END OF OVER:50 | 10 Runs | IND: 375/5 | RR: 7.50
- Manish Pandey50 (42b)
- MS Dhoni49 (42b)
- Lasith Malinga10-0-82-1
- Vishwa Fernando8-1-76-1
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Raghunath Parth: "Dhoni yet to be dismissed in this series, 2 match winning knocks and 1 knock ensuring a good finish. His presence surely required for this team India."
6.10pm What should've been 450 has now been reduced to 375 for 5. "That itself is a victory for Sri Lanka," says Russell Arnold on commentary. That really sums up what has been another leather hunt. Kohli and Rohit feasted on some toothless bowling to bring up centuries - could have been double centuries to both - before Pandey and Dhoni prevented a middle order slide and provided the late spark. KL Rahul would be disappointed after a third successive failure. Dhawan too would be kicking himself for missing out on what was a belter of a surface. That said, India did enough to stamp their authority. 288 is the highest total successfully chased down here. Sri Lanka will have to do something magical to prevent India from going 4-0 up. Join us in 30 minutes for the chase.
Sri Lanka would feel encouraged by the bowling form of Angelo Mathews. Although gingerly on the field, he mixed his variations. Malinga got to his 300th ODI wicket when he sent back Kohli, but there was not much else to cheer. What they'd be completely dejected with?The fielding and catching.
Both batsmen have an opportunity here to finish off with half-centuries