| 0.1 : 0.1: L Malinga to R Sharma, FOUR! What a way to get off the mark for India! Back of a length delivery, swinging away. Rohit Sharma stays in his crease and punches that through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 1.2 : 1.2: S Lakmal to S Dhawan, FOUR! Super Dhawan! Good length delivery outside off, Dhawan waits for it and punches it past the diving point fielder for a boundary. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: L Malinga to S Dhawan, FOUR! As crisp as it can get! Fuller delivery outside off, Dhawan leans into it and creams it through the extra cover region for a boundary. There is no stopping those. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: S Lakmal to S Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan walks the talk this time! Length delivery around off, Shikhar steps out of his crease and drives it on the up through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: S Lakmal to S Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan looks in a good nick! Well directed short delivery into the batsman, Shikhar goes for the pull. Gets a top edge on it and the ball flies over the keeper's head for a boundary. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: S Lakmal to R Sharma, FOUR! Good shot! A bit short and angling into the batsman. Sharma picks it up early and hoicks it over the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: S Lakmal to R Sharma, FOUR! Shot! Short delivery outside off, Sharma cuts it really hard. The backward point dives to his right but he cannot stop it as the ball races away to the fence. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: D Gunathilaka to S Dhawan, FOUR! Poor delivery to start things off. It's short, flat and down the leg side, Dhawan goes back and hits it past the keeper fine down the leg side. No chance of stopping that, the ball races away to the fence. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: D Gunathilaka to R Sharma, FOUR! Poor line, poor length and that's put away by Rohit Sharma. He gets low to this as it's dropped outside leg and sweeps it fine down the leg side. Malinga at fine leg runs to his right and puts in a dive to stop it, but all in vain. The ball goes off his hands and touches the rope. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: T Perera to R Sharma, DROPPED AND SIX! That's a poor effort from Asela Gunaratne. His positioning was off to begin with, came running in and then had to backpedal which cost him that catch. Rohit Sharma pulled it aerially to deep square leg and Asela dropped it over the rope for a biggie. At this level, you should be taking those. Rohit brings up his fifty with that too, been a good knock so far. He'll want to continue on though. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: T Perera to R Sharma, SIX! Makes better connection this time, beautiful shot from Rohit Sharma. He rocks back to this short ball and pulls it over backward square leg for a maximum. |
| 20.3 : 20.3: D Gunathilaka to R Sharma, FOUR! Good shot! Fuller around off, Sharma comes down the track and lofts it over the mid off fielder for a boundary. |
| 22.4 : 22.4: L Malinga to R Sharma, FOUR! Good length delivery outside off, Rohit Sharma smashes it through the extra cover region on the up. Ganguly on air mentions that Indians play Malinga quite well. The shot backs that statement nicely. |
| 24.1 : 24.1: L Malinga to S Dhawan, FOUR! Another freebie from Malinga this time! A rare fuller length delivery from him and Dhawan pounces on it. Drives it beautifully through the extra cover region for a boundary. A fluent knock from the southpaw and that's his second consecutive fifty. |
| 24.4 : 24.4: L Malinga to R Sharma, SIX! Flies over for a biggie! Nothing's going Sri Lanka's way! Short delivery into the body, Sharma goes for the hook. Gets a top edge on it and the ball flies over the fine leg region for a maximum. |
| 24.5 : 24.5: L Malinga to R Sharma, OUT! Short ball does the trick! Another short delivery into the batsman, Sharma goes for the pull. This time he middles it and finds the fielder at fine leg who makes no mistake. Thisara Perera was the fielder there and once again Sharma fails to convert this into a hundred. Still he has given the start India would have wanted. Sri Lanka will want a couple of more quick wickets to get back in the game. |
