to L Das, On middle and off, Das drives it wide of mid on and gets a single. |
| 9.1 : J Bumrah to L Das, Bumrah hits the deck hard and the ball jags back in sharply after pitching. Liton looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 9.2 : J Bumrah to L Das, On middle and leg, Das flicks it towards mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 9.3 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, Fuller on off, Soumya drives it to the man at cover. |
| 9.4 : J Bumrah to S Sarkar, OUT! Bumrah strikes! Just like he has in so many occasions. Good length ball outside off, the ball comes in after pitching. Sarkar looks to cut but gets a feather of an inside edge. Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps takes an easy catch. Bumrah and all the other Indian players go up in appeal. The umpire thinks for a bit but then finally raises his finger. They check for the no ball and it is clean so Sarkar continues his walk back. |
| Shakib Al Hasan walks out at number 3. |
| 9.5 : J Bumrah to Al Hasan, OUT! Bowled 'em! That is some ball from Bumrah. It is not the first time he has bowled a superb yorker but whenever he does it is just awesome to watch. It is on middle and leg, Shakib looks to play it but gets beaten comprehensively. He goes without troubling the scorers. It has been a rare bad day for Shakib with both the bat and ball. Luckily for Bangladesh it has come in a warmup game and not the actual tournament. Bumrah is on a hat-trick now. |
| Mushfiqur Rahim walks out to face the hat-trick ball! Two slips and a gully in place! |
| 9.6 : J Bumrah to M Rahim, Good length ball outside off, Rahim lets it carry to the keeper. Does not get the hat-trick but boy, can you ever count him out? He did not have the best of starts but he has comeback like a champion. |
| Powerplay 2 time! 4 fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard circle now till the end of the 40th over. |
| 10.1 : B Kumar to L Das, On a length outside off, pushed towards cover by Das on the back foot. |
| 10.2 : B Kumar to L Das, Defended off the back foot back to the bowler. |
| 10.3 : B Kumar to L Das, Quick single! A pat down to mid on by Liton and he runs through for a quick one. The 50 comes up for Bangladesh. |
| 10.4 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Good length ball on top of middle, defended with soft hands towards point by Rahim. |
| 10.5 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Back of a length on off, Mushfiqur looks to defend coming ahead but the ball bounces really awkwardly after landing on a length and catches Rahim high on the thigh pad. |
| 10.6 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Run down to third man for a single by MR. He will keep strike for the next over. |
| Kuldeep Yadav comes onto bowl now. |
| 11.1 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Flatter one on the pads, turned away to deep mid-wicket for a run by Mushfiqur. |
| 11.2 : K Yadav to L Das, Bowled flighted on off, the batsman defends it towards mid-wicket. Kohli there fields and fires a direct hit, unneccesary throw at the striker's end. Ends up conceding an extra run. |
| 11.3 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Driven through mid-off by the batsman. They pick up a single. |
| 11.4 : K Yadav to L Das, Worked away to deep mid-wicket for a single by Das. |
| 11.5 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Slower through the air on the pads, turned away to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 11.6 : K Yadav to L Das, Another flighted ball outside off, defended towards cover by the batsman. |
| 12.1 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Back of a length outside off, defended from the crease by Rahim. |
| 12.2 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Defended this time on the front foot by MR to cover. |
| 12.3 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Cut away but straight to the point fielder by Mushfiqur. |
| 12.4 : B Kumar to M Rahim, FOUR! Short ball! Not enough pace to trouble the batsman and Rahim pulls this away through mid-wicket with ease. Finds the fence. |
| 12.5 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Short again, this time Rahim keeps the ball down with a controlled pull down to deep square leg for a run. |
| 12.6 : B Kumar to L Das, Good ball! A length ball outside off, some away swing. Das pushes at the ball and gets a thick outside edge that goes through the vacant gully region for a single down to third man. |
| 13.1 : K Yadav to L Das, Flatter outside off, chopped towards the point fielder. |
| 13.2 : K Yadav to L Das, Flighted on middle, taken on the full by Das as he flicks this away to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 13.3 : K Yadav to L Das, Driven away to long off for a single. |
| 13.4 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Flatter outside off, dabbed down fine past slip by Rahim. He comes back for the second run. |
| 13.5 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Good fielding off his own bowling! A flighted ball outside off, driven back to the left of the bowler where Yadav dives and stops the ball. |
| 13.6 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Flatter on leg and going straight on. Mushfiqur sweeps but does not time the ball too well. He gets it off the top half and down to fine leg for a couple of runs. There is a slight appeal from Kuldeep as he thought that went off the pads but the umpire says it is off the bat. |
