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Just as the players were getting ready for the run chase, there was a slight drizzle. The covers were brought on but it looks like they are being taken off which is good news.

… The Run Chase …

Right then, the game is nicely poised at the halfway mark. Nepal have done exceptionally well to reach 230 and will turn up for their bowling effort with momentum behind them. This target is nowhere close to being daunting by India’s standards but loss of early wickets can put them under pressure. Will Rohit Sharma and Co. chase it down and by doing so, secure a place in the Super Four? We will find out when we return for the chase.

Aasif Sheikh is down for a chat. He says that he got the start in the early overs and wanted to bat deep but unfortunately couldn’t get there. Adds that they were looking for a score of around 250 but will take 230. mentions that they are looking to play good cricket at this level and says that the ball is doing a bit from a length so will look to hit that length. Ends by applauding the Nepali crowd that has come in huge numbers.

Playing in their first international game against India, Nepal did not get overawed by the occasion and looked confident right from the start. The two Nepal openers showed good intent and did not shy away from playing their shots. They made sure to make India pay for those dropped catches, with Kushal Bhurtel being the aggressor among the two batters in the opening stand. Once the opening stand was broken, Nepal did seem to lose their way in the middle overs, but Aasif Sheikh stood firm at the other end and brought up his fifty. At 144-6, Sompal Kami and Dipendra Singh Airee got together and put the innings back on track with a 50-run stand. When these two were batting, it looked like Nepal would cross 250 but the departure of Kami meant Nepal had to settle for 230.

Nepal lost their last 3 wickets for 2 runs and have been rolled over for 230! They fail to bat their full quota of 50 overs, but you’ve got to stand up and applaud what has been an admirable effort from the minnows. It has been a frustrating day for India so far but they will be pleased to bowl Nepal out. After Rohit Sharma won the toss and inserted Nepal into bat under favourable bowling conditions, it was far from an ideal start for them. The Indians were pretty lethargic in the field, dropping three catches in the first five overs. Moreover, they were unable to bowl tight lines and lengths consistently, which allowed Nepal to get off to a swift start. As he has done so often, Shardul Thakur helped India break the opening stand to start India’s fightback in the game. Ravindra Jadeja kept it tight from his end and dismantled the Nepali middle order. With Nepal 6 wickets down, it looked like India would run through the Nepal lower order but they were stalled by the partnership between Sompal Kami and Dipendra Singh Airee. That said, they did well not to allow the tail of Nepal to wag.

48.2 overs (0 Run)
OUT! TIMBER! Mohammed Siraj finishes things off and picks up his third wicket as well. Full and quick at 142 clicks, sliding into the off pole. Lalit Rajbanshi stays put and looks to drive it away but is beaten all ends up. The ball goes on to castle into the off stump and Rajbanshi departs for a duck and Nepal are bundled out for 230 runs in 48.2 overs.

48.1 overs (1 Run)
Good length angling onto middle, Karan KC makes room and dabs it down to third man for a single.

47.6 overs (0 Run)
Full and quick outside off, Lalit Rajbanshi leaves it alone.

47.5 overs (0 Run)
Fuller one on off stump, Lalit Rajbanshi toe-ends it toward backward point and looks for a single but is sent back and rightly so.

Lalit Rajbanshi is the last man in.

47.4 overs (0 Run)
OUT! RUN OUT! A complete lack of communication and Nepal are nine down now. Mohammad Shami takes pace off and bowls it on a shorter length outside off. Sandeep Lamichhane taps it straight to extra cover and looks to scamper through for the single. Karan KC sends him back but its too late. The substitute fielder Axar Patel picks up the ball and throws it to the keeper. Ishan Kishan dislodges the bails and Lamichhane isn’t even in the frame.

47.3 overs (1 Run)
Length ball on the stumps, Karan KC tries to back away but is hurried and gets an inside edge past leg stump for a single.

Karan KC walks in next.

47.2 overs (0 Run)
OUT! TAKEN! Well held by Ishan Kishan and Sompal Kami’s fiery knock comes to an end. Mohammad Shami serves this one on a hard length in the channel and gets it to bounce a bit extra. Kami looks to stay back and ride the bounce by guiding it fine but gets an outside edge. Kishan springs to his right and pouches it nicely. Kami is a bit distraught with that dismissal but has done a fine job for his side.

47.1 overs (1 Run)
Full and straight, in the blockhole. Sandeep Lamichhane backs away and hits it down to long on for a single.

