Kuldeep Yadav(9 | 26)*
Washington Sundar(52 | 68)
M Saleem|27|3|140|6
| 0 | 126.6 | 126.6: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Attacks the stumps with a length ball and Kuldeep Yadav is solid in defence. |
6 Over | Run: 564/8 | Run Rate: 4.44
| 1 | 126.5 | 126.5: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Bowled into the surface, outside off. Sundar hops and drags the pull through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 126.4 | 126.4: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Drifting down leg, on a back of a length. Sundar swivels and swings to get it away on the leg side but misses. |
| 0 | 126.3 | 126.3: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Nails the yorker, on middle. Washington digs it out. |
| 4 | 126.2 | 126.2: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, FOUR! That brings up a FIFTY for Washington Sundar, his 6th in Test cricket. Washington continues to impress with the bat in this format. Fuller in length, on middle. Sundar stays balanced and brings his wrists into play to flick it between mid-wicket and mid on for a four. |
| 6 | 126.1 | 126.1: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, SIX! Effortless! Fractionally short, angled in from around the wicket. Sundar stands tall and pummels it over square leg for a biggie. |
| 0 | 125.6 | 125.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Kuldeep Yadav, Darted in with the arm, on a length, on middle. Kuldeep brings his bat out in front to stab it down. |
6 Over | Run: 553/8 | Run Rate: 4.39
| 1 | 125.5 | 125.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Keeps it slow but drags the length back, on off. Washington works it through mid-wicket and crosses over. |
| 0 | 125.4 | 125.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Floated up again, at the sticks. Washington defends it out. |
| 1 | 125.3 | 125.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Kuldeep Yadav, Loopy ball, full and on off. Kuldeep slices it to the right of point and hurries to the other end. |
| 0 | 125.2 | 125.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Kuldeep Yadav, Even slower this time and fuller, on off. Kuldeep lunges for the block. |
| 0 | 125.1 | 125.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Kuldeep Yadav, Short and slow, on off. Kuldeep keeps it out from the crease. |
| 1 | 124.6 | 124.6: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Sprayed at the hips, Kuldeep nudges it through square leg and keeps the strike with a single. |
6 Over | Run: 551/8 | Run Rate: 4.41
| 0 | 124.5 | 124.5: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Good-length delivery, on the off stump. Kuldeep drives it on the up to point. |
| 0 | 124.4 | 124.4: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Banged in short, outside off, Kuldeep sways away from the line of the ball. |
| 4 | 124.3 | 124.3: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, FOUR! Good shot. On the fuller side, outside off. Kuldeep leans into the stroke and angles the drive with an open bat face to the left of backward point for a boundary. 550 comes up for India. |
| 0 | 124.2 | 124.2: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Pitches it up now, on middle. Kuldeep wrists it to square leg. |
| 1 | 124.1 | 124.1: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Delivers it on a short of a length, on off. Washington punches it to deep cover and gets to the other end. |
| 0 | 123.6 | 123.6: Ziaur Rahman to Kuldeep Yadav, Lands it on a length, on off. Kuldeep leans across to block but ekes out an inside edge onto the pads. A maiden from Rahman, only his 2nd of the innings. |
6 Over | Run: 545/8 | Run Rate: 4.40
| 0 | 123.5 | 123.5: Ziaur Rahman to Kuldeep Yadav, A bit fuller, attacking the front pad. Yadav flicks but can't get it past Nangeyalia Kharote at short square leg. |
| 0 | 123.4 | 123.4: Ziaur Rahman to Kuldeep Yadav, Bowled by going wide on the crease, on a back of a length, on off. Kuldeep dabs it to backward point. |
| 0 | 123.3 | 123.3: Ziaur Rahman to Kuldeep Yadav, Very full, a hint of tail back into the left-hander, outside off. Kuldeep goes for the drive but squeezes out an inside edge. The ball bounces off the turf and drops beside him to his right. |
| 0 | 123.2 | 123.2: Ziaur Rahman to Kuldeep Yadav, Hurls it on a good length, outside off. Kuldeep shoulders arms. |
| 1 | 123.1 | 123.1: Ziaur Rahman to Washington Sundar, Serves it full and on off, Sundar extends his hands on the drive. Rahmat Shah lets it through at cover and concedes a single. |
| 0 | 122.6 | 122.6: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Full and wide of off, Kuldeep Yadav leaves it. |
6 Over | Run: 544/8 | Run Rate: 4.42
| 0 | 122.5 | 122.5: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Around that nagging length again, outside off, Kuldeep Yadav looks to poke at it but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 122.4 | 122.4: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Bouncer this time from Saleem. Yadav ducks down. |
| 0 | 122.3 | 122.3: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Hard length, on the pads, Kuldeep Yadav blocks this with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 122.2 | 122.2: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Another one from Saleem. Good length, around off, moving a shade away from the batter. Kuldeep Yadav plays close to his body and the ball beats him on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 122.1 | 122.1: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Absolute beauty from Mohammad Saleem. Hits the deck hard, bowls it around off, in the corridor of uncertainty. Kuldeep Yadav plays within the line and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 121.6 | 121.6: Ziaur Rahman to Washington Sundar, Another one, where the bowler errs in line and bowls this length delivery down the leg side. Sundar goes for a flick but misses out. |
6 Over | Run: 544/8 | Run Rate: 4.46
| 1 | 121.5 | 121.5: Ziaur Rahman to Kuldeep Yadav, Ziaur bowls this on a good length, going down the leg side. Kuldeep Yadav flicks this to fine leg for a run. |
| 0 | 121.4 | 121.4: Ziaur Rahman to Kuldeep Yadav, On a length, around off, Yadav pushes this back to the bowler from the bottom of his bat. |
| 0 | 121.3 | 121.3: Ziaur Rahman to Kuldeep Yadav, Full and wide of off, Kuldeep pushes this to short covers. |
| 1 | 121.2 | 121.2: Ziaur Rahman to Washington Sundar, Back of a length, on the pads, Washington Sundar flicks this to the left of deep square leg for one. |
| 1 | 121.1 | 121.1: Ziaur Rahman to Kuldeep Yadav, Good length, on middle and leg, Kuldeep flicks this through fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 120.6 | 120.6: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Short stuff, around off, Washington Sundar gets up on his toes and blocks this to point. |
6 Over | Run: 541/8 | Run Rate: 4.47
| 1 | 120.5 | 120.5: Mohammad Saleem to Kuldeep Yadav, Saleem is steaming in at 145.1 kph in this scorching heat. Bowls it on a length, around middle and off, Kuldeep tucks this through square leg for one. |
| 0 | 120.4 | 120.4: Mohammad Saleem to Mohammed Siraj, OUT! TIMBER! The party is over for Siraj with the bat as he gets cleaned up. You miss, I hit stuff from Saleem as he dishes one on a good length and in the line of the stumps. Mohammed Siraj goes for a wild hoick but misses completely. The ball nips back to go past the inside edge before uprooting the middle pole. Mohammad Saleem gets his 6th scalp of the game. |
| 4 | 120.3 | 120.3: Mohammad Saleem to Mohammed Siraj, FOUR! Well-o-well, Siraj is putting on a show here. Short and around off, Mohammed Siraj arches a shade back and plays a late cut to steer the red cherry through the gully region for a boundary. |
| 1 | 120.2 | 120.2: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Hard length, on middle and off, Sundar guides this square on off in the gap for one. |
| 0 | 120.1 | 120.1: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Good length, on off, Sundar blocks this out. |
| 0 | 119.6 | 119.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Mohammed Siraj, Pushed through around off, Siraj is beaten while trying to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 535/7 | Run Rate: 4.46
| 0 | 119.5 | 119.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Mohammed Siraj, Full and around off, turning away from the batter, Siraj goes for a slog sweep but misses. |
| 4 | 119.4 | 119.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Mohammed Siraj, FOUR! Siraj is toying around with young Kharote. Short of a length, around off, Mohammed Siraj rocks back inside the crease and plays the square cut well. The ball races through point for a boundary. The fielder at sweeper cover did give it a chase but he had the ball in his hands while touching the boundary cushion. Siraj moves to 18, which is now his highest Test score. |
| 4 | 119.3 | 119.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Mohammed Siraj, FOUR! It nearly went the distance. Quicker one, around off, Siraj shuffles across and thumps this over mid on for a boundary this time. Siraj is having fun out in the middle with the bat for now. |
| 6 | 119.2 | 119.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Mohammed Siraj, SIX! Siraj has cleared the fence with ease. Tossed up, around middle and off, Mohammed Siraj clears his front foot, and plants it towards the leg side to slog this over the deep mid-wicket fence for a huge six. |
| 0 | 119.1 | 119.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Mohammed Siraj, A loud shout for caught behind, but turned down. Tossed up, around off, turning away from the batter. Mohammed Siraj goes down on a knee and looks for the slog sweep but misses. Hashmatullah Shahidi checks with the men around the bat before sending this upstairs. Nothing on the UltraEdge as the ball passes the bat, and the on-field decision stays. Afghanistan have no reviews left. |
| 0 | 118.6 | 118.6: Mohammad Saleem to Mohammed Siraj, LEG BYE! Good length, down the leg side. Siraj misses out on the tickle and the ball clips his pads before going down to fine leg for a leg bye. |
6 Over | Run: 521/7 | Run Rate: 4.38
| 1 | 118.5 | 118.5: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Hurls it on a good length, around off, Sundar guides this through backward point for a run. |
| 0 | 118.4 | 118.4: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, On a length, tailing back into the batter. Sundar drives this to mid on. |
| 0 | 118.3 | 118.3: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Short and on off, Washington Sundar blocks this out. |
| 4 | 118.2 | 118.2: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Saleem goes a touch too full and on the pads, Sundar leans on and flicks this through the gap between mid on and mid-wicket for four runs. |
| 0 | 118.1 | 118.1: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Good length, on off, Sundar doesn't offer any stroke at it. |
| 0 | 117.6 | 117.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Mohammed Siraj, Fired around off, Siraj leaves it. |
6 Over | Run: 515/7 | Run Rate: 4.36
| 4 | 117.5 | 117.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Mohammed Siraj, FOUR! Juicy full toss, on the pads, Mohammed Siraj flicks this through the mid-wicket region to get off the mark with a boundary. |
| 1 | 117.4 | 117.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Washington Sundar, Quicker one, on middle and off, Sundar works this down to long on for one. |
| 0 | 117.3 | 117.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Washington Sundar, Floated wide of off, Washington Sundar leaves it, offering only his front pad at it. |
| 0 | 117.2 | 117.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Washington Sundar, Tossed up, on middle and leg, Sundar flicks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 117.1 | 117.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Washington Sundar, Fuller around off, Sundar tucks this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 116.6 | 116.6: Mohammad Saleem to Mohammed Siraj, Back of a length, around off, Mohammed Siraj rocks onto his back foot and blocks this out. |
6 Over | Run: 510/7 | Run Rate: 4.36
| 0 | 116.5 | 116.5: Mohammad Saleem to Manav Suthar, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Saleem gets his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket. Pitched-up delivery at 144 kph, around off, tempting the batter to come onto his front foot and play the expansive drive. Suthar does fall into the trap of temptation and goes for it. Gets an outside edge, and the keeper, Afsar Zazai, takes a regulation catch. With the end of this 54-run stand, India are now 510/7. |
| 0 | 116.4 | 116.4: Mohammad Saleem to Manav Suthar, Saleem attacks the stumps with a fuller one, on off, Manav Suthar blocks this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 116.3 | 116.3: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Full and around off, Sundar punches this crisply through covers for a run. |
| 0 | 116.2 | 116.2: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Back of a length, on off, Sundar keeps it out. |
| 0 | 116.1 | 116.1: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Beaten on the outside edge. Around that nagging length, on off, shaping the ball away from the batter. Sundar has a poke at it away from his body but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 115.6 | 115.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, On a length, around middle and off, Suthar defends this off his front foot. |
6 Over | Run: 509/6 | Run Rate: 4.39
| 1 | 115.5 | 115.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Washington Sundar, Good length, around off, Washington Sundar dabs this to deep third for one. |
| 0 | 115.4 | 115.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Washington Sundar, Short and around off, Washington Sundar leaves it. |
| 1 | 115.3 | 115.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, Azmatullah goes full, around off, Manav Suthar pushes this to point and wanted a single but Sundar sent him back. The throw comes in towards the keeper's end but it misses the stumps and the keeper cannot get up to the stumps in time to gather the throw. It rolls behind square leg for an overthrow. |
| 1 | 115.2 | 115.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Washington Sundar, Hard length, around off, Sundar cuts this through point for a single more. |
| 1 | 115.1 | 115.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, Azmatullah errs in line and bowls it down the leg side, on a good length. Manav Suthar tucks this to fine leg for one. The 50-run stand comes up. |
| 0 | 114.6 | 114.6: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Good length, wide of off, Washington Sundar covers his off stump and leaves it. |
6 Over | Run: 505/6 | Run Rate: 4.39
| 0 | 114.5 | 114.5: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Saleem goes full, angling it down the leg side. Washington Sundar tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 114.4 | 114.4: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, In the channel, on a good length, Washington Sundar pokes at it. The ball keeps low and it takes the bottom edge of Sundar's bat and bounces towards Rahmanullah Gurbaz at second slip. |
| 0 | 114.3 | 114.3: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, On a length, around off, Washington Sundar blocks in front of the stumps. |
| 1 | 114.2 | 114.2: Mohammad Saleem to Manav Suthar, Good length, going across the batter. Manav Suthar guides this to deep third. They cross. |
| 1 | 114.1 | 114.1: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Saleem bowls a fuller delivery around off, Sundar drives this to the right of covers for one. |
| 0 | 113.6 | 113.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, A maiden for Azmatullah Omarzai, his 5th of the contest. Hard length, on middle and off, Manav Suthar blocks this to point. |
6 Over | Run: 503/6 | Run Rate: 4.41
| 0 | 113.5 | 113.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, Good length, around the pads, Manav tucks this to mid-wicket for a dot. |
| 0 | 113.4 | 113.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, Bouncer down the leg side. Manav Suthar steps inside the line and leaves it. |
| 0 | 113.3 | 113.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, Full and around off, going across the batter. Manav Suthar leaves it. |
| 0 | 113.2 | 113.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, Short one, going across the batter. Manav Suthar keeps his guard down. |
| 0 | 113.1 | 113.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, Good length, around off, Manav pushes this towards covers. |
| 1 | 112.6 | 112.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Full and on middle and leg, Manav slogs this from the bottom of his bat towards long on for one. |
6 Over | Run: 503/6 | Run Rate: 4.45
| 0 | 112.5 | 112.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Quicker one, around off, Manav Suthar blocks this off his front foot. |
| 2 | 112.4 | 112.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Tossed up, around off, Manav Suthar drives this through covers for a brace. |
| 6 | 112.3 | 112.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, SIX! Suthar is finding his footing as this is his second biggie of the game. Fuller on middle and off, Manav Suthar jumps down and away and lofts this up and over the deep extra cover fence for a biggie. This also brings up 500 on the board for India. |
| 3 | 112.2 | 112.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Quicker one, around off, Sundar plays this off his back foot and cuts this through the point region. Mohammad Saleem gives it a chase from covers and trips over, but does well to dive and flick the ball back inside the playing area, saving a run for his side. |
| 0 | 112.1 | 112.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Tossed up, around middle and leg, Sundar pushes this to the bowler's left. |
| 1 | 111.6 | 111.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Washington Sundar, Back of a length, around off, Washington Sundar cuts this to deep point for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 491/6 | Run Rate: 4.38
| 1 | 111.5 | 111.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, On a length, drifting down the leg. Manav Suthar clips this through square leg for one run. |
| 0 | 111.4 | 111.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Manav Suthar, In the channel, on a good length, Manav Suthar leaves it all alone. |
| 1 | 111.3 | 111.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Washington Sundar, Good length, on middle and leg, Sundar tucks this in front of mid on for a single. |
| 2 | 111.2 | 111.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Washington Sundar, Hard length, wide of off, Washington Sundar opens his bat face and guides this through the point region for two runs. |
