Japan innings

1. End of over 55 runs
   30/3Patel 2-0-7-0Shirai-Patmore 2 (3) · Ito-Davis 9 (8)
2. 4.614.6, 1 run

   Patel to Shirai-Patmore, 1 run

   It won't happen for Japan today. They came quite close, they could almost taste the W, but India have somehow squeaked through in this final over! Both players can smile again, but it got so tense out there, especially in the final over. Iyer leads the way with handshakes, and…

3. 4.514.5, 1 run

   Patel to Ito-Davis, 1 run

   It's not enough for Japan right now, it's not enough! Axar keeps it flat outside off, once more. Batter goes for a huge heave down the line and he can only bash it to extra cover

4. 4.414.4, 1 run

   Patel to Shirai-Patmore, 1 run

   Now he goes down on one knee and Axar's fired it in outside off, keeping it clinical. Batter sweeps it out to midwicket and he'll take off for the other end

5. 4.3•4.3, dot ball

   Patel to Shirai-Patmore, no run

   Samson not pleased behind the stumps, Axar not pleased in front of it. Another wide. Batter goes for a big reverse and the umpire thinks it's spinning too far wide. In fact, Iyer has now waltzed in to have a word with the umpire. Batter did look to switch in his stance fairly…

6. 4.3wd4.3, 1 wide

   Patel to Shirai-Patmore, 1 wide

   Japan undone by trying to be too cute once more! Oh wait, a belated wide given, the right decision though. Was back of a length outside off, spun away a loooot and surely out of reach for the batter even if he didn't try to reverse it

7. 4.214.2, 1 run

   Patel to Ito-Davis, 1 run

   Fired in outside off and not much spin, takes a huuuuge swing at this but batter can only send this, on the bounce, down to extra cover

8. 4.1•4.1, dot ball

   Patel to Ito-Davis, no run

   Axar won't make it easy for them, and the equation tilts in India's favour once again. Gives it some flight, on a length and bounces over the stumps! Batter looked for a swivel across the line but misses

1. End of over 47 runs · 1W
   25/3Sundar 2-0-13-2Ito-Davis 7 (5)
2. 3.6W3.6, wicket

   Washington Sundar to Kadowaki-Fleming, OUT

   K Kadowaki-Fleming c Yash Thakur b Washington Sundar 12 (12b 1×4)

   Fleming's luck has finally run out! Washington fires it in on a length just outside off, spinning away ever so slightly. Fleming goes for another bosh down the ground, and the ball flies out to backward point, who makes no mistake pouching this one

3. 3.5•3.5, dot ball

   Washington Sundar to Kadowaki-Fleming, no run

   Tries to get too cheeky and pays the price. Goes for the reverse despite hitting it so well down the ground (or well enough anyway). Sundar's been firing it in and now it shuffles past the batter

4. 3.423.4, 2 runs

   Washington Sundar to Kadowaki-Fleming, 2 runs

   Fleming is just burgling essential runs right now, no matter how they come. Stuck in the pitch back of a length outside off, Fleming tries to loft this over midwicket. He gets just enough on the ball to get it over Tilak fielding there, and now it's down to run a ball...

5. 3.313.3, 1 run

   Washington Sundar to Ito-Davis, 1 run

   On the back foot and big swivel through the line! On the bounce to Bishnoi at deep square leg. Bit of a long hop again, Washington fires this in back of a length and he's lucky it didn't get whacked either side of the fielder there

6. 3.223.2, 2 runs

   Washington Sundar to Ito-Davis, 2 runs

   Tilak Varma puts his life into this dive and saves the boundary... Was pushed shorter by Washington, batter absolutely boshed this down to long-on but agile fielding by Tilak keeps it to just two

7. 3.123.1, 2 runs

   Washington Sundar to Ito-Davis, 2 runs

   Washington has lobbed up a bit of a dolly here, firing it in at the stumps, which is getting whacked on this pitch since he hasn't spun it. Batter rifles this across the line and down to cow corner, where the two fielders bissect and cut this off

1. End of over 310 runs
   18/2Bishnoi 1-0-10-0Kadowaki-Fleming 10 (9) · Ito-Davis 2 (2)
2. 2.622.6, 2 runs

   Ravi Bishnoi to Kadowaki-Fleming, 2 runs

   Sticks in the pitch but Fleming cross-bats this down to midwicket and he sprints back for the second, incredible over for Japan given the circumstances! Fleming keeps his nerve and middles this just enough despite Bishnoi making it stick in the over, and Japan suddenly need…

3. 2.542.5, 4 runs

   Ravi Bishnoi to Kadowaki-Fleming, FOUR

   Cinema. Fleming shuffles into the off side and goes for a huge scoop, playing it down to deep fine leg, where the fielder runs in and shovels the ball into the boundary. Not impressive fielding...

