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2nd T20I, India tour of West Indies and United States of America at Lauderhill, Aug 28 2016
No result
28/08No result
2nd T20I, India tour of West Indies and United States of America at Lauderhill, Aug 28 2016
No result

A slight delay again. Play will start at 12.30pm local time. Dark clouds hovering over. The wind has picked up too. They look ominous. Ground staff are ready with the covers.

Among other things Ashwin said, he was clear that this was by no means a 140 wicket.

12.10pm Ah, the difference 24 hours can make. Yesterday, the Indian bowlers were clueless as they came under an onslaught they didn't see coming. Today, they didn't allow West Indies' big-hitters to get under the line. As well as Bhuvneshwar and Shami bowled, no amount of praise is enough for Ashwin, Mishra and Bumrah for choking West Indies with their craft. Mishra got dip and turn, Ashwin foxed them with his carrom ball and Bumrah got his yorkers near-perfect today. Can India make light work of this target? We'll find out soon

"We didn't want to be too predictable with our lengths," Ashwin says. "We wanted to bowl it wide depending on which side the wind was coming from. I've been some sort of a mainstay in India's T20 team. In terms of what happened in a couple of games and in the World Cup, I'd like to rectify it. Batsman are in good nick, we're right in with a chance to win this game."

19.4
W
Mohammed Shami to Badree, OUT, knocked him over. Badree looks to swing that into the stands over deep midwicket but heard the sound of ball hitting timber by the time his bat came down. Superb from Shami as he speared it in full and straight on middle from wide of the crease.

S Badree b Mohammed Shami 1 (10m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

19.3
1
Mohammed Shami to Narine, 1 run, excellent follow-up, full and dead straight on middle, Narine squeezes the yorker out to long-on
19.2
6
Mohammed Shami to Narine, SIX, this time, the length ball was right in his swinging arc. All Narine had to do was time his swing to perfection, which he did and the ball sailed over long-on
19.1
0
Mohammed Shami to Narine, no run, swing and a miss. Shami slowed it down and angled the length ball across Narine, Dhoni stops it on the bounce

END OF OVER:
19 | 3 Runs | WI: 136/9 | RR: 7.15

  • Samuel Badree1 (3b)
  • Sunil Narine2 (4b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-26-2
  • Amit Mishra4-0-24-3
18.6
0
Bumrah to Badree, no run, brilliant, brilliant yorker again that keeps coming back in to leave Badree jam his bat onto his toes. Can there be a better tribute from Bumrah to his mentor Lasith Malinga, who celebrates his birthday today?

Ominous clouds hovering over the stadium

18.5
1
Bumrah to Narine, 1 run, thumped over the infield to Rahul at sweeper cover
18.4
1
Bumrah to Badree, 1 run, looks to biff that over the off side but has to change his stroke in the end as Bumrah rolls his fingers over the ball and floats it full, eased wide of cover
18.3
1
Bumrah to Narine, 1 run, full on leg stump, flicked to Rahane at deep backward square leg
18.2
0
Bumrah to Narine, no run, slower bouncer on middle, Narine was shaping to swing across the line but ended up ducking under it
18.1
0
Bumrah to Narine, no run, slower ball on middle, Narine feebly pushes at that ball but well outside the line to be hit on the pad. Was three paces down the pitch when he was sent back by his partner

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 133/9 | RR: 7.38

  • Samuel Badree0 (1b)
  • Sunil Narine0 (0b)
  • Amit Mishra4-0-24-3
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-36-1
17.6
0
Mishra to Badree, no run, spins back in to hit him high on the pad as he looks to whip it away
17.5
W
Mishra to Brathwaite, OUT, floats it slower through the air, but ensured he shortened his length to leave Brathwaite uses his muscle to hit that once again over deep midwicket. Once he missed, there was only one way that ball was headed. Middle stump. Excellent comeback this from Mishra. Gets his opportunity, and boy, hasn't he been impressive?

CR Brathwaite b Mishra 18 (13m 10b 2x4 1x6) SR: 180.00

17.4
0
Mishra to Brathwaite, no run, stumping chance missed? Brathwaite squeezes the yorker-length delivery off the bottom edge, Dhoni put his hand out to stop it, without realising the batsman was outside the crease
17.3
0
Mishra to Brathwaite, no run, fired full and wide outside off, squeezed to point
17.2
6
Mishra to Brathwaite, SIX, sees the flight, clears his front leg, gets nice and low as he muscles the slog sweep over deep midwicket. Wow, what power
17.1
4
Mishra to Brathwaite, FOUR, solid blow, and that too off an attempted reverse sweep. More like a reverse pull, I must say. Mishra shortened his length and he managed to beat point in a jiffy

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 123/8 | RR: 7.23

  • Carlos Brathwaite8 (5b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-36-1
  • Amit Mishra3-0-14-2
16.6
W
Kumar to Russell, OUT, as easy as they come at long-off. Russell looks to muscle that over long-off but didn't fully get underneath the line as a result of which the timing went haywire. Comfortably taken inside the rope. The moment he hit it, Russell knew he didn't get enough power to clear the ropes. Credit to Bhuvneshwar for sticking to his plans of bowling full and wide outside off.

AD Russell c Kohli b Kumar 13 (25m 15b 0x4 1x6) SR: 86.66

16.5
1
Kumar to Brathwaite, 1 run, looks to swing over midwicket, gets a thick inside edge onto the pad as they squeeze a run off the deflection

Shashank : "That Yorker bowled by Bumrah to Russell reminded me of the one bowled by the Fizz to Russell. Corker Yorker! "

16.4
2
Kumar to Brathwaite, 2 runs, once again he looks to paddle, but it turns out to be a sweep which he plays to the left of square leg in the end
16.4
1w
Kumar to Brathwaite, 1 wide, floats it just outside that wide line to beat Brathwaite's swing, easy call for the umpire
16.3
4
Kumar to Brathwaite, FOUR, who said Carlos is about just those bulging muscles? He can play with fineness too. Gets under that delivery to scoop it between short fine leg and square leg. Delicate little stroke, pin-point execution
16.2
1
Kumar to Russell, 1 run, low full toss outside off, sliced to third man
16.1
0
Kumar to Russell, no run, swing and a miss. This was ripe for a swipe into the stands at deep midwicket. Russell played too early

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