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Preview: All eyes will be on the weather in Pallekele as Rohit Sharma-led India take on Rohit Paudel’s Nepal in the 2023 Asia Cup Group A match on Monday. India’s first game against arch-rivals Pakistan at the same venue on Saturday was washed out due to rain, with Pakistan’s run-chase failing to even take off. The Men in Blue will have to sort out a few issues before it’s too late. Firstly, it’s the top-order batters who let the team down against Pakistan. Rohit Sharma (11), Shubman Gill (10) and Virat Kohli (4) all walked back to the pavilion without making much of an impact, while it was a forgettable comeback for Shreyas Iyer (14) with the bat. However, it was an inspired comeback from Ishan Kishan (82) and Hardik Pandya (87) that took India to 266 from being 66/4 at one stage. The two forged 138 runs for the fifth wicket, but despite that being a silver lining in the match, questions remain over the top and middle-order batters’ consistency. India’s bowlers, as a result of the washout, could not be tested against Pakistan. Team news from the India camp is that Jasprit Bumrah had flown back to Mumbai on Sunday. On Monday, it was revealed that Bumrah and his wife Sanjana Ganesan had become parents of a baby boy. Bumrah, though, is expected to return to Sri Lanka if India qualify for the Super Fours. In Bumrah’s absence, Mohammed Shami could replace him with Prasidh Krishna also in the fray. Shami did not play in India’s game against Pakistan. Nepal, meanwhile, will hope to put up an improved batting performance after they crumbled under pressure to be dismissed for 104 against Pakistan, while looking to chase a target of 343. Sompal Kami (28) and Aarif Sheikh (26) were the only batters who got sizeable runs on board as seven of their batters were dismissed for single figures. Squads: India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wk), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, and Jasprit Bumrah. Nepal: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Bhim Sharki, Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulsan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sundeep Jora, Pratis GC, Arjun Saud, Mousom Dhakal, Kishore Mahato, Aarif Sheikh
India vs Nepal Highlights, Asia Cup 2023: Rohit, Gill setup dominant 10-wicket win for Men in Blue
IND vs NEP Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2023 Highlights: IND 147/0; Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill remain unbeaten on 74 and 67 respectively as India thrash Nepal by 10 wickets in a rain-curtailed game to qualify for the Super Fours.
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That brings us to the end of our coverage of India’s second outing of the 2023 Asia Cup, with Rohit Sharma and company registering a thumping 10-wicket win to confirm their place in the Super Fours though they ultimate finish below Pakistan in Group A.
The Men in Blue will have ample time to prepare for their next game, which will be against Pakistan on Sunday. The two arch-rivals will hope for a full contest after the first one ended in a no-result.
For now, this is Amit signing off. Do join us tomorrow for our coverage of India’s announcement of the World Cup squad. Till then, goodbye!
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India skipper Rohit Sharma is the Player of the Match!
Rohit Sharma, India captain: (Satisfactory inning) There were some nerves to start with. But once I got my eye in, got the team home. (Sweep/flick shot) That was unexpected. There was no intention to hit all the way. Luckily timed the ball really well. (World Cup squad) When we came here, in the back of our mind we knew what the 15 was going to be. We were very clear Asia Cup will not give us a complete picture. We got to bat in the first game and bowler in this game. We didn’t play our best cricket in both games, but we are getting there. Once we move ahead, there is no room for complacency. Bowling was okay, not great. Fielding was below par. Moving ahead, hopefully, we can look into these things.
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Sanjay Manjrekar speaks to Shubman Gill and Nepal captain Rohit Paudel after the conclusion of the match:
Gill: “It was disappointing how I got dismissed the other day. So it was good for me to finish it. I think they (Nepal) bowled very well with the new ball. They challenged us. We knew once the ball got wet, it would be difficult for them.”
Paudel: “Our openers did a really good job for us. Middle order could have done better. We were 30-40 runs short. Could have reached 260 or so. Our lower order is doing a great job in recent months. I think these conditions it was hard, but still our bowlers bowled really well. Seamers did a good job for us.”
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After 20.1 overs,India 147/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 74 , Shubman Gill 67)
FOUR! Shubman Gill finishes off in style with a boundary, tickling a full delivery from Jha going down leg past the keeper and away to the fine leg fence.
India thrash Nepal by 10 wickets with 17 deliveries remaining to collect their first win of the 2023 Asia Cup! The win also officially confirms India’s place in the Super Fours!
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After 20 overs,India 143/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 74 , Shubman Gill 63)
Just three singles off Malla’s second over. India need two more runs to win with three overs remaining in the chase.
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After 19 overs,India 140/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 73 , Shubman Gill 61)
Gulsan Jha introduced into the attack in the 19th over. Gill collects a brace off the first delivery after working the ball towards the cow corner region. Gill then gets off strike two balls later with a single. FOUR! Short and wide from Jha, Rohit slashes this hard and comfortably beats the diving fielder at point to move into the 70s! India need five off 24.
