| 0.0 : A team going through a crisis faced a team with an abundance of wealth in terms of quality players and the end result was something that was already known - A thorough thrashing! The first match of the series showed two things very clearly, one is that young India is very hungry and the second is that Sri Lanka's never-ending transition period has pushed them way back in the pecking order. A wide gulf between these two teams means that we are in for yet another one-sided affair. Can Sri Lanka ha |
| One of the heroes of the first ODI, Suryakumar Yadav is up for a chat! Regarding his batting, Yadav says that he has been doing the same role in the last few years and that wasn't something new. Adds that passion for this game kept him going and his dad always told him to keep working hard and have patience. States that it was a very emotional moment (to receive the ODI cap) and the only regret is that his family is not around due to the existing situation but back home they were really happy |
| Both the captains are out in the middle. Dasun Shanaka has the coin and he gives it a good toss. Shikhar Dhawan calls TAILS but it's HEADS. SRI LANKA ELECT TO BAT! |
| Shikhar Dhawan, the Indian skipper, starts by saying that it was a great job from the bowlers in the last game to restrict Sri Lanka. Praises his spinners for doing a good job while bowling in tandem. Regarding his own batting, Dhawan replies that it depends on the situation and he just looked to rotate the strike as the other batsmen were striking so well. Informs that INDIA ARE UNCHANGED! |
| Sri Lanka (Playing XI) - Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (WK), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (C), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha (In for Isuru Udana), Dushmantha Chameera. |
| India (Unchanged Playing XI) -Â Â Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal. |
| Dasun Shanaka, the captain of Sri Lanka, says that the pitch looks better than the last match and batting first would be the way to go. He feels that their batting did well in the end overs of the last game but they need to bat better in the middle overs. Informs that Kasun Rajitha is replacing Isuru Udana in the XI. |
| 0.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Beautiful delivery! Kumar hurls it on a length close to off, Avishka tries to defend without any footwork but it nips away to beat the outside edge. A lovely presentation of the seam. |
| 0.0 : It's time to get underway! Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka are the Sri Lankan openers. It's very warm and humid out there. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is marking his run-up as he will bowl first with the first new ball. All in readiness, let's crack it... |
| 0.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Kumar was operating with one slip but now one more comes in after the last delivery. Bhuvneshwar Kumar serves it on a length and outside off, once again Fernando stays back and defends it from the bottom half of his bat. |
| 0.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Good length ball outside off, shaping away, Avishka defends it off his back foot to the off side. |
| 0.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Serves a good length delivery outside off, nipping away, Avishka Fernando covers his stumps and shoulders arms. |
| 0.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, There is the inswinger. On a length and around off, Fernando goes back and defends it back safely. Top over by Bhuvneshwar Kumar! |
| 1.1 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, There is a hint of away movement. Deepak delivers it on a good length outside off, Minod makes a watchful leave. |
| 0.6 : Deepak Chahar to bowl from the other end. Two slips in place. |
| 1.2 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, Pitches it up and outside off, Bhanuka drives it off his front foot but finds the cover fielder. Misses out there, all he needed was to put it in the gap. |
| 0.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, EDGED BUT JUST WIDE OF SECOND SLIP! A nervy moment for Avishka Fernando. He once again has a gentle poke inside the line of a length delivery outside off and the away movement takes the outside edge. Manish Pandey dives full length to his right but it goes wide and runs down to third man for a couple of runs. |
| 1.3 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, Flashes and misses! Chahar puts it on a length and outside off, angling away, the length is not short to attempt a back foot cut but Minod still tries and gets beaten. |
| 1.4 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, Fullish and on off, Bhanuka drives it down the ground but straight to mid off. |
| 1.5 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, FOUR! First of the game! Chahar gets greedy, tries to bowl an outswinger from the leg stump line, but it turns out to be very straight in line and Bhanuka flicks it through backward square leg for a boundary. Opens his account. |
| 1.6 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, EDGED BUT SAFE! This time it has not carried to second slip. A better line from Chahar on this occasion. He keeps it close to off and gets it to move away off the seam, Bhanuka tries to defend with firm hands but edges it behind. Manish reacts quickly but it falls short of him. Wait for a second, the replays show that it did carry and Pandey has failed to grab it. He attempted it with his right hand, probably a shade late as he thought maybe Prithvi will also |
| 2.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 2.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Good length ball outside off, it's left alone by Avishka. |
| 2.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Gets behind the line of the delivery and defends it from the crease. |
| 2.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Back of a length delivery on middle and off, Fernando punches it past the bowler and takes a single as the mid on fielder cuts it off. |
| 2.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Minod Bhanuka, Angling away from the batsman, on a length, Minod pushes it defensively off his back foot to cover-point. |
| 2.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Minod Bhanuka, A touch short and on middle, Minod goes on his toes and keeps it out safely on the leg side. |
| 3.1 : Deepak Chahar to Avishka Fernando, FOUR! Great shot! A length delivery in the channel outside off, Fernando takes his front leg forward and cracks it through the gap between mid off and extra cover. |
| 3.2 : Deepak Chahar to Avishka Fernando, SIX! Bhuvneshwar Kumar has completely misjudged it, he ran in a bit too much. A length delivery again, this time angling down the leg side, Fernando picks it off his pads and flicks it aerially towards long leg. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is stationed there and he charges in from the deep, misjudges badly as the ball goes over his head. His attempt to catch it with a jump fails and to add insult to injury, it has fallen beyond the boundary line. |
| 3.3 : Deepak Chahar to Avishka Fernando, Fuller and on middle, Avishka pushes it off his pads to mid on. |
| 3.4 : Deepak Chahar to Avishka Fernando, Good length ball on middle, Avishka once again forces it down to mid on but not in the gap. |
| 3.5 : Deepak Chahar to Avishka Fernando, On a length and outside off, Fernando goes hard at it and gets it away off the inside edge. The ball rolls through square leg, they push hard and get two runs. |
| 3.6 : Deepak Chahar to Avishka Fernando, Good length delivery angling in from around off, Avishka defends it towards mid on to complete an eventful over, 12 runs off it. |
| 4.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Minod Bhanuka, Gets away with it! Bowls a good slower one outside off. Minod looks to go over the leg side, he tried to drag it, should have tried to go over covers. Misses. |
| 4.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Minod Bhanuka, Back of a length and on middle, cramps the batter for room. It is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 4.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Minod Bhanuka, WIDE! A little bit of movement after the ball pitches but the line is down the leg side. Minod looks to flick but misses. Wided. Hang on a second, it is not a wide but instead a no ball! It is the first Bhuvneshwar Kumar has bowled since 2015. 3093 balls before overstepping, he is human after all. Free Hit coming up. |
| 4.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Minod Bhanuka, Again! Offering no width, not letting the batter free his arms. It is played to the man at mid-wicket again. |
| 4.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Minod Bhanuka, FOUR! Errs in line and pays the price! This is full and a little too straight, Minod takes full toll of it as he whips it over square leg, no one in the deep and this should make Binod feel a lot better. He wanted to get one away and has finally got the boundary that should release the pressure building on him. |
| 4.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Minod Bhanuka, Gets it right this time! Lands it on a length and on off, blocked onto the ground. |
| 4.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Minod Bhanuka, FOUR! A boundary to end the over and this is even better than the last one. One of the hardest shots to play in the game, the on-drive. It is full and on middle, this is creamed through mid on for another boundary. A good over for Sri Lanka. Back-to-back good overs for them. It actually was not timed that well, the bat shook in his hand but since mid on was quite wide, a boundary results. |
| 5.1 : Deepak Chahar to Avishka Fernando, Solid! Length and on off, Fernando pushes it to covers. |
| 5.2 : Deepak Chahar to Avishka Fernando, Takes pace off the ball this time and bowls it fuller and on middle, this is worked towards mid on for one. |
| 5.3 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, FOUR! Binod is now oozing confidence! He is not only started to find the middle but also the gaps. The outfield is also really quick! Slightly shorter and on middle, Binod picks the length early and pulls it through mid-wicket, no chance of stopping that one as it races through mid-wicket. |
| 5.4 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, FOUR! Raining boundaries at the moment from the bat of Minod. Another beautiful stroke! Yes, it is a half volley but it still has to be put away. Full and on off, this is driven with a straight bat down the ground and it goes to the long off fence. This is a superb start for the Lankans and the pitch looks a belter to bat on. |
| 5.5 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, Drags his length back and bowls it on off, Bhanuka blocks it. |
| 5.6 : Deepak Chahar to Minod Bhanuka, A short one to end, not a lot of pace on it, evaded. Runs flowing now for the hosts. 30 runs in the last three overs! |
| 6.1 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Starts off right on the money! Length and on middle, defended. Good start by Pandya. Not a good one actually as he has overstepped. Another Free Hit for Lanka. |
| Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, FOUR! This time Fernando makes him pay! Pandya goes short, this is his go-to ball but Avishka was ready for it, he hammers it over mid-wicket for another boundary for Sri Lanka in a short span of time. |
| 6.2 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Goes back to bowling it on a length and around off, Fernando guides it to point. |
| 0.0 : Hardik Pandya is on now, sporting a lovely bandana! A change was imminent as runs were flowing. |
| 6.3 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Another good length delivery, this time the ball holds its line just a little. Fernando opens the face of the bat and plays it to point. |
| 6.4 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Well bowled! Squares the batter a little! Length and on middle, this one pitches and once again holds its line. Fernando is squared up as he tries to block but does it well. |
| 6.5 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Easy! This time, lets the ball come to him and then works it on the leg side for one. |
| 6.6 : Hardik Pandya to Minod Bhanuka, A decent comeback then from Pandya after going for 5 from his first ball! On middle, this is nudged through square leg for one. |
| 7.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, Starts off really well, it lands on off and just turns back in a little. A leg spinner but bowled quicker. Minod goes back to a ball he should be coming forward to, he though gets an inside edge onto the pads as he tries to block. |
| 0.0 : Time for some spin now! This is where the game changed in the first ODI, after the introduction of Chahal and he comes on now. Can he provide the goods again? He got some good turn in the first game and it will be interesting to see if he gets some here. |
| 7.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, FOUR! Lovely use of the feet and all of a sudden Minod is striking at over a run-a-ball! He steps out and gets to the pitch of the ball, lofts it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 7.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, SAFE! That is just not needed. Having got a boundary on the last ball, this is rash. Smart from Chahal! Slows it up and bowls it wide outside off, making the batter drag it, Minod does try to do so with a slog sweep but it goes off the top edge, high up in the air towards mid on. Pandey from mid-wicket runs there but has no chance. A single taken. |
| 7.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Avishka Fernando, FOUR! Second boundary in the over. So despite the change in bowling, the runs continue to flow! On the pads, Fernando works it fine on the leg side and this one races away to the fence. Fifty up for Lanka and this is the perfect start for them, the openers have laid the foundation for a good score. |
| 7.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Avishka Fernando, A little bit of turn! This lands on middle and then spins away, Fernando looks to work it on the leg side but this goes off a soft leading edge to covers. |
| 7.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Avishka Fernando, On middle, defended. A dot to end but the damage was done earlier in the over. |
| 8.1 : Hardik Pandya to Minod Bhanuka, Drop and run! Minod looks to play this towards point with soft hands and steal a run but is sent back. |
| 8.2 : Hardik Pandya to Minod Bhanuka, WIDE! Slips this one down the leg side, left alone. Another extra. |
| Hardik Pandya to Minod Bhanuka, A single! On the shorter side, this is worked on the leg side towards square leg for one. |
| 0.0 : Did you know? India have the worst bowling average in ODIs in Powerplay 1 since 2020 - 123.5 (before this match). It's once again on display here as they struggle for an early breakthrough. Not to forget the dropped catch though. |
| 8.3 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Another single! On the pads, Fernando flicks it through square leg and gets to the other end. |
| 8.4 : Hardik Pandya to Minod Bhanuka, Good rotation of strike! On the pads yet again, Bhanuka clips it towards deep square leg and gets to the other end. |
| 8.5 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Attacks the stumps, Fernando hangs back and works it to mid-wicket. |
| 8.6 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Once again a dot to end the over. On middle, blocked. So, end of a rare over where a boundary is not scored. |
| 9.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, Tossed up on off, this is defended. |
| 9.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, Very well bowled! Slows it up and lands it on middle, this is worked towards mid-wicket. |
| 9.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, Yet another dot! On middle, this is once again worked with the turn to mid-wicket for no runs. |
| 9.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, A little too straight, Bhanuka looks to flick but misses. It goes off the pads and towards fine leg for two as Kuldeep Yadav chases it down. Leg byes signalled. |
| 9.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, Floats it up on middle, kept out. |
| 9.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, The googly to end, Minod does not pick it, he looks to defend but it goes off the outer half to point. Another tidy over for India, 6 runs in the last two to complete Powerplay 1. A good one for Sri Lanka though as they are 59 for no loss. |
| Powerplay 2 signalled! Now a maximum of 4 fielders can be placed outside the ring till the 40th over. |
| 10.1 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, On middle, blocked. |
| 10.2 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, WIDE! A good short one but down the leg side, Fernando looks to pull but misses. |
| Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, FIVE WIDES! Bonus runs! Nothing Ishan could have done there! A short one and on middle, a tennis ball like bounce on this one. Goes way over the batter's head and over the keeper as well for a boundary. |
| Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Back of a length and on off, Fernando pushes it to covers. |
| 10.3 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Another dot! On off, this is pushed again to covers. |
| 10.4 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Three dots in a row now as this is once again played to the man at covers. |
| 10.5 : Hardik Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Outside off, this time he does get it through the in-field on the off side, towards deep cover, for one. |
| 10.6 : Hardik Pandya to Minod Bhanuka, Wide, not given! This is full and down the leg side, Minod looks to flick but misses. Not sure why that was not given as a wide. |
| 11.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Avishka Fernando, Floats it up on off, this is pushed through covers for one. |
| 11.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, Flatter and on off, Bhanuka works it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 11.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Avishka Fernando, That spun big! It is a lot slower, it lands on middle and then spins away sharply. Fernando looks to defend but it beats the outside edge and goes past the bat to the keeper. |
| 11.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Avishka Fernando, Tossed up on off, Fernando strokes it through covers and gets to the other end. |
| 11.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, A lot of turn again but too high! This lands outside off and then spins back in sharply. Bhanuka looks to flick but misses to get hit high on the pads. An appeal but turned down. |
| 11.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, A single now! On middle, this is worked on the leg side to deep mid-wicket for one. So a decent passage for India. They have kept it nice and right in the recent overs. |
| 12.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Minod Bhanuka, Steps down and takes it on the full, it is worked wide of the long on fielder for two. |
| 12.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Minod Bhanuka, A single again as this is eased down to long on. |
| 12.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, On off, this is pushed towards covers for one. |
| 12.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Minod Bhanuka, Close! This is just outside off, Minod leaves it alone. Goes just past the off pole. |
| 0.0 : Spin from the other end too now as Kuldeep Yadav is on! Hardik Pandya was seen struggling after completing his last over, not sure whether it's the heat taking a toll or some injury. |
| 12.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Minod Bhanuka, Comes down the track again and works it down to long on for one. |
| 12.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, A dot to end! This is tossed up on middle, Fernando looks to push at it, it goes off the inner half towards mid on. |
| 13.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, Nicely played! Chahal bowls it slower through the air and lands it full on off, Bhanuka goes down and paddles it quietly down to fine leg for a couple of runs. |
| 13.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka, OUT! Here is the first breakthrough for India and there is a slice of luck involved in this wicket. Chahal has bought a wicket with a full toss. Not for the first time we have seen a leg spinner getting lucky with that kind of delivery. Chahal looks up at the heavens and thanks his stars. He tosses it up around off, Minod Bhanuka advances down the track to flick it over the leg side but it takes the toe end of his bat and flies straight into the hands of |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa is the new batsman at number 3. |
| 13.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, OUT! Caught behind! A fantastic reflex catch this time by Ishan Kishan. Chahal has two wickets in two balls now and this one is courtesy of his natural variation. Confused? What's a natural variation? Well, it's a delivery that doesn't do what it is expected to do. Chahal serves a leg spinner around off, it's intended to spin back in but instead goes straight on after landing. Bhanuka Rajapaksa leans forward to defend, expecting it to be turning in |
| 13.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, No hat-trick! It's very full and on middle, Dhananjaya defends it on the leg side. |
| 13.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, Another delivery on middle and leg, it's tucked behind square leg for a single. |
| 13.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Avishka Fernando, STUMPING APPEAL! It has been referred upstairs. Have India got three wickets in the over? A lovely leg spinner from Chahal, he slows it up in the air and allows the ball to grip and spin away. Avishka gets forward with a big stretch and tries to push it through the line. He fails to do so due to the turn on this ball and Ishan is quick to take the bails off. He appeals, not a very confident one but the square leg umpire refers it upstairs. The third um |
| 14.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle, this is worked towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 14.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, A single! We will probably see a lot more of these now. On off, this is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 14.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, On the pads, the batter looks to flick but misses get hit on the pads. |
| 14.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, This time he does get it away from the fielder at mid-wicket and pinches one. |
| 14.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, Gets away with one! This is very short and on the pads, it is pulled hard but there is a fielder at deep square leg so only one. |
| 14.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, A single to end the over as this is worked on the le side for one. |
| 15.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nice and slow, it lands on middle, blocked. |
| 15.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, A little too full and on middle, this is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 15.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, Again, slows the pace and bowls it on the stumps, Dhananjaya is solid in defense. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Those two wickets have shifted the balance of this match a bit in India's favour! This is almost a recap of what happened in the first ODI, the Lankans got off to a good start but the Indian spinners brought them back. Chahal has done it alone this time. Sri Lanka will have to consolidate now and the visitors will hope they can continue to chip away at the wickets. An important passage of play awaits. Dhananjaya de Silva walks out to bat now! |
| 15.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Avishka Fernando, Attacks the stumps again, Chahal is not afraid to toss it up. Fernando pushes it to covers. |
| 15.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Avishka Fernando, Once again the line is a little too full and hence, it is driven through covers for one. |
| 15.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, A dot to end! On middle, kept out. |
| 16.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, A little too short, this is pushed through mid-wicket for one. Kuldeep has been a touch short so far. |
| 16.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Half an appeal! This lands around middle and leg and turns back in. Dhananjaya looks to drive but the ball turns back in and hits the pad. Going down leg. |
| 16.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floats it up on off, this is pushed down to long off for one more. |
| 16.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, This time he looks to give it air but bowls it way too full, it is pushed through covers for one. |
| 16.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, BEATEN! That is a beautiful delivery. It lands on off and then spins away, it seems like the googly. Dhananjaya looks to defend but does so without a big stride forward, he is beaten. |
| 16.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Two to end! On the pads, Dhananjaya works it fine on the leg side for two. |
| Krunal Pandya is on now! |
| 17.1 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, On middle, this one holds its line. Fernando looks to defend but this goes off the outer half towards point for one. |
| 17.2 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle, tossed up, this is pushed to mid on. |
| 17.3 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, Slightly shorter in length and around off, this is worked through square leg for a run. |
| 17.4 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, WIDE! Down the leg side, Fernando looks to flick but misses. Wided. |
| Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Flatter and on middle, kept out. |
| 17.5 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Angled into the pads, this is forced down to long on off the inner half of the blade. A single. |
| 17.6 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. 4 from Krunal's first. |
| 18.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, Slower through the air, full and flighted on off, turning in a bit, Fernando leans forward and eases it down to long off for a single. |
| 18.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated again, full and close to off, Dhananjaya defends it by pressing forward. |
| 18.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Very full and on middle, it's pushed down towards mid on where Pandey dives to make a superb stop to his left. Great anticipation shown by him to react from mid-wicket. The batsman who was eyeing a run has to return. |
| 18.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fuller in length and on off, driven down through extra cover for a run. |
| 18.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, Quicker delivery, on middle, Fernando flicks it straight to mid-wicket where Manish Pandey picks up the ball. |
| 18.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, Flatter and quicker on middle, a bit on the shorter side as well, Avishka goes deep inside the crease, probably to pull, but ends up pushing it back to the bowler. |
| 19.1 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, Dhananjaya steps out and Krunal shortens the length. Dhananjaya plays outside the line but it hits his pad. A muted appeal but nothing. |
| 19.2 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter and on off, the batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 19.3 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, A little fuller this time, it is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 19.4 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, This one is fired into the pads, Fernando looks to push at it but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 19.5 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, On middle, this is played back to the bowler again. |
| 19.6 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, A single to end the over! On off, this is played down to long off and a single is taken. |
| 20.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, Floats it up on middle, Fernando plays it with a straight bat down to long on for one. |
| 20.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Really well played and a very good running to bring the 100 up! Dhananjaya plays the paddle scoop, he uses the pace of the bowler and plays it past short fine leg, the fielder at deep backward square leg, runs to his right and slides, saves a run for his side. |
| 20.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, Drags his length back a little and bowls it on the stumps, Fernando plays it to mid-wicket. |
| 20.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Avishka Fernando, Floats it up on off, Fernando strokes it down to long off and takes one. |
| 20.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Another one on off, slightly fuller. This one turns back in. Dhananjaya looks to drive but it goes off the inner half towards mid-wicket. |
| 20.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Another one tossed up on middle, de Silva pushes it to covers. |
| 21.1 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Full and outside off, forced down to long off for a single. |
| 21.2 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 21.4 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Quicker and fuller on off, Fernando eases his drive down to long off for another run. |
| 21.5 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, Another off drive, it's in the gap and a comfortable single taken as the ball goes to long off. |
| 21.6 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Fires it flat and short outside off, Avishka stays back and punches it without much timing to the cover fielder. |
| 21.3 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter and shorter outside off, Dhananjaya de Silva gets back and punches it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 21.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns to the attack. 3-0-12-0 are his figures so far. |
| 22.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhananjaya de Silva, Begins a new spell with a length ball on off, Dhananjaya stays back and defends it to the off side. |
| 22.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhananjaya de Silva, Another dot. Probably a slower one, on a length and close to off, holding up a bit off the surface too, de Silva gets back and pushes it to covers. |
| 22.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhananjaya de Silva, This time the line is too straight and Dhananjaya uses the angle of the bowler to work it towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 22.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Back of a length ball on off, Avishka keeps his weight on the back leg and heaves it down to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 22.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhananjaya de Silva, Delivers it on a length and outside off, Dhananjaya plays late and guides it down to third man for one. |
| 22.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Fuller and on off, Fernando tries to flick it probably but ends up defending it back towards the bowler. A dot to finish the over. India have pulled things back nicely here, only 16 runs conceded in the last 5 overs. |
| 23.1 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter delivery on middle, Dhananjaya walks down the track and works it through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 23.2 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, Slower through the air, a touch short and close to off, de Silva hangs back and strokes it to sweeper cover for a run. |
| 23.3 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Loopy delivery, full and on off, Fernando drives it towards the cover fielder. |
| 23.4 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Slow spin away from the batsman, Avishka plays it down to point. |
| 23.5 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, FOUR! First boundary for Sri Lanka after the 8th over, 97 balls to be precise! Flighted delivery and outside off, Avishka lofts it over extra cover and finds the fence. |
| 23.6 : Krunal Pandya to Avishka Fernando, Skidding down the leg side, Avishka clips it to square leg and keeps strike. He is on 49! |
| 24.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Good length delivery on off, defended off the back foot towards point. |
| 24.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, Fifty for Avishka Fernando, his 4th in ODIs. Reaches there by running down a length ball to third man for a single. A chanceless knock by him so far, can he make it big? |
| 24.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Bang! Bhuvneshwar Kumar follows the batsman down the leg side with a fuller length ball, Dhananjaya still manages to find the space and drills his drive down ground for a boundary. |
| 24.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhananjaya de Silva, A length ball on off, Dhananjaya taps it down to point. |
| 24.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dhananjaya de Silva, Shortish and on middle and leg, Dhananjaya moves back and glances it to deep square leg. Calls for two but gets only a run. |
| 24.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Avishka Fernando, OUT! Avishka holes out! A poor shot selection by him after getting a fifty. He is not happy with himself but will have to return. Bhuvneshwar Kumar angles in a length ball around off, Avishka camps back to heave it over the leg side but gets a top edge. Krunal Pandya smartly moves across to his right from mid on and completes the catch easily. A shot he could have easily avoided as the length was not short enough. |