| 4 | 111.1 | 111.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Azmatullah Omarzai comes around the stumps, bowls it on a back of a length, around off, Washington Sundar gets up on his toes and punches this past the cover fielder to his left for a boundary. |
| 0 | 110.6 | 110.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Pushed through on off, Manav defends this off his front foot. |
6 Over | Run: 482/6 | Run Rate: 4.34
| 6 | 110.5 | 110.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, SIX! Smashed down the ground for a biggie. Fuller around middle and off, Manav Suthar shimmies close to the pitch of the ball and smashes this right from the middle of his bat for a biggie towards the sight screen. |
| 0 | 110.4 | 110.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Tossed up, in the line of the stumps, Manav Suthar keeps it out off his front foot. |
| 1 | 110.3 | 110.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Quicker one, around off, Washington Sundar pushes this through mid on for one. |
| 0 | 110.2 | 110.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Tossed up, on middle and off, Washington Sundar defends this out. |
| 0 | 110.1 | 110.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Shahidi bowls a flighted delivery around off, Sundar pushes this to covers. |
| 0 | 109.6 | 109.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Manav Suthar, Fuller on middle and off, Manav Suthar blocks this off his front foot back to the bowler. That will be LUNCH ON DAY 2. |
6 Over | Run: 475/6 | Run Rate: 4.32
| 0 | 109.5 | 109.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Manav Suthar, Tossed up, around off, Manav Suthar defends this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 109.4 | 109.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Washington Sundar, Quicker one, around off, Sundar punches this down to long on for one. |
| 0 | 109.3 | 109.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Washington Sundar, Pushed through on middle and off, Washington Sundar tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 109.2 | 109.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Washington Sundar, Tossed up, around the pads, Sundar steps across and dabs this to short fine leg. |
| 0 | 109.1 | 109.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Washington Sundar, Flighted, around off, Washington Sundar blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 108.6 | 108.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Under-cutter, around off, Manav Suthar defends this out. |
6 Over | Run: 474/6 | Run Rate: 4.35
| 0 | 108.5 | 108.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Fuller on off, Manav strides close to the pitch of the ball and blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 108.4 | 108.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Shahidi gives it a lot more air, bowls it around off. Manav Suthar dead bats it. |
| 0 | 108.3 | 108.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Tossed up, around off, Manav defends this to silly point. |
| 4 | 108.2 | 108.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, FOUR! Yet another time, Manav puts on the dancing shoes and gets one away to the fence for four. Quicker one, around middle and leg, Manav Suthar jumps close to the pitch of the ball and smashes this aerially past the left of mid on for four runs. |
| 0 | 108.1 | 108.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Fuller around off, Manav Suthar blocks this to silly point. |
| 0 | 107.6 | 107.6: Abdul Malik to Washington Sundar, Tossed up, around off, Sundar pushes this down the track for a dot. |
6 Over | Run: 470/6 | Run Rate: 4.35
| 0 | 107.5 | 107.5: Abdul Malik to Washington Sundar, Full and on off, Sundar blocks this out. |
| 4 | 107.4 | 107.4: Abdul Malik to Washington Sundar, FOUR! A streaky boundary for Sundar. Quicker through the air, flatter and around off. Washington Sundar rocks back to guide this through the point region, but the ball grips the surface, resulting in it catching the outer portion of the bat. It goes through the left of the first slip fielder for a boundary towards the third man region. |
| 0 | 107.3 | 107.3: Abdul Malik to Washington Sundar, Abdul drags his length back a bit, bowls this full and around off, Washington Sundar blocks this out. |
| 1 | 107.2 | 107.2: Abdul Malik to Manav Suthar, Fuller around off, Manav drives this towards the left of mid off and takes a run. |
| 1 | 107.1 | 107.1: Abdul Malik to Washington Sundar, Short of a length, on off, Sundar pushes this through mid on for one. |
| 0 | 106.6 | 106.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Pushed through on off, Manav defends this off his front foot. |
6 Over | Run: 464/6 | Run Rate: 4.34
| 0 | 106.5 | 106.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Fuller on middle and leg, Manav is solid in defence. |
| 0 | 106.4 | 106.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Arm-delivery, on middle and leg. Manav blocks this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 106.3 | 106.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Fired onto the pads, Sundar tickles this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 106.2 | 106.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Quicker and flatter around off, Washington Sundar strides out in front and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 106.1 | 106.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Washington Sundar, Tossed up, wide of off, Washington Sundar drives this to covers. |
| 1 | 105.6 | 105.6: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Good length, drifting down the leg side. Washington Sundar flicks this to fine leg for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 463/6 | Run Rate: 4.37
| 0 | 105.5 | 105.5: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Saleem goes full here around off, Sundar punches this to covers. |
| 0 | 105.4 | 105.4: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Saleem comes around the stumps, bowls it around that nagging length on off. Washington Sundar looks to block this off his front foot but gets an inside edge back onto his pads. |
| 2 | 105.3 | 105.3: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Saleem bowls this on a length and around the pads, Sundar flicks this through the gap between mid on and mid-wicket for two. |
| 0 | 105.2 | 105.2: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Full and wide of off, Sundar doesn't offer any stroke at it. |
| 0 | 105.1 | 105.1: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Good length, around off, Washington Sundar blocks this to covers. |
| 0 | 104.6 | 104.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Under-cutter, around off, Manav dabs this just short of the fielder at silly point. |
6 Over | Run: 460/6 | Run Rate: 4.38
| 0 | 104.5 | 104.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Floated around off, Manav pats this to silly point. |
| 0 | 104.4 | 104.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Tossed up, around off, Manav gets on top of the bounce and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 104.3 | 104.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Full and wide of off, Manav pushes this to short cover. |
| 4 | 104.2 | 104.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, FOUR! Flighted, around off, Manav Suthar shimmies down the track and smashes this past the right of the mid on fielder for a boundary to score his first runs in Test cricket. |
| 0 | 104.1 | 104.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Tossed up, around off, Manav Suthar defends this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 103.6 | 103.6: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Back-to-back maidens for Afghanistan. Good length, around off, Sundar keeps it out. |
6 Over | Run: 456/6 | Run Rate: 4.38
| 0 | 103.5 | 103.5: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, In the channel, on a back of a length, Washington Sundar leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 103.4 | 103.4: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Saleem bowls this on a back of a length, around off, Sundar gets up on his toes and blocks this to covers. |
| 0 | 103.3 | 103.3: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Hard length, on off, Sundar blocks this to the bowler's right. |
| 0 | 103.2 | 103.2: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Full and around off, going across the batter. Washington Sundar leaves it. |
| 0 | 103.1 | 103.1: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, Good length, around off, Washington Sundar pushes this towards covers. |
| 0 | 102.6 | 102.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Pushed through on off, Manav Suthar dabs this past silly point. |
6 Over | Run: 456/6 | Run Rate: 4.43
| 0 | 102.5 | 102.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Manav Suthar, Yorker, on off, Manav Suthar blocks this out. |
| 0 | 102.4 | 102.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, OUT! CAUGHT! Rishabh Pant runs out of patience, and Hashmatullah Shahidi has his maiden Test wicket. Flighted, around off, the eyes of Pant light up as he sees the ball over his eyeline and dances down the track to go down the ground. Pant doesn't get close to the pitch of the ball and miscues this off the cue end straight towards Azmatullah Omarzai at the long off fence for a regulation catch. |
| 0 | 102.3 | 102.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Full and on middle and leg, Rishabh Pant defends this one off his front foot. |
| 0 | 102.2 | 102.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Floated into the batter, on middle and leg, Pant blocks this from the inner portion of his bat to square leg. |
| 0 | 102.1 | 102.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Fuller on middle and leg, Rishabh Pant blocks this towards the bowler's left. |
| 4 | 101.6 | 101.6: Mohammad Saleem to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Runs for the batter, but a moral victory for the bowler. Back of a length, around off, close to the fourth stump line. Washington Sundar doesn't move his feet much and has a poke at it. Sundar gets an outside edge, and the ball drops short to the diving keeper's left and goes past the right of the first slip fielder for four runs. |
6 Over | Run: 456/5 | Run Rate: 4.47
| 0 | 101.5 | 101.5: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, OUT! TIMBER! A bowler's delight as Saleem hits the top of off to knock Jurel over. Around that in-between length, around off, jagging back into the batter. Dhruv Jurel steps across, feeling that he has covered his off stump. Jurel leaves it, but the ball keeps coming back in and rattles the timber by hitting the top of the off stump. Mohammad Saleem gets his fourth wicket of the innings. India are now 5 down for 452. |
| 4 | 101.4 | 101.4: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Jurel is dealing mainly in boundaries. Short and around middle and off, the pace of Saleem doesn't threaten the batter. Jurel gets up on his toes and pulls this through the right of the mid-wicket fielder for four runs. India's 450 is up. |
| 0 | 101.3 | 101.3: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, Saleem bowls it on a length, on middle and leg, Jurel flicks this to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 101.2 | 101.2: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, A touch fuller, around off, Pant drives this through cover-point for one. |
| 0 | 101.1 | 101.1: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Good length, around off, Pant pushes this to covers. |
| 1 | 100.6 | 100.6: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Fuller on the pads, Pant flicks this through the square leg region for one. |
6 Over | Run: 447/4 | Run Rate: 4.43
| 1 | 100.5 | 100.5: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, On off, on a back of a length, Jurel dabs it behind point for a single. |
| 1 | 100.4 | 100.4: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Pant is safe! Good length around middle and leg, Pant ekes out an inside edge onto the pads and the ball dribbles towards square leg. The batters take one, but a lazy bit of running approach from Pant had him in trouble. The keeper, Afsar Zazai, races to pick the ball and hit the stumps directly at the bowling end. This is sent upstairs for a run-out check. The replay shows that Pant slid his bat inside the crease and got home. |
| 0 | 100.3 | 100.3: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, FOUR BYES! This is really wayward from the bowler. Around that good length, going way down the leg side. Rishabh Pant offers no stroke at it and the ball goes further down with the angle. The keeper puts in a dive but can't get anywhere near it. The ball races to the fine leg fence for four byes. |
| 0 | 100.2 | 100.2: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Ziaur comes around the stumps, bowls it on a length and angling it back into the batter. Rishabh Pant leaves it. |
| 0 | 100.1 | 100.1: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Full and on the pads, Pant flicks this well but straight to mid on. |
| 0 | 99.6 | 99.6: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, Beaten on the outside edge. Right in the channel, around off, shaping away from the batter. Jurel comes onto his front foot and looks to punch this down the ground but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
6 Over | Run: 440/4 | Run Rate: 4.40
| 4 | 99.5 | 99.5: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Jurel is peppering that deep third region well. Good length, wide of off, Dhruv Jurel rocks back inside the crease, plays this late and cuts this through the gap between gully and backward point for four runs. |
| 0 | 99.4 | 99.4: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, On a length, wide of off, Jurel gives it a good look and decides not to poke at it. |
| 0 | 99.3 | 99.3: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, Good length, on off, Dhruv Jurel blocks this off his front foot. |
| 2 | 99.2 | 99.2: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, Full and around the pads, drifting down the leg side. Dhruv Jurel flicks this through square leg for a couple. |
| 0 | 99.1 | 99.1: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, LEG BYE! Saleem hits the deck hard and cramps Pant for any sort of room. The ball deflects off the thigh pad of Pant and rolls towards the leg side, allowing the batters to take a leg bye. |
| 0 | 98.6 | 98.6: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, Seam up, straight one, on a length, wide of off. Dhruv Jurel offers no stroke at it. |
6 Over | Run: 433/4 | Run Rate: 4.37
| 0 | 98.5 | 98.5: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, Good length, on middle and leg, Dhruv Jurel blocks this to the leg side. |
| 0 | 98.4 | 98.4: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, Hard length, on top of off, Dhruv Jurel rocks onto his back foot and blocks this out. |
| 0 | 98.3 | 98.3: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, Beauty of a delivery from Ziaur Rahman. Right in the channel, angling in and moving away after pitching, around off. Dhruv Jurel plays down the wrong line and gets beaten on his outside edge. |
| 1 | 98.2 | 98.2: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Short and into the batter, on middle and leg. Rishabh Pant tucks this to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 2 | 98.1 | 98.1: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Full and around off, Rishabh Pant pushes this towards the left of sweeper cover for a couple of runs. |
| 4 | 97.6 | 97.6: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Perfectly placed in the gap for four. Short but not that wide outside off, Jurel hangs onto his back foot, opens the face of his bat and guides this through the gap between gully and backward point for four runs. |
6 Over | Run: 430/4 | Run Rate: 4.39
| 1 | 97.5 | 97.5: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length, around off, Pant guides this towards deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 97.4 | 97.4: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Around that nagging length, on off, going across the batter. Pant leaves it. |
| 0 | 97.3 | 97.3: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Hard length, around off, Pant blocks this to covers. |
| 4 | 97.2 | 97.2: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Oh, on any other day, that could have gone back onto the stumps. Short and wide of off, Rishabh Pant rises with the bounce and looks for a square cut. The ball takes an inside edge and it bounces to the right of the keeper for a boundary towards the fine leg region. |
| 0 | 97.1 | 97.1: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Slower one, around off, going across the batter. Pant pokes at it but gets beaten. The ball drops in front of the keeper. |
| 0 | 96.6 | 96.6: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, Ziaur sticks on a good length and within the sticks. Jurel pushes this to mid on. |
6 Over | Run: 421/4 | Run Rate: 4.34
| 0 | 96.5 | 96.5: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, Good length, on middle and leg, Dhruv Jurel tucks this to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 0 | 96.4 | 96.4: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, Full and on middle and leg, Dhruv Jurel flicks this straight to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 96.3 | 96.3: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, Good length, on off, Dhruv Jurel defends this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 96.2 | 96.2: Ziaur Rahman to Dhruv Jurel, In the channel, on a length. Dhruv Jurel gives it a good look and leaves it. |
| 1 | 96.1 | 96.1: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Pitched-up delivery, around off, Rishabh Pant drives this to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 4 | 95.6 | 95.6: Mohammad Saleem to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR! Jurel is up and running straight away. Saleem digs it on a hard length, over off and middle. The height does not trouble Dhruv, who stands tall and swivels to hammer the pull in front of square to get going. |
6 Over | Run: 420/4 | Run Rate: 4.38
| 0 | 95.5 | 95.5: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, OUT! CAUGHT! Mohammad Saleem strikes. Seam-up ball, on a short of a length, just outside the off stump. Gill tries to punch it away on the off side off the back foot and stays leg side of the ball. The ball takes an outside edge and it is a healthy deflection. The keeper, Afsar Zazai moves to his right and snaffles it safely. End of a top knock from the Indian skipper. Afghanistan break the 169-run stand. India are now 416/4. |
| 0 | 95.4 | 95.4: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, On the off stump, on a good length. Gill pats it to cover. |
