India vs Scotland Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: IND win 8 wickets; better NZ’s net run-rate to bolster semis chances

Phew, that was rapid! (Breathes a sigh of relief) India bundled out Scotland on 85 and then chased it down in 6.3 overs to better New Zealand’s net run-rate and improve their semifinals hope. For now, this is all we have for you. Thank you so much for joining us. The race for the second semis berth from this group is going right down to the wire.

We will be back tomorrow with the live coverage of the next set of matches. Until then, this is Shivansh Gupta signing off. CIAO!

“A dominating performance, something that we were striving to do again. Now it will be interesting to see what happens on 7th (November). Don’t want to say a lot about today’s performance, we know what we can do. Also tells you how important the toss can be at this venue. We wanted to get them under 110-120 max, that was the mindset we went in with. The bowler were excellent, and then KL and Rohit did really well. We spoke about the 8-10 over bracket before the start, didn’t want to really go too hard becaue if you lose wickets, then an extra 20 balls could cost. We thought that if they play naturally, runs will come quickly. If you look at our practice games, we haven’t been actually batting like this only. Just a couple of aberrations happened, where we just couldn’t got those two successive good overs. Teams bowled well too, and created pressure on us. But we were just two overs of good batting. Jadeja bowled really well, also Shami was quite good. My family is here – that is enough (birthday) celebration for me.”

“We were outclassed in every department. The only way we’re going to improve is by getting games like this. Boys are still going to take something out of this. Mark has been excellent for us all tournament. He has a great set of skills, he has learnt a lot from other spinners too. That’s another important reason for us to be in this tournament. He (Leask) is a fantastic striker of the cricket ball, lovely to watch”

“I was enjoying bowling on this track today. The odd ball was turning, I was enjoying very much. The first one was a special one, whenever you get a batsman out with a turning ball, that’s always special. We were looking to play good brand of cricket. Everybody knows that we had to win with a big margin for us to up our net run-rate, we were looking to play our best game and give our 100% on the field. Everybody’s happy, one more game to go, hopefully we play like this. If we play like this, nobody can beat us. In T20 format, we have to play like this, that is for sure,” says Jadeja after receiving the trophy

India- 1.62 – 4 points 
New Zealand -1.28 – 6 points
Afghanistan -1.48 – 4 points

Pakistan – 1.06 – 8 points

Winning with most balls to spare in T20 World Cups

90 SL v Net Chittagong 2014

82 Aus v Ban Dubai 2021

81 Ind v Sco Dubai 2021 *

77 SL v Net Sharjah 2021

74 NZ v Ken Durban 2007

70 Eng v WI Dubai 2021

—- Stat courtesy Cricbuzz

With this absolutely resounding victory, India have put serious pressure back on New Zealand

Chris Greaves is introduced

SIX! INDIA WIN! Into the slot and Yadav runs his hands through the hands and finds six over long-on. IND chase down the target in 6.3 overs

FOUR! SIX! This is just class from KL Rahul. Pure, oure talent. He sweeps the ball over deep square leg for 6. Earlier, he smashed the ball past mid-off for 4.

50! HE brings up his 50 in 18 balls, does KL Rahul

OUT! IN THE AIR AND HE’S GONE! Rahul is caught at long-on as he fails to clear the boundary.

IND are 82/2 after 6 overs as Suryakumar Yadav joins Virat Kohli in the middle

Bradley Wheal continues. 

India need 33 runs to win from 4.5 overs to surpass NZ’s NRR

FOUR! SIX! First, KL goes through covers for 4. Then, he hooks the ball over long leg for 6

FOUR! Short and straight from Wheal. Sharma stays put in his crease and muscles the ball over mid-on for 6.

OUT! COMPLETELY AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY! A beautiful yorker from Wheal and the ball strikes Sharma’s back leg plumb in front. 
He goes for 30 off 16. IND are 70/1 after 5 overs

Virat Kohli is the new batter in.

SIX! Safyaan Sharif bowls his 1st delivery into the slot. Since it’s straight, Rohit is able to tonk the ball over cow corner for 6. 

FOUR! Full and wide and this time, Rohit frees his arms and picks up four through the sweeper-cover area.

