IND VS BAN - 47th Match, Super 8 Group 1, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024

India march on as they stay unbeaten in the tournament. They are all but confirmed for the semis where they will play in Guyana. Can anyone stop them? We will find out as the tournament goes on. For now we sign off from here. Keep following this platform for all your cricketing needs. Till next time, take care and be well. Bye.

Rohit Sharma | India captain: [on playing aggressively with bat] I have been talking about this for a long time now. It's about going there and putting that into work. Considering everything we played really well, adapted to the conditions. There's a little bit of wind factor here, overall we are very smart, overall we were good with bat and ball. All eight batters need to play their role, whatever it is. We saw one guy get 50 and we got 197, in T20 I don't believe we need to get fifties and hundreds, what matters is the pressure you put on the bowlers. All the batters from the word go played like that and that's how we want to play as well. There is a lot of experience in the squad and we back them. [on Hardik] I mentioned in the last game as well, him batting well puts us in a good stead. We want to finish well after the top 5, 6, Hardik being Hardik we know what he is capable of. He is a very important player for us, if he can keep doing that, it will put us in good positions. Excitement and if we discuss something with the bowler and when it comes off, it's nice. Everyone when it came to our bowling adapted well and we discussed those things and they did well.

Najmul Hossain Shanto | Bangladesh captain: We were thinking about 160-170 when we put them into bat, but they batted well so credit to them. [on the weather and wind] I don't think that is an issue, the players are habituated to that. We did not show as much intent as we needed with the bat, when we are chasing 190, we needed to show more intent especially in the first six. I try to contribute but need to finish the games. Tanzim Sakib in this tournament has done a great job and happy for Rishad too, we have been looking for a good legspinner for a long time now.

Stats by Deepu Narayanan

- India will qualify for the semifinals if Afghanistan fail to beat Australia later in the night.

Most wins against a team without a defeat in T20 WCs
6 Australia vs Bangladesh
6 Pakistan vs Bangladesh
5 India vs Bangladesh *

Most consecutive wins for India in T20Is
12 bw Nov 2021 & Feb 2022
9 bw Jan 2020 & Dec 2020
9 bw Dec 2023 & June 2024 *

Hardik Pandya | Player of the Match: We have played really good cricket. More than anything we have stuck together and executed our plans. I did realise the batters wanted to use the breeze, I made sure I did not give them a chance where the wind was blowing, it was about being one step ahead as a batter. We as a group can get better in a lot of places, losing wickets in bunches is something we can rectify and get better at, apart from that, we are looking good. I have been fortunate to play for the country, it was a freak injury I had, I wanted to come back but God had other plans. I was talking to Rahul [Dravid] sir the other day, and he said: Luck comes to people who work hard and that has stuck with me for a long time.

13:46 Local Time, 17:46 GMT, 23:16 IST: India win by 50 runs and have one foot and two hands into the semis. At the innings break, Aaron Finch was asked if this target can be chased down and he categorically ruled it out. And India put in a professional perfomance to prove him right. 197 was always going to be a mountain to chase on this and the powerplay was crucial. Bangladesh did not get the quick score they needed to put pressure on India and once the ball got soft and the spinners came in, it was hard to put the ball away. Shanto tried as he hit a couple of sixes in one Hardik over but India never allowed the rate to go down. Kuldeep bowled a wonderful spell and the others just did their jobs to perfection. The fielding too was quite good with catches taken to go with good ground fielding. Bumrah was again outstanding and India look a well-rounded outfit in these conditions. Stay tuned for the presentations...

Arshdeep Singh to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 1 run, slower ball off-cutter on off, hit to long-off and India win comprehensively

Tanzim Hasan Sakib, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Arshdeep Singh to Mahmudullah, out Caught by Axar!! Good catch by Axar at deep backward square leg. A slower short ball dug in, Mahmudullah has to wait to pull, does not place it and Axar moves to his left and takes it well with both hands. Mahmudullah c Axar b Arshdeep Singh 13(15) [4s-1]

Arshdeep Singh to Mahmudullah, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Arshdeep Singh to Mahmudullah, no run, just misses the leg-stump as Mahmudullah shuffles across inside the line, he flicks and misses, wants a wide, the ump tells him that he moved

Arshdeep Singh to Mahedi Hasan, 1 run, slower ball off-cutter just outside off, cut to sweeper cover

Arshdeep Singh to Mahmudullah, 1 run, full on the stumps, heaved to deep backward square leg and no timing on that

Arshdeep Singh to Mahmudullah, no run, slower ball off-cutter dug in and across Mahmudullah who is early into the pull, misses

Arshdeep Singh to Mahmudullah, wide, fired down leg, Pant dives to his left and prevents more runs as Mahmudullah lets it go

Arshdeep Singh [3.0-0-26-1] is back into the attack

Bumrah to Mahedi Hasan, FOUR, he tried that shot earlier in the over, now he connects. A short of length delivery outside off, run-down fine of third man for four. Bumrah ends with 2/13