| 14.1 : B Kumar to L Das, FOUR! Short on middle, Liton pulls this away over mid-wicket. The ball reaches the boundary even though it is not too well-timed. |
| 14.2 : B Kumar to L Das, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| 14.3 : B Kumar to L Das, Pushed to deep cover on the back foot by Liton. The batsman wants the second run to come back on strike but is sent back by his partner wisely. |
| 14.4 : B Kumar to M Rahim, On a length outside off, pushed towards point on the back foot by Rahim. |
| 14.5 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Back of a length and on top of middle. Defended onto the surface. |
| 14.6 : B Kumar to M Rahim, What a jaffa! Outswinger outside off, Rahim looks to push it away on the off side but the ball moves away as it whizzes past the outside edge. |
| Drinks break! MS Dhoni is seen running in wearing the wicket-keeping gloves and the helmet! A solid start it was from Bangladesh but two wickets in two balls by Bumrah meant the Indians got back on top. The current pair has added 25 for the Tigers and they would need to go big as well as fast now if they are to scale the big target in front of them. Will they? India, on the other hand, will now look to choke Bangladesh with spin. An interesting passage of play ahead! |
| 15.1 : K Yadav to L Das, Das pushes this off the back foot to point. |
| 15.2 : K Yadav to L Das, Liton runs down the track and pushes this ball down the ground for a single. |
| 15.3 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Punched off the back foot towards cover by MR. |
| 15.4 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Flatter on middle, worked towards mid-wicket by Rahim. |
| 15.5 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Lots of air on this outside off, driven to cover by Rahim. |
| 15.6 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Bowled flatter on middle and leg, pushed down to long on for a run by Mushfiqur. |
| 16.1 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Good ball! On a length outside off, Rahim looks to push this away on the off side but the ball goes past the outside edge due to the slight away movement. |
| 16.2 : B Kumar to M Rahim, FOUR! Rahim takes the risk and it pays off. A length ball on off, Mushfiqur runs down the track before lifting the ball over mid off. It takes a couple of bounces before going to the rope. |
| 16.3 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Defended back to the bowler this time. |
| 16.4 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Wide! Bowled down the leg side by Bhuvneshwar. It is wided by the umpire. |
| B Kumar to M Rahim, Ooh! Well played by Rahim in the end. A length ball outside off that keeps low. Mushfiqur manages to stay low somehow and keep the ball out. |
| 16.5 : B Kumar to M Rahim, Defended towards point by the Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman. |
| 16.6 : B Kumar to M Rahim, A length ball on the pads, Rahim looks to flick this away. The ball though misses the bat and goes onto the thigh pad. Dot ball. |
| 17.1 : K Yadav to L Das, Low full toss on off, Liton strokes it to long off for a single. |
| 17.2 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Flighted on off, Rahim gets on hi front foot and blocks it. |
| 17.3 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Floated on off, Mushfiqur drives it straight to mid off. |
| 17.4 : K Yadav to M Rahim, On the pads, Rahim turns it to fine leg and gets one. |
| 17.5 : K Yadav to L Das, Tossed up on middle, Liton comes down the track and hits it to the right of long on for a run. |
| 17.6 : K Yadav to M Rahim, On the pads once again, MR flicks it to square leg and keeps the strike with a single. |
| Vijay Shankar has been brought on now. |
| 18.1 : V Shankar to M Rahim, FOUR! Poor start from Shankar. He bowls a length ball outside off, Mushfiqur just easily guides it down to the vacant third man region for a boundary. |
| 18.2 : V Shankar to M Rahim, Follows it up with a simple single with a flick down the leg side. |
| 18.3 : V Shankar to L Das, Full on off, Das drives it hard but straight to the man at cover. |
| 18.4 : V Shankar to L Das, On the pads, Liton looks to flick it to the leg side but it goes off his thigh pad and they take a leg bye. |
| 18.5 : V Shankar to M Rahim, Full on off, Rahim drives it straight to the man at cover. |
| 18.6 : V Shankar to M Rahim, Once again plays it straight to the man at cover. |
| 19.1 : K Yadav to L Das, Flighted outside off, taken on the full by Das and hit back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Liton is bringing another bat now. Some issue maybe after that shot when the ball hit the previous bat really low. |
| 19.2 : K Yadav to L Das, Flatter on middle defended well by the batsman back down the ground. |
| 19.3 : K Yadav to L Das, FOUR! Good use of the feet but it was an opportunity for the bowler. Liton comes down the ground to this flighted ball outside off, |
| 19.4 : K Yadav to L Das, FOUR Leg Byes! A flighted ball outside off, Liton gets well inside the line of the ball and looks to sweep. He misses and it goes off the pads fine on the leg side. It runs away to the fence. Dhoni had appealed for LBW and even thinks about reviewing but then after consulting the bowler and the captain, decides not to take it upstairs. The 50-run stand comes up with those leg byes. |