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After 18 overs,India 133/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 69 , Shubman Gill 58)
Just three from left-arm spinner Malla’s second over, all of them coming in the form of singles. India need 12 off 30. Can Rohit/Gill finish the job with two sixes?
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After 17 overs,India 130/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 68 , Shubman Gill 56)
SIX! Heaved down the ground by Rohit, with the India skipper getting enough timing on the shot off a length ball from Karan outside off, sending it well beyond the long off fence. 10 off Karan’s fourth over after Nepal skipper Paudel brings him back into the attack. India need 15 off 36.
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After 16 overs,India 121/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 61 , Shubman Gill 54)
Nepal burn their second and final review after an unsuccessful LBW appeal against Rohit off Lamichhane’s bowling. Rohit was attempting to play a paddle scoop, but ended up missing the ball. HawkEye however, shows the ball to be going down leg. Seven off Lamichhane’s fourth over. India need another 25 off 42
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FOUR! Shubman Gill too brings up his half-century with a boundary, reaching the milestone in 47 deliveries**!** Gets on the backfoot to pull a half-tracker from Lamichhane behind square, collecting an easy four in the process. This is his seventh fifty in ODIs. IND 117/0; need 28 off 46
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SIX! Another pull off Rohit’s bat after Rajbanshi fires a long hop at the Indian skipper. India 109/0, need just 36 more to win in 53 balls with all 10 wickets intact.
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After 14 overs,India 103/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 53 , Shubman Gill 46)
FOUR! Clobbered down the ground by Gill off left-arm spinner Kushal Malla, who replaces Dipendra Airee in the attack. The ball lands just short of the long off boundary rope, and brings up the century stand with Rohit! Gill collects a single in the following delivery and is a hit away from bringing up his fifty.
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After 13 overs,India 96/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 53 , Shubman Gill 41)
FOUR! Rohit brings up his 49th ODI half-century with a boundary! Slightly short from Kami, and Rohit picks the length instantly, pulling it towards the cow corner fence for a one-bounce four! India need another 49 off 60.
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FOUR! Kami returns to the attack in the 13th over with little going Nepal’s way at the moment, and Gill welcomes him into the new spell with a little flick off a full delivery towards the fine leg fence. IND 89/0
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After 12 overs,India 85/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 48 , Shubman Gill 35)
SIX! Rohit went for the slog-sweep but ended up introducing an element of flick into the shot. Might be a little difficult to get the technicality of that shot right, but what matters is the fact that he cleared the square-leg boundary and put the ball onto the grass bank for a second time in as many overs. India need 60 off 66
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After 11 overs,India 76/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 41 , Shubman Gill 33)
SIX! And now the slog-sweep from Rohit, with the India skipper clearing the midwicket fence with ease and depositing the ball onto the grassbank! 12 off Lamichhane’s third over; India need another 69 off 72
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FOUR! Heaved away towards deep midwicket by Rohit off a half-tracker from Lamichhane! Takes the partnership to 70! IND 70/0
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After 9 overs,India 61/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 28 , Shubman Gill 31)
SIX! Smoked down the ground by Gill for an 87m hit! The Gujarat Titans opener decided to dance down the track to get close to the pitch of the delivery, and absolutely middled it for it to land close to the sight screen. Nine off Lamichhane’s second over with the equation coming down to run-a-ball now for India at the end of the ninth over.
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After 8 overs,India 52/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 26 , Shubman Gill 24)
Rohit brings up the fifty partnership with Gill with a brace off the penultimate delivery of the eighth over. Cuts a short-of-length ball from Rajbanshi through backward point, with sweeper point putting in a slide to save a couple of runs for his side. Seven off Rajbanshi’s third over — his most expensive so far. India need 93 off 90.
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After 7 overs,India 45/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 22 , Shubman Gill 22)
FOUR! SIX! Rohit extends a rough welcome to leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane, the most recognised cricketer in the Nepal camp. Rohit gets down on one knee and produces a firm slog-sweep towards the midwicket fence to collect his third boundary. Goes for another slog-sweep next ball, and nearly gets caught at deep square leg with the ball going over the hands of the fielder standing in front of the boundary rope. Perhaps the fielder didn’t time his jump right. 12 off Lamichhane’s first over, and India need another 100 to win from 96 balls.
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After 6 overs,India 33/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 11 , Shubman Gill 21)
Another tidy over from Rajbanshi with just two singles coming off it. The surface might not be as helpful at the moment as it was earlier today. Perhaps that could explain the cautious approach by Rohit and Gill.
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After 5 overs,India 31/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 10 , Shubman Gill 20)
FOUR! Cheeky and premeditated from Rohit as he crouches low and scoops a length ball from Karan towards the vacant fine leg fence. Nine off Karan’s third over, with India needing another 114 off 108
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FOUR! Short and wide from Karan, and Gill scythes this in front of point! The ball races away to the fence despite the slightly wet outfield. The man running to his left from point cannot get to the ball on time. IND 26/0
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After 4 overs,India 22/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 6 , Shubman Gill 15)
Spin introduced now with left-arm spinner Lalit Rajbanshi replacing Sompal Kami, who conceded three boundaries in the second over to Gill. Starts off with three dots followed by a single off each of the next three.