A change of bat for Rohit Sharma

FOUR! FIFTY! FASTEST TEAM FIFTY OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR

IND are 53/0 after 4 overs.

India need 47 runs to win. If they get it within the next 5.5 overs, their NRR will surpass that of New Zealand’s.

Alasdair Evans now into the attack

FOUR! He takes teh aerial route the ball short and wide and finds four through extra-cover

SIX! Another stylish pick-up shot over long leg and that’s 6. Wow! He truly is in sensational touch. Uses his wrist to such good use again

FOUR! Into the slot from Evan and this is easy picking for Rohit. He swings through the line and goes over mid-off for 4.

IND 39/0 after 3 overs

Bradley Wheal is sharing the new ball

FOUR! WHAT A SHOT! Pure class as he presents the full face of the bat to a ball pitched on length and the ball just bounces inside the fences. 

FOUR! KL Rahul showing the required urgency. AND THIS IS A RATHER USUAL BOUNDARY. He looks to flicks the ball behind square but the ball comes off the toe of the bat and runs to the mid-wicket boundary

FOUR! Third boundary of the over. Wheal strays down leg and Rahul whips the ball over short fine leg for 4.

IND are 23/0 after 2 overs

FOUR! And there’s the first boundary of the innings. Floated up around leg stump, Rohit makes room and lofts the ball over point for 4. Great footwork to back away and create the angle.

IND are 8/0 after 1 over

KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma have walked out to open. Mark Watt to open Scotland’s attack

India need 86 runs to win from 120 balls.

They need to chase it down within 8.5 overs to go pas #NZ’s net-run rate.

With his 2 wickets today, he has now surpassed Yuzvendra Chahal as India’s highest wicket-taker in T20Is. 64 is Jasprit’s tally now

“Played good cricket. We bowled very well. This is what we planned – to bowl in the right areas and get them out early. Odd ball was spinning, odd one went straight. I was just looking to bowl in the right area and the wicket was doing the work. We wanted to bowl so that we can take full advantage of the pitch (with three spinners). Finally we won the toss today. Yes, dew seems to have come in now. It does play a big part in the second innings. They have not got a big score. Yes we will look to chase it down early,” says Ravindra Jadeja while speaking to the broadcasters after the 1st innings

India need to chase this down in:

— to get their NRR to +1.000: 11.2 overs

— to go past NZ’s NRR: 8.5 overs

— to go past Afg’s NRR: 7.1 overs

* if they score exactly 86

Jadeja- 3/15 after 4 overs

Ashwin- 1/29 in 4 overs

Shami – 3/15 in 3 overs

Bumrah – 2/10 in 3.4 overs

Bumrah to bowl the 18th

BOWLED HIM! Watt shuffles across the off stump, looks to ramp Bumrah bu the Indian pacer knocks over leg stump. 

SCOTLAND POST 85 IN 17.3 OVERS

OUT! BOWLED HIM! Full and straight from Shami and MacLeod is beaten all ends up

SCO are 81/7 after 16.1 overs. MacLeod is gone for 16

OUT! Sharif is gone for a golden duck. He is struck on the pads and the batter runs for a single. But he is sent back and Ishan Kishan does well to collect the ball and run up to the stumps and dislodge the bails.

SCO are 81/8 after 16.2 overs

OUT! They come and they go! This time, it’s Evans who has been undone by a scintillating yorker.

SCO are 81/9 after 16.3 overs

FOUR! Floated outside off, Mark Watt gives the charge and he throws his hands at the full ball. He nicks it up but does it well enough to find past the short third fielder.

SCO are 81/6 in 16 overs

OUT! Greaves charges down the track and looks to clear long-off but since the timing isn’t there, he ends up holing out to Hardik Pandya on 1. Ashwin bags his first wicket.

SCO are 64/6 after 15 overs.

Just 1 run from Bumrah’s 3rd over.

SCO are 61/5 after 13 overs.

OUT! Jadeja has a third as he traps Leask plumb in front. He tried to sweep but missed the ball completely.

SCO are 58/5 after 11.2 overs.

Christopher Greaves walks out next

Mohammed Shami returns into the attack

SIX! A well-directed bouncer to Leask but he manages to get a lot of bat on it and hook it over long leg for a 69m six.

