BAN vs NEP Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! PLUMB IN FRONT! Two in two for Shakib Al Hasan to finish things off! Bangladesh are through to the Super 8s. Pushes it through, on a nagging length and it skids through, on middle, Abinash Bohara gets on the back foot and gets inside the line to work it away with the angle. He fails to get any bat on it and it goes through to trap him right in front of the stumps. Up goes the finger but Abinash Bohara takes the review, more in hope than anything else. There is nothing on UltraEdge and it is three reds on Ball Tracking. Nepal have been bowled out for 85 and this is the lowest total ever defended by a team in Men's T20 World Cups.

OUT! STUMPED! Believe it or not, this is the first wicket of this World Cup for Shakib Al Hasan. Offers flight and attacks the stumps, on middle, Sompal Kami skips down the track to go back over the bowler's head but gets done in the flight. He misses to connect and Litton Das does the rest by taking the bails off. Abinash Bohara is the last man in for Nepal.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! End of Dipendra Singh Airee's struggles against the Fizz and that should be the game for Bangladesh. Angling across, on a back of a length, on off, Dipendra Singh Airee shapes up to work it fine on the off side with an open bat face but only manages a feather on it and Litton Das takes it low near his ankles. A wicket-maiden from Mustafizur Rahman. Nepal need 22 runs off the final over. Sandeep Lamichhane comes in at number 10.

Would you believe it? Five straight dots in the 19th over. Keeps it near the wide guideline on off, fuller and slower, Dipendra Singh Airee frees his arms but fails to connect once again as he swings.

Make that four dots on the trot. Sensational stuff by Mustafizur Rahman. Delivers it wide of the batter's arc, slower and near the tramline on off, Dipendra Singh Airee reaches out to go big on the off side but fails to put bat to ball.

Three dots in a row. Digs it in short, over middle and leg, Dipendra Singh Airee gets beaten for pace this time as he goes for the pull as the ball sails over his bat.

And again! Going across the batter, slower and on a length, Dipendra Singh Airee gets undone by the slowness of the delivery and connects with thin air.

Takes pace off and goes full, on off, Dipendra Singh Airee shapes up to go down the ground but misses as the ball grips in the surface and goes past the bat.

Good shot but equally well fielded. Serves it on a good length, outside off, Sompal Kami plays it late and cuts it towards backward point where Rishad Hossain is in really close but dives to his left to make the stop. 22 runs needed off the last 2 overs. A make or break over coming up for Nepal.

OUT! A soft dismissal and Taskin Ahmed finally has his first wicket of the night! Taskin hits the deck hard and it hurries the batter as well, on off, Gulshan Jha sets deep in his crease and goes for a swipe across the line. The ball gets big on him and it lobs tamely off the splice of the bat towards short cover where Towhid Hridoy makes no mistake. Sompal Kami is the new batter.

Beaten! Angling away, on a hard length and skidding through, on off, Gulshan Jha tries to use the pace but the ball climbs onto him and zips past the shoulder of the bat.

Goes short again, over middle, Dipendra Singh Airee rolls his wrists nicely on the ball and pulls it through square leg for one. 7 runs off the first 3 balls. How much more can Nepal get off this over?

Honing in at the stumps now, on a good length, Dipendra Singh Airee gets right behind the line to defend but gets it off the outer half to point.

SIX! Dipendra Singh Airee goes big! Taskin Ahmed digs it in short but it is not short enough, around off, Dipendra Singh Airee skips down the track and cracks it over point for a biggie. What a start to a crucial over for Nepal.

What an over from Fizz! Outside off. Jha looks to cut but misses.

The inside edge saves Jha! Length and on off. He looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

OUT! TAKEN! On comes Fizz and gets the big wicket. Malla falls. Bangladesh back on top. Length and on off. A slower one. Malla swings but this goes off the top edge. Shanto runs back and takes it nicely.

Back of a length and on off. This is pushed to cover. Another dot.

Good effort! Short and on the body. Airee looks to pull, this goes off the splice but lands just short of the fielder at deep square leg. He dives forward and makes a good stop. A run.

Dot to begin! Slower and outside off. Airee slashes but misses.

