4.5: Xavier Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, Short ball, on the leg stump line. Abhishek Sharma stands tall and pulls it over mid-wicket. The ball slows down on the way to the ropes and is chased by Tim David from the inner ring, keeping the batters down to a couple of runs only.
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4.4: Xavier Bartlett to Shubman Gill, Tap and run! Length-delivery, around off, Gill gets half forward and taps it between mid off and extra cover for a quick single. 50 UP FOR INDIA IN JUST 4.4 OVERS!
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4.3: Xavier Bartlett to Shubman Gill, BEATEN! On a hard length, jagging back in a touch, on top of middle. Shubman Gill shapes to pull it across but misses.
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4.2: Xavier Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, An attempted yorker from Bartlett, on middle, Abhishek Sharma shimmies down the track and takes it on the full as he smashes it to mid off for a single.
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4.1: Xavier Bartlett to Shubman Gill, Back of a length, on the pads, Shubman Gill wrists it away to deep backward square leg for a single.
End of over 4
IND47/0
IND Batting A Sharma 20(11) S Gill 27(13)
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3.6: Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! BANG! Ellis goes short into the pitch, around off, Abhishek Sharma transfers the weight on the back foot and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a cracking six. 12 runs off Ellis' first over. 28 runs from the last 2 overs for India.
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3.5: Nathan Ellis to Shubman Gill, On a hard length, on middle, Shubman Gill waits back and nudges it wide of mid-wicket for a single.
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3.4: Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, Short of a length, outside off, slashed hard off the back foot to deep backward point for a single.
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3.3: Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, HIGH UP AND DROPPED! Abhishek Sharma survives for the second time inside the Powerplay! Ellis hits the back of a length, on the stumps. Abhishek Sharma shapes to pull, but gets a thick top edge that flies behind square on the leg side. Ben Dwarshuis from deep fine leg runs forward to settle under it, but puts down a straightforward chance as he tries to take it while crouching a bit. Probably, he had a bit of a concentration lapse with the fielder converging from the inner ring. But another sitter shelled. Two runs taken.
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3.2: Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, Slower one again, on a good length, just outside off, Abhishek Sharma weighs on the back foot and punches it to backward point.
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3.1: Nathan Ellis to Abhishek Sharma, A pace-off delivery, probably the back-of-the-hand slower one, wide outside off, on a fuller length. Abhishek Sharma is early into the shot and pushes away from his body. Only manages a thick outside edge that goes uppishly, but wide of the point region for a couple of runs. He also brings up 1000 runs in T20I cricket.
End of over 3
IND35/0
IND Batting S Gill 26(12) A Sharma 9(6)
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2.6: Ben Dwarshuis to Shubman Gill, The stumps are attacked on a good length, Shubman Gill gets on the front foot and taps it to the point region with soft hands. This has been some start for the Indians. 16 runs from Ben Dwarshuis's second over. 2-0-27-0 are his figures so far.
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2.5: Ben Dwarshuis to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Geez, that has been struck powerfully! Short of a good length, on middle, Shubman Gill stands tall, picks the length and pulls it to deep square leg for the fourth boundary of the over.
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2.4: Ben Dwarshuis to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Through the gap! Dwarshuis changes the angle and comes from around the stumps. Hits the length hard, angling in on off, Shubman Gill waits for it to arrive and cuts it past backward point for a boundary.
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2.3: Ben Dwarshuis to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Not quite timed well, but enough on it to find the fence! Fuller from Ben, on middle, Shubman Gill dances down the track and heaves it a bit uppishly. It is played off the inner half of the bat, but Gill manages to get it over mid-wicket for a boundary.
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2.2: Ben Dwarshuis to Shubman Gill, Closer to the stumps, on a good length, on off, Shubman Gill waits back and steers it to backward point.
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2.1: Ben Dwarshuis to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Sweetly timed! Angles across off, on a fuller length. Shubman Gill leans forward and cracks the cover drive for a boundary through the gap.
4.5: Xavier Bartlett to Abhishek Sharma, Short ball, on the leg stump line. Abhishek Sharma stands tall and pulls it over mid-wicket. The ball slows down on the way to the ropes and is chased by Tim David from the inner ring, keeping the batters down to a couple of runs only.