| 25.1 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Flighted and full outside off, Charith drives but fins the point fielder. |
| 0.0 : The next batsman walks in. It's Charith Asalanka. |
| 25.2 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Slightly slower in pace and skidding away from the left-hander, Charith eases it wide of short third man and opens his account with a single. |
| 25.3 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, Leans forward to a full ball and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 25.4 : Krunal Pandya to Dhananjaya de Silva, A bit short and skidding down the leg side, Dhananjaya works it in the gap on the leg side and crosses. |
| 25.5 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Flighted and full on middle, Charith flicks but finds the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 25.6 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Flatter and around off, skidding away, Charith Asalanka stays back and helps it to mid-wicket. Tidy stuff from Krunal. |
| 26.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, slightly fuller, this is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 26.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, The googly, Asalanka picks it right at the end, it is worked with the turn towards square leg for one. |
| 0.0 : Kuldeep Yadav is back on. 5-0-22-0 are his figures so far. |
| 26.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Slightly shorter this time, it turns back in after landing on middle, Dhananjaya works it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 26.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, Again on the shorter side, does spin away but it is pushed through covers for one. |
| 26.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, WIDE! Down the leg side, Dhananjaya looks to flick but misses. Wided. Kuldeep really has not been at his best so far. Not hit the right lines and the lengths. |
| Kuldeep Yadav to Dhananjaya de Silva, Once again an easy run! On the pads, this is nudged around the corner for one. |
| 26.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, A dot to end but 6 from the over! Finds his length and line this time. Floats it up and lands it on off, Asalanka pushes it to covers. |
| 27.1 : Deepak Chahar to Dhananjaya de Silva, Two! Dhananjaya does not let the bowler settle down. Makes room straightaway. Chahar follows him. Dhananjaya looks to go over covers but it goes off the inner half through square leg for two. |
| 0.0 : Deepak Chahar is back on! Quite expensive in his first spell but can he drag things back here? |
| 27.3 : Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, Another flashy drive! It is full and outsied off, Asalanka goes after it, he gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 27.2 : Deepak Chahar to Dhananjaya de Silva, OUT! TAKEN! This is very poor, extremely poor from the Lankan batter. Yes, they probably want to play with an aggressive mindset but this is rash, especially after losing a well-set batter a few overs back. Just like before, after a stand, they have again lost two wickets in quick succession. Dhananjaya once again makes room and tries to go over extra cover. This time Chahar bowls the knuckle-ball, it is full and on off. Dhananjaya is undone completely |
| 27.4 : Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, This time Charith finds the middle of the bat and strokes a length ball through covers for a single. |
| 27.5 : Deepak Chahar to Dasun Shanaka, A short one to welcome the new batter, Shanaka pulls it through mid-wicket and is off the mark. |
| 27.6 : Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, Edged but no slip in place! Fuller and around off, angling away. Asalanka pushes at it, this one goes off the outside edge down to third man for one. End of a successful over for Chahar and this should make him feel a lot better. He went for 25 runs in his first 3 overs but has come back and taken a wicket in the first over of his second spell. |
| 28.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, On the pads, slower, Asalanka looks to sweep, he is a touch early into the shot. It goes off the bottom edge towards mid-wicket. |
| 28.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, Outside off, this is slapped through covers for one. |
| 28.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dasun Shanaka, Another single! On the pads, it is worked through square leg for one. |
| 28.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, Flights it nicely and lands it on middle, Asalanka defends it onto the ground. |
| 0.0 : Dasun Shanaka is the new man in. |
| 28.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, The sweep is out again, this time he hits it well through square leg for one. |
| 28.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dasun Shanaka, Premeditated probably! Shanaka is in a position to play the sweep early. It is the googly from Kuldeep on middle, Shanaka looks to sweep but misses to get hit on the arm. |
| 29.1 : Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, Back of a length and on off, Asalanka rides on top of the bounce and plays it to point. |
| 29.2 : Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, Asalanka misses out! Shorter and outside off, Charith slashes at it but misses. Wided but could have gone for a boundary had he connected. |
| Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, Goes short this time, Asalanka lets it through to the keeper. |
| 29.3 : Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, Back of a length and on off, this is pushed to covers for one. |
| 29.4 : Deepak Chahar to Dasun Shanaka, On off, Shanaka plays it to point. |
| 29.5 : Deepak Chahar to Dasun Shanaka, Outside off yet again, this is pushed through covers for one more. |
| 30.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, Really good running! Shorter and outside off, this is slapped through covers for two. |
| 30.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, On middle, Asalanka works it on the leg side for one. |
| 30.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dasun Shanaka, Shorter again, this is played through square leg and Shanaka gets to the other end. |
| 29.6 : Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, In the air... just short! A short one, gets big on the batter. Charith Asalanka looks to pull but gets a top edge. Luckily for him, it lands ahead of the fielder running in from deep mid-wicket and behind the fielder who ran back from the ring. A single. |
| 30.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, FOUR! Bit of aggression from Asalanka and it comes off! This is tossed up well outside off, the length is slightly fuller and hence, Asalanka was able to drag it over mid-wicket for a welcome boundary. 150 up for his side! |
| 30.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, On off, this is now pushed through covers for one. Good batting. |
| 30.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Dasun Shanaka, Two to end! On the pads, Shanaka works it fine on the leg side and takes two. A much-needed good over for Sri Lanka, 11 from it. |
| 31.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Misses out! This is well short and on the body, it is pulled hard but to short fine leg. A disappointed look on Asalanka's face as he knows this was there to be hit. |
| 31.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 31.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka, Shorter and on off, this is pushed to the man at covers. |
| 31.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka, Comes down the track and pushes it nicely through covers for one. |
| 31.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Plays this with the turn now and works it through square leg for one more. These two are going along decently. 24 is the stand now. |
| 31.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka, Make that 26! Shorter and outside off, this is played through point, away from the fielder in the deep and they take a couple of runs. |
| 32.1 : Hardik Pandya to Charith Asalanka, On the pads, this is worked towards square leg for one. |
| 32.2 : Hardik Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, On middle, offers no space to the batter, it is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 32.3 : Hardik Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, On the stumps yet again. fuller this time, Shanaka pushes it to covers. |
| Dark clouds have slowly started to build around the stadium. We hope that the rain stays away from this match. |
| 32.4 : Hardik Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, Slightly fuller, Shanaka looks to drive but does so outside the line, it goes off the inner half to mid-wicket. |
| 32.5 : Hardik Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, Yet another dot! Good tidy stuff from Pandya! On middle, Shanaka plays it back to the bowler. |
| 32.6 : Hardik Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, On the fuller side, this is pushed back towards the bowler, Pandya does try to stop it with his feet but only manages to deflect it towards mid on. A single taken. |
| 0.0 : Drinks break! It's been an excellent passage of play for India after an ordinary Powerplay 1. They have succeeded in picking up wickets and have also put a lid on the scoring rate. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, would be disappointed after throwing away the advantage. We have seen plenty of reckless shots from them and they have themselves to blame for this situation. 18 overs are still left in the innings and the hosts have 6 wickets in hand. Can they push their score near the 300-run mark? Har |
| 33.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka, Starts with a flighted full ball on off, it's driven through wide mid off for a single. |
| 33.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Slower through the air, very full and on off, Charith Asalanka plays the reverse sweep but finds the fielder at backward point. |
| 33.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Aerial but doesn't carry! Chahal slows it up and lands it full outside off, Charith tries to chip it over covers but it spins back in and he ends up miscuing it down to long off. Doesn't carry to Shaw. The batsmen cross. |
| 33.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka, FOUR! A rare bad delivery from Chahal, bowls it full and down the leg side, Shanaka goes down on one knee and sweeps it behind square leg for a boundary. |
| 33.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka, Flighted and around off, forced down to long off for a run. |
| 33.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Nicely tossed up and around leg, worked to square leg for a run. |
| 34.1 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Turning down the leg side, Charith Asalanka flicks it towards square leg and crosses. |
| 34.2 : Krunal Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, Flatter and around off, Shanaka defends it back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Krunal Pandya is back on. 5-0-20-0 are his figures so far. |
| 34.3 : Krunal Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, Was there a run out chance? Tossed up ball around off, Dasun advances down the track and pushes it to the left of the cover fielder. He looks for a run but is sent back. Manish Pandey fires in a throw at the striker's end and it deflects off Shanaka's bat to fine leg. Sri Lanka decide not to take the overthrows. Good sportsman spirit shown! |
| 34.4 : Krunal Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, Tossed up ball on off, defended back in the direction of the bowler. |
| 34.5 : Krunal Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, There is turn for Krunal as he slows it up around off, Shanaka tries pushing inside the line but misses. |
| 34.6 : Krunal Pandya to Dasun Shanaka, Very full and on off, Shanaka drives it to covers. Another quick and fine over from Krunal. He breezes through his overs. |
| 35.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, On middle, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 35.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka, OUT! TIMBER! Chahal has another one and once again, as a partnership seems to be forming, India strike! Shanaka, the skipper, walks back! The wrong shot to the wrong ball. This is the slider, it lands on middle and then skids through. Shanaka goes back and tries to play it through the off side but there is not a lot of room on offer. It sneaks through and hits the stumps. |
| 35.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Wanindu Hasaranga, On the pads, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 35.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, FOUR! Lovely shot! Yes, it is a little too short but it was not too wide outside off. Asalanka stays leg side and slaps it through covers. This one races away to the fence. |
| 35.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, On middle, this is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 35.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, A single to end! It is a successful over for Chahal! On off, this is guided to point for a run. |
| 36.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, Fuller in length and outside off, Charith Asalanka tries to drive through the line but edges it down to third man for a run. |
| 36.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wanindu Hasaranga, This is delivered on middle and leg, Wanindu helps it wide of short fine leg for one. |
| 36.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, Back of a length delivery outside off, Charith stays back and tries to run it down to third man but misses. |
| 36.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, Identical to the last delivery, this time Charith Asalanka executes the shot as he gets bat on the ball, although it's off the outside half. A single down to third man. |
| 36.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wanindu Hasaranga, A length ball on off, angling in, Hasaranga defends it back from the crease. |
| 36.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wanindu Hasaranga, FOUR LEG BYES! Back of a length ball on middle and leg, Hasaranga stays back to work it on the leg side but misses. It kisses his thigh pad and hurries past the diving keeper for a boundary at third man. |
| 37.1 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Slower through the air, full and around leg, Charith tries to flick but misses. It goes off his pads to square leg. |
| 37.2 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Pitching around leg again, full in length, Asalanka once again fails to flick. He is struck on the pads, Krunal appeals but nothing from the umpire. |
| 37.3 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Floated and full on middle, Charith Asalanka plays a cracking sweep shot to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 37.4 : Krunal Pandya to Wanindu Hasaranga, Tossed up delivery outside off, driven through mid off for a single. |
| 37.5 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Slightly short and around leg, Charith goes back and drops it down in front of square leg for a brisk run. |
| 37.6 : Krunal Pandya to Wanindu Hasaranga, FOUR! Fine shot! Flighted delivery, full and around off, spinning away, Wanindu gets forward and lofts it cleanly over extra cover. No fielder in the deep and it's a safe boundary. |
| 38.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, MISHIT! Back of a length delivery around off, Asalanka tries to pull it over mid-wicket but it takes the top edge and falls safely behind the ball as the mid on fielder tries to get around. A single. |
| 38.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wanindu Hasaranga, Good length ball on off, staying down a bit, Hasaranga stays back, keeps his eyes on the ball and blocks. |
| 0.0 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar pulls back as his handkerchief falls in his delivery stride. |
| 38.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wanindu Hasaranga, Slightly short and outside off, Wanindu tries to run it down to third man but finds the fielder inside the ring. |
| 38.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wanindu Hasaranga, Shortish and on off, Wanindu plays a mistimed heave towards mid on. Three dots. |
| 38.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Wanindu Hasaranga, Angles in a length ball on off, Wanindu plays it down with gentle hands in front of backward point. They steal a run. |
| 38.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, A little short in length and close to off, Asalanka punches it from the back foot to point. |
| Deepak Chahar is back on. 1/34 in his 5 overs so far. |
| 39.1 : Deepak Chahar to Wanindu Hasaranga, OUT! BOWLED 'EM! Chahar returns and gets a wicket. Smart beginning from him, he dishes out a slower delivery first up, drops it very full and in line of the stumps, Wanindu Hasaranga is completely fooled by the change in pace. He has played all around it, the ball comes down early and the stumps are rearranged. Deepak gets his second wicket with the knuckle-ball. Wanindu was locked inside the crease with his footwork, went nowhere and paid the price. |
