RESULT
24th Match, Group 2 (N), Mirpur, March 28, 2014, World T20
(18.3/20 ov, T:139) 141/2

India won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
2/15
ravichandran-ashwin
New
IND
Full commentary

We have seen two contrasting matches tonight..Tomorrow, it will be the teams from the other group flexing their muscles.. Till tomorrow, ciao ciao

Mushfiqur Rahim says, "Whoever gets set, ends up throwing their wicket.. so definitely not happening at the moment. After you lose a couple of wickets, you need to preserve the wickets, but also score runs because they had some good spinners. We thought about 150 plus as a good total, but unfortunately ended up below that. Two more games to go, so hopefully we can take some positives out of them"

MS Dhoni says, "No celebrations. We were slightly unlucky in Sri Lanka, we lost only one game and didn't qualify for the next round. But we have good players and the next few games are going to be extremely tough. I hadn't batted in a while and asked Yuvi if he was ok. Now everyone in the top five have had a bat. We don't have a bowler who we can bank upon - like Malinga or Narine - so we have to play the bowlers according to who is doing well at that time. We can't ask Virat Kohli to hit wicket and come back (to make games interesting). We can't do much about that (lack of challenge)."

R Ashwin gets the Man of the Match. he says, "Spinners have enjoyed good success, Mishy has won two Man of the Match awards, so I guess it was my turn today. A few difficult matches coming up now. We have played some excellent cricket, we don't need to be too worried (about not being tested enough)."

Another big win for India in the tournament that seals their spot in the semi-finals. Chasing a smallish target, India lost the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan early, but Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli never looked troubled during their century partnership. Rohit got out against the run of play, which gave Dhoni a chance to get some match practice. Another insipid display from the home side.. they were outplayed completely again. The result also makes it practically impossible very hard for Australia to make it to the next round. The win has also pushed India to the top of T20 team rankings, ahead of Sri Lanka

"I don't think Aussies chances are practically impossible. If PAK wins against WI and not against BL and AUS wins remaining 2 matches they still have chance I believe.. hmm at least in distance" -- True Jude.. lowered the degree of difficulty

18.3
6
Ziaur to Dhoni, SIX runs

that's the end of it! Dhoni picks up a full delivery wide outside off and sends it soaring towards the sight screen

18.2
1
Ziaur to Kohli, 1 run

fuller on off stump, Kohli plays his whippy offdrive to deep cover for a single

18.1
1
Ziaur to Dhoni, 1 run

full and wide outside off, the batsman pushes it to deep cover for a single

Ziaur comes back to bowl the 19th

end of over 184 runs
IND: 133/2CRR: 7.38 RRR: 3.00
Virat Kohli56 (49b 3x4 1x6)
MS Dhoni15 (10b 1x4 1x6)
Mashrafe Mortaza 4-0-23-1
Al-Amin Hossain 4-0-38-1
17.6
Mortaza to Kohli, no run

he takes a step down, but Mashrafe bowls a slow offcutter. Kohli chops it straight to point

17.5
1
Mortaza to Dhoni, 1 run

not too much width outside off, but Dhoni is able to chop the short of length delivery to backward point for a single

17.4
1
Mortaza to Kohli, 1 run

he takes a step down the crease and pushes the length delivery down to long on

17.3
Mortaza to Kohli, no run

length delivery on off, the batsman pushes it straight to midwicket

17.2
1
Mortaza to Dhoni, 1 run

fuller and on the stumps, Dhoni jabs it down to long on for a single

17.1
1
Mortaza to Kohli, 1 run

he comes down the pitch and slices the full delivery down to third man for a single

end of over 1712 runs
IND: 129/2CRR: 7.58 RRR: 3.33
MS Dhoni13 (8b 1x4 1x6)
Virat Kohli54 (45b 3x4 1x6)
Al-Amin Hossain 4-0-38-1
Mashrafe Mortaza 3-0-19-1

James: "I think both the "pro" and "anti" Kohli comments here are a bit wide of the mark. He's scored centuries outside India, and played Steyn well, but he's not a complete test player yet. A highest score of 119 says he has a way to go in tests yet (for what it's worth I think he'll get there). He is the complete package in limited overs formats, though."

16.6
6
Al-Amin to Dhoni, SIX runs

slower delivery attempted, but Dhoni reads it well, then flat-bats it over midwicket for a six.. Just clears the rope. He didn't look to hit it hard

16.5
Al-Amin to Dhoni, no run

comes down the pitch but gets cramped for room as the bowler fires a short of length delivery on his body, he pushes it back down the pitch

16.4
4
Al-Amin to Dhoni, FOUR runs

length delivery outside off, Dhoni sheds his approach of pushing for a single, swings his arms at that and whacks it over mid-off for a one-bounce four

16.3
1
Al-Amin to Kohli, 1 run

fuller on the pads, Kohli flicks this easily to deep midwicket

16.2
1
Al-Amin to Dhoni, 1 run

prefers to stay deep in the crease, pushes the length ball past the non striker to long on

CSK: "Will Dhoni take the chase till last over?"

16.1
Al-Amin to Dhoni, no run

he stays back and punches the length delivery straight to cover

Al-Amin Hossain comes back

end of over 165 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 117/2CRR: 7.31 RRR: 5.50
MS Dhoni2 (3b)
Virat Kohli53 (44b 3x4 1x6)
Mashrafe Mortaza 3-0-19-1
Al-Amin Hossain 3-0-26-1
15.6
1
Mortaza to Dhoni, 1 run

he stays deep in the crease, punches this back of length delivery to the left of mid-off and calls for a sharp single

15.5
Mortaza to Dhoni, no run

back of length on off stump, Dhoni stays back and defends it down the pitch

15.4
1
Mortaza to Kohli, 1 run

bowls an offcutter outside off, Kohli dabs it down to third man for a single

15.3
1
Mortaza to Dhoni, 1 run

length delivery on off, Dhoni stays on the back foot and pushes this past the non striker for a single

Philip: "@matt robertson, woah there! Lets not forget that he handled Steyn, the so called best bowler in the world, with ease. I am sure he can go through the aus pace attack without much trouble."

15.3
1w
Mortaza to Dhoni, 1 wide

poor first delivery to the new batsman, this is pushed down the leg side

In walks Dhoni..

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