FOUR! A slower ball into the slot from Leask. The right-hander uses the bottom hand to muscle the ball past mid-off for 4.

SCO are 57/4 after 11 overs.

Varun Chakaravarthy is back for his 3rd spell

FOUR! A welcome boundary for the Scots. Leaks sweeps the ball behind square for 4.

SCO are 44/4 after 10 overs.

SCO are 36/4 after 9 overs, just 4 from the over

Ravindra Jadeja has been introduced

OUT! Another Scottish batter bites the dust as Jadeja cleans up Berrington on a duck. The ball is floated up and it holds its line just enough to beat Berrington’s outside edge.

SCO are 28/3 after 6.3 overs

Calum MacLeod is the new batter in

HOW’S THAT? OUT! SCOTLAND REVIEW! The ball thuds into Matt Cross pads and he looks gone for all money. They take a review and they lose it as the ball tracker confirms three reds. He is gone for 2

SCO are 29/4 after 7 overs.

Mohammed Shami will bowl the final over of the Powerplay

OUT! A slower ball from Shami. It holds up and Munsey looks to go over mid-on. But he doesn’t get the elevation and is caught by Hardik Pandya.

He is gone for 24. SCO are 27/2 after 5.2 overs.

Berrington is the new batter in

And he begins with a wicket maide

Chakaravarthy gives away just 2 runs from his 2nd over

SCO are 27/1 after 4 overs.

R Ashwin has been introduced into the attack

FOUR! Length ball from Ashwin. Munsey makes room and he creams the off-spinner through extra cover for 4.

FOUR! Brilliant cricket from Munsey. Another reverse sweep from Munsey and he chips the ball behind point for 4.

FOUR! THREE IN A ROW! Another, yet another, reverse sweep. This time, the ball flies off the top edge and flies over short third man for 4.

SCO are 25/1 after 4 overs.

OUT! Bowled him! Bumrah provides India the breakthrough as he knocks over Kyle Coetzer’s off stump. It was a slower delivery and Coetzer’s feet were rooted to the crease. 

SCO are 13/1 after 2.3 overs

Matt Cross is the new man in

Varun Chakaravarthy is sharing the new ball.

FOUR! A reverse sweep from Munsey and he finds four through the third man area.

SCO are 13/0 after 2 overs.

SIX! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? OH, MUNSEY! Monstrous six. Length ball and Bumrah, while trying to bowl another yorker, strays down Munsey’s pads. The big left-hander whips the ball deep into the stands over deep square leg for 6.

SCO are 8/0 after 1 over

Kyle Coetzer and Geroge Munsey are out to open for Scotland

Jasprit Bumrah to begin India’s attack

Time for the national anthems.

Scotland’s first followed by India’s.

If Scotland score 160, India need to chase it down in 11.3 overs to get their NRR to +1.000. If they chase it down in 7.4 overs, they can get their NRR past that of Afghanistan.

— Courtesy Cricbuzz

vs AFG- Won by 66 runs

vs NZ- Lost by 8 wickets

vs PAK- lost by 10 wickets

vs SL- lost by 7 wickets

vs SL- lost by 4 wickets

George Munsey: A special day for him as this is his 50th T20I and a 100th international cap for Munsey

vs NZ- Lost by 16 runs

vs NAM- Lost by 4 wickets

vs AFG- Lost by 130 runs

vs OMN-  Won by 8 wickets

vs PNG- Won by 17 runs

1 change for India (Varun Chakaravarthy replacing Shardul Thakur)

No changes for Scotland

“Looks a good deck. Happy to go either way. First of all great occasion for Scottish cricket and the associates. Same team”

“We are going to bowl first. Dew is going to be a big factor. Try and restrict them and chase it down. Winning my first toss on my birthday, probably we should have played the first game on my birthday (smiles). The intensity from ball one is important. For us, it’s just about keeping that intensity on for 20 overs. That’s something we expect from people. Shardul makes way for Varun – third spinner.”

India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

Scotland (Playing XI): George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer(c), Matthew Cross(w), Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Alasdair Evans, Bradley Wheal

At last, and it had to happen on his birthday, Kohli wins a coin toss

India have won the toss and have opted to bowl first in Dubai

Folks, do not go anywhere. Toss is up next!! Birthday boss walks out with the teamsheet