| 0.0 : Chamika Karunaratne is the new batsman. |
| 39.2 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, On a length and around off, Chamika pushes it from the back foot to the off side. |
| 39.3 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, Full in length and on off, Chamika pushes it down to mid on. |
| 39.4 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, Slower one again, around off, Chamika defends it back to the bowler. |
| 39.5 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, A bumper this time, Chamika Karunaratne ducks underneath it. |
| 39.6 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, Wide! Attempts another slower one but ends up serving it down the leg side, Karunaratne tries to flick but misses. |
| Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, Chahar delivers this one with a short run-up, a bit short and on off, Karunaratne hits it across the line but finds the mid-wicket fielder. Superb over by Deepak Chahar, just a run and a wicket from it. |
| 40.1 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Goes for the reverse! This lands on middle, holds its line and there is also extra bounce. Asalanka misses and gets hit high on the body. |
| 0.0 : Powerplay 3 signalled! Now a maximum of 5 fielders can be placed outside the ring till the 50th over. |
| 40.2 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, Some turn for Pandya! This lands on middle and then spins back in. Charith pushes it through covers for one. |
| 40.3 : Krunal Pandya to Chamika Karunaratne, Lazy fielding! On middle, Karunaratne looks to sweep but is early in the shot, it goes off the bottom edge through mid-wicket. The fielder goes after it slowly and they sneak two. |
| 40.4 : Krunal Pandya to Chamika Karunaratne, Two more! Shorter and around off, this is pushed through covers for one. |
| 40.6 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, A single to end! On middle, this is worked through square leg for one. A really good over for Lanka. |
| 40.5 : Krunal Pandya to Charith Asalanka, FOUR! 200 up! Asalanka comes down the track, he does not get to the pitch of it but since it was tossed up, he goes down on one knee and heaves it wide of deep mid-wicket for a boundary. A quick check with the third umpire but it had fallen inside the rope. |
| 41.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Shorter and on middle, this one turns back in. Asalanka looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 41.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Two! Swept and done so nicely, through square leg for two. |
| 41.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, One more added to the total! On the pads, this is flicked through square leg for one. |
| 41.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Chamika Karunaratne, One more run! Outside off, Karunaratne pushes it through covers. |
| 41.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Quick run! On off, turning back in, Asalanka goes back and pushes it towards short third man. He wanted a run but his partner is late in taking off. They complete it easily though. |
| 41.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Chamika Karunaratne, On off, tossed up. Karunaratne plays it towards the right side of short third man for another run. |
| 0.0 : Yuzvendra Chahal is back! He has bagged three wickets so far, can he complete a fifer? Has 12 balls to do so. |
| 42.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Chamika Karunaratne, Floats it up on off, fuller. Karunaratne plays it back to the bowler. |
| 42.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Chamika Karunaratne, Fuller again and on off, Karunaratne pushes it to covers. |
| 0.0 : Kuldeep Yadav (8-0-42-0) is on now! |
| 42.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Chamika Karunaratne, A single now! On middle, this is worked towards mid-wicket to give the strike to Asalanka. |
| 42.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, Short and outside off, Asalanka cuts through covers for one. |
| 42.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Chamika Karunaratne, On off, this is played towards cover for one more. |
| 42.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, Nice and slow! Lands it outside off, Asalanka looks to play the slog sweep but misses. Really good over by Kuldeep. |
| 43.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Chamika Karunaratne, Shorter and on middle, this is pulled through mid-wicket for one. |
| 43.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Another single as this is worked with the turn through mid-wicket. |
| 43.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Chamika Karunaratne, Misfield and two! Really good running! This is tossed up outside off, it is hit hard towards cover. Dhawan misfields and the batsmen get an extra run. |
| 43.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Chamika Karunaratne, Another run as this is yet again hit to covers. Dhawan is on the edge of the ring so another easy run. |
| 43.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Charith Asalanka, Gives it a lot of flight, tempting the batter to go big but this is nicely worked on the leg side for one. |
| 43.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Chamika Karunaratne, A dot to end then! Nicely bowled! Tosses it above the eye line outside off, this lands and turns away. Karunaratne is beaten as he tries to drive. End of Chahal for tonight and it is yet another good day with the ball for him. 10-1-50-3 for him. |
| 44.1 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, FOUR! Smashed away! Asalanka brings up his fifty, a fantastic knock under pressure. Kuldeep bowls it full and wide outside off, spinning away, Asalanka attacks it and flat-bats it over covers. |
| 44.2 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, Short and wide outside off, this time Charith cuts it with the spin to deep point for a single. |
| 44.3 : Kuldeep Yadav to Chamika Karunaratne, Yet another short delivery outside off, Chamika slaps it through cover-point and rotates the strike. |
| 44.4 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, FOUR! This is another cracking shot from the bat of Charith Asalanka. Kuldeep delivers it slower through the air, full and landing on off, Asalanka kneels down and powers his slog sweep in front of square leg. |
| 44.5 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, Shortish and outside off, hit through the line but straight to point. |
| 44.6 : Kuldeep Yadav to Charith Asalanka, Play and a miss! Kuldeep sends this flat and quicker through the air. It's short and outside off, Charith Asalanka tries to play the square cut but misses. A wicket-less outing for Kuldeep. |
| 45.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chamika Karunaratne, On off, this is pushed towards mid off for one. |
| 45.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, Fuller and on off, Asalanka pushes it to covers. |
| 45.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, Another dot! Sees the batter come down the track and bangs it short and outside off. Asalanka slashes at it but misses. |
| 45.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, TWO! Shorter and on middle, this is pulled hard towards deep mid-wicket. Two taken. |
| 45.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, EDGY FOUR! Length and outside off, Asalanka throws his bat at it and the ball goes off the outside edge to the third man fence. Sri Lanka won't mind how the boundaries come as long as they come. |
| 45.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, Two more and despite two dots, it is a good over for the hosts! Shorter and on middle, this is pulled hard through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 46.1 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, That is poor from the fielder! That should have never been two! Good length and on off, this is pushed down to the long off fence. Good intensity shown by the batters and Charith Asalanka dives to make it in as the throw comes to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Deepak Chahar is back! 6-0-35-2 are his figures so far. |
| 46.2 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, Another slower one, it is on middle, this is played back to the bowler. Dots are what India need right now. |
| 46.3 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, Another slower one, this is fuller and on off, it is gently pushed to cover for one. Good sensible batting so far. |
| 46.4 : Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, Well bowled! This is shorter and outside off. Asalanka slashes at it but misses. |
| 46.5 : Deepak Chahar to Charith Asalanka, Just the one again! On the pads, Asalanka works it towards short fine leg for a single. |
| 46.6 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, Two more and the 50-run stand comes up! Goes full and on middle, Chamika tries to flick it through mid-wicket but it takes the inner edge and goes to deep square leg. No boundaries in this one, just 6 runs from it. |
| 47.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Charith Asalanka, OUT! TAKEN! Straight to the man and it is a welcome wicket for the visitors! A good innings by Asalanka comes to an end but his team would have loved had he batted the distance. The slower one does the trick for Kumar! It is full and on middle, Asalanka looks to heave it over the mid-wicket fence but does not connect that well and it is also towards the longer part of the ground. Devdutt Padikkal, the sub, takes a simple catch. A good batting effort |
| 0.0 : Dushmantha Chameera walks out to bat now! |
| 47.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chamika Karunaratne, FOUR! Edgy! Not a good ball with third man up in the ring, this is outside off and on a length. Karunaratne slashes at it but it goes off the outside edge and down to the third man fence. |
| 47.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chamika Karunaratne, On off, this is pushed towards covers for one. |
| 47.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dushmantha Chameera, Another one! On off, Chameera pushes it towards covers and gets to the other end. 250 up! |
| 47.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chamika Karunaratne, Shorter and outside off, this one stays a touch low. Karunaratne slashes at it but misses. |
| 47.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chamika Karunaratne, Two! Goes full and wide again outside off, this is hit through covers for two. So despite the wicket, 8 runs from the over. |
| 48.1 : Deepak Chahar to Dushmantha Chameera, A good slower one, well outside off. Chameera is way too early in the swing of his bat and misses. |
| 48.2 : Deepak Chahar to Dushmantha Chameera, Another dot! A dipping full toss outside off, Chameera once again looks to go over the off side but no connection. Not smart from him. He should just turn the strike over to his partner. |
| 48.3 : Deepak Chahar to Dushmantha Chameera, Does that this time! It is full and on off, Chameera walks across and tries to flick, he gets an inside edge onto the pads. It rolls on the off side for one. |
| 48.4 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, WIDE! A bumper but that is way too short. Goes over the head of the batter. Smiles were exchanged between Chamika and Chahar. Always good to see that. Wided! |
| Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, That might have hurt! A low full toss on middle, this is hit hard back towards the bowler. It hits the foot of Chahar and rolls on the leg side to deep mid-wicket. Two taken. |
| 48.5 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, FOUR! Welcome boundary! Comes down the track and takes it on the full toss, he smashes it down the ground to the long off fence for a boundary. |
| 48.6 : Deepak Chahar to Chamika Karunaratne, FOUR! The last two balls spoil the over completely and it turns out to be an excellent one for Sri Lanka! Poor ball to finish! It is short and on the body, with fine leg up, that is easy pickings. This is pulled down to the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 49.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dushmantha Chameera, OUT! TAKEN! Kumar has another one! The good thing for Sri Lanka is that the batters crossed. The idea was not wrong there by Chameera but the execution was not there. It is a slower one outside off. Chameera shuffles across and then looks to slog it over the leg side. He had to drag it, the bat turns in his hands and the ball balloons towards square leg off the top edge. Devdutt Padikkal (sub) moves back a bit to take the skier safely. |
| 49.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chamika Karunaratne, WIDE! Well wide outside off, Chamika Karunaratne lets it be. Wided. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chamika Karunaratne, This time he goes after the wide one outside off, it goes on the bounce to the fielder at deep cover. One taken. |
| 49.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Lakshan Sandakan, OUT! Really good work from Ishan Kishan! This is short and outside off, Sandakan looks to drag it over the leg side but misses. He sets off for a bye but his partner stops after taking a start. Lakshan has to turn and get in but Kishan runs in and hits the stumps before that. Kishan says in Hindi and the stump mic catches it - 'Bol kar maara!' Meaning, he had said it before that he will do the run out. Last evening, he shared that he already had told |
| 49.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Kasun Rajitha, That is what Rajitha does! On off, this is pushed to mid off for one. |
| 49.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chamika Karunaratne, FOUR! Smacked! This is full and outside off, Karunaratne smashes it wide of the sweeper cover fielder for a boundary. |
| 49.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chamika Karunaratne, FOUR! Thumped down the ground and that is a superb end to the innings for Sri Lanka! THEY END WITH 275/9! This is full and on off, Karunaratne smashes it down the ground to the long off fence for a boundary. |
| 49.1 : Lakshan Sandakan walks out to bat. |
| 49.3 : Kasun Rajitha walks out to bat now! |
| 49.6 : 80 runs in the last 10 overs and Sri Lanka have managed to better their last score by 13 runs. Once again Chamika Karunaratne showed his hitting prowess towards the end and played a handy cameo. His stand with Charith Asalanka was the main reason the hosts didn't lose the plot much and finished with a decent total on the board. |
| Let's discuss Sri Lanka's batting innings in phases! They started safely in the first few overs of Powerplay 1 when the ball was moving around. Minod Bhanuka had a catch dropped in the second over but after that the Lankan openers put their head down and took on the Indian bowlers. There were plenty of boundaries scored in the first 10 overs as the home team finished that period wicket-less and the scorecard reading 59 runs. A happy and safe start! |
| Main performers! With the bat, Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka again were among the runs while Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka and Chamika Karunaratne also scored more than 30 runs. But a big knock from a set batsman was lacking and that is something they need to work on. The Indian bowling wasn't impressive at the start and then at the end but they managed to gain control in the middle overs. Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers but his spin partner wasn't up to the mark w |
| Right then, Sri Lanka have once again put the runs on the board and now will have to defend it against an in-form and hungry batting line-up of India. Surely, it's an under-par total but if the hosts manage to pick early wickets, we will be in for an entertaining chase. Do join us in a short while for all the action. |
| Powerplay 2 was more about India's comeback! After struggling to get the first breakthrough, the Indian team shifted to plan B of drying up the runs. They managed to do that successfully and in the 14th over Yuzvendra Chahal struck twice to peg Sri Lanka back. The going got quite tough for the hosts after that but the presence of a set Avishka Fernando and experienced Dhananjaya de Silva meant that they got yet another stand. However, in an attempt to take the attack to the bowlers to increase |
| It's time for the run chase to begin! The Sri Lankan players are spreading on the field. Out walk the dazzling duo of Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan. The former set the stage on fire in the first ODI, are we in for something similar? |
| 0.1 : Kasun Rajitha to Prithvi Shaw, Some swing then for Rajitha to begin with! On a good length and shaping away from off. Shaw guides it to point. |
