00:00Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. You join us for this match between India and Bangladesh.
00:26I'm Mike Atherton.
00:41The captain showing a lot of confidence in their bowling attack with that decision.
00:46The opening batters will be feeling very confident looking at this wicket.
00:51The umpire signals that we're ready to go. First ball of the inning is about to be bowled.
01:12That gets things going, just nice to get settled, start to get your first runs.
01:34Yeah, well timed, but there's a fielder out there.
01:41Brilliant in the field.
01:48A trudge back to the pavilion, a disappointing display in the end.
01:52For someone with such batting skills this goes down as a fail.
01:56And with that wicket we'll see a change out in the middle.
02:00Whose first task is getting themselves settled.
02:12Wait.
02:14A little late on that, no runs scored.
02:32Waiting.
02:33No runs on that occasion, got into position nicely, just too early on the shot, couldn't find a gap.
02:54Yep, power and precision in that shot.
02:57You can't fault the bowling, sometimes your opponent is just too good.
03:01Wonderful front foot shot and there was absolutely no point in chasing that.
03:06Do they go full, do they go short, a lot to ponder after the boundary.
03:19Yeah, super shot.
03:23Well it was hammered away, timed perfectly and placed into the gap.
03:28Bangladesh are 11 for 1.
03:31The right arm pace bowler is coming into the attack from the north end.
03:43Massive edge.
03:48Nearly got through them, just got onto it in time with enough bat speed to pick up four.
03:54They shouldn't get too discouraged with that last ball.
03:57The first step as a bowler is to get the batter playing, which they've managed.
04:02If they can find the right spot, the reward will eventually come.
04:06Off the front foot, hit it with all the power and elegance of a batter, right at the top of their game.
04:22That's great fielding, that ball was flying.
04:25There'll be one run here for them.
04:27Just pivoted onto the back foot, so easily done to knock it behind square.
04:39Just dropped too short and that's flown too high.
04:43It was in the air for a long time but four bounced just inside the rope.
04:49That last ball isn't something you'd want to see a repeat of.
04:52You don't want to be giving easy runs away.
04:58Super piece of timing.
05:01What a lovely shot, really good timing, out of the middle and it raced to the boundary.
05:09I'd like to see them aim for the top of off now.
05:12As a bowler you've got to make them play on your terms.
05:18Beautiful cover drive, a hint of movement in the air and eased towards the boundary.
05:25Onto the front foot early, placed it perfectly into the gap, timed it nicely for four more.
05:38Timed that perfectly.
05:41That went all the way up towards the grandstand for four, driven away nicely.
05:46At the end of a tidy over, batting doesn't seem to be easy out there at the moment.
05:51Good pressure building.
06:46And that's the end of the innings.
06:58India have been set a target of 40 runs.
07:11This is a massive total to chase.
07:14They have to stay positive, but the openers are going to have to get at it straight away.
07:19There can't be any settling in.
07:31Cuts that off well in the infield.
07:33Just threw the shot too early.
07:36Let's see if they can get the ball up into the slot like before.
07:40Very crucial to follow up that last delivery and keep the batter under pressure.
07:45Big edge.
07:48Heaved away off the back foot, sweetly timed.
07:55Brilliant bowling.
07:56Having got the edge of the previous ball, they now know the areas they need to be hitting.
08:05Lovely shot.
08:07Impatient, but over-pitched and got what it deserved.
08:10Got their head right in line with the ball.
08:12A beautiful strike there down the ground.
08:16Always difficult to focus after what happened last ball.
08:20But you've just got to stay positive and believe the wicket will come.
08:26Finds the edge.
08:27Sharma shakes their head.
08:29It was there to be hit, but couldn't make the most of it.
08:33Time to keep the pressure on now.
08:35Great last ball to find the edge.
08:37It's just a case of finding the same spot.
08:42Very sweet off the bat and four all the way.
08:46Found the gap with ease.
08:48Wasn't the worst ball you'll see, but it still raced to the rope.
09:01It can be very disheartening seeing good deliveries smacked around.
09:04Sometimes you've just got to accept it and move on.
09:11That's gone all the way right out of the middle.
09:14Just a little bit of room given.
09:16The power was immense.
09:18That has flown over the boundary.
09:20Really playing all their shots that over.
09:23Really expensive.
09:28A new batter always likes to feel bat on ball early on
09:32as they bring a bit of energy to the crease.
09:35Rahman is coming into the attack.
09:37You'll see the left arm from the north end.
09:48Saw that early.
09:49No one's catching that.
09:51Great shot.
09:52Really just seemed to have put that one into the slot
09:54with the first ball to the new batter.
09:56All the same, it's a glorious shot for your first ball.
10:01A little short on that occasion.
10:03Needs to adjust the length slightly to be just a little fuller.
10:07Too short on this pitch.
10:09And as we've seen already, it makes it very easy to score.
10:13Gone.
10:14Played all around it.
10:16Well, this is a fantastic wicket.
10:18Get the runs down.
10:20Really didn't get circled.
10:21Looked to be in trouble, sadly, for most of the knock.
10:32Oh, faintest of sounds.
10:34No one to catch it, though.
10:36Nothing really wrong with the delivery.
10:38Got onto the front foot and found the space to get that one to the boundary.
10:50Not a great delivery as it goes down to the boundary.
10:54That'll go into the books as extras.
10:57It looked a pretty good delivery, to be honest.
10:59Umpire, though, has given it as a wide.
11:09Collects that one, simple as you like, inside the ring.
11:12Maybe they didn't pick it up.
11:13Very late on the shot.
11:35I don't think there was any bat on that as they come through for the single.
11:44One ball.
11:45Six needed to win.
11:46Nothing more to say.
11:48It's only now who can keep their nerve.
11:53Lovely shot.
11:54Straight back past the bowler.
11:56That's a very difficult shot to get right.
11:58Straight back at the bowler with a lot of pace.
12:00And the covering fielder had no chance.
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