Adelaide: India defeated Bangladesh by five runs in a rain-curtailed T20 World Cup match here on Wednesday. Invited to bat, Virat Kohli and K L Rahul scored sparkling fifties to power India to 184 for six. The under-fire Rahul returned to form with a 32-ball 50 before Kohli took charge of the innings with an unbeaten 64 off 44 deliveries. Hasan Mahmud (3/47) was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh.
Defending a revised target of 151 in 16 overs following a brief rain interruption, India restricted Bangladesh to 145 for six. Liton Das top-scored for Bangladesh with a 27-ball 60. Arshdeep Singh (2/38) picked up two wickets for India.
Brief scores:
India 184 for 6 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 64 not out, KL Rahul 50; Hasan Mahmud (3/47).
Bangladesh: 145 for 6 in 16 overs (Liton Das 60; Arshdeep Singh 2/38).
16th Over:
Ball by ball: 1 6 0 2 4 1
15th Over:
Ball by ball: 4 0 6 1 0 0
14th Over:
Ball by ball: 4 2 L1 L1 2 2
13th Over:
Mosaddek Hossain b Hardik Pandya 6(3).
Ball by ball: 1 W 6 0 W 0
Total runs scored: 7
12th Over:
Two wickets in the over of Arshdeep -- Shakib and Hossain.
Ball by ball: W 0 1 0 W 1
Total runs scored: 2
11th Over:
Ball by ball: 0 0 4 4 Wd2 0 1
Total runs scored: 11
10th Over:
WICKET!
Shami dismisses Shanto.
Ball by ball: W 1 1 1 0 1
Total runs scored: 4
9th Over:
Dangerous Shakib is on the crease, and he constantly tries to pull Hardik but is beaten for pace. The over dealt in singles except for the six on the second ball.
Ball by ball: 1 6 0 1 1 1
Total runs scored: 10
8th Over:
WICKET!
Litton Das has been run out by single-handed throw of KL Rahul. He scores brilliant 60 runs from just 27 balls.
Ball by ball: 1 W1 0 4 1 1
Total runs scored: 8
Latest update:The target has been revised. Bangladesh have to chase 151 runs in a total of 16 overs. The game will start at 4.50 pm.
Rains have interrupted the match, covers are on.
Here's some food for thought:
1) The swashbuckling Suryakumar Yadav became the world's number one batter in T20 Internationals, rising to the top on the back of his incredible form in recent times.
Yadav overtook Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan on the back of his unbeaten 51 off 25 balls against the Netherlands in Sydney last week, to become just the second Indian player to hold the top T20I batter ranking after Virat Kohli, who spent 1,013 days at the top in different periods from September 2014 to December 2017.
2) Virat Kohli overtook former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene to become the all-time leading run-scorer in T20 World Cup history. Kohli, who boasts of an average of more than 80 and a strike rate of over 130 in T20 World Cups, reached the milestone during India's Super 12 match against Bangladesh.
7th Over:
Ball by ball: 1 2 1 0 2 0
Total runs scored: 6
6th Over:
Litton Das pulls one Shami for a four and another six brings his 50. An incredible innings that has put India under pressure. Bangladesh have made the most of the powerplay.
Ball by ball: 4 6 0 4 1 1
Total runs scored: 16
5th Over:
Ball by ball: 0 1 1 0 6 1
Total runs scored: 9
4th Over:
Ball by ball: 2 0 3 0 0 0
Total runs scored: 5
3rd Over:
A great start for Bangladesh. Litton Das hits Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a massive six off pull shot into the mid-wicket. Next up was a straight boundary over mid-off. The last one was cheeky as the batter opened up the face and caress the ball for another four towards the third man. A missed chance too in the over as Dinesh Karthik missed a catch coming off the blade of Das.
Ball by ball: 1 6 4 4 1 0
Total runs scored: 16
2nd Over:
Ball by ball: 4 0 4 0 0 4
Total runs scored: 12
1st Over:
Ball by ball: 0 0 1 1 0 0
Total runs scored: 2
India's innings
India vs Bangladesh T20 World Cup Scoreboard
India Innings:
KL Rahul c Rahman b Shakib 50
Rohit Sharma c Ali b Mahmud 2
Virat Kohli not out 64
Suryakumar Yadav b Shakib 30
Hardik Pandya c Ali b Mahmud 5
Dinesh Karthik run out 7
Axar Patel c Shakib b Mahmud 7
Ravichandran Ashwin not out 13
Extras:(LB-1, NB-3, W-2) 6
Total:(For Six Wickets in 20 Overs) 184
Fall of Wickets: 1-11, 2-78, 3-116, 4-130, 5-150, 6-157
Bowling:Taskin Ahmed 4-0-15-0, Shoriful Islam 4-0-57-0, Hasan Mahmud 4-0-47-3, Mustafizur Rahman 4-0-31-0, Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-33-2.
Here's the innings report:
Kohli, Rahul fifties power India to 184 for 6
Virat Kohli's eternal love affair with the Adelaide Oval continued as he powered India to an imposing 184 for 6 against Bangladesh with a beautifully crafted 64 not out in the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. There were eight fours and a six in his 44-ball innings as none of the Bangladesh bowlers had any answer for his exquisite stroke-play.
The pitch was way slower compared to Perth and the Bangladesh bowling attack fizzled out under extreme pressure in the post-Powerplay overs as KL Rahul (50 off 31 ball) also returned to form with his first fifty of the tournament.
Kohli, en route to his third half-century of the competition, had couple of useful stands 67 for second wicket with Rahul and 38 for the third wicket with Suryakumar Yadav (30 off 15 balls). India skipper Rohit Sharma (2 off 7 balls) couldn't capitalize on the dropped chance in the first over off Taskin Ahmed's (0/15 in 4 overs).
Shakib Al Hasan (2/33 in 4 overs) picked wickets of Rahul and Surya but Taskin undoubtedly was the best bowler on view. If Bangladesh lose the game, it will be because of the cumulative 104 runs in eight overs conceded by left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam (0/57) and Hasan Mahmud (3/47).
Having copped a lot of criticism over the past three games, Rahul got into his element. He played his customary pick-up pull-shot', which is a whip off the wrists behind square for a six. With skipper Rohit dismissed cheaply, Kohli eased the initial pressure put by Taskin with some fleet-footed running between the wickets.
Rahul took 20 balls to score his first 21 runs but once the Powerplay was done away with, he suddenly upped the ante as in one over from Shoriful, he hit a short-arm pull over deep mid-wicket and a slash over backward point for two maximums.
That ninth over from Shoriful yielded 24 runs and the pressure was completely released on the Indian batters. Rahul's next 29 runs came off 10 balls before his 31-ball-50 ended when an attempted lap-shot found the top-edge and Mustafizur took a well-judged catch off skipper Shakib's bowling. The second wicket stand yielded 67 in just 5.5 overs.
Kohli at the other end hit a flurry of boundaries couple off Taskin, one from Mustafizur and the best of the lot a copybook off-drive that one can watch on the loop as many times one wishes to. The stage was set for Suryakumar and he responded in style with a quickfire cameo before Shakib's arm-ball breached his defense.