| 19.5 : K Yadav to L Das, A short delivery which has been pulled away. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 19.6 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Mushfiqur gets low and sweeps this ball fine on the leg side. Two runs taken! A good over for Bangladesh, 11 off it in the end. |
| 20.1 : V Shankar to L Das, Good length ball on the pads, Das flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 20.2 : V Shankar to M Rahim, Good length ball on off, Mushfiqur drives it to sweeper cover for one. |
| 20.3 : V Shankar to L Das, Excellent fielding from Rohit Sharm. Fuller on middle, Liton flicks it to the right of Rohit at mid-wicket. He dives full strength to stop the ball and save runs for his side. |
| 20.4 : V Shankar to L Das, Good length ball on off, LD defends it off the back foot. |
| 20.5 : V Shankar to L Das, Back of a length ball on off, Das pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 20.6 : V Shankar to M Rahim, On the pads, Mushfiqur turns it down to square leg and gets a single. He will keep the strike. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the attack now. |
| 21.1 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Starts with a shorter on the body, Mushfiqur strokes it to the man at cover. |
| 21.2 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Short again. This time on middle, Mushfiqur pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| 21.3 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, On the pads, Rahim looks to turn it around off the hips but he gets hit on the thigh pad and they take a leg bye. |
| 21.4 : Y Chahal to L Das, Floated on the stumps, Liton blocks it off the front foot. |
| 21.5 : Y Chahal to L Das, Flights it on off, Das nudges to long off for a simple single. |
| 21.6 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, On the pads, Rahim sweeps it to deep square leg and keeps the strike. |
| 22.1 : V Shankar to M Rahim, Bowled on a length outside off, Rahim pushes this to the right of point for a single. |
| 22.2 : V Shankar to L Das, Das runs down the track and then works this away to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 22.3 : V Shankar to M Rahim, Bowled on the pads, Mushfiqur looks to flick it away but gets a thick inside edge on the pad. The ball rolls on the leg side towards the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 22.4 : V Shankar to M Rahim, Bowled on a length on middle, turned away to deep square leg for a run by MR. |
| 22.5 : V Shankar to L Das, Run down to third man for a single by Das. |
| 22.6 : V Shankar to M Rahim, On top of middle, pushed with an open face towards cover. |
| 23.1 : Y Chahal to L Das, Slider on the pads, Das looks to flick but gets hit on the pad. |
| 23.2 : Y Chahal to L Das, Googly on off, Das plays it late down to third man for a single. |
| 23.3 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Floated on middle, Rahim milks it to long on and gets a run. |
| 23.4 : Y Chahal to L Das, FOUR! Fifty for Liton Das. He does not get there in a convincing fashion but he will take it. Shorter leg spinner pitching around off, Das looks to cut but gets a thick outside edge. It goes wide of the first slip and to the vacant third man region for a boundary. |
| 23.5 : Y Chahal to L Das, Floated on the stumps, Das blocks it off the front foot. |
| 23.6 : Y Chahal to L Das, FOUR! Swept and swept hard. Chahal tosses it up on off, Das gets on his knee and sweeps it wide of Dhawan at deep square leg. He was well inside the rope. Had he been on the edge he might have had a chance. |
| 24.1 : V Shankar to M Rahim, SIX! Rahim comes down the track and smacks this length ball from Shankar over the long off fence for a maximum. |
| 24.2 : V Shankar to M Rahim, On the pads, Rahim flicks it wide of deep mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| 24.3 : V Shankar to M Rahim, FOUR! What a shot! Nothing wrong with the delivery. He bowls it on a length around off. But Rahim is in such good form that he makes this look like a bad ball and drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 24.4 : V Shankar to M Rahim, Shorter on off, Mushfiqur pulls it towards fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 24.5 : V Shankar to L Das, Length ball outside off, Das runs it down to third man and gets a single. |
| 24.6 : V Shankar to M Rahim, Good length ball on off, Rahim blocks it to see off the over. 24 runs have come off the last two. |
| 25.1 : Y Chahal to L Das, Shorter on off, Das plays it late down to short third man. |
| 25.2 : Y Chahal to L Das, Better ball this. Chahal tosses this leg spinner on off, Das looks to hit it but misses. |
| 25.3 : Y Chahal to L Das, Shorter on off, Das punches it to the man at cover. |
| 25.4 : Y Chahal to L Das, FOUR! Once again Das plays the sweep and gets a boundary. He gets a tossed up ball on off, Liton sweeps it towards backward square leg and gets a boundary. |
| 25.5 : Y Chahal to L Das, On the pads, Das looks to flick but it goes off the thigh pad and they take a leg bye. |
| 25.6 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, On middle and leg, Rahim flicks it to the man at mid-wicket. |
| Ravindra Jadeja is now on. |
| 26.1 : R Jadeja to L Das, Flatter on middle and leg, Das defends this towards cover. |
| 26.2 : R Jadeja to L Das, Pulled away to deep backward square leg for a single by Liton. Moves into the 60s. |
| 26.3 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Slower on middle stump, Mushfiqur tucks it away through square leg for a single. |
