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by Kal Sajad

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Iyer lbw b Mahmood 68

    Plumb. Shreyas Iyer's innings comes to an end. It was full and Iyer played across the line.

    The captain scores 68 off 47. Not overly fluent at times but a decent knock.

  2. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Shreyas is ambling off while referring.

  3. India review

    Ind 165-4

    Full and hit on the pads. This is out, surely. Shreyas Iyer reviews, even though he's halfway back to the dressing room.

  4. Ind 164-4

    Saqib Mahmood bangs one in short and Shreyas Iyer pulls it for a one-bounce four.

  5. Ind 158-4

    Iyer 63, Dube 19

    A good comeback from Adil Rashid after being smashed for six.

    It's still drizzling, by the way.

  6. Not out

    Ind 156-4

    It was closer than I thought. Shivam Dube advanced down the track and a wily Adil Rashid sent down a wide google.

    But Dube made his ground. Good work from Jos Buttler, though.

  7. Umpire review

    Ind 155-4

    A shout for a stumping. The umpire sends it upstairs. I think Shivam Dube made it back in.

  8. 6 runs

    Ind 155-4

    Wallop. Shivam Dube dances down the track and whacks it back over Adil Rashid's head.

  9. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    That's a brilliant shot.

    Class to go inside-out.

  10. 6 runs

    Ind 149-4

    I saw that one! Shreyas Iyer sets himself up and beautifully middles it up over extra cover for six.

  11. Ind 142-4

    Three singles off Luke Wood and then a boundary to Shivam Dube. I don't quite know how it happened, to be honest. I was a bit distracted. If you're following the football, you will know why.

  12. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    The average winning score in T20s here is 186.

    You feel like that's about par.

  13. Jem Green
    CricViz data analyst

    Sam Curran has reined in the use of his slower deliveries in T20 cricket this year. Back in 2024 it was almost his stock delivery with 42% of all balls he bowled in the short format being off-pace. In 2025 this dropped to 38%, and so far in 2026 less than a third (32%) of his deliveries have been slowies.

  14. Ind 135-4

    Lovely stuff. Shreyas Iyer latches to some width from Liam Dawson to cut through point for four.

    A wide delivery from Dawson gifts a reaching Shivam Dube two more.

  15. 50 runs

    50 for Iyer

    Ind 127-4

    Shreyas Iyer drives off the back foot to reach his 50. A somewhat muted celebration. He knows the work is far from done.

  16. Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Shreyas Iyer needed this knock.

    Coming back into the T20I side and that too as captain. There was pressure on him after the Ireland series.

  17. Ind 125-4

    Shivam Dube is the new batter in and is off the mark with a single.

    Top stuff from Saqib Mahmood. Just four from the over and the wicket.

    India skipper Shreyas Iyer, meanwhile, is on 49 from 37 deliveries.

  18. Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's a good yorker from Mahmood. The shot was on, but he didn't get under it.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Varma c Dawson b Mahmood 13

    A full delivery from Saqib Mahmood and Tilak Varma makes a bit of a meal of it. He scoops it to short fine leg.

    A second wicket from Mahmood as Varma's innings of 13 from as many balls comes to an end.

  20. Jem Green
    CricViz data analyst

    Dawson and Rashid complement each other very well as a spin pair. Aside from the obvious; that they bowl a different discipline of spin bowling, and also with an opposite dexterity, the contrast between the two doesn’t end there.

    Slow left-armer Dawson generally bowls about 6mph quicker than Rashid, and looks to bowl into the pitch with an average length nearly half of a metre shorter than the leg-spinner.