| 1 | 95.3 | 95.3: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Had to hurry! Saleem pushes the length up, on off. Pant pushes it with a straight bat to the left of mid off. Nangeyalia Kharote is a bit deep there and he gets around before having a shy at the bowling end. Rishabh is in by then. |
| 1 | 95.2 | 95.2: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Hits the deck hard, does Saleem, on a short of a good length. Gill rides the bounce nicely and cuts it to deep point. They cross. |
| 0 | 95.1 | 95.1: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Landing outside the line of the leg stump, on a back of a length. Pant is beaten on the tickle. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes off the pads on the leg side. |
| 0 | 94.6 | 94.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Moving back in again but this is fuller, outside off. Gill shoulders arms. |
6 Over | Run: 413/3 | Run Rate: 4.35
| 0 | 94.5 | 94.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Shaping back in, the length is pulled back a bit, on middle. Shubman knocks it to the right of the bowler. |
| 1 | 94.4 | 94.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Serves it on a length, on the off stump. Pant drops it in front of cover and hurries to the other end. |
| 0 | 94.3 | 94.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and angled in at the pads, Rishabh nurdles it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 94.2 | 94.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Goes past the bat! Bowled by going wide on the crease, on a nagging length, outside off. Pant pokes at it and is lucky not to nick this one behind. |
| 0 | 94.1 | 94.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Dishes it out on a hard length, outside off. Pant sways away to let it pass. |
| 4 | 93.6 | 93.6: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, FOUR! In the gap! Mohammad Saleem bangs it in short, over middle, Shubman stands tall and swivels to pull it behind square to the left of deep fine leg for the second boundary of the over. |
6 Over | Run: 412/3 | Run Rate: 4.38
| 0 | 93.5 | 93.5: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Keeps it at the stumps, full in length, driven to mid on. |
| 4 | 93.4 | 93.4: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Fine shot. Saleem goes full in search of swing and finds a hint of inward shape, on the off stump. Shubman springs onto the front foot for the drive. Plays it back towards the bowler and Saleem can only get fingertips to it on the follow-through. It races past mid off's right for a boundary. |
| 0 | 93.3 | 93.3: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Around the off stump, on a good length. Shubman blocks it close to his body. |
| 1 | 93.2 | 93.2: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, On the pads, on a length. Rishabh wrists it wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 93.1 | 93.1: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Delivers it full, on middle. Pant gets behind the line to defend. |
| 0 | 92.6 | 92.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Keeps it in and around the off stump, on a short of a length. Gill stabs it down off the back foot. |
6 Over | Run: 403/3 | Run Rate: 4.33
| 4 | 92.5 | 92.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nicely done! Hurls it on a back of a length, outside off. Gill lets the ball come to him and opens the bat face to run it down to deep third for a four. The 400 is up for India. |
| 0 | 92.4 | 92.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Uppishly played! Floated up there by Omarzai, on middle. Gill leans forward for the drive and presents the full face of the blade. Chips it back to the bowler's right. Azmatullah sticks out his right hand but fails to lay fingertips to it. Pant was not backing up too far and was alert enough to plonk his back leg inside the crease quickly. |
| 0 | 92.3 | 92.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Slightly on the shorter side, over off. Shubman defends it from the crease. |
| 1 | 92.2 | 92.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, A bit more effort on this ball. Banged into the deck, on off. Rishabh drops it with soft hands to the right of cover for a quick single. |
| 0 | 92.1 | 92.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, At 132.2 kph, lands it on a good length, on off. Pant covers the line and blocks it off. |
| 4 | 91.6 | 91.6: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Put away with ease! Rahman errs in line as he offers a lot of width. This is fractionally short, and Gill slaps it hard, beating the man at deep point to his right. The 150-run stand comes up between these two batters. |
6 Over | Run: 398/3 | Run Rate: 4.33
| 0 | 91.5 | 91.5: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Moving back in the air, on a good length, just outside the off stump. Shubman pats it to cover. |
| 0 | 91.4 | 91.4: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Goes fuller now, outside off. Gill taps it beside the strip on the off side. |
| 1 | 91.3 | 91.3: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Dug in short, over off. Pant helps the pull behind square leg and turns the strike over. |
| 0 | 91.2 | 91.2: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Switches to around the wicket now, this keeps coming back in, around off, on a short of a length. Rishabh Pant leaves it all alone. |
| 4 | 91.1 | 91.1: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Up and over! Going away with the angle, on a length. Pant shimmies down the track and reaches out to flay it over cover for his 5th boundary of the innings. The stand moves to 146. |
| 0 | 90.6 | 90.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Omarzai keeps attacking the stumps, this time with a length delivery on middle and off. Gill punches this back to the bowler. |
6 Over | Run: 389/3 | Run Rate: 4.27
| 0 | 90.5 | 90.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Good length, on middle and leg, drifting down the leg side. Shubman Gill tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 90.4 | 90.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Full and wide of off, Rishabh Pant drives this towards sweeper cover for a single. |
| 0 | 90.3 | 90.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length, in the line of the stumps. Pant pushes this to the off side. |
| 0 | 90.2 | 90.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Azmatuallah bowls this on a hard length, angling into the batter. Rishabh Pant blocks this towards short covers. |
| 0 | 90.1 | 90.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Beaten! In the channel, on off, Pant fiddles at it and is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 89.6 | 89.6: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Width offered, on a length, Gill reaches out and slams it well but can't get it past extra cover. |
6 Over | Run: 388/3 | Run Rate: 4.31
| 1 | 89.5 | 89.5: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, On a back of a length, on off, Pant dabs it to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 89.4 | 89.4: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, FOUR LEG BYES! Drifting on the pads, on a length. Pant fails to lay any bat on the glance. It goes off the pads and beats the keeper to his right. It races down to the deep fine leg fence. |
| 0 | 89.3 | 89.3: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Pushed across off, on a good length. Pant leaves it alone. |
| 4 | 89.2 | 89.2: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Not from the middle but Pant won't mind. This is on a length, on middle. Rishabh Pant dances down the track and swings hard at it. It goes off the inner half through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 1 | 89.1 | 89.1: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Lands it full, on middle. Gill shapes up for the flick but the ball holds its line to catch a soft leading edge. It goes behind point for a run. |
| 0 | 88.6 | 88.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, On a good length, on middle. Pant gets behind the line to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 378/3 | Run Rate: 4.25
| 0 | 88.5 | 88.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Where has this come off? Angled in, on the off stump. Pant defends down the wrong line as the ball straightens off the deck. It brushes the back thigh before going behind towards the keeper. Well, well, twice in two balls have Afghanistan missed out on taking a review. The UltraEdge shows that the ball grazed the outside edge and then brushed the back thigh before being taken low by the keeper. |
| 0 | 88.4 | 88.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, A big opportunity missed! Shaping back in, full and on middle. Gill lunges for the block but is beaten on the inside edge to be rapped on the pads. There were two noises. Afghanistan have only one review left and before they can make up their mind, they have run out of time. Oh, dear, Afghanistan may well have missed another here. The two noises are from the ball brushing the front pad first and then the back pad. The Ball Tracking comes up as three reds with the ball hitting the leg stump. The batters managed to cross over as the ball went away on the off side. |
| 0 | 88.3 | 88.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Good-length delivery, honing in on the off stump, Shubman is solid in defence. |
| 0 | 88.2 | 88.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Just a bit of nip away from the off stump. Shubman is slightly squared up on the block. |
| 0 | 88.1 | 88.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Nice and tight, bowled on a good length, on top of off. Shubman keeps it out from the crease. |
| 0 | 87.6 | 87.6: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Full and well wide on off, Pant offers no shot. |
6 Over | Run: 377/3 | Run Rate: 4.28
| 0 | 87.5 | 87.5: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Rahman drifts down leg, Rishabh walks inside the line but misses out on the tickle. |
| 0 | 87.4 | 87.4: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Goes wide on the crease and attacks the front pad with a good-length ball. Pant brings his bat out in front to stab it down on the leg side. |
| 0 | 87.3 | 87.3: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Hooping back in, full and wide on off. Pant pushes away from his body and miscues it off the inner half to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 87.2 | 87.2: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Curving away from the right-hander, full in length. Gill leans on for the drive and plays it through point for a single. |
| 0 | 87.1 | 87.1: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Pitched up by Rahman, around off. A touch of away swing but Gill blocks it off with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 86.6 | 86.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Left alone! Too wide to make the batter play by Azmatullah Omarzai. Pant lets it pass. |
6 Over | Run: 376/3 | Run Rate: 4.32
| 0 | 86.5 | 86.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, Half a shout for LBW! Slanting back in at the sticks from around the wicket, on a back of a length. Pant hangs back to deal with it but is beaten for pace and also by the seam movement. Gets beaten on the inside edge and gets hit high on the pads. |
| 4 | 86.4 | 86.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! First sign of intent from Pant on Day 2. Pushed across the left-hander, on the fuller side. Rishabh gives the bowler the charge and extends his hands to drive it through covers for a boundary. |
| 1 | 86.3 | 86.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, In the channel on off, bowled on a length. Gill plays a punchy drive to deep point and crosses over. |
| 0 | 86.2 | 86.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, A hint of inward shape, on the off stump, on a short of a length. Shubman covers the line and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 86.1 | 86.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Begins on a good length, around off. Gill taps it down on the off side off the front foot. |
| 0 | 85.6 | 85.6: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, From around the wicket for the left-hander, bowled on a nagging length, on middle. Pant turns it from the crease to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 371/3 | Run Rate: 4.31
| 1 | 85.5 | 85.5: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, It is short and wide again, outside off. Shubman reaches out for the cut but ends up chopping it wide of point. They cross. |
| 0 | 85.4 | 85.4: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Short and wide on off, there to be put away. Gill throws his hands at the ball, but it keeps low and sneaks under the blade. It goes on the bounce to the keeper. |
| 0 | 85.3 | 85.3: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Beaten! This moves away slightly off the deck, on a nagging length, just outside the off stump. Shubman feels for the ball a bit and is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 2 | 85.2 | 85.2: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, First runs of Day 2. Keeps it on a good length, on middle and leg. Gill leans across and wrists it past mid-wicket. Sediqullah Atal hunts it down and prevents the boundary with a slide. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 85.1 | 85.1: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Angled back into the right-hander, on a good length. Gill presses forward and clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 84.6 | 84.6: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Full and on off, Shubman Gill tucks this through square leg for one. That will be STUMPS ON DAY 1. |
6 Over | Run: 368/3 | Run Rate: 4.33
| 1 | 84.5 | 84.5: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, 19th TEST FIFTY FOR PANT! A very unlike Pant knock, but he has done really well to restrict his natural self and respect the conditions and grind hard for his half-century, saying this despite Pant smoking 3 biggies and 2 boundaries. Good length, around off, Pant opens the face of his bat and guides this to the third man region to bring up his half-century with a single. |
| 1 | 84.4 | 84.4: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, On a length, around the pads, Gill flicks this past the diving mid-wicket fielder just for one. Even the batters are tired at this point. |
| 0 | 84.3 | 84.3: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Fuller delivery, in the line of the stumps, Gill punches this towards mid on. |
| 1 | 84.2 | 84.2: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length, around off, Rishabh Pant cuts this through point for a strike rotation. |
| 0 | 84.1 | 84.1: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Good length, angled into the batter, Pant blocks this one. |
| 0 | 83.6 | 83.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, around off, Gill defends this one. |
6 Over | Run: 364/3 | Run Rate: 4.33
| 1 | 83.5 | 83.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Full and around off, Pant drives this through covers for one. |
| 0 | 83.4 | 83.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Quicker one, on off, Rishabh Pant defends it out. |
| 4 | 83.3 | 83.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant has resisted the temptation to play this scoop for long but not on this occasion. Short and wide down the leg side, Rishabh Pant comes inside the line and scoops this towards the fine leg fence for four runs. |
| 0 | 83.2 | 83.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Turning back in, on a good length, on middle. Pant lunges for the block but is beaten on the inside edge and wears it on the front pad. |
| 1 | 83.1 | 83.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Short of a length, around off, Gill cuts this to deep point for one. |
| 0 | 82.6 | 82.6: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Good length, on off, Rishabh Pant pokes at it but gets beaten. |
6 Over | Run: 358/3 | Run Rate: 4.31
| 1 | 82.5 | 82.5: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, 11th TEST TON FOR SHUBMAN GILL! Back of a length, on middle and leg, Gill leans inside the line of the ball and milks it past the right of the square leg fielder for a single to bring up his century on his home turf. It has been a rather dreamy knock from the Indian skipper, and some of those flicks and drives from the bat of Gill have been splendid. |
| 0 | 82.4 | 82.4: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Good length, on the pads, Gill nudges this to square leg. Pant was charging for a single but Gill sends him back. |
| 0 | 82.3 | 82.3: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Pitched-up delivery, on the pads, Gill flicks this straight to mid on. |
| 0 | 82.2 | 82.2: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Back of a length, on off, Gill thumps this to covers. Stays on 99. |
| 1 | 82.1 | 82.1: Mohammad Saleem to Rishabh Pant, Saleem bowls this full and wide of off, Pant opens the face of his bat and guides this to the deep third region for one. |
| 1 | 81.6 | 81.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Under-cutter, around off, Pant pushes this gently through covers for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 356/3 | Run Rate: 4.34
| 1 | 81.5 | 81.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Full and on the pads, Gill flicks this past mid-wicket for one. |
| 2 | 81.4 | 81.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Arm-delivery, around the pads, Gill stands tall and tucks this through the square leg region. Calls for two straightaway and completes that with ease. |
| 0 | 81.3 | 81.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Fired into the batter, on middle and off, Gill keeps it out. |
| 1 | 81.2 | 81.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Loopy delivery, around off, Pant hammers this down to long off for one. |
| 4 | 81.1 | 81.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! First four to Pant's column in this contest. Short of a length, on middle and off, Pant rocks back and pulls this through the mid-wicket region for four runs. 350 comes up for India. |
| 1 | 80.6 | 80.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, The 100-run stand comes up between Pant and Gill. Full and wide of off, Pant knocks this down to long off for one. |
6 Over | Run: 347/3 | Run Rate: 4.28
| 1 | 80.5 | 80.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, around off, Gill drives this to long off for a single. |
| 1 | 80.4 | 80.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Too full this time on middle and off, Pant hammers this past the bowler to his right for a single. A half-stop from the bowler but the ball still dribbles behind him for one. |