| 0.2 : Kasun Rajitha to Prithvi Shaw, On the fuller side, some movement away again, this is pushed back towards the bowler who gets some fingertips on it. The ball races behind as the mid on fielder circles around it. Dhawan looks for a run but Shaw sends him back. |
| 0.3 : Kasun Rajitha to Prithvi Shaw, India are underway courtesy an extra! Good pace by Rajitha! He looks for a yorker but ends up slipping this one down the leg side. The keeper does well to dive to his left and collect it. |
| Kasun Rajitha to Prithvi Shaw, WIDE! Not got it right again! Once again this is down the leg side. Wided. Maybe he is looking to shape away from the leg pole, that magic delivery but there is not that much swing. |
| Kasun Rajitha to Prithvi Shaw, Very full again, the swing seems to have gone, it is firmly pushed to mid off. |
| 0.4 : Kasun Rajitha to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Shaw is off the mark in style! Length and on middle, Shaw stays back, shows the full face of the bat and punches it past mid on for a boundary. What a confident stroke from a batter oozing with confidence! |
| 0.5 : Kasun Rajitha to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Through mid off this time! Fuller this time on off, Shaw once again shows the full face of the bat and creams it through mid off. This is a similar start to the last game. |
| 0.6 : Kasun Rajitha to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Three boundaries in a row and India are off to a flying start again! There is just no margin for error against Shaw. This one is on his pads, he flicks it through mid-wicket. Races away again. Not the start Lanka wanted. 14 from the first over. |
| 1.1 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, That has pinged off the bat, does not find the gap though! Fuller and on off, this is driven crisply but to covers. |
| 0.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to bowl from the other end. By far, he has been the best bowler for Sri Lanka in the recent past. Can he provide the early breakthrough? |
| 1.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, On the pads, Dhawan flicks but towards mid-wicket. Two dots. Does that build pressure with Shaw at the other end? |
| 1.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Misfield and a boundary! This is very poor from Sri Lanka! They are already behind in the series and they just can't put in such efforts! This is short and on off, Dhawan plays the upper cut. It lands short of the fielder at third man where Kasun Rajitha overruns a bit to his right and the ball bounces past his left side for a boundary. |
| 1.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Raining boundaries again! This is just a push! He just uses the pace of the bowler! Fuller and on off, Dhawan times it brilliantly. This runs away to the long off fence. We were talking about pressure two balls back, well, forget it! |
| 1.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, Back of a length and on off, Dhawan stands tall and keeps it out. |
| 1.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Put away! Short and on the body, Dhawan pulls it through square leg. The fielder in the deep runs to his right, dives and tries to stop it but touches the ropes in the attempt to do so. Three boundaries in this over as well. |
| 2.1 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Prithvi Shaw, Starts with a tossed up ball on middle, Shaw gets forward and defends it off the inner half to mid on. |
| 2.2 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Prithvi Shaw, Almost plays it on! Floated delivery, full and on off, Shaw makes room to hit it through the line but gets an inside edge again. It deflects off his pads and goes very closely past the off pole. |
| 2.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Prithvi Shaw, Drags his length short and bowls it wide outside off, Shaw goes back and cracks it to deep cover for a single. |
| 2.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan, Loopy full ball around leg, Dhawan knocks it in the gap at mid-wicket for a run. |
| 2.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Prithvi Shaw, Too full in length on off, Shaw squeezes it out but finds the cover fielder. Well bowled, didn't allow the batsman to get underneath it. |
| 2.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! SHAW IS BOWLED! Wanindu Hasaranga strikes and Sri Lanka are delighted to see the back of Prithvi Shaw. It's a flatter delivery, landing around off and skidding straight on after landing. Shaw once again stays leg side of this delivery with the aim to power it over the infield on the off side. But he fails to connect and the stumps behind are rattled. Maybe, Shaw was expecting it to spin but it's a new ball and just went straight on. A smart piece of |
| Ishan Kishan is in next. |
| 3.1 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, On off, this is pushed to covers. |
| 3.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, This one tails back in nicely! Length and around middle, shapes in late. Dhawan looks to put the bat on ball but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 3.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, EDGY FOUR! Almost another one for Sri Lanka! They need the luck to go their way but right now it is not! Length and outside off, Dhawan pushes at it, this goes off the inside edge, closely past the off pole and down to the fine leg fence. |
| 3.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, BEATEN! Length and outside off, Dhawan pushes at it, this goes past the outside edge. This is lovely from Lanka, you can sense more energy in them now. |
| 3.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Another one that goes through! Once again such efforts just drop the morale when the team is flying high. Short and outside off, this is cut down towards third man off a thick outside edge, Rajitha there fails to stop it. |
| 3.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, Outside off, left alone. A pacy over by Chameera ends. |
| 4.1 : Kasun Rajitha to Ishan Kishan, WIDE! Well wide outside off, left alone. |
| Kasun Rajitha to Ishan Kishan, Back of a length and on off, this is defended nicely. |
| 4.2 : Kasun Rajitha to Ishan Kishan, Ouch, that's painful! Short and this one stays low! Kishan looks to pull but misses. It has hit him on the box and Kishan goes down on his haunches in pain. |
| 4.1 : Kasun Rajitha is back on with Shaw no longer in the middle. |
| 4.3 : Kasun Rajitha to Ishan Kishan, Outside off, this is guided down to third man for one. |
| 4.4 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, Zips through! This lands on off and then skids through. Dhawan hangs back and tries to block but it skids through and goes past the inside edge. |
| 4.5 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, Back of a length and on off, Dhawan guides it down to third man for one. |
| 4.2 : The physio is out! Kishan seems to be in pain and is down on the ground. Some stretching exercise and he is back on his feet. Ready to resume. |
| 4.6 : Kasun Rajitha to Ishan Kishan, OUT! Kishan drags it on! No fireworks from his bat this evening. Sri Lanka have another and the half centurion from the last game walks back! This is short and outside off, Kishan slashes at it but is probably undone by the slowness of the delivery. It goes off the inside edge and back onto the stumps. India are in a spot of bother now. |
| Manish Pandey is the new batsman. 237 runs needed in 270 balls. |
| 5.1 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, Wide! Well kept! Chameera delivers a full ball down the leg side, shaping down, Dhawan tries to flick but misses. A good diving collection from the keeper. |
| Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, Play and a miss! This is a great spell for Chameera, he had Dhawan in all sorts of trouble in his last over. Back of a length delivery outside off, zipping away off the surface, Dhawan flashes his bat at it but fails to connect. |
| 5.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, That nearly went into the hands of the fielder. Short and on middle, Dhawan tries to help his pull shot from the back foot but does so aerially and just away from the backward square leg fielder. A single has been taken. |
| 5.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Manish Pandey, Fractionally short and on middle, Pandey stays on the back foot and glances it through square leg for a run. |
| 5.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 5.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, IN THE AIR... SAFE! Dhawan is riding his luck this evening. This has been a very good over from Chameera. Digs in a short ball on middle, Shikhar is caught in an awkward tangle as he tries to fend it away. The ball catches the shoulder of the bat and loops in the direction of point. The fielder charges forward but it falls in front. What a spell! |
| 5.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball on middle, Dhawan stays on the back foot and defends it down safely. End of a probing over by Dushmantha Chameera! |
| 6.1 : Kasun Rajitha to Manish Pandey, On middle, this one shapes away just a little. Pandey is squared up as he tries to block, this goes off the inner half on the leg side. No runs. |
| 6.2 : Kasun Rajitha to Manish Pandey, A little too straight this time, Pandey works it through square leg and gets to the other end. |
| 6.3 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, Pitched outside leg! Dhawan just looks like getting out any moment. On the pads, he tries to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. A huge appeal from the bowler but the umpire is not interested. Struggle written all over in this knock of Shikhar Dhawan. Can he survive this phase? |
| 6.4 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, Really good! Length and just outside off, Dhawan shoulders arms to this one. Sensible, they can take their time because of the start they got in the initial overs. |
| 6.5 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, Back of a length delivery around off, Dhawan guides it to point. |
| 6.6 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, Well bowled and well left again! On a length and outside off, Dhawan does not fiddle with it. |
| 7.1 : Dushmantha Chameera to Manish Pandey, FOUR! That could have been stopped! This is full and on middle, Pandey flicks it stylishly to wide of mid on. Rajitha, who just bowled an over, moves lazily across to his right, dives but over the ball and it goes through to the boundary. |
| 7.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Manish Pandey, Two more! Angled into the pads, Pandey works it through square leg for two. Needs to be a little more on off, he is a bit too straight to Pandey. |
| 7.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Manish Pandey, Better, this is on a length and around off, Pandey pushes it to mid off. |
| 7.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Manish Pandey, A good stop by the bowler in the end! This is a slower one, it is full and on middle, Pandey drills it back towards the bowler who stops a certain boundary. |
| 7.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Manish Pandey, Goes short this time, it is around off, Pandey flat-bats it but straight to mid on. |
| 7.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Manish Pandey, A single to end and that is fifty up for India! Outside off, this is guided down to third man for one. |
| 8.1 : Kasun Rajitha to Manish Pandey, BEATEN! Loose stroke! Full and wide outside off, Pandey goes after it away from the body and is beaten. There is some shape going for Kasun. |
| 8.2 : Kasun Rajitha to Manish Pandey, WIDE! Slips this one down the leg side. Pandey looks to flick but misses. Wided. They need to stay away from Pandey's pads. For now, they are a little too straight to him. |
| Kasun Rajitha to Manish Pandey, Again, a little too straight, Pandey pushes it towards mid on for one. |
| 8.3 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, Good stuff! Length and outside off, Dhawan leaves it alone. |
| 8.4 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, Solid from Dhawan who is happy to take his time right now! On off, Dhawan pushes it to cover-point off his front foot. |
| 8.5 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! A short-arm jab from Dhawan! Rajitha is on the shorter side with his length, it's around off and Dhawan stands his ground. He deliberately keeps his shot down and forces it in front of square leg for a boundary. |
| 8.6 : Kasun Rajitha to Shikhar Dhawan, Back of a length and on middle, Dhawan defends it onto the ground. |
| 9.1 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey, Starts off with a poor short ball on middle, this is pulled through mid-wicket for a run. Wanindu gets away with one there. |
| 9.2 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan, Good stop! On middle, fuller, this is worked to the left of the bowler who stops it well with a slide. |
| 0.0 : Wanindu Hasaranga is back on! He got a wicket in his first over, Sri Lanka would love one more here with this batting pair settling down. |
| 9.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan, Flatter and on off, Dhawan stays back and blocks. |
| 9.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan, Just the one again! Shorter and on middle, Dhawan pulls it hard through mid-wicket, straight to the fielder in the deep so just the one. |
| 9.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey, Tosses it up this time and lands it on off, it is pushed to covers. |
| 9.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey, Pandey does not pick that! It is the leg spinner, Pandey looks to play it on the leg side. it goes off the leading edge towards third man. Bhanuka Rajapaksa at short third man runs after it, he slides awkwardly, struggles to get back to his feet and hence, two taken. India are 60/2 after the first 10 overs. |
| 10.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Shikhar Dhawan, Good start! On off, Dhawan pushes it towards covers for one. |
| 10.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Manish Pandey, Lands it well again, tosses it up on off, Pandey plays it back to the bowler. |
| 10.3 : Lakshan Sandakan to Manish Pandey, Catch it is the cry but that is hit on the bounce! Pandey comes down the track but gets too close to the pitch of the delivery. He swings but it goes off the inner half back to the bowler. |
| 10.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Manish Pandey, Two more! Shorter and on the pads, this is worked fine on the leg side and two runs result. |
| 10.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Manish Pandey, Shorter and outside off, Pandey slaps it through covers for one. |
| 0.0 : Powerplay 2 time. A maximum of 4 fielders are now allowed outside the ring till the 40th over. India are one run ahead of Sri Lanka at this stage but have lost two extra wickets. Meanwhile, Bhanuka Rajapaksa seems to have done some damage to himself while doing the fielding on the last ball. He exits to get some treatment. Also, there is a bowling change - Lakshan Sandakan is into the attack. A slip in place. |
| 10.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to Shikhar Dhawan, Floats it up on off, Dhawan lunges and defends it to covers. A good start by Lakshan Sandakan, landed it really well. Not a lot of turn for him though. |
| 11.1 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey, A full toss, it dips right at the end and hence, goes off the inner half as Pandey looks to go over mid-wicket. It goes down to long on for one. |
| 11.2 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan, Tosses it up and lands it on middle, blocked. |
| 11.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan, The leg spinner now, Dhawan picks it and guides it to point. |
| 11.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan, Gives it air and lands it on off, Dhawan pushes it to mid off. |
| 11.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan, Really good! Tossed up, nice and slow on off, it is pushed to mid off. |
| Time for the DRS! There is a huge shout for an lbw against Shikhar Dhawan but the umpire has turned it down. Wanindu Hasaranga is very sure and convinces his skipper to take the review. Is it too high? Nopes, hitting the wickets, confirms the Ball Tracker. Big blow to India! |
| 11.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! THREE REDS AND DHAWAN IS A GONER NOW! That looked out, to be honest. The umpire probably felt there was some bat or maybe high. Hasaranga does the trick again for his side and India are now on the back foot. Dhawan was actually struggling. He never looked in despite facing 38 balls and finally falls. This lands on middle and straightens. Dhawan goes back and tries to work it on the leg side but misses. It hits the pads. A huge appeal follows but it |
| Suryakumar Yadav is the new batsman with India in a spot of bother. 211 runs needed in 228 balls. |
| 12.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Manish Pandey, Slightly shorter and on middle, this is pulled down to long on for one. |