46.6 overs (6 Runs)
SIX! Sompal Kami is having a ball out there as he ends yet another over with a maximum. Mohammed Siraj persists with the short ball and bowls this one over middle. Kami stays back and drags the pull over the backward square leg fence for a biggie. Moves on to 48 now.

46.5 overs (0 Run)
Good length around off, jagging back in, Sompal Kami covers the line and blocks it out.

46.4 overs (2 Runs)
Another top edge that falls safe. A bumper right over middle, Sompal Kami is hurried and gets a top edge right over the keeper’s head. Kuldeep Yadav from third man moves around to his left and the batters get a coup;le of runs more.

46.3 overs (0 Run)
Back of a length and around off, Sompal Kami looks to push off the back foot but is beaten on the outside edge.

46.2 overs (2 Runs)
Just short! A good short ball at the body, Sompal Kami instinctively takes it on and pulls it aerially toward fine leg. Shreyas Iyer charges in from the deep but the ball lands short and Iyer does well to get his body behind the line. They get a couple of runs.

46.1 overs (1 Run)
Good length around off, Sandeep Lamichhane backs away and slashes it away to deep point for a single.

45.6 overs (6 Runs)
SIX! Oh, swatted away, amazing shot! Short but not short enough, around the top of middle, Sompal Kami stays back and picks it up before pulling it well over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

45.5 overs (1 Run)
Well short! Banged in very short, Sandeep Lamichhane charges down the track and tries to pull but gets a top edge over short fine leg for a single.

45.4 overs (1 Run)
Fullish length on the pads, Sompal Kami gets an inside edge onto the pads as he tries to flick and the ball rolls toward square leg. They pick up a single.

45.3 overs (2 Runs)
Does well in the end! Shorter and slower outside off, Sompal Kami goes for the upper cut but gets a thickish edge wide of third man. Shardul Thakur there nearly overruns it but manages to get his left hand out and make the stop. Two runs are taken.

45.2 overs (0 Run)
Another slower one, this is floated up full and outside off, Sompal Kami drives it firmly but straight to extra cover.

45.1 overs (0 Run)
Banged in short and outside off, Sompal Kami looks to back away and cut but mistimes it to point.

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44.6 overs (0 Run)
No run.

44.5 overs (2 Runs)
2 runs.

44.4 overs (0 Run)
Goes full and outside off, Sandeep Lamichhane looks to go inside out this time but connects with thin air.

44.3 overs (1 Run)
Angling in at the hips, Sompal Kami nudges it in front of square for a single.

44.2 overs (0 Run)
Just outside off, on a length, Sompal Kami stabs it without any foot movement to point.

44.1 overs (0 Run)
Back of a length, outside off, Sompal Kami hops and dabs it to point.

43.6 overs (0 Run)
Lands it on a length, on middle, Sandeep Lamichhane keeps it out on the off side.

43.5 overs (1 Run)
Banged in short, at the batter, Sompal Kami fends it awkwardly. Gets it off his gloves to third man for a single.

43.4 overs (1 Run)
At the stumps again, Sandeep Lamichhane moves leg side and swings across the line. Gets an inside edge that rolls to fine leg for a single.

43.3 overs (2 Runs)
200 comes up for Nepal! Slightly full, on off, Sandeep Lamichhane backs away and bunts it back past the bowler for a couple of runs.

43.2 overs (0 Run)
In the slot, around middle and leg. Sandeep Lamichhane swings through the line but misses. Ishan Kishan moves well to his left and makes a good stop.

43.1 overs (1 Run)
Leg bye! Angling in at the pads, Sompal Kami gets cramped for room and is unable to get it away. The ball lobs off his pads towards backward square leg for a leg bye.

42.6 overs (1 Run)
Flighted again, full and on off, Sompal Kami works it down to long off and keeps the strike with a single.

42.5 overs (0 Run)
Beaten! Bowls a googly, outside off, Sompal Kami plays for the one that keeps straight and gets beaten on the outside edge.

42.4 overs (0 Run)
A stifled appeal for LBW but turned down! Pushed through, around off, Sompal Kami gets down to sweep it fine. He misses and gets struck on the back leg. The keeper and the bowler go up in appeal but the finger stays down.

42.3 overs (0 Run)
Flatter this time, short and on off, Sompal Kami tucks it off the back foot to mid-wicket.

42.2 overs (1 Run)
Tossed up, on off, knocked down to long off for one more run.

42.1 overs (1 Run)
Loopy delivery, full and on middle, Sompal Kami sweeps it along the ground to deep backward square leg for a single.

41.6 overs (0 Run)
Targets the stumps with a full delivery, Sandeep Lamichhane gets his bat down and pushes it tamely to cover. A wicket maiden from Pandya.

41.5 overs (0 Run)
Pulls his length back and serves it on middle, Sandeep Lamichhane looks to run it down but fails to connect.

41.4 overs (0 Run)
Good-length delivery, around off, Sandeep Lamichhane opens the bat face and guides it to point. The batters think of a single but they decide against it.

41.3 overs (0 Run)
Swing and a miss! Fuller in length, outside off, Sandeep Lamichhane goes for a wild heave across the line but connects with thin air.

41.2 overs (0 Run)
Pacy delivery, angling in, at the pads, Sandeep Lamichhane stays leg side of the ball and keeps it out on the off side.

Sandeep Lamichhane is the new man in.

41.1 overs (0 Run)
OUT! LBW! As plumb as it can get and Hardik Pandya has his first wicket now! Comes from over the wicket and rolls his fingers over the ball for an off-cutter, on a length, at the stumps, Dipendra Singh Airee gets forward to work it across the line. He plays down the wrong line and gets trapped right in front of the stumps. The umpire has no hesitation in raising his finger. Dipendra Singh Airee goes for a review, more in hope though. The UltraEdge shows no bat and it is three reds on Ball Tracking. Nepal lose Airee and the review.

40.6 overs (2 Runs)
Almost a half-tracker, at the batter, Sompal Kami plays a controlled pull shot to the left of deep square leg for two more runs. 50-run stand comes up between these two.

40.5 overs (2 Runs)
Looped up, outside off, Sompal Kami gets on the front foot and creams the drive. Hits it towards wide long off for a couple of runs.

40.4 overs (1 Run)
Drops it short, on off, Dipendra Singh Airee dabs it wide of point and takes a single.

40.3 overs (3 Runs)
Is that another dropped catch? Yes, a tough one though. Googly this time, full and outside off, Sompal Kami gets down and goes for the slog sweep. Gets an outside edge that flies past the keeper. Ishan does get some glove on it and the batters run three as the ball rolls wide of short third man. The third umpire is called into action to check for a short run but the bat was grounded neatly inside the crease.

40.2 overs (2 Runs)
Flatter delivery, short and around off, Sompal Kami rocks back and cuts it late. Gets it past backward point for a couple of runs.

40.1 overs (0 Run)
Starts off with a googly, at the stumps, Sompal Kami waits on the back foot and blocks it out.

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39.6 overs (0 Run)
Nagging length outside off, Dipendra Singh Airee looks to play it away with an angled bat but finds Ravindra Jadeja at backward point.

39.5 overs (1 Run)
Length again, angling into middle, this is tucked away past square leg for a single.

39.4 overs (0 Run)
Length ball, wide of the off stump and inviting the drive. Sompal Kami looks to drive but does so away from his body and is well beaten.

39.3 overs (0 Run)
A touch fuller this time and outside off, holding up just a bit. Sompal Kami looks to drive but mistimes it.

39.2 overs (0 Run)
Good length again, angled onto middle, Sompal Kami stays back to defend.

39.1 overs (0 Run)
Good length around the top of off, Sompal Kami goes back and across to defend it on the off side.

38.6 overs (1 Run)
Slower one around the pads, worked away off the back foot to mid-wicket for one more.

38.5 overs (1 Run)
Flatter delivery on the stumps, Dipendra Singh Airee pushes it off the back foot in front of mid-wicket and collects another run.

38.4 overs (1 Run)
Drifted down leg, paddled away to short fine leg for a quick run.

38.3 overs (0 Run)
Flighted on a nagging length around off, blocked out on the off side.

38.2 overs (2 Runs)
On the stumps again, Sompal Kami gets inside the line and sweeps it nicely well behind square leg for a couple of runs.

38.1 overs (0 Run)
Slightly fuller and angled onto middle, Sompal Kami strides out to defend.

37.6 overs (0 Run)
Pitches it up outside off and gets the ball to move away a bit. Dipendra Singh Airee looks to drive at it but is beaten on the outside edge.

We are all set to resume. The two umpires make their way out to the middle followed by the Indian players. They are joined by the two Nepal batters, Sompal Kami and Dipendra Singh Airee. Hardik Pandya is at the top of his mark and is ready to complete his over. Let’s play…

UPDATE – 6.34 pm IST (1.04 pm GMT) – Folks, we have a resumption time! Play will resume at 6.45 pm IST (1.15 pm GMT) with no reduction in the overs. With around 12 overs remaining and only 4 wickets in hand, Nepal will be hoping to bat the full quota of overs and by doing so, get to a respectable total. Can they succeed in doing so? We will find out soon.

