5.10pm Clinical. From start to finish. Powerful. From beginning to end. And classy. India outlast and outclass Bangladesh in another one-sided semi-final, to give themselves a chance to defend their title on Sunday. Bangladesh can be proud of a terrific effort, they fought and scrapped through the tournament but were eventually done in by the quality of India. That's two let-downs of semi-finals, but that sets up one heck of a final, at least in foresight. In their chase of 265, they started well - solidly, putting the bad ball away. That's all they did through the afternoon, to be fair, and romped to a nine-wicket win.
Rohit Sharma is the Man of the Match: "Was a great knock, especially when it comes on a winning note. Trying to get a big one, in the last two games. Was quite determined today. Wicket was brilliant. I kept telling myself to bat as much as possible. We've been playing good cricket. One last hurdle, a big game against Pakistan. It felt like he was batting overnight (Virat Kohli). As a captain, he was brilliant."
Virat Kohli: "Another complete game. We needed to have a clean, collective game. We didn't expect to win by nine wickets, but that's the quality of our top order. He's not a surprise package (Kedar Jadhav), he's a smart guy, he knows where to pitch the ball and see what the wicket is offering. it could have been close to 300. I wanted to give myself some time, 10-15 balls. Last time, we lost a wicket, so I had to adapt, I like those challenges. I grew in confidence. When you're coming onto the short ball, you know you're playing well. We're taking it as any other game, I know that's boring but that's our mindset. Never a worry when your middle order isn't batting too much. Everyone is hitting the ball magnificently in practice."
Mashrafe Mortaza: "We could have scored 300, even 320, but our set batsmen getting out was a setback to us. Next time, we'll come back strongly. We need to learn. Skill-wise we're fine, but mentally we need to be stronger."
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A two and a six gets Kohli 100, but I don't think he cares about it. Sabbir to continue. India one over away.
END OF OVER:40 | 5 Runs | IND: 261/1 (4 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 6.52, RRR: 0.40)
- Virat Kohli92 (77b)
- Rohit Sharma123 (129b)
- Shakib Al Hasan9-0-54-0
- Sabbir Rahman1-0-7-0
Ahan: "Kohli quickest to 8000 runs.........yet another record that will soon be broken by Hashim Amla"
Right then. 11 more for Kohli, India need 9
Virat Kohli has broken AB de Villiers' record for fastest to 8000 ODI runs.
END OF OVER:39 | 7 Runs | IND: 256/1 (9 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 6.56, RRR: 0.81)
- Rohit Sharma121 (127b)
- Virat Kohli89 (73b)
- Sabbir Rahman1-0-7-0
- Shakib Al Hasan8-0-49-0
A dead-bat defense?
Kohli needs 12, India need 10
India just 16 away. Sabbir.
END OF OVER:38 | 10 Runs | IND: 249/1 (16 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 6.55, RRR: 1.33)
- Rohit Sharma120 (125b)
- Virat Kohli83 (69b)
- Shakib Al Hasan8-0-49-0
- Taskin Ahmed7-0-49-0
Brutus_Shylock: "@Ankush Kohli always had a majestic record in ODIs in England. It was the test match record he talked about. Still a bit of time to go for that, 2018 we shall see. "