Dot to end but the damage was done earlier on. 30 needed in 24. Slower and around off. Malla swings but this turns away and goes past the outside edge.

FOUR MORE! Nice and fine! Could this be the game changing over? On the pads. Malla waits and then tickles it fine on the leg side. This races away to the fence.

Two more! Outside off. This is slapped past cover for two.

SIX! Gets hold of this one. Will that break the shackles for Malla? Tossed up outside off. The slog sweep comes out and it is nailed over the mid-wicket fence. Much-needed.

Chance goes abegging. Outside off. This is cut towards point. Shakib fields the ball and throws it to the bowler who fails to collect it. Airee was short.

Desperate stuff! On middle. This is pushed towards mid-wicket. Hridoy dives to his right and stops it.

He does walk across. This is fired on the pads. Malla swings but misses to get hit on the pad. It rolls towards short fine leg. A leg bye taken.

Flatter and on off. Kept out. Get a feeling Malla is going to target Shakib here.

Fuller and on off. This is pushed down to long off for one.

A loud appeal but turned down! Shakib reviews. It seems to be going down leg though. NOT OUT! It is umpire's call as it is clipping the leg pole. On the pads. Airee looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads.

On middle. This is worked through mid-wicket. Two taken.

Really good stop! Shorter and outside off. This is cut towards point. Rishad sticks his right hand out and stops it well.

Back of a length and around off. Kept out.

Now takes one! On middle. This is pushed down to long on for one.

FOUR! Cut away. That is a welcome boundary. Taskin has not been at his best in this game. He goes short and wide outside off. This is flayed over point and it races away.

Just the one! Around off. Malla guides it down to third man for one.

Another dot for Malla. Something has to give here. Get a feeling a big shot is coming. On off. Malla pushes it to covers.

Shortish and around off. This is guided down to third man for one.

Half an appeal but turned down! Another tidy over. This lands on middle and spins back in. Malla looks to flick but misses to get hit high on the pad.

Two byes! That has beaten everyone! Tossed up outside off. Malla looks to drive but this turns back in. He misses. Das fails to collect it. Two taken.

Flatter and on off. Malla defends.

Tossed up on off. Kept out.

Overthrow! Tossed up on off. Malla works it with the turn to short fine leg. They take one. The fielder has a needless shy at the bowler's end. Another run taken.

Tossed up on off. Kept out.

Play and a miss! Angles it away from around the wicket, short and skidding through, outside off, Dipendra Singh Airee slashes hard but fails to connect.

Drops it short and on middle, Dipendra Singh Airee punches it straight back to the bowler.

Shorter and on off, Kushal Malla waits on it and cuts it late to get it wide of backward point. 50 comes up for Nepal with this single.

Spinning away, short and on off, Kushal Malla pushes it to mid-wicket.

Gets a bit of extra bounce, on a nagging length, Dipendra Singh Airee with soft hands, helps it wide of short fine leg for a single.

Comes into the attack and begins with a flighted delivery, full and on middle, knocked down to long on for one by Malla.

FOUR! This has been absolutely nailed! Fires it in, fuller and quicker, on middle and leg, Dipendra Singh Airee gets inside the line and sweeps it wide of deep backward square leg for a boundary.

Short and on off, punched off the back foot to cover by Airee.

A cheeky attempt from Litton Das but Dipendra Singh Airee is safe! Prodigious turn again. This pitches around leg, on a nagging length and spins away a long way, Dipendra Singh Airee pokes at it but the ball goes past the bat. Litton Das waits and then flicks the bails off but Airee has his back leg grounded at that point of time.

Bowls it on a nagging length, on off, Dipendra Singh Airee hangs back to defend but plays down the wrong line and gets hit on the thigh pad.

Nicely bowled! Drifting in and dipping as well, full and on off, Dipendra Singh Airee lunges to defend but it spins away to go past the bat.

Short and turning in, on off, Kushal Malla goes back and cuts it past point for a single.

At 131.9 kph, angling in, on off, on a back of a length, Kushal Malla nudges it through backward square leg and retains the strike with a single. A tidy over from Mustafizur, just the 2 runs off it.

Goes very wide of the crease and attacks the stumps, on a nagging length, Kushal Malla is equal to the task though as he blocks it down the deck from the crease.

