India vs Bangladesh Highlights, T20 World Cup: IND beats BAN by five runs, goes top of points table

In this episode of #WednesdaysWithWV, WV Raman analyses India’s performances in the T20 World Cup so far and weighs in on the decision of BCCI to take a step towards pay parity

India has clinched a thriller here in Adelaide after Litton Das threatened to take the game away from India. Bangladesh was cruising at 66/0 in 7 overs when rain intervened. The Tigers were 17 runs ahead of the D/L par score at that point and India was desperately hoping for the game to resume. The target was revised to 151 in 16 overs when play resumed. India turned the match on its head after the break. Bangladesh lost six wickets for 40 runs as Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh took two wickets apiece.

Arshdeep to bowl the final over. Just a single off the first ball. Perfect yorker, goes off the inside edge and past DK. SIX! Short and Nurul has deposited this over deep square with a pull. 13 to win off four balls now. Full on middle and leg and it’s a dot as Nurul looks to heave this on leg-side. Full again on the stumps and drilled down the ground for two runs. FOUR! Full outside off and Nurul carves this behind point for four runs. BAN needs 7 to win off the last ball. Six runs needed for a Super Over. Just a single at long-off and India wins by five runs.

Hardik with the ball. FOUR! Full outside off and Taskin throws his bat at it and gets it through the covers for four runs. Slower short ball and Taskin misses as he goes for the pull. SIX! Maximum over square-leg as Hardik goes fuller on this occasion. Just a single next ball as Hardik gets his yorker right. BAN needs 20 in 8 balls. Length ball and Nurul swings and misses outside off. Dot to end the over.

Arshdeep bowls his third over. Bangladesh needs 43 runs in three overs. FOUR! Nurul lifts the first ball over mid-off for four runs. He ramps the next one for a couple at third man as Arshdeep digs it in short. Slower yorker and Nurul gets just a single off an inside edge. Another yorker, half-hearted appeal for LBW, but this going down leg. A couple of twos off the last two deliveries as Nurul keeps BAN in the hunt.

Hardik comes back with the ball. Short of good length on middle and Nurul gets a single with a pull. OUT! Another short ball and another wicket for India. Yasir Ali gets a top edge on the pull and Arshdeep settles under this one at point. SIX! Mosaddek smashes the first ball he faces for a six over extra cover. OUT! Two balls later Mosaddek is clean bowled. He steps out and ends up yorking himself as Hardik goes for the fuller length.

Arshdeep comes back. OUT! Afif goes and BAN is three down. Afif lofts this high in the air and SKY takes a skier at mid-on. Yasir Ali comes in. Hard length on middle and defended back. Yasir is off the mark with a single. Hundred up for BAN in 11.3 overs. Sharp bouncer to Shakib and Shakib goes for the pull and misses as the ball whizzes past his helmet. OUT! Shakib has to go now. He skies the ball on the shorter side of the ground and Hooda takes a fantastic skier at deep square leg.

Ashwin continues. Shakib steps out, Ashwin follows him outside leg and the batter cannot connect. Drilled back to the bowler next ball. Two dots. FOUR! Shakib back away outside leg and pummels this down the ground for a boundary. FOUR! Shakib backs away again outside leg and lifts this over point for another four. Wide down leg-side next ball. Afif reverse-sweeps, doesn’t connect well and the ball loops up and Rohit is just short of taking it at mid-on. Single to end the over.

Shami with the ball now. OUT! Shanto departs first ball of the over. Shanto pulls straight to the man at deep midwicket and now BAN has lost both openers after the rain delay. Afif Hossain comes in next. He is off the mark with a single. Yorker to Shakib and he digs it out for a single. Top over from Shami. Just four runs and the wicket.

Hardik into the attack. Short on leg to Shakib first ball and pulled away for a single in the midwicket area. SIX! Short again and Shanto gets a top edge on the pull and this goes all the way for a maximum over fine-leg. Ten runs from the over.

Ashwin with the ball after the rain break. Litton and Shanto are back in the middle. Flighted on middle stump and Litton pushes this to long-on and slips trying to come back for a second. Just a single. Litton seems to have injured himself and the physio is out to have a look at him. OUT! Litton is gone run out! KL Rahul stuns everybody with a direct-hit from the deep square-leg boundary and Litton is gone, short of his crease at the bowler’s end. FOUR! Shanto takes over after Litton gets out as he slaps this over covers for a boundary. Shakib is off the mark with a single off the last ball of the over.