4. 2.422.4, 2 runs

   Ravi Bishnoi to Kadowaki-Fleming, 2 runs

   And Fleming has to walk back here, does he? Bishnoi so confident he appeals and doesn't bother going after the ball after it ricochets off the stumps .Fleming bunted this wide-ish ball down to extra cover, and came back for the second. But guess what, there's no third ump here,…

5. 2.4wd2.4, 1 wide

   Ravi Bishnoi to Kadowaki-Fleming, 1 wide

   Bishnoi squeezing out the W for India with this over, was kept soooo wide outside off, angling further away from the left-hander. Right over the wide marker

6. 2.3•2.3, dot ball

   Ravi Bishnoi to Kadowaki-Fleming, no run

   Another dot, Fleming but flummoxed here. Goes down on one knee looking for the reverse sweep, good thinking, but ball passes under his bat

7. 2.2•2.2, dot ball

   Ravi Bishnoi to Kadowaki-Fleming, no run

   Now it spins anddd keeps low! Smart bowling, uses his preferred googly to the left-hander and well outside the hitting zone

8. 2.112.1, 1 run

   Ravi Bishnoi to Ito-Davis, 1 run

   Bishnoi begins with a flat-ish trajectory well outside off, huge spin towards the wide marker, batter clobbers this down to long-on, good reach

1. End of over 26 runs · 1W
   8/2Sundar 1-0-6-1Kadowaki-Fleming 2 (4) · Ito-Davis 1 (1)
2. 1.6•1.6, dot ball

   Washington Sundar to Kadowaki-Fleming, no run

   Washington spears it in quite cleverly, just outside off. Batter happy to defend this under his eyes, patting it into the pitch

3. 1.511.5, 1 run

   Washington Sundar to Ito-Davis, 1 run

   Slogged out to deep midwicket and he jogs to the other end, easy single on offer here

4. 1.4W1.4, wicket

   Washington Sundar to Takahashi, OUT

   I Takahashi c Ravi Bishnoi b Washington Sundar 4 (3b 1×4)

   And now Washington has his revenge. Takashi wants to keep slogging, he dances down the pitch and looks to loft this down to cow corner once more. Washington slowed it down, cleverly, on a length at the stumps, and induces a mishit that finds the fielder near the outfield

5. 1.341.3, 4 runs

   Washington Sundar to Takahashi, FOUR

   Takahashi has burgled a precious boundary here! Washington goes way too full for this pitch, Takahashi goes down on one knee and pounds this over cow corner, playing it with the spin. Good enough for four, on the bounce

6. 1.211.2, 1 run

   Washington Sundar to Kadowaki-Fleming, 1 run

   Fires it in closer outside off and fuller too, allows Fleming to tuck a drive out to extra cover and sprint to the other end

7. 1.1•1.1, dot ball

   Washington Sundar to Kadowaki-Fleming, no run

   Lobbed up on a length and extravagant spin from well outside off, spinning further away. Captain Fleming looks for an inside out hoick but misses

1. End of over 12 runs · 1W
   2/1Patel 1-0-2-0Takahashi 0 (1) · Kadowaki-Fleming 1 (1)
2. 0.6•0.6, dot ball

   Patel to Takahashi, no run

   Down on one knee and looking for a huge swat down the ground! Axar lobs it up full and spins it away, just outside off, and another dot... India ascending again

3. 0.5W0.5, wicket

   Patel to Yamamoto-Lake, 1 run, OUT

   L Yamamoto-Lake run out 1 (4b)

   Now he will flick this out to deep square leg and takes off for one run, then another, but he's done for in the process. The dot balls got to him and he middles-ish this length ball from outside off, but there was no second run. Bails taken off and he's out of his crease…

4. 0.4•0.4, dot ball

   Patel to Yamamoto-Lake, no run

   Axar is too good in these conditions. Now he lobs it up, keeps it well away outside off, near the wide crease. Batter can only bunt it back to him

5. 0.3•0.3, dot ball

   Patel to Yamamoto-Lake, no run

   Going for innovation to offset the spin! Axar fires it into the stumps, batter down on one knee looking for the reverse. Misses

6. 0.2•0.2, dot ball

   Patel to Yamamoto-Lake, no run

   That's spinning quite a lot now. On a length kept outside off, and it just spins away as the batter leaves

7. 0.110.1, 1 run

   Patel to Kadowaki-Fleming, 1 run

   Lobbed up on a length and at the pads, flicked to square leg and Fleming takes off for the other end. That's one run knocked off already...