Slanting in and around off, on a good length, Kushal Malla solidly gets behind the line of the ball and keeps it out.

Closer to the off-stump line, on a hard length, Kushal Malla defends it out with a straight bat off the back foot.

Digs it in short, outside off, Kushal Malla is happy to leave it alone.

Angles it onto the pads from around the wicket, on a back of a length, it skids through and rushes Dipendra Singh Airee into his shot. Hurriedly glances it down to fine leg for a single.

Keeps it on a nagging length, around off, Kushal Malla goes back in his crease and plays it to mid-wicket.

This is on a nagging length, on off, Dipendra Singh Airee rocks back and dabs it wide of cover for a run.

Angling away, short and on off, Kushal Malla punches it down the ground and beats Shakib Al Hasan on the dive to his left for one.

Floats it up, full and on off, Dipendra Singh Airee goes for an expansive drive but gets an inside edge that sneaks past the stumps. Down to fine leg for a single.

Slower and shorter, on the pads, Kushal Malla tucks it off his pads square on the leg side for one.

Comes into the attack now and starts with a poor delivery, short and down leg, Kushal Malla swivels and pulls it past backward square leg for a couple of runs.

An appeal for stumping and it is taken upstairs. Has that foot been lifted? Not out! Airee is in! This lands around off and spins away. Airee looks to defend but is beaten. The keeper whips the bails off and appeals. It is referred. Replays show that the batter is in.

Yet again, not the best of balls. Short and down the leg side. Airee looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the body.

Short again, this is guided past point for one. He hasn't got his length right so far.

Outside off. Malla looks to cut but is beaten.

Flatter and on off. Blocked.

Two! Outside off. This is guided past point for two.

FIVE WIDES! What was that? That was a lot of turn and bounce! This lands outside off and spins back in a long way. Extra bounce too. The keeper does not pick it and it races to the fine leg fence. Bonus runs.

OUT! HANGS ON! Tanzim has 4. He strikes on the last ball of his spell. Rishad Hossain takes another catch. Shorter and outside off. Jora cuts but straight to point. Rishad makes no mistake there.

Just the one! Fuller and around off. Malla looks to drive but it goes off the inner half on the leg side for one.

Good length again and around off. This is guided to point.

Around off. Good length. This is guided down to third man for one.

Ouch! That must have hurt! He's bowling really quick. Length and on off. This one jags back in. Jora looks to flick but misses to get hit on the body.

Good length and on off. Kept out.

That is a top over from Rahman. Length and around off. Malla looks to defend, it goes off the outer half to point.

Good length and around off. Malla defends.

OUT! TAKEN! On the second attempt. Aasif can consider himself a touch unlucky. Rahman comes on and strikes. Bangladesh all over Nepal at the moment. Outside off. Fuller. This is driven hard but straight towards short cover. Shakib looks to take it but it hits his chest and lobs up kindly. He keeps his eye on the ball and hangs on.

Aasif looks really good. Shorter and around off. He stands tall and pushes it to covers.

Back of a length and on off. Kept out.

FOUR! That is poor, that is very poor from Tanzim. Around off. This is guided down towards third man. It should just be a single but Tanzim lets it through between his legs. Boundary.

Lands safe! A wicket maiden by Tanzim. On the pads. Jora looks to flick but this goes off a soft leading edge on the off side.

Sharp! Really sharp! Short and on off. Jora evades it.

Fuller and on off. This is pushed to mid off.

Good stuff! Length and just outside off. Jora leaves it alone.

OUT! Taken! Another one bites the dust! Paudel falls. Tanzim is on fire. His third. This though is a superb catch. Wow! This is short and outside off. Paudel cuts it hard but towards point. Rishad, who is quite close in to cut the angle, takes it. He makes it look so easy. Nepal in trouble now.

Good length and around off. Defended.

Better! This is where he needs to be a lot more. Length and around off. This lands and jags back in. Aasif looks to flick but misses to get hit high on the pads.

FOUR! Hammered! Aasif looks in fine touch but this is poor bowling from Taskin. Not the kind of over his side needed after the last over. This is short and outside off. Asking to be hit. Aasif slaps it past cover and this races away.