The Men in Blue are in a huddle. Bangladesh skip Shakib is having a chat with umpire Erasmus and doesn’t look happy about something.

The match is set to resume at 4:50 PM IST. Bangladesh’s target has been revised to 151 in 16 overs. That means Bangladesh needs 85 runs to win in 54 balls.

We are now set to lose overs as we are past the cut-off!

What started off as a drizzle has gotten heavier now. We have about half an hour since the rain interruption before overs are lost.

The rain comes down in Adelaide and the news is not good for India. Bangladesh is way ahead of the DL par score after seven overs. Par score after seven overs is 49 and Bangladesh already has 66, thanks to Litton Das’ unbeaten 26-ball 59. The covers are on at the Adelaide Oval.

Axar into the attack. Shanto starts off with a single. Litton makes room and cuts between cover and point for a couple. Shanto steps out and heaves this to deep midwicket for a couple. Shanto attempts the reverse-sweep last ball but only gets an inside edge.

FOUR! Shami continues and Litton finds the square-leg boundary first ball of the over. SIX! Maximum next ball as Litton pulls this over the square leg fence for a 21-ball fifty. FOUR! Litton goes beserk. He steps out and lifts this over mid-off for a boundary.

Bhuvi bowls his third in the PowerPlay. Litton guides the first ball to the slip fielder. Litton pulls this to mid-on and hares for a quick single. Direct-hit at the bowler’s end and Litton could be run out here. Replay shows Litton was in easily. Shanto swings his bat but only gets a single behind square-leg. Good length ball on the stumps and defended by Litton. SIX! Litton shuffles across the stumps and scoops this for a maximum over fine-leg. Single last ball and he keeps strike.

Shami into the attack. Bangladesh off to a flyer here. Full on the pads and flicked by Litton for a couple on leg-side. Litton pulls this and the ball just fails to trickle to the deep midwicket boundary. Three runs taken. A couple of dots as Shanto in unable to clear the infield. Some relief for India. Beaten! Shanto misses this trying to carve it on the off-side. Good over from Shami, just five from it.

Bhuvi continues. Shanto gets an inside edge first ball and takes a quick single as the ball just rolls past the stumps. SIX! Pulled away by Litton and this clears midwicket. FOUR! Driven over mid-off on the up and four more runs next ball. FOUR! Litton opens the face of the bat and guides this past the slips to make it 14 runs from the last three balls. Dropped! Edged behind by Litton and DK drops this diving to his right.

Arshdeep from the other end. FOUR! Wide outside off and Litton slashes this through cover and point for a boundary. Fuller outside off and Litton misses this time. FOUR! Full and driven down the ground and past the bowler. Two boundaries in the over already. Edged behind and taken by DK behind the stumps. Umpires want to have a look at that again and the soft-signal is not out. DK looks to have grassed this catch as the ball takes a bounce just before getting into his gloves. FOUR! Angling away and Litton sends this crashing through covers for another boundary.

Shanto and Litton open for Bangladesh. Bhuvneshwar has the new ball. Beaten! Moving the ball into Shanto the left-hander, and he misses, trying to tuck it on leg-side. Bangladesh off the mark with Shanto taking a single after flicking this on leg-side. Shaping into Litton, who gets an inside edge behind square for one more. Yorker to Shanto, who gets an inside edge onto pad. Dot to end the over. Just two from it.

Shoriful bowls the final over. Slower on, short of good length and Ashwin misses as he looks to make room on the off for the cut. SIX! Short, Ashwin pulls this over deep square for a maximum. FOUR! Full on the legs and Ashwin drills this down the ground for four runs. Crucial runs here for India. Good yorker and dug out for a single. Slower yorker and flicked for a couple on the leg-side. Another well-executed yorker and just a single off the last ball.

OUT! Slower one by Hasan outside off, Axar ends up slicing this in the air and Shakib takes the skier at cover. Ashwin comes in. Starts off with a single. Kohli gets one more next ball. Direct-hit at the bowler’s end and Ashwin just makes his ground. FOUR! Slow and short and Kohli pulls this to the fine-leg boundary. SIX! Full and exquisitely lifted over long-on by Kohli for a maximum.