| 0 | 80.3 | 80.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Kharote bowls this full and on middle and leg. Pant offers a straight bat and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 80.2 | 80.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Loopy delivery, around off, Gill drives this through covers for one run. |
| 2 | 80.1 | 80.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Under-cutter, down the leg side, Gill tickles this towards the fine leg region for two runs. |
| 0 | 79.6 | 79.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Pushed through on off, Pant defends this right back to the bowler. |
6 Over | Run: 341/3 | Run Rate: 4.26
| 0 | 79.5 | 79.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Fuller around off, Pant slices this to point. |
| 0 | 79.4 | 79.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Drifts one into the batter and it straightens after pitching. Rishabh Pant rocks back inside the crease and keeps it out. |
| 1 | 79.3 | 79.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Darted onto the pads, Gill stands tall and milks this through backward square leg for one. |
| 0 | 79.2 | 79.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Quicker one around off, Gill punches this to mid off for a dot. |
| 0 | 79.1 | 79.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Full and on middle and leg, Gill jumps close to the pitch of the ball and tucks this towards short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 78.6 | 78.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up, around off, Pant pushes this towards short extra cover. |
6 Over | Run: 340/3 | Run Rate: 4.30
| 1 | 78.5 | 78.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Short of a length, around off, Gill cuts this off his back foot to the right of backward point for one as the fielder only made a half-stop. |
| 1 | 78.4 | 78.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Kharote goes full and on off, Pant plays this down to a deepish mid on for one. |
| 1 | 78.3 | 78.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Fuller around off, driven through mid off for a single. |
| 0 | 78.2 | 78.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Quicker one, on middle and leg, Shubman Gill tucks this to the leg side. |
| 0 | 78.1 | 78.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Aimed at the off stump, Shubman Gill defends this out. |
| 0 | 77.6 | 77.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Floated around off, Pant strides out in front and pushes this to cover-point. |
6 Over | Run: 337/3 | Run Rate: 4.32
| 1 | 77.5 | 77.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Fired onto the pads, Gill rocks onto his back foot and nudges this through square leg for a run. |
| 1 | 77.4 | 77.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Flighted around off, Pant drives this through covers for a single. |
| 0 | 77.3 | 77.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Full and around off, Rishabh Pant defends this one. |
| 0 | 77.2 | 77.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up, around off, Pant jams this out. |
| 1 | 77.1 | 77.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Fuller on the pads, Gill tucks this through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 76.6 | 76.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Sliding across again, on a good length. Rishabh stabs it down the deck. |
6 Over | Run: 334/3 | Run Rate: 4.34
| 0 | 76.5 | 76.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Flat and short, on off, turned away to square leg. |
| 0 | 76.4 | 76.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Very full this time, on middle. Pant pushes it back to Kharote. |
| 0 | 76.3 | 76.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Angled across off, on the shorter side. Pant hops back to defend. |
| 0 | 76.2 | 76.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Full and quick, on middle. Rishabh Pant goes deep in the crease to keep it out. |
| 1 | 76.1 | 76.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, A bit too short and wide on off, this is cut to deep point for a single by the Indian skipper. |
| 0 | 75.6 | 75.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Shorter in length, on middle. Rishabh tucks it beside the strip on the leg side and is keen for a quick single but Gil sends him back. |
6 Over | Run: 333/3 | Run Rate: 4.38
| 1 | 75.5 | 75.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Fuller and on off. Shubman reaches out in front to play it back past the bowler's right for a single. |
| 0 | 75.4 | 75.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Around off, Shubman drives it to mid on. |
| 2 | 75.3 | 75.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Good effort! Keeps it full, on middle. Shubman Gill steps out and whips it with the spin wide of long on. The fielder sprints and dives to his right to save a couple of runs for his side. |
| 0 | 75.2 | 75.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Floated up, on off. Gill defends with the bat close to the front pad. |
| 0 | 75.1 | 75.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Flighted delivery, on off. Gill whips it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 74.6 | 74.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Slower and drifting onto the pads. Shubman flicks it to deep square leg for another single. |
6 Over | Run: 330/3 | Run Rate: 4.40
| 0 | 74.5 | 74.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Lands it full again, on middle. This is driven to cover. |
| 0 | 74.4 | 74.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Nice and full, on middle. Gill block it off. |
| 1 | 74.3 | 74.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Fractionally short, turning into the pads. Rishabh nurdles it with the spin wide of square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 74.2 | 74.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, At the toes, Gill eases this full ball to long on and turns the strike over. |
| 1 | 74.1 | 74.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Drops it short, down leg. Rishabh shovels it through square leg for a run. |
| 1 | 73.6 | 73.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Looped up, bowled full and on off. Pant works it to long on and retains the strike with a single. |
6 Over | Run: 326/3 | Run Rate: 4.41
| 1 | 73.5 | 73.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, On middle and leg. Gill steps out, takes the ball on the full and flicks it to deep mid-wicket. Just a single. |
| 1 | 73.4 | 73.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Sliding on with the arm, full and on middle. Pant ekes out an inside edge as he tries to block. It goes behind on the leg side and the batters cross over. |
| 0 | 73.3 | 73.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Pushes it through, on a length, on middle. Rishabh brings his bat out in front to defend. |
| 1 | 73.2 | 73.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, on off. Gill advances and eases it to long on. They cross. |
| 0 | 73.1 | 73.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Delivers it full, on middle. Shubman clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 72.6 | 72.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Quicker through the air now, on off. Gill jams it out to long off for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 322/3 | Run Rate: 4.41
| 0 | 72.5 | 72.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Gives it a bit of air, full and on middle. Gill pushes it to cover. |
| 0 | 72.4 | 72.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, In the blockhole, on middle. Shubman digs it out. |
| 0 | 72.3 | 72.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Lovely stuff! Slower and on a good length, spinning away from the right-hander. Gill pushes at the ball but it keeps low and spins away to beat the bat. |
| 0 | 72.2 | 72.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Keeps the stumps in play, full in length. Gill leans on for the block. |
| 0 | 72.1 | 72.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Attacking the front pad with a full ball. Shubman defends it out. |
| 0 | 71.6 | 71.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, From around the wicket for the left-hander, full and in line with the off stump. Watchfully kept out by Pant. |
6 Over | Run: 321/3 | Run Rate: 4.46
| 1 | 71.5 | 71.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Drops it short, on middle. Gill hops back and jabs it to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | 71.4 | 71.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, A bit of turn. Loopy, on a length, on middle. Gill plays it with the spin to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 71.3 | 71.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Quicker, on middle. This is clipped to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 71.2 | 71.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Floated up, full and on middle. Gill advances and flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 71.1 | 71.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Short and on the pads. Pant flicks it through square leg and rotates the strike. |
| 4 | 70.6 | 70.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Fine wristwork. Coming in with the arm, full and on middle. Gill brings his wrists into play and presses forward to play the flick to the right of the mid on fielder. The fielder gives it a chase and dives, but in vain. |
6 Over | Run: 319/3 | Run Rate: 4.49
| 0 | 70.5 | 70.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Low full toss, on the pads, flicked to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 70.4 | 70.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Back to bowling it full, on off. Gill dabs it to point. |
| 4 | 70.3 | 70.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Gets it through! This is slower through the air by Kharote. He offers a bit of width and the length is short. Gill reaches out and steers it with an open bat face past the diving backward point fielder for a boundary. |
| 0 | 70.2 | 70.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Around the off stump, on a length. Shubman is solid in defence. |
| 0 | 70.1 | 70.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Fires it in full and on the off stump. Gill squeezes it out to cover. |
| 1 | 69.6 | 69.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Flighted delivery, full and outside off. Shubman Gill steps out and wrists it to wide long on. They cross. |
6 Over | Run: 311/3 | Run Rate: 4.44
| 1 | 69.5 | 69.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Fuller and down leg, Pant helps it towards short fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 0 | 69.4 | 69.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Drifting in at the pads, on a good length. Pant presses back and nurdles it to square leg. |
| 0 | 69.3 | 69.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Looped up, fuller and on middle. Rishabh keeps it out. |
| 0 | 69.2 | 69.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Rishabh Pant, Short and on the off stump. Pant taps it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 69.1 | 69.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, A rank long hop, on off. Shubman Gill drags the pull to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 1 | 68.6 | 68.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Speared in now, full and on off. Gill works it down to long off and picks up a single. |
6 Over | Run: 308/3 | Run Rate: 4.46
| 0 | 68.5 | 68.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Attacking the front pad from around the wicket. Shubman Gill reaches out in front for the block. |
| 0 | 68.4 | 68.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Flat and short, on off. Gill cuts it straight to backward point. |
| 0 | 68.3 | 68.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, This keeps a bit low, fuller and on middle. Shubman plays it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 68.2 | 68.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Rishabh Pant, Shorter and on the pads. Pant works it with the spin behind square leg for a run. |
| 1 | 68.1 | 68.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Short and on middle, Gill pushes it down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 67.7 | 67.6: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up, around off, Rishabh Pant dead bats it. |
7 Over | Run: 305/3 | Run Rate: 4.49
| 0 | 67.6 | 67.6: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, NO BALL! Full and on off, Pant blocks this one. The siren goes around to indicate that the bowler has overstepped. |
| 6 | 67.5 | 67.5: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, SIX! This is what Pant does to a bowler. Abdul was bowling fine before this over, but one stroke from Pant made him rethink his length, and the rest is 18 runs off this over in total, with a ball to spare. The 300 is up for India. |
| 6 | 67.4 | 67.4: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Pant's engine room is just warming up. Juicy full toss, around shin high, Pant shimmies down the track and slogs this over the fence towards the deep mid-wicket region for six more. 96th six in Tests for Rishabh, and he now has the most sixes for an Indian in Test cricket, according to Abhinav Mukund. The 50-run stand also comes up between this pair. |
| 0 | 67.3 | 67.3: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, Full and on middle and off, Rishabh Pant dead bats it. |
| 0 | 67.2 | 67.2: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, Fired into the batter, Pant rocks back and blocks this out. |
| 6 | 67.1 | 67.1: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Finally, the shackles have been broken by Pant. Tossed up, around off, Rishabh Pant shimmies down the track, gets close to the pitch of the ball and smashes this up and over the long on fence for a biggie. |
| 1 | 66.6 | 66.6: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, A touch fuller and on the pads, Pant milks this through square leg for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 286/3 | Run Rate: 4.27
| 0 | 66.5 | 66.5: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, On a length, around off, Rishabh Pant blocks this towards covers. |
| 0 | 66.4 | 66.4: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Full and drifting way down the leg. Pant goes for a flick but misses out. |
| 0 | 66.3 | 66.3: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Ziaur bowls it in the channel, around off. Pant looks to block this off his front foot but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 66.2 | 66.2: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Short and around off, Pant cuts this off the upper half off his bat to point. |
| 0 | 66.1 | 66.1: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Good length, down the leg side. Pant leaves it. |
| 1 | 65.8 | 65.6: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, Fuller into the batter, Pant rolls this down to long on for one. |
8 Over | Run: 285/3 | Run Rate: 4.32
| 0 | 65.7 | 65.5: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up, around off, Rishabh Pant thumps this towards the bowler. Shouts of catch it from the keeper but the bowler drops it. Replay shows that it was a bump ball and it was not a chance. |
| 0 | 65.6 | 65.5: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, NO BALL! Full and on middle and off, Pant blocks this out. The siren goes around again. Malik has overstepped for the second ball in a row. |
| 0 | 65.5 | 65.5: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, NO BALL! Tossed up, around off, Pant plays down the wrong line and gets beaten on the outside edge. A loud appeal for caught behind but the umpire turns it down. It wouldn't have mattered as the siren goes off to signal that Abdul has overstepped. |
| 0 | 65.4 | 65.4: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up, around off, Pant blocks this out. |
| 2 | 65.3 | 65.3: Abdul Malik to Rishabh Pant, Fuller around off, Rishabh Pant presses onto his front foot, plays this with soft hands and the ball goes away from the outer portion of his bat through the left of the first slip fielder for a couple. |
| 1 | 65.2 | 65.2: Abdul Malik to Shubman Gill, Slightly short of a length, on middle and leg, Shubman Gill pulls this through square leg for one. |
| 0 | 65.1 | 65.1: Abdul Malik to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, on the pads, Shubman Gill flicks this to square leg. |
| 0 | 64.6 | 64.6: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Hard length, around off, Rishabh Pant blocks this off his front foot towards covers. |
6 Over | Run: 279/3 | Run Rate: 4.29
| 0 | 64.5 | 64.5: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Good length, on off, Rishabh Pant blocks this towards the mid-wicket region. |
| 0 | 64.4 | 64.4: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Hard length, around off, Pant blocks this off his front foot. Pant is not just swinging his bat and the presser from India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate before the game hinted exactly that. |
| 1 | 64.3 | 64.3: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Back of a length, around off, Gill guides this to the deep third man region for one. |
| 1 | 64.2 | 64.2: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Short and around the left armpit of the batter. Rishabh Pant tucks this through square leg and rotates the strike. |
| 1 | 64.1 | 64.1: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Short and wide of off, Shubman Gill guides this to the left of point and takes one. |
| 1 | 63.6 | 63.6: Abdul Malik to Shubman Gill, Fired down the leg side, Shubman Gill goes for a sweep but doesn't time it well enough. The ball dribbles from the inner portion of his bat to the right of short fine leg for one. |
6 Over | Run: 276/3 | Run Rate: 4.31
| 0 | 63.5 | 63.5: Abdul Malik to Shubman Gill, Flighted on the pads, Shubman Gill clips this to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 63.4 | 63.4: Abdul Malik to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, on the pads, Shubman Gill tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 63.3 | 63.3: Abdul Malik to Shubman Gill, Fuller around off, Shubman Gill finds mid off with a drive again. |
| 2 | 63.2 | 63.2: Abdul Malik to Shubman Gill, Short of a length, on middle and leg, Shubman Gill collapses his back knee and pulls this to the right of deep square leg for a couple. |
| 0 | 63.1 | 63.1: Abdul Malik to Shubman Gill, Low full toss, around off, Shubman Gill drives this well but straight to mid off. |
| 0 | 62.6 | 62.6: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Full and wide of off, Pant offers a dead bat at it. |
6 Over | Run: 273/3 | Run Rate: 4.33
| 1 | 62.5 | 62.5: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Short and wide of off, Shubman Gill cuts this through point for one run. |