| 25.5: N Pradeep to V Kohli, OUT! That's a duck for Kohli! Just what Sri Lanka wanted! Good length delivery outside off, Kohli tries to run it down this time. Gets an outside edge on it and the ball flies straight to the keeper. Dickwella accepts it gleefully and the dangerman has to depart without troubling the scoreboard. Reminds me of the struggle he had with this length four years back and that seems to have continued. |
| 26.2 : 26.2: L Malinga to S Dhawan, FOUR! That went like a tracer bullet! Short delivery into the batsman, Dhawan pulls and pulls it hard. Through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 26.5 : 26.5: L Malinga to S Dhawan, FOUR! Malinga's slower delivery has been torn apart! Fuller delivery at a slower pace, Dhawan reads that really well and drives it elegantly through the cover region for a boundary. He has kept the scoring march on. |
| 27.5: N Pradeep to S Dhawan, FOUR! Short delivery into the batsman, Dhawan pulls it through the backward square leg region for a boundary. |
| 27.6 : 27.6: N Pradeep to S Dhawan, FOUR! Shot! Back of a length delivery outside off, Dhawan cuts it through the point region for another boundary. |
| 28.2 : 28.2: D Gunathilaka to S Dhawan, FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off, Dhawan drives it powerfully through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 33.3 : 33.3: A Gunaratne to Y Singh, OUT! That's a rather unfortunate dismissal for Yuvraj Singh, he's going to feel hard done by that. The good thing for Sri Lanka though is that they've got the big wicket of the explosive Yuvraj Singh, the bowling change has worked for them. Gunaratne bowls it quite full on middle and off, the left-hander looks to jam it out but the ball bumps on the ground first and goes back on to knock the bails over. The Lankans have a chance to get really get in the game from h |
| 34.4 : 34.4: S Lakmal to MS Dhoni, SIX! Short and wide, MS Dhoni does not miss out that. Uses those strong wrists of his and cuts it over the third man boundary for a flat maximum. Wonderful hit. |
| 36.4: D Gunathilaka to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Beautiful placement. Dhoni goes deep inside his crease to this short ball and whips it past short fine leg and backward square leg for a boundary. Malinga at short fine leg tried to stop it but it was lazy effort. |
| 38.5 : 38.5: S Lakmal to S Dhawan, FOUR! He moves on to 97. A freebie from Lakmal, really. It's angling in on the pads, Dhawan just whips it through backward square leg. Nobody out there in the deep and that will go across the rope for a boundary. |
| 39.2 : 39.2: N Pradeep to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Dhoni picks the length up quickly, rocks back and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. It looks like the Indian wicketkeeper batsman is prepared to shit gears soon enough. Something Sri Lanka should take into account. |
| 39.4 : 39.4: N Pradeep to S Dhawan, FOUR! Hundred for Shikhar Dhawan! Flawless knock from the southpaw, absolutely brilliant stuff. Has looked settled since he's walked out to bat and batted quite smartly. Sees it's on the shorter side and cuts it fiercely past point for a boundary. A lot would say he's done his job, but he needs to hang around a bit longer. |
| 40.3 : 40.3: S Lakmal to S Dhawan, FOUR! The ball wins the race! Fuller delivery outside off, Dhawan powers that along the ground through the covers. Gunaratne tries to cut it off from wide long off with a dive but he fails to stop it. |
| 41.2 : 41.2: N Pradeep to S Dhawan, SIX! Brilliant! Short delivery into the body, Dhawan walked across, read the length well and helped the ball over the fine leg region for a maximum. |
| 41.4 : 41.4: N Pradeep to MS Dhoni, FOUR! You don't bowl those to Dhoni! Full toss outside off, Dhoni stays in his crease, uses his bottom hand and swings it powerfully through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 41.5 : 41.5: N Pradeep to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Another full toss, another boundary! Low full toss outside off, Dhoni carves it through the point region for a boundary. |
| 42.1 : 42.1: L Malinga to S Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan gets away with another one! Slower delivery on a fuller length outside off, Dhawan plays the slog sweep on that. Gets it through the mid-wicket region. Two fielders were trying to reach it but no one gets to it. The deep mid-wicket goes to his left and puts in a dive but the ball goes over the fence on a bounce for a boundary. |
