136/1 (15.2)
CRR : 8.87
132/8 (20.0)
CRR : 6.60
India won by 9 wickets
Player of the Match
Player
3/16
Over 15
India 131/1
Lokesh Rahul50(35)
Suryakumar Yadav25(18)
Nicol Loftie-Eaton0-31(4.0)
15.1
1lb
Lingen to S Yadav
Scores are level with that leg bye. Tries to work that back of a length delivery down the leg side and gets a single as it trickles off SKY's pads down the leg side.
15.2
4
Lingen to L Rahul
And that's it. India registers their 3rd win of the tournament and a good way to sign off from the tournament. A shortish length delivery to end the over. Outside off and Rahul flat bats that past the mid-off fielder for a boundary.
IND won by 9 wickets
Arya: A clinical run-chase from the Men in Blue and it's sad that we won't be seeing the domination of this Indian team in the knockout stage. Although the start of the campaign was far from the ideal one, they finished off on a strong note beating Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia in a comprehensive fashion to register three back to back victories in the tournament. However their fate in the tournament was sealed once the Kiwis defeated Afghanistan yesterday.
Arya: Yet again it was the Indian openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul who got India off to a flying start. Rohit in particular dodged the strike for the majority of the powerplay and made sure India got off to a flier. He played the big shots showing authority and disdain whenever displaying his skills. The 86 runs opening partnership finally came to an end when Rohit Sharma chanced his arms but holed out. Eventually, it was KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav who stayed there till the end to see their side through with 4.4 overs to spare.
Ravindra Jadeja, Player of the Match- As a bowler I did enjoy bowling today because the ball was dry. I was enjoying bowling with the dry ball. Some ball was turning some ball was going straight so the batsman had to keep guessing. I have been playing with Ashwin for 10 years. He has played crucial games in the IPL and here also he is doing good work with the ball.
I think Virat has been wonderful with the captaincy. I have been playing with him for 10-12 overs. He has always been aggressive. Ravi Bhai (Ravi Shastri), Bharat Arun they did a tremendous job as far as management is concerned. In future whoever comes, I hope e have a good time with them as well.
I think Virat has been wonderful with the captaincy. I have been playing with him for 10-12 overs. He has always been aggressive. Ravi Bhai (Ravi Shastri), Bharat Arun they did a tremendous job as far as management is concerned. In future whoever comes, I hope e have a good time with them as well.
Erasmus, Namibia skipper- Yeah absolutely. Its a small turnaround between the games. Once we go back to Windhoek we will understand the level of the competition. As you said highlighted a few performance. Trumplemann was good.
We can take a lot of positives from here on. The next World Cup is another awesome thing to look forward to. We have inspired the next level of players in Namibia to take the sport and take Namibia forward.
We can take a lot of positives from here on. The next World Cup is another awesome thing to look forward to. We have inspired the next level of players in Namibia to take the sport and take Namibia forward.
Virat Kohli, Indian skipper- Relief (when asked about his first reaction after finishing captaincy duties in T20I cricket). Its been a honour to lead India. Things have to be kept in the right perspective. It was the right time to manage my workload. It takes a lot out of you. It has been great fun. We haven't gone further in this World Cup but have played good cricket as a T20 side. That's been the hallmark.
Look the positives are the way we played in the last three games. We were not brave enough in the first three games. After that e knew it would be complicated for us. A big thankyou to all those guys (Ravi Shastri and the other support staff) for keeping the group together.
Great environment with those guys around. They became an extended family. The atmosphere was great and they have contributed immensely. Well that's never gonna change. if I cant do that I wont be playing cricket.
Even when I wasn't the captain I was keen to know what was going on. I am always the guy who wants to give 120 per cent. Surya didn't got enough game time. So I thought it could be a nice memory for him. As a young player, you want to take some good memories and that was basically the idea behind sending him.
Look the positives are the way we played in the last three games. We were not brave enough in the first three games. After that e knew it would be complicated for us. A big thankyou to all those guys (Ravi Shastri and the other support staff) for keeping the group together.
Great environment with those guys around. They became an extended family. The atmosphere was great and they have contributed immensely. Well that's never gonna change. if I cant do that I wont be playing cricket.
Even when I wasn't the captain I was keen to know what was going on. I am always the guy who wants to give 120 per cent. Surya didn't got enough game time. So I thought it could be a nice memory for him. As a young player, you want to take some good memories and that was basically the idea behind sending him.
Thats all we have from the commentary box. That's the end of the Super 12s. Off to the Semi-finals now after a day's break. Till then it's ta-ta and goodnight from me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) and my fellow commentators Anurag Singh and Akshay Bhide.