30.5

Jayden Seales to Naman Dhir, FOUR, lovely shot to get your first boundary in International Cricket. This should give him a lot of confidence. Presents the full face of the bat and drills the full delivery straight down the ground. Mid-on watches the ball races away to the fence

30.6

Jayden Seales to Naman Dhir, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Naman Dhir. Gets the full delivery on the pads, Naman Dhir flicks it to the left of diving deep square leg fielder. He couldn't get down in time and the ball hits the fence

32.3

Jayden Seales to Naman Dhir, FOUR, top shot! Naman Dhir is growing in confidence. He leans onto his front foot and creams the cover drive through the cover region.

32.1

Jayden Seales to Rahul, FOUR, streaky from KL Rahul. Nearly carried to the keeper. He was rushed on the pull to a short delivery down the leg. The ball takes the glove and flies over the leaping keeper to his left. Races away down to fine leg fence

32.6

4

Jayden Seales to Rahul, FOUR, excellent from KL Rahul. Leant into the delivery and brings down full face of the bat to a over-pitched delivery on middle. Drills it straight down the ground and collects yet another boundary. Jayden Seales had not time to react

33.3

Matthew Forde to Rahul, SIX, on the shorter side, tad slower, KL Rahul quickly gets into position and nails the pull over deep square leg for a 78m maximum

IND 207-4(34) CRR:6.09

KL Rahul 38 (29)

Naman Dhir 16 (14)

Matthew Forde 6-0-26-0

34.2

6

Alzarri Joseph to Naman Dhir, SIX, dispatched with disdain! Picks the bones out of this short ball, nailing it over deep mid-wicket for a flat, powerful six

35.5

6

Gudakesh Motie to Naman Dhir, SIX, proving to be such a great debut for Naman Dhir. A half-tracker by Gudakesh Motie, Naman Dhir rocks back in the crease and hammers the pull over deep mid-wicket for half-a-dozen

35.6

Gudakesh Motie to Naman Dhir, out Caught by Jewel Andrew!! Just when we were praising him, he has given it away. A nicely tossed up delivery around off, Naman Dhir chips it towards cover, and finds Andrew stationed there. A safe catch completed, and India are five down. Gudakesh Motie breaks the 65-run partnership.

Naman Dhir c Jewel Andrew b Gudakesh Motie 30(21) [4s-3 6s-2]

This pitch is a better contest between bat and ball.

36.4

4

Alzarri Joseph to Rahul, FOUR, to long-off

Really? Carty as substitute fielder. Sigh.

@natty_forever wrote:

Really? Carty as substitute fielder. Sigh.

😆

Rahul gets his half century....

37.2

F

Gudakesh Motie to Rahul, 1 run, KL Rahul brings up his fifty. He has shown tremendous consistency in the middle order. Has the quality and experience.

40.6

Keemo Paul to Nitish Reddy, out Caught by Shai Hope!! Edged and taken! Short of a length delivery around off, wobbles a touch as Nitish Kumar Reddy looks to play it on the rise. Closes the bat face slightly, and the outside edge has been taken by the keeper. Windies taking wickets at regular intervals and keeping the Indian batters in check. They're not getting the finish they are looking for.

Nitish Reddy c Shai Hope b Keemo Paul 9(16)