New Delhi: Brilliant fifties from KL Rahul and Virat Kohli helped India to reach a total of 184 on Adelaide. Kl Rahul made a comeback against Bangladesh and scored 50 off 32 while Virat Kohli continued his form to score 64* off 44. While Litton Das started the inning well and took Bangladesh ahead of the par score, India made a comeback after the game was halted by rain.
Suryakumar Yadav scored a fantastic 30 off 16 and contributed to India’s total. It was Ravichandran Ashwin who ended the affair with a six and a four in the final over. Chasing 185, Litton Das showed fireworks. He scored 60 off just 27 deliveries after KL Rahul dismissed him by hitting stumps from outside the 30-yard circle. After that Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya picked two wickets each to win the game for India.
Virat Kohli was named the Player of the Match for his 64-run inning and the love affair between Kohli and Adelaide continues.
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# Arshdeep defends and India takes home the victory.
# A six and four in the previous over, and in the last over Bangladesh needs 20 now.
# 31 needed off 12 as Nurul Hasan tries to make it for the Bangla Tigers.
# Hardik Pandya picks two in his over. Bangladesh stands at 108/6 as their chances look bleak.
# Shakib departs! Arshdeep takes a couple again as Deepak Hooda takes the catch. Shakib Al Hasan: 13 (12)
# Arshdeep Singh is the man! Afif Hossain departs after handing a catch to Suryakumar Yadav.
# India has made a comeback, Litton Das was dismissed off a runout by KL Rahul and Shami dismissed Shanto. After 10 overs Bangladesh stands at 88/2.
# The freshly revised target is 151 runs. Bangladesh now needs 85 runs from 9 overs.
# Umpires have left the field, an inspection of the field is set to take place.
# It is still drizzling, though the covers are being removed.
# Bangladesh’s score stood at 66/0 off 7 overs when the game was halted owing to the rains. The reduction of overs has not been declared yet.
# Litton Das completes his fifty.
# India continuing a good run and coming back from a defeat against the Proteas, posted 184 runs on the board in the first inning. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to field, looking to stop India at a low total, but the Indian batters stood up and posted a par score for the bowlers to defend. The fifties from KL Rahul and Virat Kohli paired with a cracking thirty from Suryakumar Yadav aided the men in blue to a fine total.
# Bangladesh started the inning well by putting the Indian openers under pressure. Shakib Al Hasan chose to bowl the in-form Taskin Ahmed’s all-four overs at the start. The pressure paid off as captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Hasan Mahmud as he did not give enough room to Rohit to play a good uppercut. This gave a chance to KL Rahul to stand up to the occasion and he scored 50 runs off just 32 balls. SKY took the inning forward with his 30 off just 16 balls while Virat played an anchor role and kept on rotating the strike.
# The inning destabilised in the middle as Hasan Mahmud dismissed Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik, who looked in good touch was dismissed by a runout. Axar Patel also departed after hitting a boundary.
It was Ravichandran Ashwin who ended the affairs well for India. He hit a four and a six in the final over to get the momentum going even after India lost a few wickets. Virat Kohli stayed on 64* off 44 and also became the highest scorer in the T20 World Cups.