FOUR! Axar hits a first-ball boundary. Back of a length ball on leg-side and Axar tucks it away to the fine-leg boundary for four runs. Mustafizur bowls out. Punched through covers for a couple more next ball. Swing and a miss outside off by Axar. Mustafizur hits the deck hard outside off, Axar steps out and misses. Another dropped chance! Bowled into the pitch again, Axar gets it high on the bat and the ball loops up and the fielder, running towards the boundary from cover, cannot hold on to the catch. Yorker and dot to Kohli to end the over.

Shoriful with the ball now. FOUR! DK starts off with a boundary, sweeping this full delivery to the square-leg fence. Kohli moves to 48 as he slaps a slower delivery over the in-field for two. Very wide outside off, Kohli reaches out and pierces the off-side field for a couple and gets his fifty off 37 balls. OUT! DK is run out at the bowler’s end. This was touch and go as it first looked like the stumps were disturbed by the bowler’s hand and not the ball but the third umpire rules otherwise.

OUT! Hardik Pandya departs. Short ball outside off by Hasan and Hardik wants to cut this over point but instead guides this straight to the fielder. Loose shot. DK is in next. He is off the mark with a single. FOUR! Slow, short, going down leg and Kohli whips this behind to the fine-leg boundary. DK doesn’t connect the pull well and only gets a single at deep square. Another miscued pull, this one by Kohli and just a single. No-ball called as this is the second bouncer of the over.

Mustafizur with the ball. Hardik is beaten trying to cut this good length outside off-stump ball. Carved to deep third by Hardik for a couple. Good bouncer angling away and Kohli pulls out of the pull shot and lets it go. FOUR! Kohli swings and gets an inside edge that goes past fine-leg for a boundary. FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries to end the over. Length ball and Kohli hammers this over mid-on for four runs. Moves to 40 off 31.

OUT! SKY has to go! Suryakumar is cleaned up by Shakib as he looks to cut this on the off after making room and misses. Hardik comes in. Three singles to end the over.

FOUR! Good length ball outside off and SKY slaps this on the up over mid-off for another boundary. FOUR! Similar shot next ball and four more for SKY. FOUR! Another boundary to end the over. SKY has lifted this over point and to the boundary with perfection.

Shakib bowls his third. Dropped! SKY gets a top edge on the sweep, the ball shoots up in the air and Mustafizur drops it. He made good ground to get their but the ball just evaded him. Hundred runs up for India in 11.5 overs.

Mustafizur comes. Two singles off the first three balls. Kohli and SKY are timing the ball well but finding the fielders. Slower one outside off and Kohli punches down the ground off the backfoot for a single. SKY lifts this over the covers effortlessly for a couple of runs. Just six runs from the over.

Shakib continues. Rahul gets a couple first ball and brings up his 31-ball half-century. OUT! Gone next ball. This was short and turning away outside leg. Rahul goes back and want to pull this behind but gets a top edge and taken by the short fine-leg fielder. KL Rahul c Mustafizur Rahman b Shakib Al Hasan 50(32b, 6x4, 4x6). Suryakumar is in next. Two singles as the innings approaches the halfway mark. SKY is off the mark with a single first ball. FOUR! Boundary to end the over as SKY cuts this behind point.

Shoriful bowls his second over. Full and Kohli times this to perfection off the front-foot and past mid-off for a boundary down the ground. SIX! Rahul has smashed this over deep midwicket for a 96m six and Shoriful has also over-stepped which means free-hit coming up for Rahul. Next ball is wide full toss outside off and another extra run for India. SIX! Full outside off and Rahul is carved this with skill over backward point for another maximum. FOUR! Slower one slanting across the stmps and Rahul carves this behind point for four more. Driven down the ground for a single and he keeps strike.

Shakib into the attack. Short and Rahul rocks back and pulls this to wide long-on for a couple. FOUR! This is too short from Shakib and Rahul pulls this to the midwicket boundary for four runs. Ten runs from Shakib’s first over.

Taskin bowls out in the seventh over. Full and driven through the covers for a single. Pushed through the covers by Kohli for a couple more. Hard length outside off and Kohli gets on his toes and with open face of the bat guides this to the slip fielder. Room outside off, Kohli whips this hard and well stopped at cover and it’s another dot. Tucked away for a single on the leg-side. Kohli now is the leading run-scorer in T20 World Cup history. Rahul keeps strike with a last-ball single.