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After 3 overs,India 19/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 5 , Shubman Gill 13)
Karan does keep things tidy in the remainder of his second over, with Gill and Rohit collecting a single each. Karan ends the over with another lovely outswinger that narrowly beats Rohit’s outside edge.
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Right then, Rohit, Gill and the eleven Nepal players make their way out to the middle for the resumption of play. Karan had been smacked for a boundary by Rohit at the start of his second over before the downpour, and he will hope to keep things tidy in the remainder of the over.
India, meanwhile, need another 128 to win at a little over run-a-ball, and it should be a cakewalk from here.
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JUST IN: PLAY TO RESTART AT 10.15 pm local time!
The match has been reduced to a 23-over contest with India’s target revised to 145.
Revised conditions: Powerplay 1: Overs 1-5; Powerplay 2: Overs 6-19; Powerplay 3: Overs 20-23
Umpires Paul Wilson and Ruchira Palliyaguruge went out for an inspection at 10 pm after giving the Pallekele ground staff 30 minutes to get the outfield ready. Let’s hope we have no further interruptions tonight.
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So according to umpires Paul Wilson and Ruchira Palliyaguruge, there will be an inspection at around 10 pm local time provided there are no further spells of rain in Pallekele. One more shower, and we’re done for the day!
Stay tuned till then. We have our fingers crossed for a restart.
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Umpires Paul Wilson and Ruchira Palliyaguruge have a quick chat with the broadcasters out in the middle. It’s not raining anymore and the covers are still coming off, but it will take a while for the ground to get ready:
Wilson: “They will have to get the ground cleaned up. So there is a chance we might have a restart. We have to start the game by 10.20 for a 20-over game. 11.36 is when we have the bowl the last ball or thereabouts. “
Palliyaguruge: “They need 30-minutes plus to restart the game. They need to do the roping as well once the covers are off. We cannot get a hundred per cent outfield.”
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Looks like it has stopped raining in Pallekele right now with reserve umpire Jayaraman Madanagopal walking out to the centre for an inspection without an umbrella. Additionally, the groundstaff have begun gradually taking off the covers. Good signs for those who are desperate for some cricketing action tonight!
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It’s still raining out there in Pallekele, the ground is still fully covered and members of the Indian team appear quite relaxed at the moment in the dressing room. Are they mentally prepared for another washout?
Meanwhile, the monsoon situation in Sri Lanka has alarmed the tournament organisers, and with heavy rainfall expected in the Super Four leg of the tournament as well, the Super Four matches in Sri Lanka are likely to moved out of Colombo, which is expected to get a lot more precipitation than what Pallekele has received so far over the past two days.
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Earlier today, the Rhinos made the most of some sloppy fielding by the Indians, with as many as three catches dropped in the first five overs. Aasif Sheikh brought up his 10th ODI half-century to lay the foundation for a competitive total after being dropped on nought and Sompal Kami stitched important partnerships with Dipendra Singh Airee and Sandeep Lamichhane to guide Nepal 200 and post a competitive score on the board.
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It’s absolutely bucketing down at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium at the moment, as per the live visuals coming in on our TV sets. Meanwhile, the entire ground has been covered at the moment. Looks like we might get a truncated chase tonight — if the rain chooses to relent in the end. Will be incredibly frustrating for the Indian team if they end up progressing into the Super Four with a second washout on the trot.
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FOUR! Rohit decides to open his account with a majestic slap down the ground off Karan’s bowling! No sooner has the ball gone past the boundary rope than the umpire instructs the players to head back to the dressing room with the rain suddenly getting heavier. IND 17/0
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After 2 overs,India 13/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 0 , Shubman Gill 12)
FOUR! Third boundary of the over for Gill as he once again capitalises on a bit of width offered by Kami, smacking it well in front of square. Kami, though, finishes with a outswinger that beats Gill’s blade. 12 off the over. Meanwhile, it’s drizzling again in Pallekele and the ground staff are ready at the edge of the playing area with the covers in hand.
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FOUR! FOUR! Shubman Gill collects the first runs of the bat in India’s chase with consecutive cuts off short, wide deliveries from Sompal Kami — who steams in from the other end. IND 9/0
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After 1 over,India 1/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 0 , Shubman Gill 0)
What a first over from Karan, challenging Rohit — one of the greatest batters of this generation — multiple times in the first over! Starts off with a wide first up, but manages to beat Rohit’s inside edge for an LBW shout three balls later, with Nepal skipper Paudel going for the review. HawkEye shows the ball going down leg, resulting in the Rhinos burning a review in the very first over. Two balls after Karan bowls a beauty of an out-swinger to Rohit which narrowly beats his outside edge. Rohit decides to step down the track in the final ball, though he doesn’t quite collect a run. Just one from an entertaining first over!
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Right then, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill make their way to the centre, hoping to put up a much-better opening stand than what they had managed against Pakistan the other day. 231 won’t be a cakewalk, especially against an attack that had dismissed the Pakistan openers cheaply.
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