India vs Scotland Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: IND win 8 wickets; better NZ's net run-rate to bolster semis chances

Phew, that was rapid! (Breathes a sigh of relief) India bundled out Scotland on 85 and then chased it down in 6.3 overs to better New Zealand's net run-rate and improve their semifinals hope. For now, this is all we have for you. Thank you so much for joining us. The race for the second semis berth from this group is going right down to the wire.

We will be back tomorrow with the live coverage of the next set of matches. Until then, this is Shivansh Gupta signing off. CIAO!

"A dominating performance, something that we were striving to do again. Now it will be interesting to see what happens on 7th (November). Don't want to say a lot about today's performance, we know what we can do. Also tells you how important the toss can be at this venue. We wanted to get them under 110-120 max, that was the mindset we went in with. The bowler were excellent, and then KL and Rohit did really well. We spoke about the 8-10 over bracket before the start, didn't want to really go too hard becaue if you lose wickets, then an extra 20 balls could cost. We thought that if they play naturally, runs will come quickly. If you look at our practice games, we haven't been actually batting like this only. Just a couple of aberrations happened, where we just couldn't got those two successive good overs. Teams bowled well too, and created pressure on us. But we were just two overs of good batting. Jadeja bowled really well, also Shami was quite good. My family is here - that is enough (birthday) celebration for me."

"We were outclassed in every department. The only way we're going to improve is by getting games like this. Boys are still going to take something out of this. Mark has been excellent for us all tournament. He has a great set of skills, he has learnt a lot from other spinners too. That's another important reason for us to be in this tournament. He (Leask) is a fantastic striker of the cricket ball, lovely to watch"

"I was enjoying bowling on this track today. The odd ball was turning, I was enjoying very much. The first one was a special one, whenever you get a batsman out with a turning ball, that's always special. We were looking to play good brand of cricket. Everybody knows that we had to win with a big margin for us to up our net run-rate, we were looking to play our best game and give our 100% on the field. Everybody's happy, one more game to go, hopefully we play like this. If we play like this, nobody can beat us. In T20 format, we have to play like this, that is for sure," says Jadeja after receiving the trophy

India- 1.62 - 4 points 
New Zealand -1.28 - 6 points
Afghanistan -1.48 - 4 points

Pakistan - 1.06 - 8 points

Winning with most balls to spare in T20 World Cups

90 SL v Net Chittagong 2014

82 Aus v Ban Dubai 2021

81 Ind v Sco Dubai 2021 *

77 SL v Net Sharjah 2021

74 NZ v Ken Durban 2007

70 Eng v WI Dubai 2021

---- Stat courtesy Cricbuzz

With this absolutely resounding victory, India have put serious pressure back on New Zealand

Chris Greaves is introduced

SIX! INDIA WIN! Into the slot and Yadav runs his hands through the hands and finds six over long-on. IND chase down the target in 6.3 overs

FOUR! SIX! This is just class from KL Rahul. Pure, oure talent. He sweeps the ball over deep square leg for 6. Earlier, he smashed the ball past mid-off for 4.

50! HE brings up his 50 in 18 balls, does KL Rahul

OUT! IN THE AIR AND HE'S GONE! Rahul is caught at long-on as he fails to clear the boundary.

IND are 82/2 after 6 overs as Suryakumar Yadav joins Virat Kohli in the middle

Bradley Wheal continues. 

India need 33 runs to win from 4.5 overs to surpass NZ's NRR

FOUR! SIX! First, KL goes through covers for 4. Then, he hooks the ball over long leg for 6

FOUR! Short and straight from Wheal. Sharma stays put in his crease and muscles the ball over mid-on for 6.

OUT! COMPLETELY AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY! A beautiful yorker from Wheal and the ball strikes Sharma's back leg plumb in front. 
He goes for 30 off 16. IND are 70/1 after 5 overs

Virat Kohli is the new batter in.

SIX! Safyaan Sharif bowls his 1st delivery into the slot. Since it's straight, Rohit is able to tonk the ball over cow corner for 6. 