Mustafizur Rahman into the attack. Starts off from over the wicket to Rahul. Good length on middle and Rahul defends it back to the bowler. A couple of runs next ball. Beaten! Angling away across the stumps and Rahul is beaten on the drive. He looks to drive another full delivery but only gets an inside edge behind square-leg for a single. FOUR! Another outside edge and another boundary for Kohli. He pokes at this good length ball that angles across the stumps and it beats the diving slip fielder and runs away to the third man fence.

Taskin bowls this third in the PowerPlay. FOUR! Full and Kohli drives, over cover and point, and finds the boundary on the off-side. FOUR! This is lucky as Kohli gets an edge on the drive again and this flies over the slips for four more. Three dots after the first two lucky boundaries. Another dot to end the over.

Hasan Mahmud into the attack. OUT! Rohit Sharma is gone! Short ball on off-stump and he uppercuts this only as far as the backward point fielder. Hasan has made amends for his dropped catch in the last over. Rohit Sharma c Yasir Ali b Hasan Mahmud 2(8b). Kohli is in next and starts off with a quick single first ball. FOUR! Rahul slashes at this wide outside off and gets an edge that runs away to the third man boundary for four runs. SIX! Much more convincing and this has gone all the way! Back of a length and Rahul plays a delectable square cut over cover for a flat six.

Taskin continues. Three dots to start with as Rohit struggles with the ball moving around. Dropped! Rohit pulls this straight to the man at deep square leg and gets a reprieve as the fielder drops a sitter and Taskin is livid. Two more dots to end the over. Bangladesh right on the money in the PowerPlay.

Left-arm quick Shoriful Islam from the other end. Full on the legs and Rahul drives this straight to mid-off. Pushed to point next ball. Shoriful has over-stepped and free-hit coming up for Rahul. Full on the legs and Rahul tries to flick this on leg-side and misses. Free-hit wasted! Good length ball tucked away to fine-leg for a single. Rohit gets another single at fine-leg. SIX! Rahul picks this length ball up and deposits it over deep square-leg for a maximum.

Taskin to Rahul first ball. Two slips in place. Beaten! Hard length outside off and Rahul prods and misses as the ball flies to the keeper. He would have had his heart in his mouth there, a golden duck is not something he can afford right now. Fuller next ball outside off and Rahul shoulder arms. Beaten twice in three balls! This shapes away late from Rahul, who misses. He lets the ball go again outside off next ball. Four dots in a row. Finally connects as Rahul pushes this to mid-off for a quick single. India off the mark after five balls. Rohit defends this one solidly to end the over.

Rohit and Rahul are out to open the innings for India. Both have struggled so far in the tournament and will hope to get some runs under their belt.

And the rain has stopped minutes before play. The teams are out for the national anthems. News coming in that 38,000 tickets have been sold for this game so expect a loud Adelaide crowd today.

It is raining in Adelaide currently and the match could be delayed.

Suryakumar Yadav needs 65 runs to become only the second batter in the world to score 1000 runs or more in a calendar year. He currently has 935 runs in T20Is in 2022, the most this year. Mohammad Rizwan was the first batter to score 1000 runs or more in a year in T20Is, with a tally of 1326 in 2021.

Rohit Sharma needs four sixes to complete 500 sixes in international cricket. Rohit currently has 496 sixes across formats, only behind Chris Gayle, who has 553.

Virat Kohli needs 16 runs to become the leading run-scorer in T20 World Cup history. He currently has 1001 runs, behind Mahela Jayawardene’s tally of 1016.

Axar is back in the Playing XI, after he was swapped with Deepak Hooda for the last game against South Africa. Dinesh Karthik is fit and remains part of the XI. So, Rishabh Pant continues to warm the bench.

Bangladesh wins the toss and elects to bowl first. Soumya Sarkar is out and Shoriful Islam is in for Bangladesh.

Netherlands has beaten Zimbabwe by five wickets in the first Super 12 Group 2 match earlier in the day at the same venue. It is the first win for the Dutch in the Super 12 stage.

The toss is coming up shortly at the Adelaide Oval at 1:00 PM IST. The match will begin at 1:30 PM IST.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami. Standby Players: Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur. Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Nurul Hasan, Afif Hossain, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Litton Das, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shoriful Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Musaddek Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Yasir Ali Chowdhury.Reserves: Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin