Far from serving up something tasty for the batsmen, Hom is keeping things tight from round the wicket, they can't get him away.

Here are some India fans outside the stadium in Bangalore, as pictured by BBC Bengali's Subhajyoti Ghosh.

The middle order powerhouse in force now with Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina but Mortaza keeps the boundaries at bay with a steady over.

They're already well through the powerplay overs in Chennai - South Africa are 51-1 after eight overs, but Ireland will be pleased that the dangerous Dane van Niekerk is back in the pavilion after hitting 20 from 13 balls.

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Ind 34-0published at 5.2 overs

5.2 overs

Time to accelerate then, a glorious hit over long-off from Rohit off Mustafizur.

Athar Ali Khan
Former Bangladesh all-rounder

"Bangladesh have started well here. They haven't bowled many loose deliveries and they are already building pressure."

Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan is the latest bowler and he is within inches of a caught and bowled after deceiving Rohit. Only three boundaries so far for the India openers.

The one over spells continue as left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman, expert exponent of the slower ball, is introduced. As Dhawan advances he is hit on the pad but it is heading down the leg-side, and a short-arm jab into the leg-side from the final ball brings the left-hander another four.

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Al-Amin Hossain is next to bowl, arms and legs flailing in all directions seemingly at the point of delivery, but he has passed the ICC tests we should add. His opening delivery is stylishly cut away to the boundary by Dhawan.

Off-spinner Shuvagata Hom rips one past Dhawan's bat first up with some prodigious turn but when he drops short he is ruthlessly thumped over mid-wicket by the left-hander for the first boundary of the contest.

Sunil Gavaskar
Former India captain

"Dhawan is generally a slow starter in tournaments. In the first few games he struggles and then picks up and makes up for that. This is the game he will be targeting to get going."

'I'm captain so I'll bowl' says Mortaza and the stocky paceman keeps things tight, there is even a slip in place for cavalier left-hander Shikhar Dhawan.

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Their national side may have lost to England today - but BBC World Service's Stumped programme has spoken to the UK charity behind the rise of grassroots cricket in Afghanistan as the team makes waves at the World Twenty20.

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The teams have surprisingly only met on four occasions in the T20 format and India have won all four, the last of which was only this month in Dhaka in the Asia Cup final, a match reduced to 15 overs, when India chased down 121 with seven deliveries remaining.

Plenty of time to tell you during this thought provoking Bangladesh anthem that there have been an average of 13 sixes struck in T20 matches here at the Chinnaswamy. 

Ireland's women are still looking for their first win at a World T20 tournament - and defeat today would end their faint hopes of reaching the semi-finals of this event.

They're playing South Africa in Chennai - Isobel Joyce has lost the toss and the Proteas will bat first. We'll keep you updated with their progress.

The teams are on their way out for the anthems, India in their famous powder blue, the shirts flecked on the right shoulders with orange, Bangladesh in Bognor Regis Town FC green (good win last night) with red sleeves.