Virat Kohli, on his way to his third half-century of the ICC T20 World Cup, had 67 useful stands for the second wicket with Rahul and 38 for the third wicket with Suryakumar Yadav in the Super 12 match against Bangladesh.
Virat Kohli, on his way to his third half-century of the ICC T20 World Cup, had 67 useful stands for the second wicket with Rahul and 38 for the third wicket with Suryakumar Yadav in the Super 12 match against Bangladesh.
Virat Kohli’s eternal love affair with the Adelaide Oval continued as he smashed an unbeaten 64 not out at 184 for 6 against Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday.
His 44-ball knock had eight fours and a six as none of the Bangladesh bowlers had an answer for his brilliant stroke-play.
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The pitch was slower than Perth and Bangladesh’s bowling attack ended under extreme pressure in the latter overs of the powerplay as KL Rahul (50 off 31 balls) also returned to form with his maiden fifty of the tournament.
Kohli, on his way to his third half-century of the competition, had some useful stands – 67 for the second wicket with Rahul and 38 for the third wicket with Suryakumar Yadav (30 off 15 balls).
India captain Rohit Sharma (2 runs from 7 balls) could not take advantage of the opportunity dropped in the first over by Taskin Ahmed (0/15 in 4 overs).
Shakib Al Hasan (2/33 in 4 overs) picked up the wickets of Rahul and Suriya but Taskin was undoubtedly the best bowler.
Bangladesh bowlers expensive
If Bangladesh lose the game, it will be due to a cumulative 104 runs in eight overs bowled by left-arm pacers Shorful Islam (0/57) and Hasan Mahmood (3/47).
After facing a lot of criticism in the last three matches, Rahul got into his element. He played his customary ‘pick-up pull-shot’, a whip from the wrist behind the square for a six.
With skipper Rohit dismissed cheaply, Kohli eased the initial pressure exerted by Taskin with some fleet-footing between the wickets.
Rahul back in form
Rahul took 20 balls to make his first 21, but once the powerplay ended, he suddenly struck an over from Shoreful, a short-arm pull over deep mid-wicket and a slash at backward point. two max.
Shoreful scored 24 runs in that ninth over and the pressure on the Indian batsmen was completely released.
Rahul’s next 29 came off 10 balls before his 31-ball-50 ended when a lap-shot found the top-edge and Mustafizur took a well-judged catch off skipper Shakib. . Scored 67 runs for the second wicket in just 5.5 overs.
Kohli hit a boundary at the other end – Taskin’s pair, another one from Mustafizur and the best of many – a copybook off-drive that one can watch on loop as many times as they want.
The stage was set for Suryakumar and he responded in style with a quick-fire cameo before defending him with an arm-ball from Shakib.
However, Kohli continued to attack from one end and took India to above-par scores, with even Hardik Pandya (5), Dinesh Karthik (7) and Axar Patel (7) not supporting much towards the back-end Can give
Ravichandran Ashwin (13 not out off 6 balls) made some quick strikes which could prove to be very useful in the final context of the match.
Achievement:
India’s Batting: KL Rahul c Rahman b Shakib 50 Rohit Sharma c Ali b Mahmood 2 Virat Kohli not out 64 Suryakumar Yadav b Shakib 30 Hardik Pandya c Ali b Mahmood 5 Dinesh Karthik run out 7 Axar Patel c Shakib b Mahmood 7 Ravichandran Ashwin not out 13 Extra: (lb -1, NB-3, W-2) 6
gross: 184 (for six wickets in 20 overs)
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-78, 3-116, 4-130, 5-150, 6-157
Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 4-0-15-0, Shorful Islam 4-0-57-0, Hasan Mahmood 4-0-47-3, Mustafizur Rahman 4-0-31-0, Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-33-2 .