Just about lands safe! A fast short one again. Rohit looks to pull but this goes off the top edge. It lands just ahead of the square leg fielder. A run taken.

Good heat! A short one on the body. Rohit looks to pull but misses.

Half a chance! Need to hang onto everything when you are behind the game. Length and around off. Aasif looks to defend, this goes off the outside edge to the right of widish first slip. He dives, it hits his hand and goes down to third man. One taken.

FOUR! That is a lovely shot! A little too full and put away! Fuller and on off. Aasif drills it down the ground and to the long off fence.

WIDE! A little too wide! Outside off. Shorter. Aasif looks to cut but misses.

Good length again and on off. Blocked well. Uh oh, it is heating up out there. Some words being exchanged between Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Rohit Paudel and the two umpires converge to calm things down.

Beaten! Length and around off. Kept out.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Two in the over for Tanzim Hasan Sakib and this is just the start Bangladesh needed. Tanzim bowls this on a length and gets a little bit of away shape, on off, Anil Sah tries to launch it down the ground but gets it off the toe-end of the bat and it skies up high in the air towards mid off where Najmul Hossain Shanto settles under it and does the rest.

Oh, that took off! Hits the hard length, on off, Anil Sah gets taken aback by the extra bounce and it rears off to hit him on the shoulder. Tanzim walks up and he has a few words for Sah. He is all charged up.

OUT! TIMBER! Tanzim Hasan Sakib gets a wicket off a full toss but he won't mind one bit! Kushal Bhurtel stands there in disbelief. Goes searching for swing and tries to go full, at the stumps, it swings away late in the air. Kushal Bhurtel stays leg side of the ball to drive it down the ground. It zips past the outside edge and just clips the off-stump to knock the bails off.

Hurls it on a hard length and tucks the batter up for room, Kushal Bhurtel tries to keep it out but fails to negotiate the bounce and gets hit on the thigh pad.

FOUR! Ungainly but effective! Angling in, on a back of a length, on middle, Aasif Sheikh sets deep in his crease and swipes across the line. Gets it off the inner half of the bat, behind square on the leg side for a boundary.

Big swing and a miss! Lands it on a good length, outside off, Aasif Sheikh shimmies across a bit and swings to go over mid on but fails to connect with thin air.

Continues to get steep bounce does Taskin from a back of a length, on middle, Aasif Sheikh hops and stabs it down the deck.

Ouch, Aasif Sheikh has copped a blow on the helmet! Taskin Ahmed bends his back and delivers a sharp and quick bumper that takes off from the deck, Aasif Sheikh gets rushed and fails to get out of the way quickly enough. The ball climbs onto him and hits him flush on the helmet. Aasif passes the concussion check and he is ready to continue.

And again! On a back of a length, angling in, at the batter, Aasif Sheikh looks to defend but the ball hits the splice of the bat and dies down on the leg side.

Taskin charges in from over the wicket and hits the hard length, gets extra bounce as well, on off, Aasif Sheikh gets rapped on the gloves as he looks to keep it out.

Hurls it in a good length, closer to the off-stump line, Kushal Bhurtel shuffles across to cover the line of the ball but the ball moves away just enough to beat the bat.

This keeps swinging away, full and near the tramline on off, Kushal Bhurtel plays well away from his body but fails get any bat on it.

Serves it on a length, in the corridor off, Kushal Bhurtel gets on the front foot and pushes it out to cover.

Beaten again! In the channel on off, fuller in length, shaping away, Kushal Bhurtel reaches out for the drive and goes chasing after it. He is lucky not to nick this one behind.

WIDE! Full and swinging way, way outside the guideline on off. Wided.

That jagged back in a long way! Delivers it on a good length and it skids through, on off, Kushal Bhurtel looks to get on the front foot to play it past the bowler but gets cut in half as the ball nips back in to beat him on the inside edge.

FOUR! Edged away! A streaky start to the Nepal chase! Tanzim Hasan Sakib steams in from over the wicket and bangs it on a hard length, angling in, on middle, Kushal Bhurtel looks to play at it but it nips back in and catches the inside edge. It races down to fine leg for a boundary.