20.0 -
Andrew Tye to Raina, FOUR, India win by 7 wickets! Raina punches the air in delight and the Indian players run onto the field to greet the two batters. India make a clean sweep! For the first time, they have done so in Australia. Yuvraj lifts Raina on his shoulder in ecstasy. Brilliantly done by these two in the end. Coming to the ball, this was short and angled away outside off, Raina waits for the ball to arrive before lifting it away over backward point, races away to the fence in a jiffy and that gets the crowd going as well
19.1 -
Andrew Tye to Yuvraj, FOUR, take that! India need more of this. Length delivery on the pads and Yuvi doesn't miss out this time, he flicks it over short fine leg and the ball goes for a one-bounce four
18.0 -
Andrew Tye to Raina, FOUR, make it two in a row now. That was just too good from Raina. Steps across and then laps this slower length delivery very fine, this time he gets it to the left of short fine leg and it crashes into the fence in a jiffy
17.5 -
Andrew Tye to Raina, FOUR, slower full ball outside off, Raina backs away and tries to lift it over cover, ends up getting a thick outside edge and it flies past the diving keeper, lucky runs but India won't mind it one bit. A much-needed boundary for them
16.1 -
Watson to Raina, FOUR, banged in short and on the stumps, Raina goes across and pulls it to the right of short fine leg, placed it to perfection by rolling his wrists over it, sends it along the carpet to the fence. Not a good start to the spell for Watto
15.3 -
Andrew Tye to Raina, FOUR, you can't bowl there to Raina. Length delivery down the leg-side, Raina just had to get some bat on it, manages to tickle it fine and gets it to the right of the keeper, races away to the fence
14.1 -
Boyce to Kohli, FOUR, that's been smacked! Marginally short on the stumps, Kohli jumps inside the crease to shorten the length further, clears his front leg and smashes the pull over mid-wicket for a one-bounce four
13.5 -
Tait to Raina, FOUR, short ball down the leg-side, Raina shuffles across and then flicks it very fine, beats the man in the deep to his left, runs away to the fence
11.2 -
Boland to Rohit, FOUR, brilliantly done! Rohit clears his front leg this time around and swats this length delivery across the line, gets it over mid-wicket and the man in the deep runs to his left, but the ball beats him to the fence
7.1 -
Watson to Rohit, FOUR, short and wide outside off stump, much like his first over, Watson concedes a boundary first ball. This was the slower ball in fact, Rohit delayed the cut and beat backward point
5.0 -
Boland to Rohit, FOUR, Boland misses the yorker and bowls a juicy full delivery, Rohit lofts and lofts well over mid-off, almost went all the way
4.1 -
Boland to Kohli, FOUR, wow! Just wow! What a shot that is from Virat Kohli. He gives the charge first ball and muscles a boundary. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Kohli steps out and drives hard past mid-off for four
3.1 -
Watson to Dhawan, FOUR, gee! This guy, Shikhar Dhawan, is looking in great touch! Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Dhawan waits for the ball to come and cuts late off the back foot, beats backward point and there was no one in the deep
2.5 -
Tait to Dhawan, FOUR, and the carnage continues! So inconsistent is Tait and it's very tough for a captain to set a field. Short and outside off stump this time, mind you, Dhawan is strong back foot player and he loves it square on the off-side, cut away over backward point for four
2.3 -
Tait to Dhawan, FOUR, overpitched and punished. Tait offers one full and in the slot, Dhawan goes to the safest zone, straight down the ground and it runs away for four
1.5 -
Boland to Rohit, FOUR, wow! That is a classy hit from Rohit Sharma. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Rohit made room by going leg-side, the length was perfect for him to slap it over cover and it went one-bounce into the fence
1.2 -
Boland to Dhawan, FOUR, shot sir! Short of a length delivery from round the wicket, Dhawan rocks back and cuts late, he waited for the ball to come and placed it perfectly past backward point
0.3 -
Tait to Rohit, FOUR, crunchy drive and what a shot to open the account. I must say that I am disappointed with Tait for experimenting. He bowled two perfect outswingers, he got greedy and tried the inswinger this time, lost control and offered a freebie ball full and outside off stump, Rohit was obviously not going to miss out and out came the cover drive
19.2 -
Andrew Tye to Yuvraj, SIX, what a shot! That's vintage Yuvraj. Tye is under tremendous pressure now. Full and right in the slot, Yuvi sits deep inside the crease and hoicks it right off the screws, smashes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum
13.0 -
Boyce to Raina, SIX, what a shot! This is why the miss off the previous delivery could have turned the game on its head. Floated up around off, Raina kneels down and goes for the slog sweep, nails it over the cow corner fence to get off the mark with a maximum
10.4 -
Maxwell to Rohit, SIX, Rohit jumps out of the crease and Maxwell follows him with a high full toss, the batsman doesn't back down and swings across the line, he got it right off the middle and that lands way beyond the deep square leg fence, goes past 1000 T20I runs as well
5.4 -
Andrew Tye to Kohli, SIX, now that is from the middle of the bat and it goes all the way. Full delivery from Tye, Kohli steps out, gets closer to the pitch of this slower ball and lofts it handsomely over mid-on
2.4 -
Tait to Dhawan, SIX, stunning hit! So much bottom hand on it and Tait's extra pace helped him there as well. Fullish delivery on the leg stump, Dhawan whips it nicely over the infield and it's good enough to clear the backward square leg boundary. India are off to a flier
14.5 -
Boyce to Kohli, out Bowled!! Heartbreak for the Indians. Kohli departs in a rather unlucky fashion. He came down the track once again but this time he yorked himself, ends up squirting it onto the pads off the inside edge and the ball rolls back onto the stumps. Kohli thought he might get stumped as he then dived back inside the crease, but he is out bowled. Walks back shaking his head. Another good knock from him, this time it does come to an end though. Kohli b Boyce 50(36) [4s-2 6s-1]
12.3 -
Boyce to Rohit, out Caught by Watson!! How big is this wicket going to be? Boyce has been good so far and he has now been rewarded for his hard work. Floated up on the stumps, Rohit looks to flick it over mid-wicket, doesn't get the desired elevation nor the timing right, Watson at mid-wicket times his jump perfectly and snaffles it. Rohit c Watson b Boyce 52(38) [4s-5 6s-1]
3.2 -
Watson to Dhawan, out Caught by Bancroft!! Now that is a strong comeback by Watson after being hit for four first ball. What's more, he's removed the dangerous looking Dhawan. Mind you, he scored an unbeaten hundred earlier as well. Short of a length delivery on the off stump, credit to Watson for cramping Dhawan for room on seeing him advance, Dhawan tried to run it down to third man, but he only managed to edge it to the keeper. First international catch for Bancroft and that'll make him feel good. Dhawan looks angry with himself as he walks back. Tells himself that he should have played that over cover on that occasion. Dhawan c Bancroft b Watson 26(9) [4s-4 6s-1]