| 12.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Manish Pandey, FOUR! That is not good from Lakshan! A wicket just fell of the last ball, he needed to follow it up well but ends up serving a full toss on middle. This is heaved through mid-wicket. The fielder in the deep runs to his right, dives and gets a hand to it, it trickles towards the ropes, he tries again but this time fails to stop it. |
| 12.3 : Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, Yadav is off the mark! Fuller and on middle, this is worked down to long on for one. |
| 12.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Manish Pandey, Two more! Shorter and outside off, Pandey cuts it through point for two more. |
| 12.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Manish Pandey, FOUR! Another full toss and it is hammered! The Lankan captain will be quite disappointed with this effort. It is on middle and Pandey does not need a second invitation, he smashes it through mid-wicket and it races away to the fence, with no chance for the fielder in the deep this time. |
| 12.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to Manish Pandey, A single to end! On middle, Pandey works it down to long on for one. End of an expensive over from Sandakan and some pressure has been let off. |
| 13.1 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey, This is beautiful from Hasaranga! It is tossed up on off, Pandey blocks it. |
| 13.2 : Appeal for a run out! Has the dive saved Suryakumar Yadav? |
| Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey, NOT OUT! The dive and probably the throw saves Yadav! A risky run that, probably not needed right now. On off, this is pushed towards cover. Yadav wants a run and calls his partner, the fielder comes in and throws it to the keeper. It is on the bounce and too high. The keeper takes the bails off and appeals. The umpire initially shakes his head but then takes it upstairs. Replays show that Yadav is well in with his full length dive. |
| 13.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! What a shot that is! Wow! Exquisite! The googly on middle, picked easily, it is whipped over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 13.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Suryakumar Yadav, Tossed up on off, Yadav drives it to covers. |
| 13.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Suryakumar Yadav, Takes one now as this time he finds the gap through covers for one. |
| 13.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey, Takes one now! On middle, Pandey plays it down to long on and gets to the other end. |
| 14.1 : Kasun Rajitha to Manish Pandey, Outside off, this is guided down to third man for one. |
| 0.0 : Drinks break! It's been a great start with the ball from Sri Lanka. They did get an early scare when India smashed six boundaries in the first two overs but the hosts bounced back very well. After picking three top order wickets, Sri Lanka have the upper hand but they cannot let the advantage slip again. The last two overs went for 20 runs and this is something they have to avoid. For India, it's all about getting partnerships from here on. 191 needed off 216 balls. Kasun Rajitha has returned i |
| 14.2 : Kasun Rajitha to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! That is beautiful! Full and angling into the pads, Yadav just puts bat to ball and this races away to the fence in the mid-wicket region. Absolutely stunning. |
| 14.3 : Kasun Rajitha to Suryakumar Yadav, Good length and on off, Yadav guides it to point. |
| 14.4 : Kasun Rajitha to Suryakumar Yadav, Really fine! Nicely played! Shorter and outside off, Yadav looks to guide it down to third man but it goes more of the outside edge and wide of the keeper and towards third man for two. |
| 14.5 : Kasun Rajitha to Suryakumar Yadav, Two more! On the pads, Yadav clips it wide of square leg for a couple. |
| 14.6 : Kasun Rajitha to Suryakumar Yadav, Leading edge but safe! On middle, Yadav looks to whip it yet again but this one goes off the leading edge, wide of point and towards deep point for one. Another good over for India, 10 from it. |
| 15.1 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Suryakumar Yadav, Well stopped! Saves a run! On off, this is pushed to the left of the bowler who dives and stops it. |
| 15.2 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! This is outstanding stuff from Yadav! Just not allowing the bowler to settle in. The paddle sweep is out, more like a paddle scoop, it is hit fine on the leg side and a boundary results. |
| 15.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Suryakumar Yadav, Two more! That is a wild hack! Gets away with it. Looking to attack is Yadav! On middle, he looks to play the slog sweep, it goes off the inner half through mid-wicket for two. |
| 15.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Suryakumar Yadav, Three more! Outside off, Yadav waits for it and then guides it through backward point for three. |
| 15.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey, Another one! On middle, this is eased down to long on for a single. |
| 15.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Suryakumar Yadav, What a shot that is! Yadav is picking Hasanranga quite easily! This is tossed up on off, Yadav lofts it over covers. The fielder in the deep runs to his right and pushes it back in. Saves two for his side. Runs flowing now. |
| Change in bowling. Chamika Karunaratne to have a go with the ball. |
| 16.1 : Chamika Karunaratne to Manish Pandey, Lovely wrist work. Fuller in length and on middle, Manish flicks it with great timing and it keeps on running away from mid on. It's eventually stopped near the fence and the batsmen take three runs. |
| 16.2 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, Good length ball on off, Suryakumar Yadav offers a straight bat as he defends it back to the bowler. |
| 16.3 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, Slightly short and on off, SKY walks across and works it on the leg side but finds the fielder standing in front of square leg. |
| 16.4 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Clever again from Yadav! He has mastered these innovative shots. He is Mr 360 for India. Chamika Karunaratne digs in a short ball outside off, SKY leaps and ramps it over the keeper's head for a boundary. Yadav is currently batting with a strike rate in excess of 160. Scintillating stuff. |
| 16.5 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, A length ball on off, angling in a bit, Suryakumar pushes it down to mid on from the inside part of his bat. A loud shout of no follows. |
| 16.6 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, Fullish and on off, Yadav tries to flick but gets a bit of a leading edge. It rolls back towards the bowler. A good finish to the over by Chamika Karunaratne. 162 needed off 33 overs. |
| Dasun Shanaka brings himself into the attack. |
| 17.1 : Dasun Shanaka to Manish Pandey, A single taken! On off, this is pushed through covers for one. The 50-run stand is up in very quick time! |
| 17.2 : Hardik Pandya arrives in the middle. 161 runs needed in 196 balls. |
| 17.3 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, A single now as this is eased down to long on. |
| 17.4 : Dasun Shanaka to Hardik Pandya, PUT DOWN! The skipper gives Hardik a lifeline. A tough chance but he got two hands to it. This is fuller and on off, holds in the surface a little. Pandya goes hard at it and the ball goes back off the splice, low towards Shanaka who gets down but the ball bursts through. This could be a big let off. |
| 17.5 : Dasun Shanaka to Hardik Pandya, A short one now and outside off, Pandya lets it go to the keeper. |
| 0.0 : Run out appeal! Has the bowler got some touch on it? Manish Pandey, at the non-striker's end, has tried his best to plant his bat inside the line but seems to have failed. He stands up and is ready to walk. |
| 17.2 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! RUN OUT! Pandey has to walk back in probably the most unfortunate way! Dasun Shanaka, you beauty! Gets himself on and provides the wicket, not in the fashion he would have thought of doing though. Gets the breakthrough as this stand was taking the game away from them. Shanaka bowls it full and on middle, Yadav strokes it back towards the bowler who gets down, it brushes his fingertips and goes behind and hits the stumps. Pandey is well out and he kn |
| 17.6 : Krunal Pandya replaces his brother in the middle with India staring down the barrel. |
| Dasun Shanaka to Hardik Pandya, OUT! TAKEN! The dropped catch does not cost a lot as Shanaka gets his man! A duck for Pandya and his habit of going at the ball with hard hands sees him being dismissed. That was never a good idea on this wicket which is sticking a little. Sri Lankan well on truly on top and thanks to their skipper. What an over, comes onto bowl when his team were under pressure and has taken two wickets. This is on middle, holds in the surface. Pandya looks to play it with |
| 18.1 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Blazed away! Once again it's a poor follow-up delivery after a wicket. Short and wide outside off, Yadav reaches out and slaps it through point for a cracking boundary. |
| 18.2 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, Shout for an lbw, not given! On a length around middle and sliding down, Yadav fails to flick and it goes off his pads to square leg. The bowler appeals and the batsmen cross for a leg bye. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but SKY is in despite starting late. Anyway, the ball missed the stumps. |
| 18.3 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Ooohhh...almost edged it behind! There is certainly some spring in the stride for Sri Lanka. Back of a length delivery outside off, angling away with extra bounce, Pandya stands back to punch but the ball bounces over his bat. |
| 18.4 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, A length ball on off, Krunal leans forward and offers a textbook defensive shot. |
| 18.5 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, IN THE AIR... FALLS SAFELY! Chamika Karunaratne digs in a short ball outside off, Pandya stands back to pull but it takes the top edge. The ball flies towards mid-wicket, Dasun Shanaka runs behind from the ring, puts in a dive but the ball falls away from him. The batsmen take a run as Chamika is unhappy. |
| 18.6 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, Shortish and outside off, punched from the back foot to sweeper cover for a run. |
| 19.1 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, On off, this is pushed through covers for one. |
| 19.2 : Dasun Shanaka to Krunal Pandya, Fuller again and on off, Pandya strokes it towards covers and takes another run. |
| 19.3 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, Uppish but safe! Once again an Indian batter was almost guilty of pushing too hard at the ball. Length and around off, Yadav looks to drive but this one stops on the surface. It goes more off the upper half but since one hand was taken off the handle, it lands short of covers. |
| 19.4 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, On off, extra bounce on this one. Yadav defends. |
| 19.5 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, WIDE! Slips this one down the leg side, Yadav looks to flick but misses. |
| Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, Extra boune again! On middle, once again the delivery holds in the surface and also takes off. It hits the splice of Yadav's bat as it falls on the leg side. |
| 19.6 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, End of another testing over from Shanaka! On middle, this is played to the mid-wicket region. |
| 20.1 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Fuller and on off, Pandya pushes it to covers. |
| 20.2 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Another delivery on a length and around off, Pandya lunges and keeps it out. |
| 20.3 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Goes fuller again and bowls it outside off, Pandya lets it be. Dots should not bother India at this stage as the required rate is under control. |
| Deepak Chahar is padded up, maybe he will come ahead of Bhuvneshwar Kumar if a wicket goes down now. |
| 20.4 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Slashes but misses! Outside off, slower one. Pandya goes after it but does not connect. |
| 20.5 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Another dot! A short one on the body, Pandya ducks under it. |
| 20.6 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, One more short one, angling away from off. Pandya initially looks to upper cut it but then lets it go as it is too close to the body. A maiden from Chamika. |
| 21.1 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, Slower one, full and outside off at 113 kph, Yadav checks his drive and pushes it to mid off. |
| 21.3 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, Nice and straight, a length ball, Yadav sticks back and brings a straight bat to push it back toward the bowler. Dasun misses but the mid on fielder covers up. |
| 21.4 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, Gets behind the line and hits it in the direction of mid on. The fielder from mid-wicket dives but only parries it to mid on and they take a single. |
| 21.5 : Dasun Shanaka to Krunal Pandya, Digs in a short ball on middle, Krunal pulls it wide of fine leg and they cross. Slight fumble in the deep but SKY turns down the second run. |
| 21.6 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, Uses the angle of the bowler and works it through square leg for a run. 5 from the over, 145 needed off 168 balls. |
| 21.2 : Dasun Shanaka to Suryakumar Yadav, A touch short and on off, Yadav goes back and punches it through covers for a couple of runs. |
| 22.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, Fuller in length and on middle, knocked down to long on for a single. |
| 0.0 : Lakshan Sandakan is back on. Went for 17 runs in his first two overs. |
| 22.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, A nicely tossed up delivery but it's too full and too wide outside off, Krunal drives it past the diving cover fielder for a brace. |
| 22.3 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Fires in a full ball around leg, Pandya flicks it but finds backward square leg. |
| 22.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Tossed up delivery, full and close to off, turning in, Krunal is forward in defense. |
| 22.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Stays back to a full ball outside off and pushes it defensively to covers. |
| 22.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, This one is very full and on off, it's eased off the front leg to deep cover for one. The required rate is 5.22 at this stage, so preserving wickets is the key for India. |
| Chamika Karunaratne is back into the attack. 0/13 in his 3 overs so far. |
| 23.1 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Slower one, on a good length around off, Krunal goes on the back foot and punches it to point. |
| 23.2 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, FOUR! Streaky! Pandya was in zero control of this shot. Short in length and on off, Krunal turns to pull but it flies off the top edge and goes behind the keeper for a boundary. |
| 23.3 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Angles across a full length ball on off, Pandya pushes it from the middle of his bat to short cover. |
| 23.4 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Chamika tries to tempt the batsman with yet another short ball around off, this time Krunal leans back and allows it through to the keeper. |
| 23.5 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Serves it fuller and on off, Krunal drives it through mid off and picks up a single. |
| 23.6 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, Uppish but through the gap! The timing was great. Fuller in length and outside off, Yadav strokes it past the diving cover fielder and it races away. Wanindu Hasaranga slides near the fence to stop the ball and they take a couple of runs. The stand moves to 26 off 36 balls. |
| 24.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Fuller in length and outside off, Krunal drills his drive to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 24.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, Drags his length short and lands it on middle, Yadav moves back and punches it past the diving bowler to long on. The batsmen cross. |
| 24.3 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Floated one, full and on middle, Pandya eases it down to long on and rotates the strike. |
| 24.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, Those wrists of SKY! Very full and on middle, Yadav whips it to deep mid-wicket for an easy couple of runs. |
| 24.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, Full and flighted outside off, Yadav plays an uppish drive, wide of the bowler and past his partner to mid off. |