FOUR! Full and wide and this time, Rohit frees his arms and picks up four through the sweeper-cover area.

A change of bat for Rohit Sharma

FOUR! FIFTY! FASTEST TEAM FIFTY OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR

IND are 53/0 after 4 overs.

India need 47 runs to win. If they get it within the next 5.5 overs, their NRR will surpass that of New Zealand's.

Alasdair Evans now into the attack

FOUR! He takes teh aerial route the ball short and wide and finds four through extra-cover

SIX! Another stylish pick-up shot over long leg and that's 6. Wow! He truly is in sensational touch. Uses his wrist to such good use again

FOUR! Into the slot from Evan and this is easy picking for Rohit. He swings through the line and goes over mid-off for 4.

IND 39/0 after 3 overs

Bradley Wheal is sharing the new ball

FOUR! WHAT A SHOT! Pure class as he presents the full face of the bat to a ball pitched on length and the ball just bounces inside the fences. 

FOUR! KL Rahul showing the required urgency. AND THIS IS A RATHER USUAL BOUNDARY. He looks to flicks the ball behind square but the ball comes off the toe of the bat and runs to the mid-wicket boundary

FOUR! Third boundary of the over. Wheal strays down leg and Rahul whips the ball over short fine leg for 4.

IND are 23/0 after 2 overs

FOUR! And there's the first boundary of the innings. Floated up around leg stump, Rohit makes room and lofts the ball over point for 4. Great footwork to back away and create the angle.

IND are 8/0 after 1 over

KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma have walked out to open. Mark Watt to open Scotland's attack

India need 86 runs to win from 120 balls.

They need to chase it down within 8.5 overs to go pas #NZ's net-run rate.

With his 2 wickets today, he has now surpassed Yuzvendra Chahal as India's highest wicket-taker in T20Is. 64 is Jasprit's tally now

"Played good cricket. We bowled very well. This is what we planned - to bowl in the right areas and get them out early. Odd ball was spinning, odd one went straight. I was just looking to bowl in the right area and the wicket was doing the work. We wanted to bowl so that we can take full advantage of the pitch (with three spinners). Finally we won the toss today. Yes, dew seems to have come in now. It does play a big part in the second innings. They have not got a big score. Yes we will look to chase it down early," says Ravindra Jadeja while speaking to the broadcasters after the 1st innings

India need to chase this down in:

-- to get their NRR to +1.000: 11.2 overs

-- to go past NZ's NRR: 8.5 overs

-- to go past Afg's NRR: 7.1 overs

* if they score exactly 86

Jadeja- 3/15 after 4 overs

Ashwin- 1/29 in 4 overs

Shami - 3/15 in 3 overs

Bumrah - 2/10 in 3.4 overs

Bumrah to bowl the 18th

BOWLED HIM! Watt shuffles across the off stump, looks to ramp Bumrah bu the Indian pacer knocks over leg stump. 

SCOTLAND POST 85 IN 17.3 OVERS

OUT! BOWLED HIM! Full and straight from Shami and MacLeod is beaten all ends up

SCO are 81/7 after 16.1 overs. MacLeod is gone for 16

OUT! Sharif is gone for a golden duck. He is struck on the pads and the batter runs for a single. But he is sent back and Ishan Kishan does well to collect the ball and run up to the stumps and dislodge the bails.

SCO are 81/8 after 16.2 overs

OUT! They come and they go! This time, it's Evans who has been undone by a scintillating yorker.

SCO are 81/9 after 16.3 overs

FOUR! Floated outside off, Mark Watt gives the charge and he throws his hands at the full ball. He nicks it up but does it well enough to find past the short third fielder.

SCO are 81/6 in 16 overs

OUT! Greaves charges down the track and looks to clear long-off but since the timing isn't there, he ends up holing out to Hardik Pandya on 1. Ashwin bags his first wicket.

SCO are 64/6 after 15 overs.

Just 1 run from Bumrah's 3rd over.

SCO are 61/5 after 13 overs.