| 26.4 : R Jadeja to L Das, Liton pushes this ball towards the left of the bowler where Jadeja runs and stops the ball. |
| 26.5 : R Jadeja to L Das, FOUR! That is a lovely shot. Flighted on middle, Liton comes down the track and lifts the ball over mid-wicket. The ball beats the fielder in the deep easily. Liton is looking really good here. |
| 26.6 : R Jadeja to L Das, Pushed away to deep cover for a run. |
| 27.1 : Y Chahal to L Das, FOUR! Short and pulled away. A drag down from Chahal on middle, Das goes back in his crease before pulling it away wide of deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 27.2 : Y Chahal to L Das, Pushed off the back foot to point by LD. |
| 27.3 : Y Chahal to L Das, Flatter outside off, punched off the back foot to deep cover. Single taken. |
| 27.4 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Rahim flicks this flatter one on middle towards mid-wicket. |
| 27.5 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Mushfiqur punches this away towards cover. |
| 27.6 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, MR runs this one down to long off for a single. Keeps strike for the next over. |
| 28.1 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Short on middle, Rahim pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 28.2 : R Jadeja to L Das, On the middle, Das defends it off the front foot. |
| 28.3 : R Jadeja to L Das, Tossed up- on the stumps, LD once again defends it with authority. |
| 28.4 : R Jadeja to L Das, Floated on middle and leg, Liton drives it to mid on. |
| 28.5 : R Jadeja to L Das, On the pads, Das works it down to fine leg for one. |
| 28.6 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Short outside off, MR cuts it straight to point. |
| 29.1 : Y Chahal to L Das, Shorter outside off, cut away by Das but finds the point fielder. |
| 29.2 : Y Chahal to L Das, Flighted outside off, swept away by Das to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 29.3 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Flighted on middle, a watchful defense from Rahim follows. A quick single is pinched. |
| 29.4 : Y Chahal to L Das, Cut away to deep cover for a run by Das. |
| 29.5 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, The batsman got into position early and reverse swept that one but straight to the third man fielder in the circle. |
| 29.6 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Flighted full toss on middle, run down to long on along the ground for a single. |
| 30.1 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Rahim stands in his crease and defends this ball. |
| 30.2 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Short outside off, MR tries to cut the ball away but fails to put bat on ball. |
| 30.3 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 30.4 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Cut away uppishly towards the point fielder by Rahim. |
| 30.5 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Rahim has flicked the ball off his pads. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 30.6 : R Jadeja to L Das, Ouch! That must have hurt! A flighted ball outside off, turn and bounce! Das looks to paddle it fine on the leg side but misses the ball and it goes and hits his Adam's apple. Must be painful! Immediately removes the helmet and goes to the side! |
| Liton Das has got hit on the neck. He is in pain. The physio is out in the middle having a check on him. Bangladesh must be praying that he is fine and it's nothing more than just a blow. |
| 31.1 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, FOUR! Swept away wide of deep mid-wicket. A flighted ball on middle, Rahim gets really low and plays the sweep beautifully in front of square. Beats the fielder in the deep. |
| 31.2 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Pushed down to long off for a single now. Smart batting. |
| 31.3 : Y Chahal to L Das, OUT! Stumped! The blow has caused a loss in concentration from Liton Das. A flighted leg spinner outside off, Das comes down the ground to lift it over covers but the ball spins away and beats his bat. Dhoni completes the formalities as Liton has no chance of coming back. The stand of 120 is broken! It was a good stand but off the pace required from it a bit. |
| Drinks break! The 3rd wicket has fallen just before the break. A really good but slow stand between Das and Musfiqur means that even though Bangladesh have a decent look on the scorecard, it is not good in the context of the game. They now need 191 in 111 balls and it is really difficult. They would not mind though as in my opinion they were trying to gain as much batting practice off this game as possible. Meanwhile, Mohammad Mithun walks out to bat now. |
| 31.4 : Y Chahal to M Mithun, OUT! Two in two balls, the second time this innings. Mithun departs on the first ball he faces and Chahal gets his second wicket. A googly first up landing outside off and spinning inward, Mohammad looks to flick it away but misses the ball. Gets rapped low and right in front of middle stump on the back pad. The finger goes up in an instant. Double blow for the Tigers. |
| Mahmudullah walks out to bat next and face the hat-trick ball. |
| 31.5 : Y Chahal to Mahmudullah, No hat-trick! A really good ball though. Bowled full on middle, Mahmudullah does well to keep it out. |
| 31.6 : Y Chahal to Mahmudullah, Bowled flatter on the pads, the batsman runs it down fine on the leg side to short fine leg. |
