19.6: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, The match is Tied and it will be a Super Over to follow now! Low full toss outside off, Gulbadin Naib carves it well to the deep cover region where Rinku Singh sprints and picks up. He misses out on a perfect throw to the keeper's end and Gulbadin Naib throttles for the second and is already home safely. What a run-chase we have witnessed here at Chinnaswamy! The crowd is roaring at its pinnacle but what an effort by Gulbadin Naib at the backend.
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19.5: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, Too full in the slot on middle, Gulbadin Naib does not get enough of it and steers it towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. Washington Sundar patrolling the leg side sprints to his left and throws it back to the bowler. 3 needed off the last ball. Will there be a super over?
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19.4: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, SIX! That's a wonderful strike by Naib! This is full and outside off, Gulbadin Naib gets on top of it generates the power and swings it down the ground for a maximum! 5 needed off the last 2 deliveries.
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19.3: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, Bowls a low full toss outside off, Gulbadin Naib slashes it towards widish extra cover. Rinku Singh sprints hard yards to his right and saves a couple of runs.
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19.3: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, WIDE! Too full and too wide outside the tramline, Gulbadin Naib shoulders arms at it and the umpire signals another Wide.
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19.2: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, Dot! Full and swings back in from outside off, Gulbadin Naib looks to get across and have a swipe at it and misses at it. A rare dot ball and India will take it.
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19.1: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, FOUR! This game isn't over yet! Low full toss on offer outside off, Gulbadin Naib bends his front foot and slaps it down the ground for a boundary between long on and long off. A crucial boundary there by Naib!
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19.1: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, WIDE! He will have to reload that one. Full and a bit too wide and outside the tramline, the umpire signals a wide. Poor start this from Mukesh.
End of over 19
AFG194/6
AFG Batting G Naib 39(17) S Ashraf 5(2)
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18.6: Avesh Khan to Gulbadin Naib, Full and on off, Gulbadin Naib drills it down to long on for a single and he retains the strike.
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18.5: Avesh Khan to Gulbadin Naib, SIX! Put away! A juicy half-volley outside off, Gulbadin Naib gets down on a knee and swings across the line and hits it over the long on fence for a biggie!
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18.4: Avesh Khan to Sharafuddin Ashraf, Short and wide outside off, Sharafuddin Ashraf miscues the heave towards deep cover. One taken.
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18.3: Avesh Khan to Sharafuddin Ashraf, FOUR! Off the mark! A leg cutter outside off, Sharafuddin Ashraf waits for it and punishes it by clearing his front leg and hits it hard enough through the off side. The long off fielder chases it but fails to reach it. A boundary!
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18.2: Avesh Khan to Najibullah Zadran, OUT! CAUGHT! Virat Kohli takes a wonderful running catch! Full and outside off, Najibullah Zadran goes for a biggie through the line and ends up getting the bottom half of the blade which turns in his hands and the ball goes over covers. Virat Kohli in the deep calls for the catch and settles his eyes on the ball running hard yards across to his right and takes a phenomenal grab. Najibullah Zadran departs and Afghanistan lose their sixth!
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18.2: Avesh Khan to Najibullah Zadran, WIDE! Full and too wide outside off, Wided.
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18.1: Avesh Khan to Najibullah Zadran, EDGED AND FOUR! Fortunate there Najibullah Zadran but he will take it! Full and outside off, Najibullah Zadran flashes hard and gets a leading edge which flies up over short third man for a boundary.
End of over 18
AFG177/5
AFG Batting G Naib 32(15) N Zadran 1(1)
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17.6: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, FOUR! Another one and Afghanistan aren't out of it just yet. Too full again and around off, Gulbadin Naib drills this one straight back past the bowler and the fielder at long off runs to his right but can't cut it off. 36 needed now off the final 12 deliveries. Just as a reminder, India scored 36 runs off the final over itself.
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17.5: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, FOUR! Hammered away! This is full and wide outside off, Gulbadin Naib stays deep in his crease and thrashes the ball through covers and it races along the turf into the boundary.
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17.4: Mukesh Kumar to Najibullah Zadran, Short and angles across from the middle, Najibullah Zadran plays it across to deep mid-wicket for a single.
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17.3: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, Follows up with a yorker wide outside off, Gulbadin Naib looks to paddle but ends up pushing it to long off for a single.
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17.2: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, Full and outside the tramline, Gulbadin Naib shuffles across and leaves. The umpire is unmoved.
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17.1: Mukesh Kumar to Gulbadin Naib, OUT! RUN OUT! Over the wicket and nails a yorker outside off, Gulbadin Naib gets an under edge towards leg gully, Sanju Samson chases the ball and Karim Janat is almost at the striker's end looking for a quick run. Gulbadin Naib signals a bit late to send him back. Samson scores a direct hit at the bowler's end as Karim Janat puts in a dive to get home but fails to get back there in time. The TV umpire confirms the same and he perishes. Another one bites the dust!