| 4 | 62.4 | 62.4: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Gill has decided to up the ante even more, it feels. Pitched-up delivery, on off, Shubman Gill steps across, gets inside the line of the ball and flicks this through the right of the mid on fielder for four runs. |
| 0 | 62.3 | 62.3: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Full and around off, Shubman Gill drives this well off his front foot to the left of mid off. A good fielding effort by the fielder, diving to his left, saves 4 for the side. |
| 4 | 62.2 | 62.2: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Even the edges are flying to the fence for Gill. This was bowled around that nagging length from Ziaur, on middle and off, Gill looks to flick this away but gets squared up. The ball takes an outside edge and races to the third man fence for four runs. |
| 0 | 62.1 | 62.1: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Hard length, around off, shaping back into the batter. Shubman Gill blocks this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 61.6 | 61.6: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, That brings up a 9th Test fifty for Shubman Gill. Good length, around off, Gill arches back and guides this through point for a single to bring up his half-century. Gill has looked the best of all the Indian batters to have batted so far in this game. |
6 Over | Run: 264/3 | Run Rate: 4.26
| 0 | 61.5 | 61.5: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, FOUR LEG BYES! Saleem goes full and dishes this down the leg side. Gill steps inside the line and looks to flick this away but gets it brushed off his pads for a boundary towards the fine leg region. |
| 4 | 61.4 | 61.4: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Gill is finding the gaps at will. Short and wide of off, Shubman Gill rocks back and slashes hard at it. Cuts this through the backward point region for yet another boundary. |
| 4 | 61.3 | 61.3: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, FOUR! A touch of reverse swing on offer here for Saleem but Gill nails the cover drive for four. On a length, around off, shaping just a hint away from the batter. Shubman Gill leans onto the stroke and drives this through covers for four runs. |
| 0 | 61.2 | 61.2: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Full and wide of off, Shubman Gill pushes this from the inner portion of his bat to mid off. |
| 2 | 61.1 | 61.1: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Back of a length, on the pads, Gill flicks this through square leg for a couple. |
| 0 | 60.6 | 60.6: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Good length, on the pads, Rishabh Pant tucks this to the leg side for a dot. |
6 Over | Run: 249/3 | Run Rate: 4.08
| 0 | 60.5 | 60.5: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Hard length, on top of off, Rishabh Pant blocks this out. |
| 2 | 60.4 | 60.4: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Ziaur goes full and around the pads, Rishabh Pant flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a couple to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 60.3 | 60.3: Ziaur Rahman to Rishabh Pant, Good length, around off, Rishabh Pant presents a full face of his bat and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 60.2 | 60.2: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, OUT! CAUGHT! Rahul and Indian fans are not allowed to celebrate the ton for long as KL chips one to Gurbaz at short cover right after reaching the triple figures. Pitched-up delivery, around off, KL Rahul looks to play the expansive drive. Gets it away from the outer half of his bat, and the ball was flying low and to the left of Rahmanullah Gurbaz at short cover. Gurbaz gets low and holds onto this with both hands to his left. KL Rahul gets dismissed right after scoring 100. With the end of a 67-run stand, India are now 247/3. |
| 2 | 60.1 | 60.1: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, CENTURY NUMBER 12 IN TESTS FOR RAHUL. Full and angled in at the pads. KL Rahul leans inside and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a couple. Rahul is playing a proper Test knock, as he was struggling early on, but he is looking in a much better place now. KL takes the helmet off and acknowledges the applause with a raise of the bat. |
| 0 | 59.6 | 59.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Fuller now and angled in at the stumps. Shubman Gill leans forward for the block. |
6 Over | Run: 245/2 | Run Rate: 4.08
| 0 | 59.5 | 59.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Flat and short, on off. Shubman taps it to cover. |
| 0 | 59.4 | 59.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Attacking the front pad with a full ball. Gill is solid in defence. |
| 1 | 59.3 | 59.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Shorter and turning away, on off. KL punches it to deep cover and moves to 98 with this single. |
| 1 | 59.2 | 59.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Full and quick, at the stumps, Gill wrists it wide of mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | 59.1 | 59.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Sliding on with the arm, full and on middle. Gill defends it off the front foot. |
| 0 | 58.6 | 58.6: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Drifting onto the pads, on the fuller side. KL plays it along the ground to mid on. |
6 Over | Run: 243/2 | Run Rate: 4.12
| 1 | 58.5 | 58.5: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Fuller and tailing back in, on middle. Gill presses forward for the drive. It comes off the inner half and rolls to mid-wicket. The sub fielder, Qais Ahmad dives to his left and ends up parrying it away from the mid on fielder. That allows the batters to cross over. |
| 0 | 58.4 | 58.4: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Hits the good length, on the off pole. Shubman stabs it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 58.3 | 58.3: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Full and around the off stump, Shubman eases it to mid off by extending his hands. |
| 0 | 58.2 | 58.2: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Stays full and keeps the stumps in play, Gill pushes it to mid on. |
| 0 | 58.1 | 58.1: Ziaur Rahman to Shubman Gill, Attacking the front pad, full in length. Gill drives it to mid on. |
| 4 | 57.6 | 57.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, FOUR! Dispatched! A bit too short by Hashmatullah Shahidi, outside off. Rahul needs no second invitation as he rocks back, makes room and slaps it past cover for a boundary. Moves to 97, does KL. |
6 Over | Run: 242/2 | Run Rate: 4.17
| 1 | 57.5 | 57.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Fires it full and on middle. Shubman flicks it to the right of long on and crosses over. |
| 0 | 57.4 | 57.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Slower and on a good length, on off and middle. Gill pats it to the right of the bowler. |
| 1 | 57.3 | 57.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Drops it short, on middle. KL hops back and punches it to the left of mid off for a quick single. |
| 0 | 57.2 | 57.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Keeps it nice and slow, full and on middle. Rahul blocks it out by getting forward. |
| 0 | 57.1 | 57.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Offers flight, full and on off. Rahul uses his feet to smother the spin. |
| 1 | 56.6 | 56.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Slower one, bowled into the surface, on middle. Rahul waits on the back foot and works it behind square leg. Keeps the strike with a single. |
6 Over | Run: 236/2 | Run Rate: 4.14
| 0 | 56.5 | 56.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Pitches it up, outside off. Rahul extends his hands and eases it to cover. |
| 0 | 56.4 | 56.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Attacks the stumps with a good-length ball. KL defends it right under his eyes. |
| 1 | 56.3 | 56.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Varies his length as this is dug in short, over middle. Gill gets on top of the bounce and pulls it down to deep fine leg for a run. |
| 0 | 56.2 | 56.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Pace taken off now, fuller and on off. Shubman Gill reaches out in front for the block. |
| 0 | 56.1 | 56.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Cutting back in a bit, on a back of a length, on the off stump. Shubman plays it off the back foot to mid off. |
| 0 | 55.6 | 55.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Low full toss, on leg. Rahul steps out and flicks it to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 234/2 | Run Rate: 4.18
| 1 | 55.5 | 55.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Attacking the front pad, on a good length, on middle. Gill wrists it through square leg and crosses over. |
| 1 | 55.4 | 55.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Slower and shorter, turning back in, on middle. Rahul rocks back and adjusts to the low bounce. Pulls it towards mid-wicket, where the fielder tumbles to his left but can only make a half stop. They cross. |
| 2 | 55.3 | 55.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Pushed through, on off. Rahul hangs back to a full ball and punches it through point for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 55.2 | 55.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Looped up, wide on off, inviting the drive. Rahul goes for it but ends up bunting it down the wicket. |
| 0 | 55.1 | 55.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Hashmatullah Shahidi brings himself back into the attack. Very full, on middle. KL digs it out back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 54.6 | 54.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Tailing back in, on a good length, on the off stump. Gill gets right behind the line and is solid in defence. |
6 Over | Run: 230/2 | Run Rate: 4.18
| 0 | 54.5 | 54.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Keeps it around that off stump, does Omarzai. Shubman angles it to point. |
| 0 | 54.4 | 54.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Back to that back of a length, outside off. Gill dabs it to point. |
| 0 | 54.3 | 54.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, This keeps a bit low, outside off. Not short enough for the cut and Gill ends up chopping it down on the off side. |
| 1 | 54.2 | 54.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, The 50-run stand comes up with this single. Pushes the length up and this is outside off. Rahul reaches out and checks the drive as he plays it to deep point. |
| 0 | 54.1 | 54.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Hooping back in, on a back of a length, on top of off. Rahul knocks it from the crease to mid off. |
| 0 | 53.6 | 53.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, This is a bit quicker and fuller as well, on middle. Gill wrists it to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 229/2 | Run Rate: 4.24
| 0 | 53.5 | 53.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Pitching outside the line of the leg stump, on a good length. Shubman leans forward for the block. |
| 1 | 53.4 | 53.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Flighted delivery at the sticks, Rahul comes forward and works it to long off for one more. |
| 0 | 53.3 | 53.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Fuller and on off. Rahul pushes it to cover. |
| 3 | 53.2 | 53.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Stays on the shorter side, on off. Gill hangs back and cuts it past point. Ziaur Rahman gives it a long chase and dives to prevent the boundary. He flicks it back in and saves a run for his side. |
| 1 | 53.1 | 53.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Fractionally short, going across. Rahul taps it wide of cover and takes a quick single. There is a direct hit at the bowling end but KL is in by then. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Down leg, on a hard length. Gill thinks about going for the pull but then bails out of the shot. |
6 Over | Run: 224/2 | Run Rate: 4.23
| 0 | 52.5 | 52.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Bends his back and digs it in short, over off. Shubman sways away and drops his wrists. |
| 0 | 52.4 | 52.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Hits the top of off at 133 kph, Gill defends it right under his eyes. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, A bit shorter, around the off stump. Shubman stays back to stab it down. |
| 4 | 52.2 | 52.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Class written all over it. Bowled on a length, on middle. Gill walks into the shot and, with a still head, he plays a wristy flick through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Shubman Gill, Slanting in at the pads. Gill tucks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 51.6 | 51.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Slows it down now, on a nagging length, on off. KL gets forward to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 220/2 | Run Rate: 4.23
| 1 | 51.5 | 51.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Full and fired in, on off. Shubman eases it to long off and rotates the strike. |
| 6 | 51.4 | 51.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, SIX! Launched down the ground! Floated up there, full and on off. Gill shimmies down the track and, with a clean swing of the arms, he pumps it over long off for the first six of the game. Looks like we had briefly lost the ball in the empty stands, but it has now been retrieved. |
| 0 | 51.3 | 51.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, This is quicker and on a good length, on off. Gill punches it to cover. |
| 0 | 51.2 | 51.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Drags the length back a bit, outside off. Shubman cuts it to backward point. |
| 0 | 51.1 | 51.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, on off, firmly driven to cover. |
| 0 | 50.6 | 50.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Swinging back in at the pads, on a good length. Rahul keeps it out from the crease. |
6 Over | Run: 213/2 | Run Rate: 4.18
| 0 | 50.5 | 50.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Brings the stumps into play, on a length. KL is solid in defence. |
| 0 | 50.4 | 50.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, At 128.6 kph, fuller in length now, outside off. Rahul extends his hands out in front to defend. |
| 4 | 50.3 | 50.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, FOUR! Too straight, and Rahul helps himself to a boundary. On a back of a length, drifting in at the hips. KL tickles it fine of the man at deep fine leg to move to 85. |
| 0 | 50.2 | 50.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, A bit fuller, attacking the stumps. Rahul hangs back and stays leg side to dab it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 50.1 | 50.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Begins on a short of a length, over off. KL turns it off the back foot to square leg. |
| 0 | 49.6 | 49.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, This is outside the off stump, and the length stays full. Gill gets a good stride in and defends it out. That will be TEA on Day 1. |
6 Over | Run: 209/2 | Run Rate: 4.18
| 0 | 49.5 | 49.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Continues to bowl quick through the air, does Kharote. Shubman pushes this full ball to cover. |
| 0 | 49.4 | 49.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Darted in full and at the stumps. Gill keeps it out with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 49.3 | 49.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Shubman Gill, Flighted delivery, full and on off. Gill gets forward and works it to mid off. |
| 1 | 49.2 | 49.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Pushes it through at 83.8 kph, very full, on middle. Rahul drives it wide of mid off for a single. |
| 0 | 49.1 | 49.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Coming in with the arm, on a good length, on the off stump. Rahul punches it to cover, where the fielder is a bit deep. He is keen for a single but Gill sends him back. |
| 4 | 48.6 | 48.6: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Easily done! Mohammad Saleem varies his length as he looks to go short, on middle. This sits up to be hit, on middle. Gill swivels and pulls it through square leg for the second boundary of the over. |
6 Over | Run: 208/2 | Run Rate: 4.24
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.5: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, This is bowled by going wide on the crease, outside the off stump. Gill shoulders arms. |
| 4 | 48.4 | 48.4: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Put away! Saleem tries to fire it in full but errs in his line. He drifts onto the pads, and Gill makes him play. Shubman flicks it to the left of deep fine leg, and it races away. |
| 0 | 48.3 | 48.3: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, At 133.8 kph, on a back of a length, on top of off. Shubman stands tall and tucks it to the man at a short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 48.2 | 48.2: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Goes full and gets the ball to curve back in, on middle. Gill pushes it to mid on. |
| 0 | 48.1 | 48.1: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Hits the bat hard, does Saleem. Honing in on the off stump, on a good length. Shubman knocks it to cover. |
| 0 | 47.6 | 47.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Slower and on a good length, on off. KL dead bats it. |
6 Over | Run: 200/2 | Run Rate: 4.17
| 0 | 47.5 | 47.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Full and sprayed down leg. Rahul misses out on the sweep. The ball grazes the pads of the batter before getting to the keeper. |
| 0 | 47.4 | 47.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Back to bowling it in line with the off stump, Rahul covers the line and blocks it off. |
| 4 | 47.3 | 47.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, FOUR! Easy pickings! Drifts down leg, on a length. Rahul presses back and also gets inside the line of the ball. He paddles it down to fine leg for a boundary. The 200 is up for India. |
| 0 | 47.2 | 47.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Slows it down and it drops on the batter, full and on the off stump. Rahul smothers the spin by leaning forward. |
| 0 | 47.1 | 47.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, From around the wicket, darted in full and on middle. Rahul gets forward for the block. |
| 0 | 46.6 | 46.6: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, An effort ball by Saleem, dug in short, over off. Shubman sways away and drops his wrists to let the ball go through to the keeper. |
6 Over | Run: 196/2 | Run Rate: 4.17