| 32.1 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, A flatter one fired in on the pads, run down to fine leg for a single by Mushfiqur. |
| 32.2 : R Jadeja to Mahmudullah, The batsman has pushed it to the cover region. One run added to the total. |
| 32.3 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, The Bangladeshi wicket-keeper batsman gets to the pitch of the ball and defends it. |
| 32.4 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, FOUR! Top edge and four! Good ball from Jadeja but goes in vain. Flighted outside off, Rahim looks to sweep it away but the ball goes off the top edge and over Dhoni. The ball races away from Kuldeep who gives chase. |
| 32.5 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Rahim makes room and cuts this ball to the point fielder. |
| 32.6 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 33.1 : Y Chahal to Mahmudullah, Flatter on middle, tucked away to mid-wicket for a single by Mahmudullah. |
| 33.2 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Flighted on off, driven hard to cover by Rahim but the ball goes straight to the fielder. |
| 33.3 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, FOUR! He is a master of the square cut against spin yells Manjrekar on air and is he or what? A short ball outside off, Rahim backs away and slashes this ball wide of point. Finds the gap and the fence as well. |
| 33.4 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, The batsman dances down the track and does well to block the ball. |
| 33.5 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Slower through the air on middle, Rahim comes inside the line before mistiming his shot towards short fine leg. Goes aerially but Bhuvneshwar is content to stay back and field into on a bounce. |
| 33.6 : Y Chahal to M Rahim, Mushfiqur has taken the aerial route and played that over the covers. They manage to come back for the second. |
| 34.1 : R Jadeja to Mahmudullah, Flatter on off, Mahmudullah defends it. |
| 34.2 : R Jadeja to Mahmudullah, Floated on off, Mahmudullah gets on his front foot and defends it. |
| 34.3 : R Jadeja to Mahmudullah, On middle and leg, Mahmudullah flicks it to mid-wicket and gets one. |
| 34.4 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, On the pads, Rahim flicks it to deep square leg for one. |
| 34.5 : R Jadeja to Mahmudullah, Right in the line of the stumps, Mahmudullah defends it. |
| 34.6 : R Jadeja to Mahmudullah, Flighted on off, Mahmudullah defends it with soft hands towards cover for one. |
| Kuldeep comes back on. |
| 35.1 : K Yadav to Mahmudullah, Tossed up around off, Mahmudullah paddles it behind square and gets a single. |
| 35.2 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Tossed up on middle, Musfiqur nudges it to long on for one. |
| 35.3 : K Yadav to Mahmudullah, FOUR! Not in control of the shot but gets a boundary. Kuldeep floats it on middle, Mahmudullah looks to play the upper cut but it goes off the edge but over the slip fielder's head for a boundary. |
| 35.4 : K Yadav to Mahmudullah, OUT! Kuldeep gets a much-needed wicket. Beautifully bowled this by Kuldeep. He nicely tosses it up on off and the ball spins in wonderfully to the right-hander. Mahmuduallh comes down the track and looks to hit it over the bowler's head but gets nowhere close to the ball. The ball goes onto hit the leg stump. This might be the wicket that will end the debate regarding the spinner's form and will boost his confidence. |
| Sabbir Rahman walks out to bat now. |
| 35.5 : K Yadav to S Rahman, Floated on off, Rahman blocks it. |
| 35.6 : K Yadav to S Rahman, On the stumps, Sabbir solidly defends it. |
| 36.1 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Flatter on the pads, tucked away to deep fine leg for a single by Rahim. |
| 36.2 : R Jadeja to S Rahman, Pushed to cover by Sabbir this time. |
| 36.3 : R Jadeja to S Rahman, Flighted outside off, Rahman leans into this drive and gets it away to deep cover for a single. |
| 36.4 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, What a brilliant piece of fielding! Saves 2 runs for his side with his athleticism does Rohit Sharma in the deep. A short ball on middle, Rahim pulls this over mid-wicket. A long chase for Rohit as he runs to his right from long on towards cow corner. He puts in a superb dive and flicks the ball inside. 2 runs are taken. |
| 36.5 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, The batsman got into position early and reverse swept that one but straight to the short third man fielder. |
| 36.6 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Flatter one on middle, Rahim comes ahead to defend but the ball goes off the leading edge towards cover. |
| 37.1 : K Yadav to S Rahman, Floats it on off, Sabbir looks to defend but gets a leading edge. |
| 37.2 : K Yadav to S Rahman, FOUR! Tossed up on off, Sabbir gets on one knee and sweeps it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 37.3 : K Yadav to S Rahman, Tossed up on middle, Sabbir nudges it to long on for one. |
| 37.4 : K Yadav to M Rahim, Flighted on off, Rahim milks it to long off for another easy run. |
| Review time! A LBW appeal against Sabbir has been turned down. The ball was spinning in after landing outside off, probably was hitting in line as well. Looks like height could be the only factor! Let us see what the replays have to say... |
