19.3: Tilak Varma to Mustafizur Rahman, OUT! CAUGHT! Tilak Varma completes the cleanup job! Dropped short by Tilak, outside off. Mustafizur Rahman sets up on the back foot and smacks it with a flat bat. Fails to get any sort of elevation and it travels flat towards long off. Axar Patel runs in off the ropes and takes a safe catch at waist height. Bangladesh have been rolled over for 127 and India are through to the final of the 2025 Asia Cup with this 41-run win!
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19.2: Tilak Varma to Mustafizur Rahman, Flatter and shorter, outside off, Mustafizur Rahman has a big swing across the line and fails to connect.
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19.1: Tilak Varma to Nasum Ahmed, Did that carry? Floated up, wide on off, Nasum reaches out and swings to go down the ground. Skies it up towards long on, where Kuldeep Yadav does not pick it in the lights and is late to charge towards the ball. Kuldeep puts in the dive ahead but the ball does not carry to him and he is unable to get his hands under the ball. They cross.
End of over 19
BAN126/9
BAN Batting M Rahman 6(9) N Ahmed 3(3)
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18.6: Shivam Dube to Mustafizur Rahman, Another slower one but well inside the tramline on off, on a length. Mustafizur Rahman skips down the track and swings but connects with thin air.
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18.6: Shivam Dube to Mustafizur Rahman, Wide! Dube goes to the pace off option but gets the line wrong. This goes beyond the wide tramline on off.
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18.5: Shivam Dube to Mustafizur Rahman, FOUR! Smeared away! Angled across the left-hander, on a good length. Mustafizur takes a step across the stumps and gets closer to the line. Swats it right between deep mid-wicket and long on for a boundary.
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18.4: Shivam Dube to Mustafizur Rahman, This is angled away again, on a good length. Mustafizur Rahman lets it go, thinking it is a wide but the ball sneaks just inside the guideline.
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18.3: Shivam Dube to Mustafizur Rahman, Pace on, fuller in length, closer to the off stump. Rahman swings across the line but is beaten on the inside edge.
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18.2: Shivam Dube to Mustafizur Rahman, Continues to push the ball away from the batter, on a good length. Mustafizur Rahman has an ungainly swipe across the line. Drags it off the inner half of the bat in the vacant square leg region. Hardik Pandya in the deep does not run in quickly and just jogs towards the ball. Fizz spots it and comes back for the second run.
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18.1: Shivam Dube to Nasum Ahmed, At 113.9 kph, on a good length, near the tramline on off. Nasum gets closer to the line and carves it aerially towards deep backward point for a single.
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18.1: Shivam Dube to Nasum Ahmed, Wide! Pace taken off but this is pushed even wider on off. Nasum lets it pass.
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18.1: Shivam Dube to Nasum Ahmed, Wide! This is sprayed beyond the tramline on off, on a back of a length. Nasum lets it be.
End of over 18
BAN116/9
BAN Batting M Rahman 0(4) N Ahmed 2(2)
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17.6: Jasprit Bumrah to Mustafizur Rahman, Back of a length, on middle, angling in. Mustafizur Rahman plays from the crease and taps it out to the off side. Just a single off Bumrah's last over as he finishes his spell with 4-0-18-2.
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17.5: Jasprit Bumrah to Mustafizur Rahman, Back of a length, outside off, Mustafizur Rahman has a tame poke at the delivery away from his body and gets beaten on the outside edge.
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17.4: Jasprit Bumrah to Mustafizur Rahman, Slower one from Bumrah, on a length, outside off. Fizz has a waft at the ball and gets beaten all ends up.
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17.3: Jasprit Bumrah to Mustafizur Rahman, Nails the yorker, on middle. Mustafizur Rahman gets his bat down in time to keep it out.
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17.2: Jasprit Bumrah to Saif Hassan, OUT! CAUGHT! Taken on the second attempt and that is the end of the fight from Saif Hassan! Bowled with an upright seam by Bumrah at pace, on a length, around the off stump. Saif sets deep in the crease, clears the front leg, and swings to go back over the bowler's head. Does not quite get the distance to get it over Axar Patel at long on. Axar steadies himself and stays side on. Looks to take the catch to his left, and the ball pops out of his hand initially, but he balances himself and keeps his feet away from the boundary cushions to complete the catch on the second attempt. A huge relief for India as the in-form Saif Hassan departs for a fighting 69 (51). Bangladesh are 116/9.
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17.1: Jasprit Bumrah to Nasum Ahmed, Off-cutter from Jasprit Bumrah, going across the left-hander, on a back of a length. Nasum carves it away to deep point for a single.
