36.5 -
K O'Brien to Kohli, FOUR, India have recorded their fifth consecutive in this World Cup. Kohli dispatches this with utter disdain. Full and outside off, he walked down the crease and hammered it past the cover fielder, long-off had no chance of cutting that off
35.5 -
Cusack to Kohli, FOUR, cracking shot! Short and outside off, Kohli stands tall and cracks the cut to deep backward point, not a muscle moved in the field as the ball whistled across to the fence
35.2 -
Cusack to Rahane, FOUR, lovely shot! Rahane allowed the ball to arrive, opened the face of the bat and used the pace of the bowler, third man was inside the circle and he had no chance of cutting that off
35.0 -
J Mooney to Rahane, FOUR, edged and four! The third man fielder was square and the ball went very fine. It was full and on the fourth stump line, Rahane was looking for the flick, closed the bat face early and the leading edge runs away fine
33.3 -
Cusack to Kohli, FOUR, bad delivery and Kohli says thank you very much. Short and well wide of off, Kohli had all the time to pick his spot, he cuts it between backward point and short third man
32.5 -
J Mooney to Rahane, FOUR, it keeps getting better and better and better. This one is on a bent knee, width offered by Mooney and Rahane got forward to cream the drive, cover dived in vain again and this time sweeper didn't even bother to chase it down
32.2 -
J Mooney to Rahane, FOUR, now Rahane gets into the act. He gets forward and slightly reaches out, but times the drive so well, that he beats cover to his left and the sweeper to his right. Came right off the middle of the bat. So easy on the eye too
31.5 -
S Thompson to Rahane, FOUR, that is a fine, fine late cut by Rahane. Rahane opens the face of the bat and delays the cut, then plays it very late and sends it wide of third man, running and diving across to cut it off, it was all in vain eventually
30.5 -
K O'Brien to Rahane, FOUR, when the Indians are playing so well, half-volleys are like a red rag to a bull, that's what O'Brien does and he is punished. Rahane just timed that past Kohli and mid-on had no chance
29.1 -
S Thompson to Kohli, FOUR, arrogance. Sheer arrogance from Kohli. Another step forward out, then almost takes it on the half-volley, drilled to the right of Rahane and gave mid-on no chance. How well-timed was that? The bowler too is impressed by that, puffs his cheeks out and just walks back to his mark
23.0 -
K O'Brien to Dhawan, FOUR, one more boundary and Dhawan is tearing this Irish attack to pieces. Full and on the stumps, clipped uppishly over the diving mid-wicket fielder, beats deep mid-wicket and long-on, trying to get to the ball. Just a hit away from notching up his second hundred of the World Cup
22.1 -
K O'Brien to Dhawan, FOUR, Dhawan is toying with the pedestrian Irish attack. This one is a pre-meditated stroke once again, kneels down and paddles a low full toss to the fine leg fence, O'Brien could do nothing there
16.5 -
Stirling to Dhawan, FOUR, now finesse! Pre-meditates the paddle, kneels down low and gets it fine, fine leg had no chance
13.5 -
Dockrell to Dhawan, FOUR, short and wide outside off stump, Dhawan rocks back and cuts it to deep backward point, beating the fielder in the deep
13.3 -
Dockrell to Dhawan, byes, FOUR, flighted delivery, bit of spin for Dockrell, Dhawan gets across the stumps and tries to sweep it fine, but misses, the ball brushes the pad and goes past the leg stump. The umpire signals byes though
13.2 -
Dockrell to Dhawan, FOUR, straightish ball from Dockrell, Dhawan gets down on one knee and paddles it fine and to the left of the man at backward square leg
13.0 -
Stirling to Dhawan, FOUR, short and width on offer outside off stump, Dhawan rocks back and cuts it very well through backward point and there was no one in the deep
8.3 -
S Thompson to Dhawan, FOUR, more runs. Short ball on the stumps, Dhawan pulls over mid-wicket and it runs away to the boundary. Batting is so easy out there
