3rd over: Bangladesh 7-0, Tamim 5, Kayes 0 (target 303)Some exemplary new-ball bowling from Yadav - probing and varied, and rewarded with a maiden. Tamim plays and misses at a tantalising, excellent length ball just outside off-stump from Yadav. If that was an understandable nibble, his next play-and-miss – an ugly thrashing cut attempt – is a bit more reckless. The bowler doesn’t give him a sniff here, and Tamim can’t work away a couple of banged-in shorter balls either.
2nd over: Bangladesh 7-0, Tamim 5, Kayes 0 (target 303) Shami opens at the other end and starts with some looseners, one short and wide outside off stump, the other wayward down the legside and which is called wide, as is the next ball. Tamim flicks a fuller delivery away on the legside for a couple.
Talking Point klaxon! Further scrutiny of that apparent caught-behind in the previous over reveals definite sound at the moment the ball passes the bat, yet only first slip made anything of it.
1st over: Bangladesh 3-0, Tamim 3, Kayes 0 (target 303) Yadav is tossed the ball first and, with two slips in, finds a decent testing line and length from the off. Tamim gets off the mark second ball with a confident legside pull in front of square for two, and adds another when he turns one just behind square leg. Yadav slants one across Tamim with the last ball of the over, which isn’t too far from the outside edge – in fact, it alerts Snicko’s interest – but Dhoni doesn’t think it worth an appeal.
And they’re out. The Bangladesh openers, Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes, are out in the middle.
Morning/afternoon/evening everyone. So Bangladesh, as expected, are up against it. If it’s been pointed out once in the last half-hour that no one’s ever successfully chased 300 at the MCG, it’s been pointed out 1,046 times, which it has. Bangladesh have at least got experience of successfully pursuing 300+ at this World Cup though, albeit only against Scotland. Though they didn’t get near a 300 target when last they played at Melbourne, against Sri Lanka in the group stages, and they may come to regret their looseness in the field in the last 15 or so overs. India’s bowling, almost uniformly excellent throughout the tournament, is unlikely to be so benevolent. They’ve had their share of luck today too though:
Innings break: India 302-6
Nobody has ever successfully chased 300 at the MCG, and this is surely a winning position for India. But they rode their luck there a bit, with Raina surviving the closest of lbw shouts, and Rohit getting caught off a no-ball that wasn’t a no-ball. Bangladesh will angrily mutter about that decision, but they should also think about their own failings: their fielding could have been better, and probably cost 15 runs, and they lost their concentration a bit as India took the game away from them at the end there.
Tom Davies will take you through the rest of the match. All emails totom.davies@theguardian.com please. Bye!
50th over: India 302-6 (Jadeja 23, Ashwin 3)
Rubel bowls the final over, with India aiming to reach the magic land of the triple-hundreds. And they get there, without any drama whatsoever. They needed four runs, and that’s what they got, at one a ball, from the first four deliveries, leaving themselves time for another two. Good over from Rubel, who has a fine late-overs inswinging yorker up his sleeve, as James Anderson will tell you.
WICKET! Dhoni c Nasir Hossain b Taskin 6 (India 296-6)
49th over: India 296-6 (Jadeja 20, Ashwin 0)
The wicket comes from the last ball of the over, Dhoni - who never looked comfortable - getting a leading edge that sent the ball soaring to point. At least the fielder took the catch - Bangladesh got nothing right during the five previous deliveries.
Jadeja hits to mid-off and takes a single, but when the fielder shies at the stumps there’s nobody backing up, and India take another. So Jadeja’s back on strike to work the next, really a very fine yorker, behind square for four. And then the third reaches the boundary too, after the man on the rope at midwicket misfields. It’s been a super cameo from Jadeja, 20 from seven balls so far, but the fielders have helped.
48th over: India 283-5 (Dhoni 4, Jadeja 9)
Dhoni gets a single off the third ball, and then Jadeja gets a slight tickle on his first delivery, and the ball flies past Mushfiqur and away for four. His second delivery goes through the covers for four more. India’s mid-innings struggles seem a long way away now.
47th over: India 273-5 (Dhoni 3, Jadeja 0)
Rohit was batting just beautifully there, not just flying but positively soaring. In his final over he hit over wide long on for six, and then to square leg for four, just delicious shot-making. At which point, from the final ball of the over, he gets out.
A fantastic innings comes to an end, deceived by a slow, full delivery that flicks off his bat on its way into the stumps.
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