End of over 20
IND168/6
IND Batting H Pandya 38(29) A Patel 10(15)
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19.6: Mohammad Saifuddin to Hardik Pandya, OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! This is a very positive finish for Bangladesh! On a fullish length, at 128.7 kph, angling on the off stump line, Hardik Pandya attempts to sail it over long off, but neither does he get the distance nor the height for doing so. Ends up sailing it straight into the hands of the fielder stationed at long off. Tanzid Hasan takes a simple catch over his head. Just 4 runs off the final over. INDIA FINISH WITH 168/6 ON THE BOARD!
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19.5: Mohammad Saifuddin to Axar Patel, A full toss now, just below the waist height, Axar Patel swivels and pulls it uppishly, clearling the in-field towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
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19.4: Mohammad Saifuddin to Axar Patel, Excellent execution of pace variation from Saifuddin! At 111.9 kph, he bangs it short and slow, outside off. Axar Patel is months early to pull it away, and misses it out due to lack of pace.
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19.3: Mohammad Saifuddin to Axar Patel, An attempted yorker from Saifuddin, around off. Axar Patel jams the bat down and the ball goes off the inner half of the bat to the left of the bowler.
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19.2: Mohammad Saifuddin to Hardik Pandya, Slower delivery, at 105.5 kph, outside off, on a fuller length. Hardik Pandya chips it over mid off for just one.
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19.1: Mohammad Saifuddin to Hardik Pandya, Full and wide on off, Hardik Pandya slices it away to deep backward point. Rishad Hossain from deep third runs across to his right and cuts it off. The batters cross for a couple of quick runs.
End of over 19
IND164/5
IND Batting H Pandya 35(26) A Patel 9(12)
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18.6: Mustafizur Rahman to Hardik Pandya, On a good length, at 124 kph, around off and middle. Hardik Pandya knocks it off the back foot to deep cover for a single only. 9 off the penultimate over. Mustafizur Rahman is done for the evening. 4-0-33-1 for him.
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18.5: Mustafizur Rahman to Hardik Pandya, Deceived! Bangs short into the pitch and slants it across the batter, outside off. Hardik Pandya stands deep in the crease and tries to pull it away, but misses as the ball keeps angling away.
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18.4: Mustafizur Rahman to Axar Patel, Low full toss, outside off, Axar drills it down to long off for a single.
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18.3: Mustafizur Rahman to Axar Patel, On a good length, slower at 118.4 kph, on middle. Axar Patel tries to muscle it with the heave, but mistimes it off the inner half of the bat to deep square leg for two more.
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18.2: Mustafizur Rahman to Hardik Pandya, Full and straight, on middle, Hardik Pandya drills it down to the right of mid off. The fielder from the deep, Mohammad Saifuddin, is quick to get to the ball and intercepts it with the dive. Just one taken.
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18.1: Mustafizur Rahman to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Hardik is into his 30s! Finds the gap perfectly and he has been really productive in that area! Rahman angles it outside off, on a good length. Hardik Pandya clears the front foot and lofts it over extra cover, beating long off to his left for a boundary.
End of over 18
IND155/5
IND Batting H Pandya 29(22) A Patel 6(10)
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17.6: Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Hardik Pandya, Slower one at 102.2 kph, full and on middle and leg. Hardik Pandya waits, and waits and waits for it before clipping it to deep mid-wicket for an easy single. 14 runs off this over and Tanzim Hasan Sakib ends his spell with figures of 4-0-29-1.
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17.5: Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! This is turning out to be a good over for India! Sakib loses his radar, and slips in a full toss, outside off. Hardik Pandya throws kitchen-sink at it, gets a thick outside edge and the ball shoots between the keeper and the short third fielder for a boundary.
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17.4: Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Hardik Pandya, Gets away with it, does Sakib! Too full and around off. Hardik Pandya shovels it out and carves it to deep backward point for a couple of runs. 150 UP FOR INDIA!
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17.4: Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Hardik Pandya, NO BALL! Oh, Sakib slips in a beamer, down the leg stump line, well above the head height. Hardik lets it go. Free Hit to follow...
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17.3: Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Playing a crucial knock here, is Hardik! At 137 kph, full and outside off. Hardik Pandya cashes on the width and drives it to the left of the extra cover fielder for a cracking boundary!
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17.2: Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Axar Patel, Slower delivery, on a length, outside off. Axar Patel waits for it and taps on the head of the ball gently towards cover-point for a quick single.
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17.1: Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Hardik Pandya, An attempted yorker, outside off, Hardik carves it through backward point for a single.
19.3: Tilak Varma to Mustafizur Rahman, OUT! CAUGHT! Tilak Varma completes the cleanup job! Dropped short by Tilak, outside off. Mustafizur Rahman sets up on the back foot and smacks it with a flat bat. Fails to get any sort of elevation and it travels flat towards long off. Axar Patel runs in off the ropes and takes a safe catch at waist height. Bangladesh have been rolled over for 127 and India are through to the final of the 2025 Asia Cup with this 41-run win!