| 37.5 : K Yadav to S Rahman, NOT OUT! Height is not the factor but it umpire's call so Sabbir survives. Not a bad review this. Flighted ball pitching on leg, Sabbir looks to play the reverse sweep but misses. The ball hits him on the front foot. Kohli, Dhoni and Kuldeep discuss about the review. Kohli asks whether height is an issue but Kuldeep is confident height is not the factor. Kohli finally takes the review. Replays roll in and Hawk Eye shows that the ball was going onto clip the leg pole. S |
| 37.6 : K Yadav to S Rahman, Defends off the front foot to see off the over. |
| MS Dhoni goes off now, Dinesh Karthik comes back on as a keeper, probably for the remainder of the game! |
| 38.1 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, FOUR! A drag down from Jadeja, pulled away past short fine leg for a boundary by Rahim. Good shot. |
| 38.2 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Fired in on middle, Mushfiqur flicks this away wide of long on. Rohit mops up in the deep but the batsmen pick two runs easily. |
| 38.3 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, SIX! 4, 2 and 6 off the first 3 balls! A flatter one on middle, Rahim comes well ahead before slog-sweeping this ball over deep square leg. The ball crosses the rope with ease. |
| 38.4 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Rahim wanted to come inside the line and pull that away but Jadeja fires it quick outside off. MR has to defend it towards the left of the bowler. |
| 38.5 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, The batsman defends it from within the crease to the point fielder. |
| 38.6 : R Jadeja to M Rahim, Mushfiqur works this ball through mid-wicket. Two runs are picked up easily by the batsmen. 14 runs off this over, a big one for Bangladesh. They need many of these if they are to win this game. 145 needed in 66 balls now. Rahim moves into the 90s with that couple. |
| 39.1 : K Yadav to S Rahman, Flighted on off, Sabbir defends it with soft hands towards cover and takes a quick single. |
| 39.2 : K Yadav to M Rahim, OUT! Mushfiqur Rahim departs in the nervous 90. Just as they say one brings another and that's the case here for Kuldeep. He wonderfully flights this one on middle and off. It spins in to the right-hander. Rahim looks to play the sweep but the ball goes between the bat and pad and onto the stumps. |
| Mosaddek Hossain walks out to bat at number 8. |
| 39.3 : K Yadav to M Hossain, OUT! Two in two. Third time in this innings a bowler is on a hat-trick. The last one was flighted and spinning in to the right-hander. This one spins away from the batter. Hossain comes down the track to stroke it. He misses it completely and Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps takes the bails off in a flash. Third wicket in this game for Kuldeep. Dhoni with the bat and Kuldeep now with the ball. The warning has been sent the the rest of the teams. Can he get a hat-tric |
| Mohammad Saifuddin is in next. He will face the third hat-trick ball of this innings! |
| 39.4 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, No hat-trick for Kuldeep either. Saifuddin has defended off the front foot. |
| 39.5 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, On the stumps, Saifuddin once again defends it. |
| 39.6 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, Flighted on the stumps, MS blocks it to see off the over. |
| Powerplay 3 time! 5 fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard circle till the end now. 144 needed in 60 now. |
| 40.1 : R Jadeja to S Rahman, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot towards cover. |
| 40.2 : R Jadeja to S Rahman, OUT! They are falling like nine-pins now. A flatter one on off, fired in quick by Jadeja as he sees Sabbir backing away. The batsman wanted to cut this away but gets an inside edge onto the off stump. The Tigers have lost 3 wickets for no run! |
| Mehidy Hasan walks out to bat next. |
| 40.3 : R Jadeja to M Hasan, Flatter off-spinner outside off, Hasan defends it on the front foot to point. |
| 40.4 : R Jadeja to M Hasan, Fired in on middle, defends this towards the left of the bowler. |
| 40.5 : R Jadeja to M Hasan, Mehidy gets off the mark with a tucked shot towards square leg. |
| 40.6 : R Jadeja to M Saifuddin, Another one fired in on the pads, turned towards square leg by the southpaw. Saifuddin gets off the mark. |
| 41.1 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, Full on the pads, the southpaw nudges it to long on and gets a single. |
| 41.2 : K Yadav to M Hasan, Shorter outside off, spinning away from the batsman. Mehidy plays it with the turn towards third man region. Vijay Shankar goes after it and stops it before the rope. They take two runs. |
| 41.3 : K Yadav to M Hasan, On the pads, Mehidy flicks it to square leg and gets one. |
| 41.4 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, Shorter on off, Saifuddin punches it to the man at cover. |
| 41.5 : K Yadav to M Hasan, Flighted on the pads, Saifuddin plays it with the spin towards mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 41.6 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, Wonderful ball this. Kuldeep gives it nice air and loops it up on off. Saifuddin is tempted to drive and he cannot resist it. The ball spins away after pitching,he gets a thick outside edge which falls short of Rohit Sharma at first slip. It goes past him and they take two. |
| 42.1 : R Jadeja to M Hasan, Bowled quicker and full on middle, Mehidy pushes this ball back to the bowler. |