| 43.3 : 43.3: S Lakmal to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Slow full toss outside off, Dhoni smacks that powerfully through the cover region. Pierces through the gaps and beats both the fielder in the deep for a boundary. |
| 44.1 : 44.1: L Malinga to S Dhawan, OUT! Malinga gets his second! Fuller delivery outside off, Dhawan swings his bat to it. Gets it towards the long on fielder. Kusal Mendis settles under it and takes it comfortably. A superb knock from the Indian opener comes to an end. |
| 44.2 : 44.2: L Malinga to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Slower delivery sprayed down the leg side, Dhoni clips it fine down the leg side for a boundary. |
| 45.3 : 45.3: S Lakmal to H Pandya, SIX! A poor delivery by Lakmal and Pandya does not miss out! Full toss into the pads, Hardik shows his bottom hand power as he clips it over the mid-wicket region for half a dozen. |
| 45.4 : 45.4: S Lakmal to H Pandya, OUT! Lakmal has his revenge! Full and wide outside off, Pandya throws his bat at it. Gets it over the cover region but cannot find the desired power. The ball flies towards the fielder at sweeper cover. Kushal Perera takes a good catch to send Pandya back to the hut. He could be dangerous in the end of the innings. |
| 46.6 : 46.6: N Pradeep to K Jadhav, FOUR! Deft! Slower delivery down the leg side, Jadhav clips it neatly past the keeper for a boundary. |
| 47.6: T Perera to MS Dhoni, SIX! One bad ball spoils a brilliant over! Full toss just outside off, Dhoni accepts it with a smile and sends that packing well over the mid-wicket region for a 86 meter maximum. |
| 48.6: L Malinga to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Wrong line again from the Sri Lankan bowler on the last ball of the over. Short and wide outside off, Dhoni cuts it through the point region for a boundary which again spoils a brilliant Malinga over. |
| 49.2 : 49.2: T Perera to MS Dhoni, OUT! It goes straight to the fielder! Full and wide outside off, Dhoni goes for it and tries to play his orthodox shot. Does not time it well and the ball goes straight to the fielder at long off. Chandimal settles under the sitter and takes it comfortably. A brilliant knock from the former Indian skipper comes to an end. |
| 49.3 : 49.3: T Perera to K Jadhav, SIX! Where did that come from? Full toss outside off, Jadhav shuffles across and plays a slog sweep which goes over the square leg region for half a dozen. Brilliant shot! |
| 49.5 : 49.5: T Perera to K Jadhav, FOUR! Jadhav is toying with the fielders! Fuller delivery outside off, Jadhav shuffles way across and sweeps this one through the vacant mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 49.6 : 49.6: T Perera to K Jadhav, FOUR! Slower delivery on a shorter length, Jadhav walks down, shuffles across and goes for the pull. Gets a top edge on it and the ball goes over the square leg region for a boundary. Surprisingly there was no one in the deep after two brilliant boundaries in the same region. INDIA FINISH ON 321/6. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: B Kumar to N Dickwella, OUT! Bhuvneshwar Kumar draws first blood! This is a big wicket for India. Everybody knows how dangerous he can be at the start of the innings, the Men in Blue will be tremendously pleased seeing him walk back. Good length delivery on off, shaping away ever so slightly, Dickwella swings across the line and ends up getting a top edge. It lobs over to point where Jadeja moves to his right and takes a simple catch. Sri Lanka off to a start they wouldn't have wanted. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: B Kumar to D Gunathilaka, FOUR! That's the first boundary of the innings and it's come via a misfield from Hardik Pandya. Good length delivery outside off, Gunathilaka stands tall and punches it through extra cover. Hardik there misfields and lets it through him. It races away to the boundary line. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: U Yadav to D Gunathilaka, SIX! Hit that beautifully, timed to perfection. Just used the pace of the ball and sent it all the way. Short and down leg, Gunathilaka swivels and pulls it over fine leg, into the stands for a biggie. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: U Yadav to D Gunathilaka, FOUR! Superb stroke! All about the timing, that. Full and outside off, Gunathilaka plants his front foot forward and with the full face of the bat, drives it through extra cover. Beats the chasing fielder easily and goes across the rope. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: B Kumar to K Mendis, FOUR! Edged and away! Bhuvneshwar Kumar extracts some extra bounce off the surface and bowls a back of a length delivery outside off, Kusal Mendis looks to run it to third man but the ball goes off the outside edge. Flies past the slip fielder and away to the third man boundary. |