| 4 | 46.5 | 46.5: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nice shot. A little too straight, on the pads and the length is full. Gill presses forward, gets his head right over the ball and flicks it to the right of mid on for a boundary. |
| 0 | 46.4 | 46.4: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, The inside edge saves Gill. Tailing back into the right-hander, full and at the sticks. Shubman tries to force the drive down the ground with a straight bat. Just about ekes out an inside edge onto the front pad. |
| 0 | 46.3 | 46.3: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Hits the nagging length, in and around the off stump. Gill defends it from the crease. |
| 0 | 46.2 | 46.2: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Angled in on a length, outside the off stump. Gill covers the off stump and makes the leave. |
| 1 | 46.1 | 46.1: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Starts with a full ball, around off. Rahul gets low and plays it through point for a single. |
| 0 | 45.6 | 45.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Rapped on the pads, but turned down! Where is the impact? The keeper appealed with a lot of conviction. Hashmatullah Shahidi does not look as certain, but he has gone for the review. The length is dragged back a bit, around the off stump. Gill reaches out in front to smother the spin but fails to get to the pitch of the ball. The ball spins past the inside edge to catch him low on the front pad. No bat involved, but the ball is doing too much. It is going well past the leg stump on Ball Tracking. Afghanistan are left with only one review. |
6 Over | Run: 191/2 | Run Rate: 4.15
| 0 | 45.5 | 45.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, At the sticks, full in length. Gill blocks it off. |
| 4 | 45.4 | 45.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Gets it through! A bit too full and width offered by Hashmatullah Shahidi. Gill climbs onto it as he drills it all along the ground between cover and mid off for his first boundary. |
| 1 | 45.3 | 45.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Stays full, on middle. Rahul makes room and angles the drive to the left of mid off. They cross. |
| 1 | 45.2 | 45.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Full and a bit quick, on off. Shubman knocks it down to long on for one. |
| 0 | 45.1 | 45.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and on off. Gill brings his bat out in front of the front pad and clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 44.6 | 44.6: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, A bit of reverse on this ball, on a good length, on off. Gill jabs it off the back foot to the right of mid on and keeps the strike with a single. |
6 Over | Run: 185/2 | Run Rate: 4.11
| 0 | 44.5 | 44.5: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, This is on a back of a length, in the channel on off. Shubman dabs it to point. |
| 0 | 44.4 | 44.4: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Drags the length back, over the off stump. Gill pats it to cover from the crease. |
| 0 | 44.3 | 44.3: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Tailing back in, on a good length, on middle. Shubman Gill taps it down the strip with a straight bat. |
| 1 | 44.2 | 44.2: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Angled in at the hips, on a back of a length. KL helps it down to deep fine leg and crosses over. |
| 0 | 44.1 | 44.1: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Saleem bangs it in short, over middle. Rahul swivels and gets his hands high for the pull. He connects well but can't beat the man at mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 43.6 | 43.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Full and attacking the front pad, Gill defends it out. |
6 Over | Run: 183/2 | Run Rate: 4.16
| 1 | 43.5 | 43.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Looped up, on middle. Rahul pushes this to long on to pick up a single. |
| 0 | 43.4 | 43.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, That kept low. Turning back in sharply, on a nagging length, on middle. Rahul rocks back and does well to adjust to the low bounce. He watchfully keeps it out. |
| 0 | 43.3 | 43.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Fired onto the pads, KL Rahul rocks back and nudges this towards mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 43.2 | 43.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Fuller on middle and leg, Shubman Gill flicks this to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 43.1 | 43.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, on the pads, Shubman Gill tucks this to short fine leg. |
| 0 | 42.6 | 42.6: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Back of a length, around off, KL Rahul blocks this off his back foot. |
6 Over | Run: 181/2 | Run Rate: 4.21
| 1 | 42.5 | 42.5: Mohammad Saleem to Shubman Gill, Hard length, on middle and off, Shubman Gill tucks this towards the right of mid on for a single to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 42.4 | 42.4: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A sharp grab from the keeper and Mohammad Saleem has broken through for Afghanistan. Bowled by going wide on the crease on the around-the-wicket angle. This is very full, outside off. A bit of a late decision by Sudharsan to go for the drive and he hurriedly gets his bat down. The ball behind goes off an outside edge, where the keeper, Afsar Zazai dives to his left and holds onto it. Earlier in the session, we saw a similar ball go through the keeper and the first slip but not this time. The 139-run stand has been broken and India are now 180/2. |
| 1 | 42.3 | 42.3: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Slanting in at the hips. Rahul glances it down to deep fine leg and rotates the strike. |
| 1 | 42.2 | 42.2: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Dug in short, over off. Sai gets on top of the bounce and angles it in front of backward point for a quick single. |
| 1 | 42.1 | 42.1: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Short and wide on off, Rahul slaps it to deep point and gets to the other end. |
| 0 | 41.6 | 41.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Indecision! Drifting in, on a good length, in line with the off stump. Sudharsan thinks about letting it go initally but then just about jams it out. |
6 Over | Run: 177/1 | Run Rate: 4.21
| 1 | 41.5 | 41.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Shorter and slower, on middle. This is pushed to long on for another single. |
| 1 | 41.4 | 41.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Speared in at the pads, Sai nurdles this full ball behind square leg to turn the strike over. |
| 1 | 41.3 | 41.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Turning back into the pads, on a good length. Rahul hops back and wrists it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Flat and short, on middle. Rahul blocks it from the crease. |
| 1 | 41.1 | 41.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Bowled on a length, on off. Sai chops it through point for a single. |
| 0 | 40.6 | 40.6: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Attacking the stumps, on a length, Rahul defends it watchfully. |
6 Over | Run: 173/1 | Run Rate: 4.22
| 1 | 40.5 | 40.5: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Hits the hard length, on off. Sai stands tall and slices it to the left of deep third. They cross. |
| 1 | 40.4 | 40.4: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Fuller and tailing back in, on off. KL drops it with soft hands in front of cover and hurries to the other end. |
| 0 | 40.3 | 40.3: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, On the shorter side, on off. Rahul rises with the bounce for the block. |
| 1 | 40.2 | 40.2: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, This is on a hard length, over off. Sudharsan runs it down to deep third for a single. |
| 1 | 40.1 | 40.1: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, A prolonged appeal for LBW, but it is turned down. Mohammad Saleem looks convinced and Hashmatullah Shahidi takes the review. A bit of reverse on return to the attack for Saleem. Angled in a good length, on middle. Rahul brings his bat out in front for the block but is beaten on the inside edge to be hit on the back thigh. The ball goes away on the off side and the batters cross over. Oh, there is a spike on the UltraEdge, confirming the inside edge. Rahul is saved by the inside edge as the Ball Tracking shows that the ball would have crashed into the top of the leg stump. |
| 0 | 39.6 | 39.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Looped up, on off. Sai firms the drive but can't get it past the man at cover. |
6 Over | Run: 169/1 | Run Rate: 4.22
| 0 | 39.5 | 39.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Slower through the air and the length stays full, on middle. Sudharsan defends with the bat close to the front pad. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Full and pushed through on middle. Sudharsan is solid in defence. |
| 0 | 39.3 | 39.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Shorter and on the off stump. Sai stabs it down watchfully. |
| 0 | 39.2 | 39.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Flatter and angled in at the sticks. Sai Sudharsan goes back to a ball he was better off being on the front foot but manages to keep it out. |
| 1 | 39.1 | 39.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Full and drifting in, on middle and leg. This is eased to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.6: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, Hard length, on off, Sai Sudharsan keeps it out. |
6 Over | Run: 168/1 | Run Rate: 4.31
| 4 | 38.5 | 38.5: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Well timed in the gap for four more runs. Pitched-up delivery, around the pads, Sai flicks this through the mid-wicket region and the ball has raced to the fence for four. |
| 0 | 38.4 | 38.4: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, Full and around middle and leg, Sai Sudharsan nudges this to mid-wicket. The bat of Sai did twist in his hands as he worked this away. |
| 0 | 38.3 | 38.3: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, Rahman bowls it on a length, around off, Sai Sudharsan blocks this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 38.2 | 38.2: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Back of a length, around off, KL Rahul defends this off his back foot on the off side and takes a run. |
| 1 | 38.1 | 38.1: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, Ziaur bowls it full and on middle and off, Sai Sudharsan punches this to the right of mid on for a single. |
| 1 | 37.6 | 37.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Floated around off, Sai Sudharsan pushes this through covers for a run. |
6 Over | Run: 162/1 | Run Rate: 4.26
| 4 | 37.5 | 37.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Flighted around middle and off, Sai Sudharsan strides a long way down, gets close to the pitch of the ball and sweeps this through the square leg region for four runs. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Tossed up, around off, Sai Sudharsan rocks back and pushes this towards mid off. |
| 1 | 37.3 | 37.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Fuller on off, KL Rahul rolls this down to long off for one. |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Tossed up, around the pads, KL Rahul goes for a flick but misses and gets rapped on the front pad. This one was going down the leg. |
| 1 | 37.1 | 37.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Short of a length, on middle and off, Sai Sudharsan punches this past short covers for one. Just a half-stop from the fielder in that position. |
| 1 | 36.6 | 36.6: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, Good length, around off, nipping back into the batter. Sai Sudharsan ekes out an inside edge onto his pads. A gentle appeal for LBW but the umpire turns it down. Single taken as the ball rolls towards the backward point region. |
6 Over | Run: 155/1 | Run Rate: 4.19
| 0 | 36.5 | 36.5: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, Hard length, around off, Sai Sudharsan dead bats it around silly point. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, Ziaur is breathing fire here. Right in the channel, around off, angling into the batter but outside off. Sai Sudharsan blocks down the wrong line and the ball goes through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 36.3 | 36.3: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, Ziaur comes around the stumps and attacks the stumps with a length delivery. Sai Sudharsan blocks this under his eyeline. |
| 1 | 36.2 | 36.2: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Short and wide of off, KL Rahul goes deep inside his crease and cuts this to deep third for a run. |
| 0 | 36.1 | 36.1: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Good length, on middle and off, KL Rahul blocks this off his back foot. |
| 1 | 35.6 | 35.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Tossed up, on middle and off, KL Rahul chips this through mid on for a single to close the over. |
6 Over | Run: 153/1 | Run Rate: 4.25
| 0 | 35.5 | 35.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Fuller on off, KL Rahul dead bats it. |
| 1 | 35.4 | 35.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, OUCH! That must have hurt the fielder at silly point. Short of a length, around off, Sai Sudharsan rocks back and cuts it hard. It catches the man at silly point around the thigh. The ball deflects through point for one. |
| 1 | 35.3 | 35.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Tossed up, on off, KL Rahul comes down the track and drills this to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 35.2 | 35.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Fuller on middle and leg, KL Rahul defends this out. |
| 0 | 35.1 | 35.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Tossed up, on the pads, KL Rahul goes for a flick but misses. The ball clips his front pad and falls to the right of short leg. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.6: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, Yorker, on off, Sai Sudharsan does well to block this out. |
6 Over | Run: 150/1 | Run Rate: 4.29
| 4 | 34.5 | 34.5: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, EDGED, FOUR! A good comeback by the bowler, but the batter adds four more to his tally. Good length, around off, going across the batter. Sai Sudharsan prods onto his front foot and looks to guide this towards the backward point region. The ball catches an outside edge and goes right between the diving keeper to his left and the diving first slip fielder to his right for a boundary. The 150 is up for India. |
| 4 | 34.4 | 34.4: Ziaur Rahman to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Textbook drive from Sai for four runs. Proper 1, 2, and 3 in cricketing terms. Pitched-up delivery, around off, Sai Sudharsan plants his front foot towards the line of the ball, shifts his body weight onto his front foot and drives this from the middle of his bat through the extra cover region for four runs. |
| 1 | 34.3 | 34.3: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Full and on the pads, drifting down the leg side. KL Rahul gets inside the line and flicks this to fine leg for one. |
| 0 | 34.2 | 34.2: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Hard length, around off, KL Rahul solidly blocks this out. |
| 0 | 34.1 | 34.1: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Right in the channel, around off, KL Rahul rocks back and across and blocks this out. |
| 0 | 33.6 | 33.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Slightly side arm from Hashmatullah Shahidi, a tad full and on off. Sai Sudharsan dabs this past the left of Sharafuddin Ashraf at first slip. Ashraf remains down on the ground, maybe because of the fall. Nonetheless, the team physio rushes out in the middle. |
6 Over | Run: 141/1 | Run Rate: 4.15
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Beaten all ends up. Drifts one in again, around off, turning it away from the southpaw after pitching. Sai Sudharsan this time plays at it, looking to block this off his front foot but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 33.4 | 33.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Flighted around off, KL Rahul gently rolls his wrists and flicks this to long on for one. A 100-run partnership comes up between Sai and KL. |
| 1 | 33.3 | 33.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, A tad short this time, around off, Sai Sudharsan rocks back and punches this towards sweeper cover for a single. |
| 0 | 33.2 | 33.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, A bit of drift back into the batter and the ball turns away after pitching. Sai Sudharsan doesn't poke at it. |
| 0 | 33.1 | 33.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Shahidi comes around the stumps and bowls this full and wide outside off. Sai leaves it. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Good length, around off, tailing a long way back into the batter. KL Rahul tucks this to mid-wicket for a dot. |
6 Over | Run: 139/1 | Run Rate: 4.21
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Full and wide outside off, KL Rahul gives it a good look and leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 32.4 | 32.4: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Ziaur bowls it full and in the line of the stumps. KL Rahul defends this off his front foot. |
| 4 | 32.3 | 32.3: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, FOUR! Nicely guided. Fuller in length, outside off. Rahul lets the ball come to him and plays the late dab by opening the face of the bat. He steers it through the vacant gully region for a boundary. |
| 2 | 32.2 | 32.2: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Not as wide as the previous ball but still wide enough and the length stays short. Rahul plays the cut to the right of deep point. Abdul Malik sprints and dives to his right to save a couple of runs for his side. |
| 0 | 32.1 | 32.1: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Missed out! Short and wide on off, there to be put away. Rahul presses back for the cut but is early into the shot and ends up chopping it beside the strip on the off side. |
| 0 | 31.6 | 31.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Full and on the pads, Sai Sudharsan flicks this to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 133/1 | Run Rate: 4.16
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Quicker one, on the pads, Sai Sudharsan tucks this to short leg. |
| 4 | 31.4 | 31.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Third boundary on the trot for Sai Sudharsan. Flighted around off, Sudharsan comes quickly onto his front foot, hits the ball on the half-volley and drives this through the covers region for four more runs. |
