Axar to Maxwell, 1 run, and Ashwin drops one now. Kohli cannot stop laughing back in the change-room .. but this one was funny, with Maxwell top-edging a sweep, and short third man misjudging the dip big time, diving all over it

Axar to Maxwell, no run, full, outside off, drilled out hard, but straight to cover

Axar to Maxwell, no run, well, well. Another reverse-sweep, and some normaly returns. He can't connect cleanly, he ain't that good

Axar to Maxwell, FOUR .. and again! Now, now. This is probably switch hit, shifting early, shuffling and now dragging it through extra cover

Axar to Maxwell, FOUR, reverse-slogs, as if to rub it in with some extravaganza. Quickly turning lefie and getting it behind point

Axar to Maxwell, 2 runs, dropped by Iyer. And this is a sitter. Mistimed heave, but the ball bursts through the palms, at deep mid-wicket

Axar to Srikar Bharat, 1 run, shorter, a crouched pull, deep square leg

Axar to Srikar Bharat, SIX, a quick dance down, getting right to the pitch of it, and full-blooding this whack into the sightscreen. Just to tell you how good this is: Kohli's super pleased in the dugout ..

Axar to Maxwell, 1 run, flat again, leg-lined, and neat soft wrists in turning this softly into mid-wicket

Axar to Maxwell, no run, nails the blockhole, middle-lined. Squeezed out

Axar to Maxwell, no run, reverse-slog. But the trajectory is flat, going across, and sneaking well under

Axar to Srikar Bharat, 1 run, flat, back of a length, and a leg-cleared back-footed punch to deep mid-wicket

Axar to Maxwell, 1 run, full, on off, whipped down to long-on

Axar to Srikar Bharat, 1 run, opens his bat face late, hanging back to guide it in front of point

Axar to Srikar Bharat, FOUR, flat, short, outside off. Bharat flows through the line, full-facing it on the up, over extra cover

Axar to de Villiers, out Caught by Shreyas Iyer!! It's short, angling in, leg-lined. Just the perfect stuff for AB to swivel, heave, and tonk over square leg. Alas, this is Dubai. The ball sticks in the pitch here. And this is Patel, who despite getting it to skid on, draws the toe-end on the shot, straight down the fielder's throat in the deep. de Villiers c Shreyas Iyer b Axar 26(26) [4s-2 6s-1]

Axar to de Villiers, no run, backs away, tries inside-outing, but no, doesn't time it right

Axar to Srikar Bharat, 1 run, flat, coming in with the arm. Bharat opens his bat face and dabs is quietly in front of point

Axar to Srikar Bharat, 1 run, fuller and outside off, driven down to long-off

Axar to Srikar Bharat, FOUR, smart batting! Knows Axar will fire this even more quicker, leg-lined and he just sweeps this wide of short fine leg

Axar to Srikar Bharat, SIX, banged down the ground! Bharat is more at ease against the spinners and his nimble footwork is the key. Not easy to charge at Axar's quicker ones but he does so, and lofts this dead straight down the ground

Axar to de Villiers, 1 run, fuller and outside off, driven down to long-off

Axar to de Villiers, no run, extra bounce, turning away a tad, AB checks his shot to point

Axar to de Villiers, no run, drifting in on off, blocked out