| 24.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, Another dot to finish the over. Fuller and on off, Yadav quietly works it off his pads to short mid-wicket. 5 from the over! 129 needed at the halfway mark. |
| 25.1 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Shout for an lbw, not given. Slower delivery, landing outside leg, short in length, Krunal tries to pull but misses and is hit on the forearm. The keeper is the only one appealing and the umpire shows no interest. |
| 25.2 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Beaten! Skidyy delivery, shortish and close to off, Krunal leans back and tries to play the upper cut but misses. |
| 25.3 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Chamika Karunaratne once again digs in a short ball, on middle, Krunal plays a controlled pull shot, keeps it all along the ground in front of square leg and jogs to the other end. |
| Fine leg comes up. Square leg drops back. |
| 25.4 : Chamika Karunaratne to Suryakumar Yadav, Fullish ball, outside off, Yadav drives it to the left of mid off and scampers across to the other end. |
| 25.5 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Effort delivery from Chamika Karunaratne. He lets out a grunt as he bangs in a short ball on off, Pandya arches back and lets it go. |
| 25.6 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Identical to the last delivery, Krunal keeps his composure and decides not to do anything flashy. Allows it through to Minod. |
| 26.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, Wide! Sandakan fires a full ball way down the leg side, SKY attempts to play the paddle sweep but misses. |
| Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! What a delightful shot to reach your maiden ODI fifty! Yadav, a very special player. It's a lovely knock by him thus far. Loopy and full around off, SKY brings out his drive and threads the gap between covers and mid off for a glorious boundary. |
| 26.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, Short in length and wide outside off, Yadav goes back and punches it to deep cover for one. |
| 26.3 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Loopy one, full and outside off, Pandya leans forward and defends. |
| 26.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, FOUR! Bad delivery and it's put away. A low full toss outside off, Krunal presses forward and drives it crisply through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 26.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Spinning down the leg side, Pandya nudges it to short fine leg and they cross for a single. |
| 26.6 : Huge shout for an lbw, up goes the finger! Was it pad before the bat, or bat before the pad? A big moment in this match. It appears to be pad first. |
| Lakshan Sandakan to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! Yadav is adjudged lbw! Body blow to India. 116 needed more off 138 balls. Sandakan was having a very ordinary evening before this ball but he has hit the jackpot now. A big wicket at this stage for Sri Lanka as Suryakumar Yadav was the last recognized batsman for India. Sandakan serves a flighted ball close to off and gets it to spin back in a bit, SKY tries to defend it close to his front pad. It appears to have come off his bat but the bowler ap |
| Who is in next? Deepak Chahar is the new batsman. |
| 0.0 : Dushmantha Chameera is back on. 1/43 in his 6 overs so far. His pace could come in handy against the lower order batsmen. |
| 31.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to continue... He is into his 8th over and has conceded 49 runs so far. |
| 32.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Angles this one away from off, this is nice and quick. Chahar is beaten as he tries to drive. |
| 32.3 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Almost! A yorker on middle, Chahar does plant his front foot a little too across but manages to put bat first on the ball and jams it out. |
| 32.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, FOUR! Cracked and that should release a lot of pressure off Chahar. This is overpitched and wide outside off. Chahar says thank you very much and drills it through covers for a boundary. |
| 32.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, On middle, kept out. |
| 32.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, So 6 from the over, still a good one for India! On off, it is pushed through covers for one. |
| Dhananjaya de Silva to bowl for the first time. Dasun needs someone to bowl Sandakan's remaining overs as the mystery spinner has struggled. |
| 34.1 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Deepak Chahar, Flatter and on middle, Chahar blocks it onto the ground. |
| 34.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga is back into the attack. 2/26 in his 5 overs so far. |
| 34.2 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Deepak Chahar, Slightly shorter in length and on middle, Chahar goes back and works it through square leg for one. |
| 34.3 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Krunal Pandya, Quicker and on middle, Pandya stays back and defends it onto the ground. |
| 34.4 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Krunal Pandya, Another one on off, Pandya pushes it to covers. |
| 34.5 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Krunal Pandya, Floats it up this time on off, Pandya again strokes it to covers. Good over so far, can he end it well? |
| 34.6 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Krunal Pandya, Yes, he can, just the single. Two from the over only, the gap between balls and runs needed is going down now. On middle, this is pushed down to long on for one. This pair has now batted for 8 overs and the stand is worth 33. |
| 35.1 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Krunal Pandya, OUT! TIMBER! There is the wicket Sri Lanka desperately needed. Probably, the last hope for India is walking back now and Hasaranga strikes when his side needed him to. Wastes no time as he makes an impact on the first ball of his third spell. Was wondering why they were holding him back, maybe that is why! |
| 30.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the new batsman.  83 runs needed in 89 balls |
| 35.2 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 28.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, WIDE! Slips this one down the leg side, the batter looks to sweep but misses. Wided. |
| Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Tosses it up nicely and on off, Chahar is solid in defense. |
| 28.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Very full and on middle, Chahar works it to mid-wicket. |
| 35.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Some confusion but a single in the end! On the pads, this is worked to short fine leg for one. |
| Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Floats it up on off, Chahar puts in a big stride forward and blocks it. |
| 35.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, On middle, Kumar defends it out. End of a successful over for the hosts! |
| 28.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, WIDE AND THREE! That means four bonus runs! This is down the leg side yet again, Chahar looks to sweep but misses. The keeper does not collect it and it goes behind. Three taken. |
| Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Another single! On middle, this is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 28.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Flatter but shorter, Chahar hangs back and blocks it onto the ground. |
| 28.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, BEATEN! A good nut to end! Pushes this through and lands it outside off, it goes on with the angle. Chahar is beaten as he tries to block. Still 6 from the over out of which only one was off the bat. |
| 35.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, On middle, Kumar pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 29.1 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, Easy two! 104 more needed! Length and on off, this is pushed through covers for two. |
| 29.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, Goes fuller again but this is around off, Pandya opens the face of the bat and guides it to point. |
| 29.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, This is a good bumper, Pandya spots it late but does well to get out of it in time. |
| 35.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Floats it up on off, a lot slower, Kumar looks to push at it, it goes off the inner half to mid-wicket. |
| 29.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, On middle, Pandya works it through square leg. The fielder at fine leg gets to the ball quickly and keeps it down to one. |
| 29.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Chahar had to get bat on that one! On middle, Chahar shuffles across and manages to work it through mid-wicket for one. Had he missed that, he was a goner. |
| 29.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, On the bounce to the fielder! Shorter and outside off, Pandya slashes at it, it goes off the outside edge but lands well short of third man. Single. 101 needed in the last 20 overs. |
| 36.1 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Deepak Chahar, On middle, defended. |
| 36.2 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Deepak Chahar, Knocks a full ball down to long on for a single. |
| 30.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, FOUR! Welcome boundary! Runs needed now below 100! That is a gift for Pandya. Short and down the leg side, this is pulled hard through backward square leg and it races away to the fence. |
| 36.3 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Another one on middle, it is played back to the bowler. |
| 36.4 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fires this on the stumps, Kumar pushes it to covers. |
| 36.5 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yet another dot! Pressure is building! Darts it on the stumps, Kumar is solid in defense. |
| 30.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Good batting! Follows the boundary with a single as he pushes this full ball down to long off for one. |
| 36.6 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Run rate needed above 6 now! On middle, kept out defensively. |
| 30.3 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, A little too full on middle, it is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 30.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Confusion but no harm done! On middle, Chahar works it towards mid-wicket. He wants a run and is off but is sent back in time. |
| 30.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Another tossed up ball on middle, Chahar keeps it out. |
| 30.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Another extra! Down the leg side, Chahar looks to flick but misses. Wide given! |
| Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Tossed up on middle, Chahar defends it with his bat in front of his pad. So 6 runs from the over. 95 needed in 114 balls. |
| 37.1 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Gives it a nice amount of flight and lands it on off, Chahar is solid in defense. |
| 37.2 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Another one flighted and on off, Chahar pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 37.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Really well fielded! Sri Lankans are on fire now! On off, this hit hard towards cover where the fielder dives to his right and stops it. |
| 37.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, The dots are building up and so is the difference between balls and required runs. Very full and on middle, this is hit back to the bowler. |
| 37.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Sri Lanka won't mind the singles right now! Fuller and on middle, this is jammed over the bowler for one. |
| 37.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Another dot to end! Just the two runs from the last two overs. On off, Kumar plays it back with a straight bat to the bowler. |
| 32.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Krunal Pandya, Flighted ball outside off, a little too full. Pandya strokes it through covers for one. |
| Dhananjaya de Silva to Deepak Chahar, Advances down the track and slog sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 38.2 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, That is flicked away but straight to the fielder at short fine leg. |
| 38.3 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, On the pads, forced down to long on for a run. |
| 38.4 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Deepak Chahar, Tossed up ball on middle, Chahar flicks it in the gap between two fielders in the deep on the leg side and collects two. 200 comes up! |
| 38.5 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Deepak Chahar, Shortish and outside off, Chahar steers it through point and collects another couple of runs. |
| 38.6 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Deepak Chahar, Floated and full on middle, Chahar clips it in front of square leg and wants two again. This time only a run as Kumar tuns down the proposal. The RRR is now 6.55! |
| 39.1 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Tossed up on off, Chahar gets his bat down and keeps it out. |
| 39.2 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Another one on the stumps, it is pushed back to the bowler. |
| 39.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Edgy runs! Not sure why there is no slip in place! This lands on middle and then turns away. Chahar plays inside the line, it goes off the outside edge down towards third man for three. |
| 39.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, On middle, blocked. |
| 40.6 : Powerplay 3 time. One extra fielder, i.e. 5 can now be put outside the 30-yard circle till the end of this inning. Lakshan Sandakan is back on as well. |
| Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Another single to end! On middle, Chahar works it through mid-wicket and takes one. |
| 39.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, On middle, this is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 40.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Walks down the track and tries to defend with his bat and pad together. It takes the face of his bat and goes to point. |
| 40.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Fullish and around leg, Chahar clips it to square leg for a single. |
| 40.3 : Lakshan Sandakan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Tossed up ball outside off, it's driven down to long off for a single. |
| 40.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Gets behind the line of the delivery and blocks. |
| 40.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, FOUR! A much-needed boundary for India. Tossed up ball, landing outside leg and spinning away, Chahar sits down and sweeps it fine to fine leg for a boundary. 61 needed off 55 balls. |
| 40.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Too full in length and on off, Deepak forces it to long off and picks up a run. |
| 41.1 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, Edged but only one! Length and around off, Chahar looks to defend but this goes off the outside edge down towards third man for one. |
| 41.2 : Kasun Rajitha to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shorter and into the body, this is nudged on the leg side for one. |
| 41.3 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, Back of a length and on off, Chahar pushes it to covers. |
| 41.4 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, WIDE! Goes short this time but it is down the leg side. Chahar looks to pull but misses. |
| Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, A slower one around off, Chahar hits this hard but to covers. |
| 41.5 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, Shorter and on the body, Chahar looks to pull but this hits the top edge and then the helmet, it goes towards fine leg for one. |
| 41.6 : Kasun Rajitha to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, A dot to end! On a length and around off, this is guided to point. 56 needed in 48. |
| 41.5 : Physio comes out. The mandatory concussion test is performed and all is well with Chahar. The game resumes. |
| 42.1 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Flatter and shorter outside off, spinning away, Chahar tries to cut but misses. |
| 42.2 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, SIX! That's a big powerful blow from Deepak Chahar. Too full in length and outside off, Chahar finds it in his range and dispatches it over long off for a biggie. 50 needed off 46 balls. |
| 42.3 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Jumps down the track to a full ball outside off and tries to flick but misses. It goes off his pads to the off side. Chahar returns inside the crease. |
