- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.1 Raina has pulled off a stunner at midwicket. This was short on middle, Gunathilaka, who was waiting to pull, absolutely hammers this and could've well mistaken into believing that was screaming to the fence. Sadly for him, Raina decided to fling himself full stretch to his left and took the catch even though he was slightly off balance. Now, that's surely one way to prove your fitness. 25/114.1 slaps this short ball straight to extra cover. Big blow. The in-form Kusal, who appeared to be tiring, walks off to a standing ovation and applause. What entertainment 120/63.1 huge wicket. Looks to play an expansive reverse sweep, but in playing too early, he ends up dragging the ball off his glove onto the stumps. Oh, dear. The crowd goes silent. 34/210.4 floats this full on the stumps from wide of the crease, Tharanga looks to go big again but misses it completely as this comes back in to cannon into the middle stump. It was an ugly attempted hoick and he's paid the price. Vijay is pumped. 96/311.6 another knuckleball outside off, Thisara looks to clear long-off but ends up slicing it to Chahal, who takes an excellent catch with his fingers pointing upwards at the edge of the circle at cover. What a cameo he's played though. 113/413.2 beautifully deceived in flight, done in by the drift too. The angle from around the stumps meant Jeevan looked to make room and go over cover but the ball dipped on him to beat the stroke and crash into the stumps. 118/518.4 steps out to slog over long-off but gets a thick edge that flies at a comfortable height to Karthik. Shardul's impressive outing continues. This is another knuckleball that he bowls so wonderfully 151/817.6 slower length ball on middle, Akila swings across the line but can only hit it as far as KL Rahul at wide long-on. Got it off the top part of the bat. 146/718.5 slices this to Unadkat who takes an excellent catch at short third man. He had to take a couple of steps back, which he did, and then held his balance as this descended. Shardul's having quite an evening. Shardul on a hat-trick 151/9Extras10 (lb 1, nb 1, w 8)TOTAL152/9 (19 Overs, RR: 8)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Danushka Gunathilaka, 2.1 ov), 2-34 (Kusal Perera, 3.1 ov), 3-96 (Upul Tharanga, 10.4 ov), 4-113 (Thisara Perera, 11.6 ov), 5-118 (Jeevan Mendis, 13.2 ov), 6-120 (Kusal Mendis, 14.1 ov), 7-146 (Akila Dananjaya, 17.6 ov), 8-151 (Dasun Shanaka, 18.4 ov), 9-151 (Dushmantha Chameera, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JD Unadkat 3 0 33 1 11.00 6 0 3 1 0 Washington Sundar 4 0 21 2 5.25 12 1 1 0 0 SN Thakur 4 0 27 4 6.75 10 3 0 1 0 YS Chahal 4 0 34 1 8.50 10 1 2 2 1 V Shankar 3 0 30 1 10.00 6 1 2 1 0 SK Raina 1 0 6 0 6.00 1 0 0 1 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.6 steps out and whips this straight to midwicket. He looked to clear the infield but didn't get any elevation. Was hit hard, superbly taken by Kusal Mendis. He saw Rohit advancing and fired this towards the pads. Rohit didn't have room to properly get under the length and ended up chipping the catch. 13/13.1 second one for Akila. Dhawan's stay is shortlived. This one grips the surface and spins away, Dhawan stepped out to go over the top but ended up spooning a simple catch to Thisara at mid-on. He had to run in to complete the catch. India in a hint of trouble 22/29.5 works this into the leg side but in doing so, Rahul's has smashed the stumps off his boot. Out hit wicket. This time, there's no doubt whatsoever. 85/46.5 Raina makes room, shimmies out, and tamely chips a catch to mid-off. Back of a length on leg stump, Raina is cramped for room. He checks his punch and hands a catch to Thisara at mid-off. It wasn't a full blooded drive, and Raina falls for 27 off 15 balls 62/3Extras8 (lb 1, w 7)TOTAL153/4 (17.3 Overs, RR: 8.74)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Rohit Sharma, 1.6 ov), 2-22 (Shikhar Dhawan, 3.1 ov), 3-62 (Suresh Raina, 6.5 ov), 4-85 (KL Rahul, 9.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RAS Lakmal 2 0 19 0 9.50 4 2 1 0 0 A Dananjaya 4 0 19 2 4.75 11 0 0 2 0 PVD Chameera 3 0 33 0 11.00 2 3 1 1 0 N Pradeep 2.3 0 30 1 12.00 2 4 1 0 0 BMAJ Mendis 4 0 34 1 8.50 5 3 0 1 0 NLTC Perera 2 0 17 0 8.50 3 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.25, Interval 20.25-20.45, Second Session 20.45-22.10
Match days
12 March 2018 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
India 2, Sri Lanka 0
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 0/0
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (32 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (BKG Mendis 28, WU Tharanga 17, Ex 5)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (66 balls), Extras 6
- BKG Mendis: 50 off 31 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (110 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 152/9 in 19.0 overs (RAS Lakmal 5, N Pradeep 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 2 wickets)
- India: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 6
- India: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 7
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (MK Pandey 26, KD Karthik 24, Ex 0)
- India: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 8
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