| 9.2: U Yadav to D Gunathilaka, FOUR! Oh wow... That's a scintillating shot! As beautiful as anything you'll see today. Full on the stumps, Gunathilaka drives it back past his partner and beats mid on. No chance of stopping that, it's hit too well. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: B Kumar to K Mendis, FOUR! Lucky runs! Short delivery into the batsman, Mendis goes for the pull. Gets a top edge on it and the ball flies over the keeper's head for a boundary. |
| 11.3: J Bumrah to K Mendis, FOUR! Brilliant shot! Good length delivery outside off, Mendis flays at it. Gets it through the cover-point region for a boundary. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: J Bumrah to D Gunathilaka, FOUR! Brutal! Fuller delivery around off, Gunathilaka smashes that straight down the ground for a boundary. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: H Pandya to D Gunathilaka, EDGED AND FOUR! Good length delivery outside off, Gunathilaka goes hard at it. Gets a thick outside edge past the keeper for a boundary. |
| 18.2: H Pandya to D Gunathilaka, SIX! That's a biggie! Short delivery into the batsman, Gunathilaka pulls it over the mid-wicket region for half a dozen. The southpaw is leading his side from the front and will look to continue with the bat. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: R Jadeja to K Mendis, FOUR! Floats this one around middle and leg, Mendis comes down the track and clips it over the wide mid on region. Yuvraj charges towards it but cannot reach it. The ball just falls short, sticks in the turf and that beats Yuvraj to the fence. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: R Jadeja to K Mendis, FOUR! Brilliant shot! Short delivery and Mendis reads it really early to pull it over the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 21.5 : 21.5: R Jadeja to K Mendis, FOUR! Shot. Picked his spot well and executed it to perfection. Mendis kneels down to this tossed up delivery and slog sweeps it over mid-wicket to send it across the rope on the bounce. |
| 23.2 : 23.2: R Jadeja to K Mendis, SIX! Fifty for Kusal Mendis, what a way to bring it up! He's taking on Jadeja and dealing with it amazingly well. It's tossed up to him, he comes ahead and slogs it over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 23.4 : 23.4: R Jadeja to D Gunathilaka, FOUR! Innovative from Gunathilaka. May have been a risky shot, but it's paid off. He gets low to this one and reverse sweeps it off the top edge over short third man for a boundary. |
| 23.6 : 23.6: R Jadeja to D Gunathilaka, FOUR! Brilliant over this for Sri Lanka. 16 runs have come off it. Danushka Gunathilaka stays back to this flat ball and cuts it square through point to end the over with a boundary. |
| 25.4 : 25.4: H Pandya to K Mendis, FOUR! BANG! Stand and delivery stuff from Kusal Mendis. It's on a bit of a fuller length around off, he stands tall and hammers it straight back over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 25.5 : 25.5: H Pandya to K Mendis, FOUR! Edged and away! Back of a length on the stumps, Mendis swivels to pull and gets a big top edge. It goes over the keeper's head and goes across the rope for a boundary. |
| 25.6 : 25.6: H Pandya to K Mendis, FOUR! Three on the trot for Kusal Mendis and he is on fire here. 15 runs off the over for Sri Lanka. It's a short ball which is pulled away over backward square leg for a boundary. India put under pressure now, we certainly have a game on our hands! |
| 27.1 : 27.1: V Kohli to K Mendis, FOUR! Not the start he'd have liked to this bowling spell. He drops it short, Mendis stays back and pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 27.5 : 27.5: V Kohli to D Gunathilaka, OUT! Maybe not precisely, but Virat Kohli's bowling change has done the trick, in a way at least. Gunathilaka flicks this towards backward square leg and quickly calls for the second. Umesh Yadav runs to the ball and throws the ball to Dhoni. And as always, the Indian keeper is lightning with his glove work. Whips the bails off in the blink of an eye as Mendis dives to get back in. The decision goes upstairs and replays show that Mendis' bat is in the air when th |