| 4 | 31.3 | 31.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! That brings up a 3rd Test half-century for Sai Sudharsan. Low full toss, around off, Sudharsan stands tall and works this through the mid-wicket region, and the ball has raced to the fence for four more runs. Sai has carried his form from IPL into the red-ball format. |
| 4 | 31.2 | 31.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! This is well swept for a boundary. Flighted, onto the pads, Sai Sudharsan goes down on a knee and sweeps this behind square for a boundary towards deep backward square leg. |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller on the pads, Sai Sudharsan works this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Hard length, around off, KL gets onto his front foot and blocks this on the off side. |
6 Over | Run: 121/1 | Run Rate: 3.90
| 0 | 30.5 | 30.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Azmat bowls it within the sticks, on middle and off, on a good length. KL Rahul blocks this one. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Slower one, around off, on a length. KL Rahul gets behind the line of the ball and keeps it out. This came off the inner half of Rahul's bat. |
| 2 | 30.3 | 30.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Good length, around the pads, KL Rahul nudges this to the deep mid-wicket region for a couple. |
| 1 | 30.2 | 30.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Azmatullah goes full and keeps this one within the sticks. Sai Sudharsan flicks this through mid-wicket's right for one. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, On a length, going across the batter, around his off stump. Sai Sudharsan leaves it. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Tossed up, on the pads, KL Rahul strides out in front and dead bats it. |
6 Over | Run: 118/1 | Run Rate: 3.93
| 1 | 29.5 | 29.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller on the pads, Sai Sudharsan milks this through short fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 29.4 | 29.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Tossed up, around off, Sai Sudharsan defends this off his front foot. |
| 1 | 29.3 | 29.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, FIFTY FOR RAHUL, his 21st half-century in Test cricket. Tossed up, around off, KL Rahul flashes, and the outside edge flies past the man at slip before he can even react. It goes down to the third man region for a single. After getting lucky with the edge not given and not reviewed, KL has done well to reach his half-century. |
| 0 | 29.2 | 29.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Tossed up, on the pads, KL Rahul tucks this towards short leg. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Tossed up, around off, KL Rahul moves away to his leg side and drives this well but straight to extra cover. |
| 2 | 28.6 | 28.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Good length, around the pads, Sai Sudharsan flicks this close to his body and off his pads through square leg for a brace. |
6 Over | Run: 116/1 | Run Rate: 4.00
| 1 | 28.5 | 28.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Short one, around off, KL Rahul swivels inside and keeps the hook down for a single to fine leg. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Back of a length, around off, KL Rahul pats this to point. |
| 1 | 28.3 | 28.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Good length, around the pads, Sai Sudharsan nudges this to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 28.2 | 28.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Hard length, around off, Sai defends this off his back foot. |
| 0 | 28.1 | 28.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Sai made that block look a bit awkward, to say the least. On a length, going across the batter. Sai Sudharsan doesn't move his feet much but blocks this. The ball bumps into the deck and hits the bat again. Sai Sudharsan gestures that this kept low. |
| 1 | 27.6 | 27.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fired onto the pads, Sai Sudharsan flicks this through mid on for an easy single. |
6 Over | Run: 112/1 | Run Rate: 4.00
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Quicker one, on the pads, Sai Sudharsan nudges this towards short leg. |
| 1 | 27.4 | 27.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Tossed up, on off, KL Rahul gets close to the pitch of the ball, gently dabs this in front of cover-point and takes a sharp single. |
| 1 | 27.3 | 27.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Speared in at the pads, Sai Sudharsan milks this through square leg for one. |
| 2 | 27.2 | 27.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller on the pads this time, Sai Sudharsan tucks this gently to the fine leg region for a couple. |
| 0 | 27.1 | 27.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Excitement around the bat! Where did that come off? Fuller, down the leg side. Sai Sudharsan goes for a sweep but misses completely. The ball lobs off Sai's forearm and drops to the left of the man at short leg, who was ducking to get out of the way. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Azmatullah goes back of a length, and bowls it on middle and leg, KL Rahul tucks this to short mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 107/1 | Run Rate: 3.96
| 0 | 26.5 | 26.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Pitched-up delivery, around off, KL Rahul presses onto his front foot and plays the off-drive well but close to mid off who fields it. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Full and around off, KL Rahul drives this towards covers. |
| 2 | 26.3 | 26.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Back of a length, around off, KL Rahul hops back into the crease and punches this through the covers region for a couple. This was destined for the fence, but Ziaur Rahman got around to his right and dived to save a couple for his side. |
| 1 | 26.2 | 26.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Back of a length, around off, Sai Sudharsan gets up on his toes and punches this through backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Good length, around off, Sai Sudharsan defends this close to his body. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, A tad full, wide of off again, keeping low yet again. KL Rahul blocks this off his back foot. |
6 Over | Run: 104/1 | Run Rate: 4.00
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Short of a length, around off, keeping low. KL Rahul punches this off his back foot towards the off side. |
| 4 | 25.4 | 25.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, FOUR! An aggressive intent on show from Rahul at the start of this session. Short and around off, KL Rahul rocks back and doesn't look to dab this around but slashes hard at it. Gets an outside edge and the ball races into the third man fence for four. |
| 4 | 25.3 | 25.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, FOUR! First runs in the post-Lunch session and Rahul hits this away to the fence. Tossed up, around off, KL Rahul puts on the dancing shoes, jumps close to the pitch of the ball and drives this straight in front of the sight screen for four. The 100 is up for India. |
| 0 | 25.2 | 25.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Full and around off, turning away from the batter. KL Rahul blocks this one. |
| 0 | 25.1 | 25.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Kharote starts with a loosener. Short and wide of off, KL Rahul rocks back and pushes this to covers. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Yorker, around off, Sai Sudharsan jams this out. That will be Lunch on Day 1. |
6 Over | Run: 96/1 | Run Rate: 3.84
| 0 | 24.5 | 24.5: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Tossed up, on middle and off, Sai Sudharsan pats this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 24.4 | 24.4: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, Full and on off, Sai Sudharsan solidly keeps it out. |
| 0 | 24.3 | 24.3: Hashmatullah Shahidi to Sai Sudharsan, A shade on the good length area, around off, Sai Sudharsan comes onto his front foot and blocks this off his gloves rather than the bat. |
| 1 | 24.2 | 24.2: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Loopy delivery, around the crease on middle and leg. KL Rahul drills this down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 24.1 | 24.1: Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Tossed up, around off, KL Rahul presses close to the ball and blocks it. |
| 0 | 23.6 | 23.6: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Full and on off, Sai Sudharsan dead bats it. |
6 Over | Run: 95/1 | Run Rate: 3.96
| 0 | 23.5 | 23.5: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Short of a length, around off, turning away from the batter. Sai Sudharsan gets up on his toes and punches this to extra cover. |
| 1 | 23.4 | 23.4: Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Pushed through on middle and off, KL Rahul pushes this down to long on for one. |
| 1 | 23.3 | 23.3: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Abdul bowls this around the nagging length, on middle and leg, Sai Sudharsan tucks this through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 23.2 | 23.2: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Full and wide outside off, Sai Sudharsan leaves it. |
| 4 | 23.1 | 23.1: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Put away! Short of a length, on middle and off, does keep a tad low. Sai Sudharsan pulls this off his back foot, but the bottom hand comes off the handle. The ball races to the deep mid-wicket fence for four. The 50-run stand comes up with this boundary. |
| 2 | 22.6 | 22.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Kharote drifts this into Rahul, around off. The batter offers an angled bat and runs this towards the third man region for two. |
6 Over | Run: 89/1 | Run Rate: 3.87
| 1 | 22.5 | 22.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Quicker and flatter on middle and off, Sai Sudharsan punches this down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 22.4 | 22.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Pushed through on the pads, Sai Sudharsan nudges this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fired onto the pads, Sai Sudharsan rolls his wrists and tucks this to short fine leg. |
| 1 | 22.2 | 22.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Flighted this time, from Nangeyalia Kharote. Rahul pushes this down to long off for a single. |
| 0 | 22.1 | 22.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Fuller around off, KL Rahul drives this to extra cover for no run. |
| 0 | 21.7 | 21.6: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Darted into the batter, Sai tucks this to mid-wicket. |
7 Over | Run: 85/1 | Run Rate: 3.86
| 0 | 21.6 | 21.6: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, NO BALL! Tosses it up, around off, Sai Sudharsan drives this to covers. The siren goes around as Abdul has overstepped here. |
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller around off, Sai Sudharsan leaves it. |
| 0 | 21.4 | 21.4: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Sai is playing the risky game by going onto his back foot on this track. A bit more air, not all that short and on off, Sai Sudharsan rocks back and tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Tossed up, around off, Sai Sudharsan defends this underneath his eyeline. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller on off, Sai Sudharsan blocks this out. |
| 0 | 21.1 | 21.1: Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Too risky from Sai. Quicker one, around off, Sai Sudharsan backs away, exposes his off stump and cuts, but silly point gets in the way. |
| 4 | 20.6 | 20.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, FOUR! Up and over. Flighted, around middle and leg, KL Rahul clears his front foot, plants it towards the leg side and lofts this behind the mid on fielder for a boundary. This was more from the inside portion of the bat. |
6 Over | Run: 84/1 | Run Rate: 4.00
| 0 | 20.5 | 20.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Full and on off, KL Rahul pushes this to covers. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Kharote drags his length back, on off, KL Rahul defends this one. |
| 1 | 20.3 | 20.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Tossed up, on middle and leg, Sai Sudharsan flicks this down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller and flatter, around off, Sai Sudharsan comes onto his front foot and dead bats it. |
| 0 | 20.1 | 20.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fired around off, Sai Sudharsan rocks back inside his crease and blocks this one. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Wristy from Rahul. Tossed up, on middle and off, KL Rahul rolls his wrists, closes his bat face and works this towards short leg. |
6 Over | Run: 79/1 | Run Rate: 3.95
| 0 | 19.5 | 19.5: Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Full and on off, KL Rahul defends this towards the leg side. |
| 0 | 19.4 | 19.4: Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Tossed up, on middle and leg, KL Rahul tucks this on the bounce to short leg. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Quicker one, on off, KL Rahul defends this out. |
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Pushed through on off, KL Rahul works this a bit aerially towards the mid-wicket region but well short of the catching fielder. A touch of grip here for Abdul Malik. |
| 2 | 19.1 | 19.1: Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Fuller, around off, KL Rahul flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs. |
| 4 | 18.6 | 18.6: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! A boundary to end the over. Not a bad start to Kharote's Test career, despite going for 8 runs. Flighted, around off, Sai Sudharsan goes down on his knee and sweeps this in front of square towards the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
6 Over | Run: 77/1 | Run Rate: 4.05
| 3 | 18.5 | 18.5: Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Floated onto the pads, KL Rahul tucks this through the empty pocket towards fine leg. Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes after it from first slip and hauls it in. Three runs taken. |
| 1 | 18.4 | 18.4: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, DROPPED! Sai Sudharsan is dropped on 20 by Rahmanullah Gurbaz at first slip. Straight one, wide of off, Sudharsan presses onto his front foot and goes for a block, but the ball catches the outside edge. It goes low to Gurbaz at slip, who sticks out the right hand. Gurbaz gets fingertips to it, but cannot pouch this. A single taken. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Quicker one, wide of off, Sai Sudharsan offers nothing at it. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Floated wide outside off, Sai Sudharsan leaves it. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller one, turning back into the batter. Sai Sudharsan rocks back and blocks this towards the leg side. |
| 1 | 17.7 | 17.6: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Good length, on the pads, Sai Sudharsan gets up on his toes while hopping back inside the crease and flicks this through square leg for a single. |
7 Over | Run: 69/1 | Run Rate: 3.83
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.5: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Full and wide of off, Sai Sudharsan strides close to the pitch of the ball and drives this from the bottom of his bat towards short cover. |
| 0 | 17.5 | 17.4: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Back of a length, on off, Sai Sudharsan nudges this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.3: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Saleem bowls a good-length delivery on middle and off, Sai Sudharsan defends this one. |
| 4 | 17.3 | 17.2: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Probably the best one Sai Sudharsan has sent to the fence this morning. A touch too full and a bit too straight as well. On the pads, Sai Sudharsan punches this off his front foot past mid on to his right for four runs. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, WIDE! Bouncer, down the leg side. Sai Sudharsan sits underneath it. The ball is deemed a bit too high by the umpire as he calls it a wide. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Full and across the batter, on off. Sai Sudharsan blocks this off his front foot. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Good length, on off, KL Rahul rises with the bounce and punches this to short cover. |
6 Over | Run: 63/1 | Run Rate: 3.71
| 1 | 16.5 | 16.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Azmatullah Omarzai comes around the stumps, bowls it on a length, in the line of the sticks. Sai Sudharsan gets it tickled to fine leg for a single. |
| 4 | 16.4 | 16.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Third boundary already for Sai Sudharsan. A touch wayward from Omarzai as he dishes this on a good length but down the leg side. Sai Sudharsan flicks this through the square leg region for a boundary. |
| 2 | 16.3 | 16.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Short and around off, Sai Sudharsan cuts this through point and takes a couple. |
| 1 | 16.2 | 16.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Back of a length, drifting down the leg side. KL Rahul gets inside the line and flicks this through square leg for one. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Good length, around off, KL Rahul blocks this to mid on. |
| 4 | 15.6 | 15.6: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Another delightful flick by Sai. Saleem, just like Azmatullah in the previous over, ends the over by bowling a pitched-up delivery. Sai Sudharsan is up for it as he presses close to the pitch of the ball and flicks this past mid on to his left for a boundary. |
6 Over | Run: 55/1 | Run Rate: 3.44
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Pitched up, around off, Sai Sudharsan drives this right from the middle of his bat but straight to mid off. |
| 1 | 15.4 | 15.4: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Full toss, tailing back into the batter, Rahul flicks this to the right of mid on for a single. |
| 0 | 15.3 | 15.3: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Right in the channel, a touch wide of off, KL Rahul leaves it. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Good length, around off, KL Rahul blocks this one close to his pads. This might have just hit his pad first as well, but Rahul took a step across the line. The UltraEdge confirms that it was pad first, but no one from the bowling side went up in an appeal. The Ball Tracking has the impact as umpire's call, but the ball would have crashed into the off stump. |
