Welcome back.. India have a huddle before taking the field. Bangladesh openers are already making their way out to the middle.
No teams has successfully chased a 180+ target in all T20s in North Sound before.
196/5 by India third highest total for India in T20 WCs highest total in T20Is in North Sound
13 sixes by India today - the most they have hit in a T20 World Cup match surpassing 11 against England in Durban in 2007.
Most wickets for Bangladesh in an edition of T20 WC 11 Tanzim Hasan (2024) 11 Rishad Hossain (2024) 11 Shakib Al Hasan (2021) 10 Shakib Al Hasan (2026) 10 Al Amin Hossain (2014)
Hardik Pandya: Wicket looked alright, the par would have been 180, but we got 197 I think that is like a good score here. Hopefully with our bowling line-up, with a little bit of consistency, we will be able to do well. He (Dube) had to take is time because his role was to take on the spinners, I think when the time came we both were allowed to free our hands and that was very important to us. It tends to get slower at the end, discipline and good bowling will be crucial.
12:03 Local Time, 16:03 GMT, 21:33 IST: This has been the best batting surface India has played on and they have rightly notched up their highest total in the tournament. The start was pretty good as Rohit and Kohli were off the blocks quickly, though the former departed within the fourth over, Kohli and Pant kept the scoreboard ticking,
19.6
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, to third man
Round the wicket again..
19.5
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, no run, 136.7ks good length ball angled across, Hardik swings across the line and misses. He gestures to Axar that the ball skidded along and did not bounce
19.5
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, wide, tries to keep it away from Hardik's range and sprays it way outside off,
Back over the wicket
19.4
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, streaky but Hardik and India won't be complaining.
Round the wicket now
19.4
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, no ball, 2 runs, 139.3ks very full delivery outside off, Hardik squeezes it square on the off-side and races back for the second. Fizz has overstepped and a free-hit is coming up..
19.4
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, 2 runs, to sweeper cover
Round the wicket now
19.3
Mustafizur to Axar, 1 run, short and at the body,
19.2
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, short of length outside off, Hardik rides the bounce and cracks it to sweeper cover
19.1
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, edged and four. Hardik swings for the stands but the angle takes it across him and the ball flies off the outside edge. Third man was inside the ring and he had no chance of catching that