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India v Ireland - #BendTheRules Moments

#BendTheRules Moments from the Group B match between India and Ireland

Shikhar Dhawan raises his bat after his fifty, India v Ireland, World Cup 2015, Group B, Hamilton, March 10, 2015

Shikhar Dhawan smashed eleven fours and five sixes in his ton  •  ICC

14.6 Ashwin to Stirling, OUT, oh, man. That's a tame end to a promising innings. Ashwin, to his credit, held it back just a bit and beat him in the air as Stirling looked to hit over the top. Ended up checking his shot, and scooping the simplest of catches to long-off. Poor choice of shot, considering the fielder was in the deep. PR Stirling c Rahane b Ashwin 42 (60m 41b 4x4 2x6) SR: 102.43
17.2 Raina to Joyce, OUT, gone! That was angled in again, a bit round-arm, and was neither short enough nor wide enough to cut. Made himself room, and it hurried through him and took out his middle stump EC Joyce b Raina 2 (7m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 22.22
31.2 MM Sharma to Porterfield, OUT, gone! Came down the track, and looked to chip the ball into the leg side, from outside off, against the angle. Takes the leading edge and pops in the air, easy catch for the backpedalling Umesh at mid-off WTS Porterfield c Yadav b MM Sharma 67 (106m 93b 5x4 1x6) SR: 72.04
38.6 Ashwin to Balbirnie, OUT, got him. Looks for the sweep again, and that shot has been fraught with danger today. There's a bit of extra bounce and he top-edges it, loops to the left of short fine leg and Shami takes a good running catch A Balbirnie c Mohammed Shami b Ashwin 24 (28m 24b 3x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
39.3 Mohammed Shami to KJ O'Brien, OUT, there won't be any KOB fireworks today. Lovely delivery from Shami, straightening a touch, very close to off stump. He drove hard without coming forward, and sent a thin nick through to Dhoni KJ O'Brien c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 1 (6m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
41.2 Jadeja to Wilson, OUT, another batsman is out playing the sweep. This was angled down the leg side, but again he top-edged it, may have gone off the toe-end, in fact, and Rahane, running to his left from short fine leg, took it on the dive, nice and low GC Wilson c Rahane b Jadeja 6 (9m 7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 85.71
2.6 Mooney to Dhawan, no run, dropped! It was full, angling into Dhawan, and he punched it back firmly, at midriff height. Mooney had to react quickly in his follow-through and it simply didn't stick
23.2 Thompson to RG Sharma, OUT, chopped it on! It was back of a length, and it nipped back just a touch from outside off. Rohit was trying to guide it to third man and inside-edged it into his off stump RG Sharma b Thompson 64 (99m 66b 3x4 3x6) SR: 96.96
26.5 KJ O'Brien to Dhawan, 1 run, and that's the hundred, second of this World Cup. It's very full, almost in the blockhole, and he shuffles across and works it away from middle stump through square leg
27.4 Thompson to Dhawan, OUT, Dhawan goes, and Thompson gets his second. It's a length ball on off stump, and he looks to hit it over the leg side. It straightened off the pitch, and he skewed it high over cover off his outside edge. Porterfield took it very, very well, turning around and running away from the batsman S Dhawan c Porterfield b Thompson 100 (119m 85b 11x4 5x6) SR: 117.64
#BendTheRules Moments from the Group B match between India and Ireland