| 4 | 15.1 | 15.1: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, FOUR! Now this is what will make KL Rahul feel at home. On a length, around off, KL Rahul stands still, offers a straight bat and punches this well from the middle of his bat for an on-drive that races past the mid on fielder to his left for a boundary down the ground. |
| 4 | 14.6 | 14.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Sai is off the mark with a boundary. Pitched-up delivery, around middle and off, searching for a bit more swing, was Azmatullah Omarzai. Sai stays balanced at the crease and flicks this past the mid on fielder to his left for a boundary. The bat did tilt in Sai's hands, but he held onto it. |
6 Over | Run: 46/1 | Run Rate: 3.07
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Good length, on off, Sai Sudharsan dabs this to backward point. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Omarzai goes full and across the batter. Sai Sudharsan gives it a good look and resists the temptation of flashing at it. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, A touch too straight this time from Azmatullah as he bowls this on the back of a length, around the hips of Sai. The batter offers a straight bat and blocks this out. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Hard length, around off, shaping away from the southpaw. Sai gets up on his toes and pushes this to covers. Even Sai is finding it difficult to time the ball well. |
| 1 | 14.1 | 14.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Short and on off, KL Rahul fends this through the square leg region for a single. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, A testing bouncer to end the over from Mohammad Saleem. Sai Sudharsan ducks down on this one. Back-to-back maidens for Afghanistan. |
6 Over | Run: 41/1 | Run Rate: 2.93
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.5: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Around that nagging length this time from the bowler. Sai Sudharsan hops back and pats this past the bowler's right. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Good length, around off, Sai Sudharsan doesn't time this well and hits this from the inner half of his blade towards covers. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Length dragged back here by Saleem, on the back of a length, Sai Sudharsan gets up on his toes and dabs this on the bounce to backward point. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Saleem goes full, shaping it away from the batter around the off stump. Sai Sudharsan gets close to the pitch of the ball and blocks this out. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Saleem bowls this on a length, around the pads. Sai Sudharsan tucks this to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 12.6 | 12.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Third maiden for Azmatullah Omarzai. Good length, on middle and leg, KL Rahul gets behind the line of the ball and pushes this with a straight bat to mid on. |
6 Over | Run: 41/1 | Run Rate: 3.15
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Now this was an inswinger from Azmatullah Omarzai, on a good length, around off. KL Rahul shuffles back and across and pushes this back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, A lot more effort behind this ball as Azmat bowls a bouncer, on off. KL Rahul lets it go unpoked. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Another one on the shorter side, on off from Azmatullah Omarzai. KL Rahul blocks this to the right of Nangeyalia Kharote at point. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, In the channel, around off with the ball shaping away from the batter. KL Rahul leaves it. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Azmatullah bends his back, bowls it back of a length, around off, away swing on offer. KL Rahul gets up on his toes and dabs this to point. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Yashasvi Jaiswal has been strangled down leg, and Mohammad Saleem has his maiden Test wicket. Saleem drifts down leg, on a back of a length. Jaiswal gets on his toes and stays inside the line for the tickle. The ball takes a feather on its way to the keeper. Afsar Zazai moves to his right and snaffles it up. Yashasvi trudges off dejectedly. End of a 41-run opening stand. |
6 Over | Run: 41/1 | Run Rate: 3.42
| 4 | 11.5 | 11.5: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Nicely done! Going away with the angle, on a length. Jaiswal makes use of the angle and plays the drive on the up to the left of backward point for his 5th boundary. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Slightly too straight, on the pads, on a nagging length. Jaiswal is beaten on the flick on the inside edge to get hit on the pads. |
| 0 | 11.3 | 11.3: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Down leg by Saleem. Jaiswal walks inside the line but fails to help it away. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, On the shorter side, on off. Jaiswal defends it from the crease. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Full and straight at the sticks, Jaiswal brings his bat out in front and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Pushes the length up now, outside off. Rahul shoulders arms. |
6 Over | Run: 37/0 | Run Rate: 3.36
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Missed out! Short and wide on off, Rahul is a bit late in committing himself to the cut. Toe-ends it to cover. |
| 0 | 10.4 | 10.4: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Fuller and around off. Rahul leans forward for the block. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, A bit short, outside off. Rahul lets it be. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, On the off stump line, on a length, Rahul has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Was there an edge? The appeal was immediate from the bowler and those behind the bat. In the channel, not all that short for the cut. Rahul throws his hands at the ball but misses. There was a noise but the appeal is turned down. Hashmatullah Shahidi checks with the bowler and the keeper and eventually decides against the review. |
| 4 | 9.6 | 9.6: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Lovely shot! Going across the left-hander, on a short of a length. Jaiswal rocks on the back foot and punches it square of the wicket, through point. The fielder goes after it and slides, but the ball wins the race. |
6 Over | Run: 37/0 | Run Rate: 3.70
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, On the top of off by Saleem, Jaiswal pats it down the strip from the crease. |
| 1 | 9.4 | 9.4: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Dug in short at 134.8 kph, on off. KL pivots on the back foot for the pull but fails to get the timing right. He plays it to the right of mid on for one. |
| 2 | 9.3 | 9.3: Mohammad Saleem to KL Rahul, Bowled into the surface and he gets a good lift off the deck, just outside off. Rahul is tucked up for room but he manages to tap it away through covers. Ziaur Rahman gives it a chase and slides to haul it in. Two runs taken. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, A bit more effort behind this ball, as you could hear the grunt from the bowler while delivering. On a hard length, on middle. Jaiswal hangs back for the block. It goes off the inner half square on the leg side. They cross. |
| 0 | 9.1 | 9.1: Mohammad Saleem to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hits the good length from over the wicket, on middle. Jaiswal is a bit squared up but manages to stab it beside the strip on the leg side. |
| 4 | 8.6 | 8.6: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, FOUR! Rahul finally gets one away on the off side. Fractionally short and equally wide, enough for Rahul to cash in. KL presses back and gets on top of the bounce to punch it through covers for a four. |
6 Over | Run: 29/0 | Run Rate: 3.22
| 0 | 8.5 | 8.5: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, This is fuller, just outside the off pole. KL gets on the front foot and defends with his bat close to the front pad. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Hurls it on a length, outside off. It is let through by KL. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, At 128.3 kph, on a back of a length, outside off. Rahul gets on his toes to ride the bounce but once again, he fails to read the pace off the surface. One hand comes off the bat handle and KL mistimes it to mid off. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Pulls the length back now, on off. Rahul hops back and punches it on the bounce to point. |
| 4 | 8.1 | 8.1: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, FOUR! This will help Rahul feel a little better. Rahman goes full but errs in his line, on the pads. Rahul keeps a still head and flicks it to the right of the diving mid-wicket fielder for a boundary. |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Shaping back into the pads, on a length. KL misses out on the tickle. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes behind on the leg side off the pads. |
6 Over | Run: 21/0 | Run Rate: 2.63
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Rahul's struggles to find the middle of the bat continue. Omarzai serves it full, outside off. This is there to be driven away, and Rahul leans nicely but is early into the stroke. The bat turns in his hand and he mishits it to mid off. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Moving back in, on the off stump, on a good length. Rahul is solid in defence. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, A bit fuller now, on off. Rahul steers it to point. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, And again! Azmatullah Omarzai stays on a hard length, on off. Rahul rises with the bounce to punch it away, but the ball comes on slower than he expected. Miscues it off the inner half towards mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Nearly chopped it back! This is on a hard length, outside off, Rahul gets on his toes to force the punch through the off side. Gets into a bit of a tangle as he gets his bat high around his chest. Chops it down off an inside edge and the ball drops at his feet. |
| 1 | 6.6 | 6.6: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Shaping away, outside off, Rahul gets forward to the full ball and plays the square drive. Nangeyalia Kharote tumbles to his right at point but can only make a half-stop. It rolls behind, allowing the batters to cross over. |
6 Over | Run: 20/0 | Run Rate: 2.86
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, A bit too wide, on a good length. KL leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Goes fuller now and it curves back in, on off. Rahul leans forward for the block but it goes off the inner half beside the strip on the leg side. |
| 0 | 6.3 | 6.3: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, At 133.5 kph, on top of off, on a nagging length. Rahul covers the line and stabs it down. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Hits the length, outside off, Rahul is not interested in offering a shot. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Moving away in the air, bowled full. Rahul defends it watchfully by getting low. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Half a shout for LBW! From around the wicket for the last ball, angled in on a back of a length, on middle. Jaiswal hangs back to deal with it but is beaten on the inside edge and gets hit high on the thigh pad. |
6 Over | Run: 19/0 | Run Rate: 3.17
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Pushed across again, Yashasvi Jaiswal offers no shot. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Going away, on the fuller side. Jaiswal lets it go. |
| 4 | 5.3 | 5.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, EDGED, FOUR! A tough chance but a chance nevertheless. A lucky escape for Jaiswal. Angling away, on a back of a length. Jaiswal pushes at the ball with hard hands. It flies off a thickish outside edge to Abdul Malik at gully. Malik is in really tight and the ball comes to him at shoulder height. Abdul gets both hands to his right but the ball clips his fingertips and goes behind into the fence. Malik seems to indicate that he did not pick the ball with the stands in the background. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Just outside the off stump, on a good length. Jaiswal knows where his off stump is, covers it and makes the leave. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hurls it on a length, on the off stump. Jaiswal defends it out. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Oh, that could have gone back onto the stumps. Bowled on a back of a length and slanting back in from wide of the crease, outside off. Rahul is uncertain whether it will come back in or go away. He prods at it tentatively and ekes out an inside edge onto the back pad. |
6 Over | Run: 15/0 | Run Rate: 3.00
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Angled in by going wide on the crease, fuller in length as well, just outside off. Rahul gets half-forward and thinks about dropping his bat down on the ball, but then opts against it eventually. The ball decks away to leave him. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, And again! At 133.3 kp, swinging away but not a lot of bounce, on a length. KL shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.3: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, This moves away, on a good length, Rahul is happy to let it go. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Beaten all ends up! Rahman hits the good length, in the corridor of uncertainty. Rahul hangs on the back foot to punch it away, but the ball jags back in off the surface to cut him in half as it goes past the inside edge. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Half a stop. Rahman hurls it full and gets the ball to curve a touch, on off. Rahul extends his hands out in front and drives it down the strip. Ziaur gets low to make the stop around his left ankle. Gets a hand on it to take the sting out of the shot and the ball dribbles towards mid off. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Correction by Azmatullah as he pulls the length back, on off. Yashasvi angles it off the back foot to point. |
6 Over | Run: 15/0 | Run Rate: 3.75
| 4 | 3.5 | 3.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Good shot. Omarzai pushes the length up, on off. Jaiswal lets the ball come to him and transfers the weight onto the front foot. He unleashes the drive past mid off's left for a four. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, On the shorter side, on off, Jaiswal punches it off the back foot but straight to cover. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Not close enough on the off side to make the batter play this time and it is let through by Jaiswal. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, A play and a miss! At 130.1 kph, around the off stump, on a good length. Jaiswal presses forward for the block. The ball threatens to shape back in but goes away off the deck to go past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Full and leaving the left-hander. Jaiswal shuffles a bit and firms the drive to mid off. |
| 4 | 2.6 | 2.6: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, FOUR! Nicely clipped and Rahul is underway. Rahman dishes out a half-volley, on middle and leg. KL stays balanced at the crease and makes use of the angle. He flicks it all along the ground between mid-wicket and mid on. |
6 Over | Run: 11/0 | Run Rate: 3.67
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Ziaur Rahman to KL Rahul, Bowled by going wide on the crease, full and slanting back in, outside off. KL extends his hands as he initially looks to push it away on the off side but then withdraws his bat. |
| 1 | 2.4 | 2.4: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, A bit straight, on the pads, Jaiswal turns this length ball through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Delivers it on a back of a length, on middle. Jaiswal pats it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Going across, full in length. Yashasvi resists the temptation of going for the drive and lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahman serves it a bit too full, almost near the popping crease, outside off. Jaiswal offers no shot. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Attacks the stumps and this is angled in, on a good length. Rahul keeps it out with a straight bat. Omarzai starts with a maiden. |
6 Over | Run: 6/0 | Run Rate: 3.00
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Indecision! Drags the length back a bit, does Omarzai. Curving away, on a good length. Not that wide for the cut. Rahul thinks about going after it, but then bails out at the last moment. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Keeps it full and on the off stump, Rahul blocks it off by getting forward. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, The previous ball carried nicely, but this does not. Moving away in the air, on a length, KL lets it pass. A quizzical look at the surface by Rahul as the ball dies down and goes on the bounce to the keeper. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Much better! Floated up there by Omarzai and he finds a hint of away shape. This is just outside the off pole and Rahul tucks the bat behind the front pad to make the leave. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Starts on a good length, and the ball gathers pace after pitching. It is angled down leg and Rahul misses out on the tickle. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, At 131.6 kph, on a good length, on middle. Jaiswal covers the line and is solid in defence. |
6 Over | Run: 6/0 | Run Rate: 6.00
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Bowled on a length, swinging down leg. Jaiswal walks inside the line for the tickle but fails to lay any bat on it. |
| 4 | 0.4 | 0.4: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! A good ball but equally well played. Very full by Rahman, tailing back in late, on middle. Jaiswal brings his bat out in front and presents the full face of the blade. Drives it to the left of mid off and it races away for the first four of the game. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Lack of bounce! A bit fuller, across the off stump. Yashasvi shoulders arms. The ball does not rise much and it is gathered on the bounce by the keeper. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Pushes it across the left-hander, on a nagging length. Jaiswal makes the leave. |
| 2 | 0.1 | 0.1: Ziaur Rahman to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jaiswal and India are off the mark! A hint of inward shape back into the pads, on a good length. Jaiswal watchfully nurdles it behind square leg to the right of deep fine leg for a couple of runs. |