UPDATE – 6.15 pm IST (12.45 pm GMT) – Good news! The rain has finally relented and the ground staff are currently in the process of removing the covers. Let’s hope and keep our fingers crossed that it does not start to rain again. Live visuals show the match officials in a chat with India’s Head Coach, Rahul Dravid. More promising signs as the umpires will be out for an inspection at 6.30 pm IST (1.00 pm GMT). If there is no more rain and if the umpires are happy with the conditions, the play might possibly resume at 6.45 pm IST (1.15 pm GMT) with no reduction in overs. We will update you regarding the result of the inspection.

UPDATE – 6.08 pm IST (12.38 pm GMT) – Sigh! Just when the ground staff were starting to peel the covers off, the rain returned and the covers are now back on. Seems like we will have to wait a little longer for the action to resume. We will keep you posted.

UPDATE – 5.44 pm IST (12.14 pm GMT) – The drizzle has gotten heavier and the umpires have decided to take the players off. The groundstaff come charging in with the covers and they take no time in covering the strip. More covers are being brought on and now the entire square is covered. Let’s hope this is just a passing shower and we can get underway soon. Stay tuned for further updates.

37.5 overs (2 Runs)
Banged in very short this time outside off, Dipendra Singh Airee drags the ball and pulls it tennis-style in front of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

37.4 overs (0 Run)
Bends the back and bangs it in over off, not much bounce off the deck though. Dipendra Singh Airee looks to pull it hard but mistimes it completely to square leg.

37.3 overs (1 Run)
Good length in the channel, played away in front of point for a single.

37.2 overs (0 Run)
Back of a length and outside off, tapped off the back foot toward point.

37.1 overs (4 Runs)
FOUR! India have been very sloppy in the field. Banged in short over off stump, Sompal Kami lets the ball come on and just ramps it down to third man. Shardul Thakur runs around to his left and completely misses the ball, allowing it to go into the ropes.

36.6 overs (1 Run)
A tad short and around off, played off the back foot in front of covers for a quick single.

36.5 overs (0 Run)
Flatter one around off, skidding through, chopped down toward backward point.

36.4 overs (1 Run)
1Uses his feet now and plays the full ball around off toward long on for a run.

36.3 overs (0 Run)
Speared in at the stumps, Dipendra Singh Airee eases it to extra cover.

36.2 overs (0 Run)
Quicker one on middle, tentatively pushed away to extra cover.

36.1 overs (1 Run)
This is full and on the stumps, Sompal Kami knocks it down to long off for a single.

35.6 overs (4 Runs)
FOUR! Top shot! Fraction short but there’s width on offer and Dipendra Singh Airee latches onto it. Airee rocks back and cuts it hard behind point for a boundary. 10 runs off the over, a good one for Nepal.

35.5 overs (2 Runs)
Sloppy fielding! Back of a length outside off, Dipendra Singh Airee hops and taps it away in front of the man at cover-point who gets across but is lazy not to bend down and lets it through. They pick up two more runs.

35.4 overs (0 Run)
Well bowled! Perfect length in the channel and seaming away, Dipendra Singh Airee looks to play at it but is beaten past the outside edge.

35.3 overs (2 Runs)
Pitches this one right up on off stump, Dipendra Singh Airee uses his wrists well and flicks it away to the right of deep mid-wicket for another brace.

35.2 overs (2 Runs)
Good length, angling in from around off, this is tucked away behind square leg for a couple of runs. Good running!

35.1 overs (0 Run)
Hard length over off, this one comes in at a shorter height but Dipendra Singh Airee does well to keep it down in front of point.

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33.6 overs (0 Run)
No run.

33.5 overs (0 Run)
Full and attacking the off stump, Sompal Kami punches it straight back to the bowler.

33.4 overs (2 Runs)
Fullish length outside off, Sompal Kami gets his arms out and drives it nicely to sweeper cover for a couple of runs. The 150 is now up for Nepal!

33.3 overs (0 Run)
Good length on off, hitting the length hard as well, Sompal Kami solidly keeps it out.

33.2 overs (0 Run)
Fuller in length again but pushed well outside off, Sompal Kami makes a leave as the ball zips through to the keeper.

33.1 overs (0 Run)
Starts the new spell with a fullish delivery on off stump. Sompal Kami hits it on the up to cover.

32.6 overs (2 Runs)
Back to over the wicket now and floated up around leg stump, Dipendra Singh Airee tucks it away neatly through the gap at mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

32.5 overs (1 Run)
Comes around the wicket and bowls it full on middle and leg, Sompal Kami gets right across and plays a flat sweep down to deep backward square leg for a single.

