7.3 overs (0 Run) No run.
7.2 overs (0 Run) A bit slower and angling in from well outside off. Rohit Sharma hangs back and blocks it down toward backward point.
7.1 overs (0 Run) Bowls it full and attacks the pads, Rohit Sharma gets his hands out in front and pushes it toward mid-wicket where the fielder makes a sharp stop.
6.6 overs (0 Run) Pitches this one right up on middle, angling it in and Ishan Kishan manages to push it out toward mid off.
6.5 overs (1 Run) Full and around off, driven firmly to the right of extra cover. The fielder dives in and makes a good stop but parries the ball away a bit. The batters hesitate a bit but do manage to scamper across for a single. Rohit Sharma moves to 49 now.
6.4 overs (6 Runs) SIX! Too easy and already 16 off this over! Slower and shorter down leg, sits up nicely for Rohit Sharma who picks it up and muscles it over the backward square leg fence for a biggie.
6.3 overs (2 Runs) Back to over the wicket and bowls it on a shorter length, angling it across, Rohit Sharma gets a leading edge and the ball sneaks through the cover region. The batters come back for two runs with ease.
6.2 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! Put away with disdain and Fazalhaq Farooqi has now conceded four boundaries in a row while bowling to Rohit Sharma. Short and wide, there to be hit and Rohit hammers it away past point for a boundary.
6.1 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! Rohit Sharma is on a roll now and the 50 is already up for India. Bowled from around the wicket, slower and pitched up around off. Sharma lifts his back leg and lifts the ball up as well over wide mid off to collect yet another boundary.
5.6 overs (4 Runs) FOUR LEG BYES! Errs in line and concedes another boundary. Quicker and fuller, angling down leg, Ishan Kishan looks to flick but the ball clips his pads and runs away to the fine leg fence.
5.5 overs (1 Run) Back of a length and on the fifth stump line, Rohit Sharma hangs back and runs it down to third man for a run.
5.4 overs (1 Run) Good length around off, eased away past the point region for a single.
5.3 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! Just wide of the man! Full and angling onto the pads, Ishan Kishan flicks it off the legs and beats a diving Fazalhaq Farooqi to his right at short fine leg to find the fence.
5.2 overs (0 Run) Good change up! Runs in and then dishes out a slower one, on a good length and around off. Ishan Kishan looks to push at it but is beaten past the outside edge.
5.1 overs (0 Run) Starts from around the wicket and bowls it a touch fuller, angling it into middle, Ishan Kishan tucks it away in front of mid-wicket.
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