| 28.3 : 28.3: K Jadhav to K Mendis, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Mendis cuts it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 32.4 : 32.4: B Kumar to K Perera, OUT! Short delivery into the batsman, Mendis tries to clip it. Gets an inside edge onto his pads and the ball goes on the leg side. The batsmen scamper across but Bhuvneshwar Kumar chases it down and has a shy at the striker's end. He ends and the Indian team starts celebrating. The umpire goes upstairs to check the run out. Replays show that Kusal Mendis was well short of his crease. A well crafted innings comes to an end. |
| 33.4: R Jadeja to K Perera, FOUR! Lucky runs! Short and wide outside off, Perera throws his bat at it. Gets it through the gap between point and backward point. The ball crosses the fielder and races away to the fence. |
| 35.1 : 35.1: R Jadeja to K Perera, FOUR! Improvisation! Fires this one around leg, Perera reverse sweeps it over the backward point region for a boundary. |
| 36.1: H Pandya to A Mathews, FOUR! Classy! Short delivery into the body, Mathews shuffles across and jabs it through the backward square leg region for a single. |
| 36.6 : 36.6: H Pandya to K Perera, FOUR! Brilliant! Good length delivery outside off, Perera dances down the track and smashes that over the mid off fielder for a boundary. 95 runs needed off 78 balls. |
| 39.2 : 39.2: U Yadav to A Mathews, FOUR! Much needed! Short delivery into the batsman, Mathews pulls it over the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 39.4 : 39.4: U Yadav to K Perera, FOUR! Short into the pads, Perera clips it over the square leg region for a boundary. Sri Lanka are getting boundaries every over. |
| 40.6 : 40.6: J Bumrah to K Perera, FOUR! Full toss on the stumps, Kusal Perera lofts it over mid-wicket. Kedar Jadav out in the deep runs to his left and slides to stop it, but the ball turns away from him, like it happened to Yuvraj earlier in the match. Boundary to end the over, skipper Kohli isn't happy. |
| 41.2 : 41.2: U Yadav to A Mathews, FOUR! Oh, that's a wonderful shot from Angelo Mathews. The Sri Lankan skipper makes room to this fuller ball and lofts it over extra cover for a boundary. Clean hit, went right off the meat of the bat. |
| 41.5 : 41.5: U Yadav to A Mathews, FOUR! This is excellent batting from Mathews. He knows where the fielders are, walks across to this fuller ball and lofts it over backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 43.4 : 43.4: U Yadav to A Gunaratne, SIX! Sorry, Asela. As you were. Don't mind me. Short and angling into the body, Gunaratne swivels and with excellent balance, pulls it deep into the fine leg stands for a maximum. |
| 44.3 : 44.3: B Kumar to A Gunaratne, FOUR! That's right in the gap, very good hands from Asela Gunaratne. Back of a length on the stumps, it's pulled along the ground past square leg for a boundary. |
| 44.6 : 44.6: B Kumar to A Gunaratne, FOUR! 11 runs off the over, Gunaratne is playing a superb knock here. Expecting the full ball to come, he makes a lot of room for himself and carves it through point to send it across the rope for a boundary. Just 32 needed from 30 now, Sri Lanka are on the road to getting the job done. |
| 45.2 : 45.2: J Bumrah to A Gunaratne, SIX! That's audacious! This is one the best, if not the best, death bowlers in the world and Asela Gunaratne has played a shot which he never should have. Wow! It's fuller outside off, Asela kneels down and across and sweeps it over backward square leg to send it miles into the stands for a maximum. |
| 46.1 : 46.1: B Kumar to A Mathews, FOUR! He has placed this to perfection. Back of a length well outside off, Angelo Mathews stands tall and cuts it behind point. Nobody out there in the deep and the ball races away to the boundary line. 17 needed off 23 now. |
| 48.3 : 48.3: U Yadav to A Mathews, FOUR! Taking his team home, they're almost home! What a shot, picture perfect from the skipper. With the full face of the bat, he drives it back down the ground aerially and picks up a boundary. Brings up his fifty with that too. Just 1 run needed to win this game. |
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