32.4 overs (0 Run)
Flatter one on off and middle, defended off the back foot again by Kami.

32.3 overs (0 Run)
Slower through the air again, bowled on a nagging length and around middle, Sompal Kami stays back and watchfully keeps it out.

32.2 overs (0 Run)
Tossed up around off, turning in, Sompal Kami lunges forward to make the block.

32.1 overs (0 Run)
Nicely looped up, really full and close to off stump, Sompal Kami plays it off the outside edge to point.

31.6 overs (1 Run)
Leg bye! On a good length at 139 clicks and angling into the pads. Sompal Kami is caught in the crease as the ball thuds off his pads onto the leg side. The batters scamper through for a leg bye.

Drinks break! India have clawed their way back into the game nicely here. After a poor start with the ball and in the field, they have pulled it back well with Ravindra Jadeja being the chief wrecker with 3 wickets. India will be hoping to run through the Nepal tail quickly. On the other hand, the duo of Aasif Sheikh and Gulsan Jha were doing a good rebuilding job for Nepal but they have now lost both set batters. Sompal Kami is the new batter.

31.5 overs (0 Run)
OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Pitches this one right up around the off stump, inviting the drive and it is the cross-seamer as well. Gulsan Jha does go for the cover drive but gets a slight outside edge on it through to the keeper. Ishan Kishan pouches it safely a bit low to his left and Mohammed Siraj picks up his second wicket. Also, Rohit Sharma is seen telling Siraj that he should be bowling more in that area.

31.4 overs (0 Run)
Short and a bit wide again, cut away nicely to the right of point but it is very well stopped as well.

31.3 overs (0 Run)
A touch fuller on middle and leg, angling in, Gulsan Jha blocks it out.

31.2 overs (4 Runs)
FOUR! Short and wide, there to be hit, Gulsan Jha stays back and cuts it away a bit uppishly but well behind point for a boundary.

31.1 overs (0 Run)
Perfect length around off, angling across the left-hander a bit. Gulsan Jha looks to hit it away square on the off side but is beaten on the outside edge.

30.6 overs (1 Run)
Floated up around off, driven on the up through cover for a single.

30.5 overs (0 Run)
Quicker and flatter, turning into the pads, Gulsan Jha rocks back and tries to pull it away but the ball skids on and hits the back leg.

30.4 overs (0 Run)
Flatter one, drifted onto middle and leg, Gulsan Jha plays it off the back foot to mid-wicket.

30.3 overs (1 Run)
Nicely tossed up, full and on middle, Dipendra Singh Airee drives it firmly down the ground to long on for one.

30.2 overs (0 Run)
Goes back to bowling over the wicket and pushes this one through quicker on off. Dipendra Singh Airee gets on the back foot to defend.

30.1 overs (4 Runs)
FOUR! Nicely driven! This is tossed up full and well outside off, Dipendra Singh Airee crouches down and strokes it away square on the off side through covers and picks up a boundary.

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Who comes in next?

21.5 overs (0 Run)
OUT! c Mohammed Siraj b Ravindra Jadeja.

21.4 overs (1 Run)
Slows it up, full and turning away, on off, Aasif Sheikh chips it a bit aerially but wide of extra cover for a single.

21.3 overs (1 Run)
100 comes up for Nepal! Fired in, on middle, Kushal Malla clips it off his pads in front of square for a single.

21.2 overs (0 Run)
Pushes it through, short, around off, Kushal Malla hangs back and blocks it out.

21.1 overs (0 Run)
At 95 kph, at the stumps, nudged off the back foot to mid-wicket.

20.6 overs (0 Run)
Serves a googly, short and on the pads, Aasif Sheikh reads it well and pushes it back to the bowler.

20.5 overs (0 Run)
This is bowled at the pads, quicker in pace as well, Aasif Sheikh works it off the back foot to mid-wicket.

20.4 overs (4 Runs)
FOUR! Nicely driven! Tossed up, full and wide outside off, Aasif Sheikh reaches out and creams the drive through covers for a boundary.

20.3 overs (1 Run)
Fraction short, turning in, on off, Kushal Malla goes back in his crease and tucks it through mid-wicket for a single to open his account.

20.2 overs (1 Run)
Flatter delivery, quick as well, on off, Aasif Sheikh dabs it past backward point and takes a single.

20.1 overs (0 Run)
Bowls a googly, full and on off, Aasif Sheikh looks to turn it on the leg side. Closes the bat face early, gets a soft leading edge to cover.