| 42.4 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Lovely wrist work from Chahar has he gently works a full ball through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 42.5 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Flighted and on off, Chahar takes a step down the track and pushes it to covers. |
| 42.6 : Lakshan Sandakan to Deepak Chahar, Very full and down the leg side, Chahar fails to sweep and it goes off his boot to short fine leg. They cross for a leg bye. 47 needed off 42 balls. |
| 43.1 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, Chahar is getting vital runs here. Full and following the batsman down the leg side, Deepak whips it over backward square leg. The fielder in the deep does well to flick it back in with a jump. The batsmen take two. |
| 43.2 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, Wide! Rajitha tries to bowl a slower one but it's way wide outside off, Chahar leaves it. |
| Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, FOUR! Chahar is doing it for India! Fuller in length and in the line of the stumps, Chahar hops back to make room and bludgeons it past the bowler for a boundary down the ground. Chahar moves to 44! 40 needed off 40 balls. |
| 43.3 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, FOUR! 36 needed off 39 balls now. The pressure is getting transferred back on Sri Lanka. An overpitched delivery outside off, Chahar slices it over backward point for a boundary. |
| 43.4 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, Slower one, on a length around off, DC picks it up and defends it back. He is angry with himself to not get at least a run off this delivery. |
| 43.5 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, Pitches it up and around off, Chahar drives it back to the bowler. |
| 43.6 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, A low full toss on off, it's knocked down to long on. A single to retain strike, Deepak is on 49! 12 from the over, 35 needed off 36 balls. |
| 31.1 : Rahul Dravid, the coach of India, has come down to the dugout and is having a word with Rahul Chahar. Maybe, some message is passed on. Meanwhile, Dushmantha Chameera is back into the attack. |
| Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Fullish and on middle, helped to mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : Here comes the spinner. Wanindu Hasaranga is into the attack. |
| 45.2 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Leading edge but safe! A leg spinner on off, Chahar tries to flick but it takes the leading edge and goes to point. |
| 45.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, In the air... safe! Tossed up ball around off, Chahar decides to take the aerial route but doesn't get the connection right. It drops safely before the long on fielder for a run. |
| 45.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Skidding down the leg side, Kumar tries to work it away but misses. |
| 45.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 45.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Too full in length on middle, Kumar eases it down to long on for a run. 2 from the over, 29 needed off 24 balls. |
| 47.1 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dot to begin! Sri Lanka need a lot more! On off, this is pushed back to the bowler. |
| 47.2 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Singles will do it for India! On off, this is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 47.3 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Yet another dot! Flighted on off, this is pushed to covers for one more. |
| 47.4 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Make that another dot! On middle, Chahar is happy to play Hasaranga out. Blocks it to mid-wicket. |
| 47.5 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, Good sensible batting! On middle, Chahar hangs back and works it to mid-wicket. |
| 47.6 : Wanindu Hasaranga to Deepak Chahar, End of Hasaranga! He though keeps his team in it with a one-run over. 15 needed in 12. On middle, it is defended. What a spell from Hasaranga. 10-0-37-3 for him. |
| 48.1 : Dushmantha Chameera to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, A single to begin the 49th! Full and on middle, Kumar helps it in the gap at mid-wicket for a single. |
| 46.4 : Deepak Chahar is cramping up! He has removed his pads and is down on the ground. The physio has arrived. Also, it's an opportunity for Rahul Chahar to pass on the message from the coach if he has not already. Some stretching is given to Deepak Chahar. 18 needed off 20 balls. Sri Lanka won't mind this break. It has given them the chance to regroup. Deepak is back on his feet. We are set to resume now. |
| 48.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, FOUR! Another edgy boundary! Not sure why the third man is up with so many runs going down that region! It is short and outside off, Chahar slashes at it and it goes off the outside edge past the short third man fielder for a boundary. |
| 48.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Two and Mickey Arthur does not like that work in the field! A short ball, it is slapped through covers. The fielder in the deep does not stop it cleanly as he overruns a bit. He then releases a loopy throw to the keeper and the batsmen get two. |
| 48.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Another one! 7 needed in 7! Short and outside off, this is slapped again but to long off for one. An important ball coming up, can Chameera get a wicket or bowl a dot? |
| 48.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, FOUR! Kumar gets it away for a boundary and that is probably the stroke that wins India not only the game but the series too. Again, not a good ball with point and third man in the ring. Full and outside off, Kumar carves it over the point fielder for a boundary. 12 from the over and India are on the cusp of victory. |
| 3 needed now! Kasun Rajitha to bowl the final over. |
| 49.1 : Kasun Rajitha to Deepak Chahar, FOUR! Chahar finishes it in style! A fitting end to this game. A slower short ball on middle, it sits up to be hit and Chahar was ready for it. He smacks it over the mid-wicket fielder for a boundary. INDIA WIN BY 3 WICKETS! |
| The presence of Suryakumar Yadav meant that Sri Lanka were not able to exert much pressure and his partnership with Krunal Pandya steadied the chase. The good thing for India was that the required run rate never reached an alarming level. Once Surya was trapped in front by Lakshan Sandakan, Sri Lanka did have an opening but once again the Indian lower order showed fight. Krunal formed a partnership with Deepak Chahar and once the former was dismissed, Chahar took charge. |
| Earlier in the game, Sri Lanka chose to bat first and started brightly. However, once again they lost the plot in the middle overs and some late flourish from Chamika Karunaratne handed them a fighting total. They almost had the match in the bag but Deepak Chahar's knock spoiled their party. With this win, India also keep their winning streak in Sri Lanka intact. |
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| Dasun Shanaka, the Sri Lankan skipper, says that he is proud of his boys for the way they played and calls it a tough game. Credits the Indian players especially Chahar who took the game away from them. Mentions they did not do well in the middle period with the bat and he hopes they can reflect on this in the next game. Regarding his bowling, Shanaka replies that he did not bowl for a long time as there were plenty of options but tried his luck in this match and it worked. |
| Shikhar Dhawan, the Indian captain, says the wicket felt a lot better than the last one and he thinks that the bowlers did well to restrict Sri Lanka to a gettable total. Admits that they did not start well with the ball and it is a good learning curve for the youngsters that every day is different. States Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav played and called Krunal's fight with the bat amazing. Praises Deepak Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and tells that they were brilliant to watch and the way Chah |
| That concludes the proceedings for this heart-pumping game! India adopted the English approach to chase down the target. They always kept the required rate under control and that played a big role in their victory. With the series gone, Sri Lanka's only aim will be to win the last match and get 10 points for the ICC Men's CWC Super League. Can they cross the line in the third ODI? Do join us on Friday, 23rd July to find out. The first ball will be at 3 pm local (9.30 am GMT) but you can join us |
| Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Good shot! On the up! Length and around off, this is timed through covers. Two taken. |
| 27.2 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Off the helmet! Shorter and on middle, Pandya looks to pull but misses. This goes off the helmet towards the third man region for one. THe batsmen cross. It's given as a run, maybe some top edge then. Pandya is not enjoying the short stuff from Karunaratne. |
| 27.3 : Chamika Karunaratne to Deepak Chahar, Back of a length to Chahar, it is pushed to the man at covers. |
| 27.4 : Chamika Karunaratne to Deepak Chahar, Outside off, shorter, this is slapped through covers for one. |
| 27.5 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Goes short again and on the body, Pandya ducks under it. |
| 27.6 : Chamika Karunaratne to Krunal Pandya, Another short one to end! Pandya evades it and lets it go to the keeper. 112 more needed in 32 overs. The run rate is not an issue but the wickets are. |
| 31.1 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, Two! Not the right line, on the pads, this is worked fine towards fine leg for two. Given as leg byes. |
| 31.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, Quick run! On off, Pandya pushes it towards mid off and gets to the other end. |
| 31.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, A sharp bumper but it is easily ducked under. |
| 31.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Good length and on off, Chahar pushes it to covers. |
| 31.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Another short ball and it is signalled as two for the over which means no more bumpers over the shoulder allowed. Chahar ducks under it. |
| 31.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, There was surely a single on there! Chameera quite expectedly goes for a yorker but ends up bowling a full toss, it is worked towards mid-wicket where the fielder dives and makes a half stop. Pandya wanted a run, both batsmen came in the middle of the track but then decide not to cross. |
| 49.1 : This match saw plenty of ups and downs as it swung like a pendulum. The Lankan bowlers bowled a buffet of lines and lengths upfront and were all over the place. The chase started with a flurry of boundaries with both Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan bagging three apiece in the first two overs. After that period, Sri Lanka struck back through Wanindu Hasaranga and there was a phase where India lost three wickets. Suryakumar Yadav's arrival to the crease, however, never allowed the pressure to b |
| Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Arrows in a fuller length ball on off, Chahar pushes it down to mid on and says no to a single as the fielder quickly gets around it. |
| 33.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Slower one and Chahar is beaten all ends up! A cutter, on a length and outside off, Chahar pushes at it at the last moment and misses. |
| 33.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Aerial but wide of the fielder! Fuller in length and around leg, Chahar chips his flick shot in the air but it goes away from mid-wicket and they take a run. |
| 33.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, Nearly drags it on! Chameera has a big smile on his face. A leg cutter again, outside off, Pandya tries to force it through the line but it takes the inside edge and pings him on the back leg. |
| 33.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, Chameera spears in a pinpoint yorker on off, Pandya is up for the challenge and has his bat down in time to dig it out. Good battle, this! |
| 33.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Krunal Pandya, Chameera follows the yorker with a short delivery, around off, Krunal picks it early and lets it go to the keeper. |
| 49.1 : Deepak Chahar has done it for India! What a thrilling victory for them, it went right down to the wire and the tourists showed better nerves to end on the positive side of the result. Suryakumar Yadav is running on the ground in his slippers, he is ecstatic. The Indian players are now also coming out to shake hands with the opposition players. This is now the 9th consecutive ODI bilateral series win for India against Sri Lanka. Thorough dominance. |
| Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, FIFTY FOR CHAHAR! Taps a shortish length ball to point and takes a run. A very good knock so far from him, can he take India home? |
| 44.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, On a length and around off, nipping in, Kumar defends it off the inner half to mid-wicket and takes a single. |
| 44.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, A bumper to follow the batsman down the leg side, Chahar ducks. |
| 44.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Well bowled! A slower delivery, full and outside off, cutting away, Chahar tries for a booming drive but misses. |
| 44.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Wide! Short delivery down the leg side, Chahar allows it through to the keeper. The 50-run stand is up, India are marching along now. 32 needed off 32 balls. |
| Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Slower length ball close to off, Chahar pushes it with an angled bat to point and takes a single. |
| 44.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Chameera bangs in a short ball around off, Kumar lets it be and Minod does well to jump and collect the ball. No signal from the square leg umpire and the over is completed. 31 needed off the last 5 overs. This game is on a knife-edge. |
| 46.1 : Dushmantha Chameera to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, EDGED AND FOUR! That possibly brushed the fingertips of the keeper! What a start to the over. This is on a length and outside off, Kumar opens the face of the bat, he looks to play it down to third man but it goes off the outside edge and finds the third man fence. |
| 46.2 : Dushmantha Chameera to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Well played! Slower delivery, short and on middle, Kumar stays back and calmly guides his pull down to fine leg for a run. |
| 46.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, FOUR! Handy runs for India! A short delivery, around leg, Chahar tries to pull but it takes his gloves and speeds away to the fine leg fence. This match is slipping away from Sri Lanka. 20 needed off 21 balls. |
| 46.4 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, This is lazy from Sri Lanka, shoulders are dropping. On a length and outside off, Chahar plays it softly behind square on the off side and returns for the second run as the fielder takes his time to release the ball. |
| 46.5 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, Play and a miss! Slower delivery, shortish and outside off, Chahar pushes at it and misses. The ball bounces in front of the keeper and strikes him in the unprotected area behind the flap of his pads. The batsmen cross for a bye. |
| 46.6 : Dushmantha Chameera to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Width on offer outside off, Kumar reaches out and slashes it to deep cover for a run. 13 from the over, 16 needed off 18 balls. |
| 48.3 : Dushmantha Chameera to Deepak Chahar, A dot! Chameera might have felt there goes another boundary in that third man region. Good work from the keeper! This is a slower one on off, Chahar looks to play it with an open face of the bat. It goes off the outside edge to the right of Minod who dives and stops it. 10 needed in 9 balls. |
| 49.1 : With 83 runs needed in 89 balls and three wickets in hand, it was Sri Lanka's game to lose and they ended up losing. Chahar batted with sensibility and smartness to stitch a partnership with Bhuvneshwar Kumar who also was level-headed in his approach. They played clever cricket to knock the ball around a bit and when the equation came down below, Deepak started to play his shots. There were a few lucky boundaries to aid them but that's part and parcel of the game. Sri Lanka will be crestfallen |
| THE MAN OF THE MATCH IS DEEPAK CHAHAR! Says there were a few dropped catches early on and it was also very hot. Mentions that they did nicely to make a comeback and stop them to 275 which was a decent score. States he had just one thing on his mind that he can play a dream innings here for his country and there is no better way to win the game for your side and it was important to stay there till the end. Adds Rahul Dravid has seen him bat and he believes in him and hence, he came ahead of Bh |
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