bowled him! That's the tenth batsman bowled today and New Zealand have crushed Bangladesh by 75 runs! Sodhi spun the googly past Al-Amin's swipe to end it
New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 28th Match, Super 10 Group 2 at Kolkata, Mar 26 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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6.20 pm What a compelling performance from New Zealand. They had played their first three Super 10s matches at three different venues and had read all those conditions perfectly. They came to Kolkata and did it again, to go into the semi-finals with a clean sheet. Nothing captured New Zealand's assessment of what a good score on this pitch was better than Colin Munro shelving his attacking game and plodding along.
Kane Williamson is the Player of the Match for his 42 off 32 balls, which on this surface was gold. "It was pretty tough, it spun and kept low, batting in the first six was nice but it got a lot tougher," he says. "I think it was a good batting effort all around. Guys came in and played good cameos. It's very tough, going into each game it's important to read the wicket and opposition as best you can and pick the best team accordingly."
So New Zealand go into the semis with four wins, and Bangladesh go home with four defeats. It's been a gut wrenching campaign for them. First they lost Taskin and Sunny to bans for illegal actions, and then that defeat to India ...
Mashrafe Mortaza: "It was very tough but we can take some positives, like Mustafizur's five-for today. He is very difficult to gauge and our batters also struggle in the nets. Hopefully he will go on for at least ten more years."
Williamson: "Mustafizur is brilliant, especially on these wickets, his very good slower ball is responsive on such wickets and he bowled very well today. ... We have done a lot of travel but the boys have been great and have embraced the schedule and the pitches ... We knew today was going to be a scrap and it was ... The bowling was clinical again."
That brings us to the end of the commentary for this game. Thank you for all your emails, and thank you for reading. Cheers.
15.4
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Sodhi to Al-Amin, OUT
Al-Amin Hossain b Sodhi 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0
15.3
1
Sodhi to Shuvagata Hom, 1 run
slaps the shorter ball to deep cover for a single
15.2
4
Sodhi to Shuvagata Hom, FOUR runs
steps out of his crease and drills the ball along the ground to the cover boundary
15.1
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Sodhi to Shuvagata Hom, no run
played off the back foot towards point
end of over 157 runs • 2 wickets
BAN: 65/9CRR: 4.33 • RRR: 16.20
Al-Amin Hossain0 (1b)
Shuvagata Hom11 (14b 1x4)
Grant Elliott 4-0-12-3
Ish Sodhi 3-0-16-2
14.6
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Elliott to Al-Amin, no run
good length on middle and off, defended on the off side
14.5
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Elliott to Mustafizur, OUT
six and out! The Fizz nicks one through to Ronchi, who was standing up to the stumps. It was another slow ball outside off and he poked at it
Mustafizur Rahman c †Ronchi b Elliott 6 (3b 0x4 1x6 1m) SR: 200
14.4
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Elliott to Mustafizur, SIX runs
The Fizz has fizz in his batting too! Gets on the front foot and hammers the slow one far over long on, great strike
14.3
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Elliott to Mustafizur, no run
moves back and defends on the leg side
The Fizz is the new batsman.
14.2
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Elliott to Mortaza, OUT
lbw! Elliott's super slow balls have struck again. Wicket to wicket line and Mashrafe missed while trying to play towards the leg side. Was that going down leg though? I'll have to see replays. It is missing leg, by a long way. It was the offcutter from Elliott.
Mashrafe Mortaza lbw b Elliott 3 (5b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 60
14.1
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Elliott to Shuvagata Hom, 1 run
played off the pads through square leg for a single
end of over 148 runs
BAN: 58/7CRR: 4.14 • RRR: 14.66
Shuvagata Hom10 (13b 1x4)
Mashrafe Mortaza3 (4b)
Ish Sodhi 3-0-16-2
Grant Elliott 3-0-5-1
13.6
1
Sodhi to Shuvagata Hom, 1 run
driven through the covers for a single
13.5
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Sodhi to Shuvagata Hom, FOUR runs
has Ronchi missed the catch and the stumping?! After all those legbreaks, Sodhi slips in the googly, the batsman had charged and swung and got a thin inside edge that took the ball past Ronchi's gloves. A tough chance
13.4
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Sodhi to Mortaza, 1 run
a full toss, hit to long on for a single
13.3
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Sodhi to Mortaza, no run
another legbreak, shorter length outside off, played with the turn into the covers
13.2
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Sodhi to Shuvagata Hom, 1 run
shorter legbreak outside off again, the batsman goes back and hits it in front of point
13.1
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Sodhi to Mortaza, 1 run
the legbreak is a long hop and the batsman pulls flat and hard but can't beat Nicholls on the square leg boundary
end of over 132 runs
BAN: 50/7CRR: 3.84 • RRR: 13.71
Shuvagata Hom4 (10b)
Mashrafe Mortaza1 (1b)
Grant Elliott 3-0-5-1
Ish Sodhi 2-0-8-2
12.6
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Elliott to Shuvagata Hom, no run
turned off the pads but to the man at short fine leg
12.5
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Elliott to Shuvagata Hom, no run
good length on off stump and very, very slow. The batsman stays in his crease and blocks
12.4
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Elliott to Shuvagata Hom, no run
played off the front foot to midwicket
12.3
1
Elliott to Mortaza, 1 run
pushed from the crease behind point for a single
12.2
1
Elliott to Shuvagata Hom, 1 run
tucked off the pads behind square for a single
12.1
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Elliott to Shuvagata Hom, no run
punched off the back foot to cover
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