| 42.2 : R Jadeja to M Hasan, Another flatter one on middle, driven abck to the bowler again. |
| 42.3 : R Jadeja to M Hasan, Flighted this time on off, defended watchfully by Hasan coming ahead. |
| 42.4 : R Jadeja to M Hasan, Flatter outside off, Mehidy looks to sweep this ball away but misses and gets rapped low on the pads. Impact is outside off and hence the umpire declines the appeal. Virat Kohli looks to his players for a review consideration but then does not take it. |
| 42.5 : R Jadeja to M Hasan, The batsman has played it to the point region. |
| 42.6 : R Jadeja to M Hasan, Mehidy comes down the track and pushes this ball down to long on for a single. |
| 43.1 : K Yadav to M Hasan, Flighted on middle, Mehidy sweeps it to mid-wicket and gets one. |
| 43.2 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, Tossed up on off, Saifuddin taps it back to the bowler. |
| 43.3 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, Flights it on off, MS defends it. |
| 43.4 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, Comes around the wicket and bowls it full on off, Saifuddin drives it straight to mid off. |
| 43.5 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, Comes over the wicket and bowls it full on off, Saifuddin blocks it. |
| 43.6 : K Yadav to M Saifuddin, On the stumps, Saifuddin defends it to see off the over. Kuldeep ends with 3/47! |
| Yuzvendra Chahal comes back on. |
| 44.1 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Short outside off, Mehidy slaps it straight to point. |
| 44.2 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Flighted on off, Mehidy defends it. |
| 44.3 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Short again this time Hasan cuts it to point. |
| 44.4 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Short on off, Hasan pulls it to mid-wicket. |
| 44.5 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, This time sweeps it to square leg for one. |
| 44.6 : Y Chahal to M Saifuddin, Floated on off, Saifuddin drives it towards cover and gets one. |
| Vijay Shankar to have a go now. |
| 45.1 : V Shankar to M Saifuddin, Bends his back and bowls it short. Saifuddin pulls it to deep square leg and gets one. |
| 45.2 : V Shankar to M Hasan, On middle, Mehidy flicks it to fine leg and gets one. |
| 45.3 : V Shankar to M Saifuddin, FOUR! Brute power here from Saifuddin. Shankar bowls it on a length outside off, Saifuddin smashes it through mid off for a boundary. |
| 45.4 : V Shankar to M Saifuddin, Now follows it up with a solid leave outside off. |
| 45.5 : V Shankar to M Saifuddin, Full on off, Saifuddin drives it towards cover and gets a single. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end and he hits. The batsman was in though and the ball deflects off the stumps and they get one more. |
| 45.6 : V Shankar to M Saifuddin, Length ball outside off, MS guides it to third man and gets one. |
| 46.1 : Y Chahal to M Saifuddin, Flighted on middle and leg, turned away through square leg by the southpaw. Single taken. |
| 46.2 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Poor fielding! Short outside off, cut away by Hasan towards the left of point. Bhuvneshwar dives but does not stop the ball. A couple is hence taken. |
| 46.3 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Mehidy runs down the track and pushes this to long off for a single. |
| 46.4 : Y Chahal to M Saifuddin, Pushed away to deep cover this time by Saifuddin. The ball from around the wicket is easily dealt with by the left-hander. |
| 46.5 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Flatter outside off, driven hard by Hasan to cover. |
| 46.6 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, SIX! What a shot! Mehidy showing he is no mug with the bat. A flighted ball outside off, Hasan runs down the track and lifts the ball over the bowler's head. Into the sightscreen! |
| 47.1 : V Shankar to M Saifuddin, Back of a length on off, pushed away to mid-wicket by Saifuddin. A single is taken. |
| 47.2 : V Shankar to M Hasan, Short ball on middle, mistimed pull towards deep square leg by Mehidy. Dhoni from the deep runs in and stops it at a single. Has a smile on his face as well. |
| Review time! An LBW appeal from Shankar is turned down by the umpire. It looked like it pitched outside leg to the naked eye. Let us see what the replays have to say! |
| 47.3 : V Shankar to M Saifuddin, NOT OUT! The ball is pitching outside leg, just as one felt! India lose the review. A length ball bowled outside leg, Saifudding misses the ball as he looks to flick it away. The ball goes onto the thigh pad and Shankar appeals but it is turned down. Meanwhile the batsmen have run for a leg bye. Virat Kohli takes this upstairs though but the replays confirm the umpire can stay with his original decision. |
| Run out appeal taken upstairs. Mehidy Hasan is the man in question. He looks to be home let's see what the replays have to say though. |
| 47.4 : V Shankar to M Hasan, Six runs! Overthrows! Mehidy looks to punch this ball away but it goes away fine on leg side off the inside edge. Rahul there runs to pick up the ball but the batsmen come back for the second. The throw though is a really wild one and hence it runs away to the fence with no one backing up in that angle. 6 runs totally and Kohli is not pleased! |
