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Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match Special
Superb shot.
Summary
India win by nine wickets, chasing 133 with 4.4 overs to spare
Rahul 54 not out, Rohit 56
Namibia 132-8: Wiese 26 (25)
Jadeja 3-16, Ashwin 3-20
Kohli's last game as India T20 captain
India finish third in Group 2, Namibia fifth
Super 12, Group 2, Dubai
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Ind 43-0published at 4.4 overs
Well, he might well be with more shots like that.
Rohit Sharma skips down the pitch and, with calm brutality, dispatches it over the ropes.
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India's next T20 captain preventing their current T20 captain from batting in his final game in charge?
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Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialI'm not ruling out a hundred here for Rohit Sharma - he'll just have to keep KL Rahul off strike.
Ind 37-0published at 4.2 overs
Salt, meet wound.
Next up, Rohit Sharma slaps a dragged down delivery just in front of point for four.
Not outpublished at 4.1 overs
Sure enough, the ball hit Rohit Sharma outside the line of off-stump.
Not out and Namibia lose a review.
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The ball hit Rohit's arm as he missed with an attempted pull shot, but he was very low.
Impact could well be the issue though...
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Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Test Match SpecialThe impact did look like it outside the line of off stump, or umpire's call at absolute best.
Namibia reviewpublished at 4.1 overs
Slow left-armer Bernard Scholtz is on...and a massive appeal for lbw against Rohit Sharma first up!
Not given. But Namibia send it upstairs...
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Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Test Match SpecialIndia won't take very long to get to that 133 but if Namibia want to make them take longer they'll need to pick up a couple of wickets.
Ind 33-0published at 4 overs
Target 133
David Wiese responds brilliantly to that six with four dots in a row.
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Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Getty ImagesIt was just a short-arm jab but it was an incredible shot. Beautiful.
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Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialThat is a sensational shot. He'd only faced three balls before it...
Ind 33-0published at 3.2 overs
KL Rahul may have been starved of the strike so far, but he doesn't need much time to play himself in.
He marmalises his fourth ball over mid-wicket for six.
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Preparing to bat for the last time as India T20 captain...
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Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialRohit Sharma is not the sort of guy that is going to knock it around.
Ind 26-0published at 3 overs
Rohit 25, Rahul 1
Rohit Sharma now chips one over wide mid-on for a couple more.
It's two more next up with a flick along the ground into the leg-side.
He finishes the over with a short-arm swivel round the corner but picks out the fielder. Just a single.
He has just the 25 runs from India's total of 26 so far. Poor KL Rahul has only faced three balls and Rohit has the strike again now.
Ind 21-0published at 2.3 overs
Rohit's timing is all over the place - beautiful one moment, ugly the next.
It's a mistimed pull shot this time that lands just short of the diving mid-wicket fielder.
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Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match SpecialRohit plays these shots with such a savage grace.
Ind 21-0published at 2.1 overs
India are making an early exit from the tournament (by their own expectations) and Rohit Sharma fancies an early finish today.
He whacks Ruben Trumpelmann over mid-off for four more.