7.2 -
Cusack to Dhawan, FOUR, this time he goes very straight and mid-off is very square. Length ball outside off stump, Dhawan drives it to the right of Rohit Sharma and it runs to the boundary. 4, 6, 4, 4 for India in the last 4 balls
7.1 -
Cusack to Dhawan, FOUR, again Dhawan is not afraid to use his feet, short of length delivery outside off stump, Dhawan cuts it through point and it rockets to the boundary
6.5 -
J Mooney to Rohit, FOUR, delightful cover-drive! What a shot from Rohit! Full and outside off stump, Rohit leans forward and focusses on timing the ball than hitting it very hard, times it sweetly and sends it through cover
5.0 -
J Mooney to Dhawan, FOUR, Dhawan just shimmies down the pitch as the bowler was approaching his crease, Mooney offers a full ball and Dhawan drives it nicely from the middle of the bat through extra-cover
3.4 -
Cusack to Rohit, FOUR, that's more like it. Presents the full face of the bat and gets full value for the shot. It was full and in the slot, Rohit doesn't try to hit the ball hard, just plays an on-drive to perfection and beats mid-on
2.1 -
J Mooney to Dhawan, FOUR, first boundary for Dhawan. Short ball from Mooney, not high enough to trouble the batsman, Dhawan pulls uppishly and sends it to the left of the man at mid-wicket
0.4 -
J Mooney to Rohit, FOUR, much like the way he opened his account against UAE, Rohit plays a lovely back foot drive. Short of a length and width on offer outside off stump, Rohit gets on top of the bounce and sends it through cover-point
27.2 -
S Thompson to Kohli, SIX, Kohli has had enough of Thompson. A step or two out and then thunders the length ball over long-on. What power in that hit, only bottom-hand doing the trick, a flat hit as the spectators had to duck for cover. Kohli certainly made a statement there
21.5 -
Dockrell to Dhawan, SIX, Dhawan is making this look ridiculously easy now. This is a one-handed six. One-handed! Down the track and the bottom hand came off as he lofted it way over long-on, the ball kept going and going for yet an another six for the Delhi man
20.1 -
K O'Brien to Dhawan, SIX, that's Gordon Greenidge, left-handed style says Deano on air and he is dead right. Look at the bravado of Dhawan, he is signalling six to the umpire. That is the confidence of the man, who couldn't buy a run when he stepped foot on Australian soil four months back. He moves across off even as K O'Brien was running in, then nonchalantly lifts one leg up in the air and then pulls it flat over backward square leg, the ball hits the glowing ad board on the bounce, but it definitely went over the ad-cushions. Third umpire confirms the same
19.3 -
Dockrell to Dhawan, SIX, Dhawan is now having fun! Skips out and then swings across the line, more of a Sourav Ganguly-esque shot that, against the left-arm spinner, the ball went a long way back into the grass banks at deep mid-wicket
18.2 -
Stirling to Rohit, SIX, that is a Rohit special! So easy, as he skips out and lofts inside out over wide long-off, clean strike and that will be fifty for Rohit too. His 25th in ODIs
16.4 -
Stirling to Dhawan, SIX, Dhawan celebrates getting to his fifty by smashing a six. Comes down the track and then goes across the line, really belted the ball and the white ball went a long way back at deep mid-wicket
9.2 -
Dockrell to Rohit, SIX, too short and Rohit goes all the way. 4000 ODI runs for Rohit Sharma. He is the 14th Indian batsman to get there. Rohit rocks back and smashes the pull over the deep mid-wicket boundary
8.2 -
S Thompson to Dhawan, SIX, he's helped that all the way. Fifty partnership comes up as well. Rank long hop, Dhawan gets back and times it very well and it goes all the way over backward square leg. This is the first 50-run opening stand for India in this World Cup
7.0 -
J Mooney to Rohit, SIX, even better, this time all the way. Overpitched from Mooney, it was in the slot and Rohit went over the top of mid-off. It was a super shot from Rohit