| 47.5 : V Shankar to M Hasan, NOT OUT! The batsman was in easily. A length ball on middle, driven towards mid on. The mid-wicket fielder runs to his left, picks up the ball and fires a direct hit at the bowler's end. The batsman though is easily in and the umpire just takes it upstairs to check the same. Replays roll in and show it is not out. |
| 47.6 : V Shankar to M Saifuddin, Bouncer on middle, Saifuddin looks to pull this away but misses the ball. An eventful over comes to an end. |
| 48.1 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Short outside off, Mehidy cuts it to the man at point. |
| 48.2 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, WIDE! Straighter one outside off. It is on the wrong side of the tramline. Wide signalled. |
| Y Chahal to M Hasan, On the pads, Mehidy flicks it to mid-wicket and gets one. |
| 48.3 : Y Chahal to M Saifuddin, Floated on the pads, Saifuddin looks to flick but gets hit on the pads. |
| 48.4 : Y Chahal to M Saifuddin, OUT! Chahal gets his third of the day. He tosses it up outside off, Saifuddin looks to heave it over the leg side but gets a top edge which lobs up towards the point region. Kuldeep runs to his left and takes a good catch. The wrist spinners have had a good game. |
| Rubel Hossain walks out at number 11. |
| 48.5 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Flatter one on middle, Mehidy comes down the track and pushes this ball towards mid on. The mid-wicket fielder runs to his left and stops the ball. |
| 48.6 : Y Chahal to M Hasan, Another one fired in on middle, pushed to mid-wicket where Jadeja stops it again. Chahal ends with figures of 10-0-55-3! |
| Ravindra Jadeja to bowl the final over of the warm-ups. |
| 49.1 : R Jadeja to R Hossain, Flatter off-spinner on middle, safely defended by Rubel. |
| 49.2 : R Jadeja to R Hossain, Another flatter one on middle and leg, going down leg with the angle. Hossain misses the hoick and gets it on the pads. |
| Run out appeal taken up! The batsmen try to take three runs and might have ended up being run out here. Mehidy dived but looked short to the naked eye. Let's see what the replays have to say! |
| 49.3 : R Jadeja to R Hossain, OUT! He is well short! Dinesh Karthik has removed the bails and the dive from Mehidy will not save him. INDIA WIN BY 95 RUNS!!! A flatter ball on middle, another huge swipe across the line from Rubel and he misses again. The ball goes off the pads and between slip and keeper. The batsmen complete 2 leg byes easily but Mehidy wants the third to come back on strike. The fielder in the deep throws to the keeper's end where Karthik removes the bails and appeals. The squa |
| Comprehensive victory for India in the end. This match has cancelled out any fears Indian supporters and think-tank would have had regarding the team. Bangladesh, meanwhile, have a few things to think about and would be hoping that it was just a one-off before the World Cup. |
| Chasing 360, Bangladesh got off to a solid start, with both openers, Soumya Sarkar and Liton Das getting off the blocks quickly. Sarkar though could not continue and was dismissed to Bumrah. Shakib who came next went out for a golden duck. Rahim and Liton Das though then steadied the ship with a 120 run-stand with both batsmen getting to their respective fifties. But after that Bangladesh kept losing wickets in regular intervals and never actually looked to get close to India's total. |
| As for India's bowling, 7 bowlers were used in total. Hardik Pandya did not bowl any over in this game and the four seamers, Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar, Shami and Vijay Shankar bowled just 20 overs between them. Jasprit Bumrah was the only pacer though to get into the wickets column with his 2. The day though belonged to the Indian spinners, especially the two front-line wrist spinners. Chahal and Kuldeep bowled 20 overs amongst themselves and picked up 3 wickets each. Jadeja too picked up a wicket in |
| Earlier in the day, India after being put into bat put 359 runs on the board courtesy brilliant tons from KL Rahul and MS Dhoni. After the top order collapsed the two put on a 164-run stand for the 5th wicket and put on a massive total on the board. |
| Bangladesh skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza says that after Ireland and this game they have had enough match practice for the last 4 weeks. States that there are some small niggles but they want to take care of the bowlers considering the first match is just two days away for them. Reckons that their top order is batting well and different people are putting their hands up at the right time, and hopes they will know their roles come the group stage. |
| Virat Kohli says the biggest positive to come out of the game was how KL Rahul batted at number 4. He says that KL is a great guy and needs confidence. Also praises Dhoni as well as the bowlers who played their best game in this one. Suggests it could be tricky to decide what to do first in these conditions as it does get better to bat in the second innings whereas there is spin as well. But the Indian skipper feels that the swing in the morning is very important and can decide how the game pans |
| So we are done and dusted with the warm-ups. They have served well as an appetizer, now it's time for the main event. We are just a couple of days away from the beginning of the biggest event in world cricket. Hosts England take on South Africa in the opener of the World Cup on 30th May. That game will begin at 1030 local (0930 GMT). Make sure you join us for that one. Till then, Cheers! |
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