End of over 20
IND212/4
IND Batting R Singh 69(39) R Sharma 121(69)
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19.6: Karim Janat to Rinku Singh, SIX! Make that five maximums and 36 runs off the over! What an epic finish from India and Afghanistan have been left red-faced here. Karim Janat changes the angle by coming in from around the stumps and digs it in a bit short and angling into the hitting arc. Rinku Singh stays put and just swivels on it a bit before pulling it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. India finish with a mammoth total of 212/4 on the board!
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19.5: Karim Janat to Rinku Singh, SIX MORE! 30 off the over with a ball to go. Karim Janat with yet another juicy full toss and Rinku Singh just slogs it away as the ball flies over the mid-wicket fence for a fourth maximum in the over.
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19.4: Karim Janat to Rinku Singh, SIX! And out of nowhere, the 200 is up for India! This has been some partnership and some hitting from these two. Serves it full on the pads, Rinku Singh flicks it off the legs and gets it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum.
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19.3: Karim Janat to Rohit Sharma, Gets the wide yorker in this time, Rohit Sharma opens the face of the bat and guides it straight to short third for a single.
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19.2: Karim Janat to Rohit Sharma, SIX! BANG! Full and wide but right in the slot again, Rohit Sharma once again hangs deep in the crease and clobbers the ball right back over the bowler's head for another big maximum. This is now Sharma's highest score in T20Is!
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19.2: Karim Janat to Rohit Sharma, NO BALL AND SIX! The ball has smashed into the roof and has taken a real pounding that ball. Another juicy full toss outside off, Rohit Sharma stays deep in the crease and whacks it away right off the meat of the bat over the long on fence and into the roof of the stadium for a mammoth blow. What is worse for Afghanistan is that Karim Janat has overstepped and it will be a Free Hit to follow.
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19.1: Karim Janat to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Cheeky and just too good from Rohit Sharma. Full and wide but it is a low full toss, Sharma just walks past the stumps and laps it past square leg for a boundary.
End of over 19
IND176/4
IND Batting R Singh 51(36) R Sharma 104(65)
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18.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rinku Singh, SIX! What a way to bring up the FIFTY from Rinku Singh! Right in the slot again around off, Singh gets under it and thumps it over the long off fence for a biggie. 22 off that over and India in overdrive mode here.
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18.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, A juicy full toss outside off, Rohit Sharma misses out and slaps it down to long off for just a single.
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18.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! HUNDRED FOR ROHIT SHARMA! What a knock this has been from the Indian skipper and he has turned adversity into joy. This is full and wide, a bit too full, Rohit Sharma reaches out and slices the low full toss as the ball races away to the backward point fence. A fifth T20I century for Rohit, the most in the men's game.
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18.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Slower one but Rohit Sharma deals with it well. Takes pace off and bowls it into the deck over leg stump, Rohit just rolls his wrists over the ball and gets it to the fine leg fence fo four more run. Moves to 99 now.
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18.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, SIX! High and mighty and Rohit Sharma is one more big hit away from the century now. Azmatullah Omarzai misses his mark with the yorker and serves it in the slot on middle and leg. Rohit takes the front leg out of the way and smokes it well over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.
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18.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rinku Singh, Very full and outside off, Rinku Singh crocuhes a bit and drives it away along the ground to deep cover for a single.
End of over 18
IND154/4
IND Batting R Sharma 89(61) R Singh 44(34)
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17.6: Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Full and outside off, Rohit Sharma fetches the ball and heaves it away to wide long on for a couple of runs more.
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17.5: Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Nicely done by Rohit Sharma. Gets the yorker in Fareed Ahmad but the line is a bit too straight, Rohit stays deep in the crease and clips it away wide of short fine leg for a boundary.
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17.4: Fareed Ahmad to Rinku Singh, Banged in short and over the stumps, Rinku Singh swivels and pulls it away to fine leg for yet another single. Good bowling this from Fareed Ahmad, bowling to his field.
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17.3: Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Full and wide, right in the blockhole, Rohit Sharma stays leg side of the bat and reaches out to guide it on the full with an angled bat but can't get it past short third. Just the single then.
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17.2: Fareed Ahmad to Rinku Singh, Short of a length and angled into the body, Rinku Singh flat-bats it straight towards deep backward square leg for one more.
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17.1: Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length and outside off, Rohit Sharma cuts it hard off the back foot and Gulbadin Naib gets a good hand on it behind point to his right. That takes pace off and deflects it straight to deep point and the batters get one run.
