10/12Result

1st ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of India at Dharamsala, Dec 10 2017

Sri Lanka won by 7 wkts (176b rem)

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India have only once defended a smaller total than 112. That was 105, against Bangladesh in Mirpur three years ago.

Tyagi: "112/10 .. What is it !! Bowling Pitch ? Good Bowling ?? Bad Batting ???" -- A bit of everything. The new ball was genuinely difficult to bat against - the ball was seaming just a touch, but more than that, the pitch was two-paced initially, and a number of India's batsmen got through their shots just that touch early. Plus Lakmal and Mathews bowled really, really well, and kept making the batsmen play.

2.45pm India are all out for 112. It could have been a whole lot worse - they were 29 for 7 at one point - had it not been for Dhoni and his expert shepherding of the lower order. Still, Sri Lanka are odds on to win this, and Suranga Lakmal, who bowled 10 overs on the trot to finish with figures of 4 for 13, remains the player who has made the most impact on this match. But India have given themselves the slimmest of chances now. We'll be back after the innings break to bring you Sri Lanka's chase.

38.2

Perera to Dhoni, OUT, length ball outside off, and it's all over. Goes for the big hit, has to reach out, and ends up slicing it straight to the sweeper on the cover boundary. I think he wanted to hit it over mid-off

MS Dhoni c Gunathilaka b Perera 65 (129m 87b 10x4 2x6) SR: 74.71

38.1

Perera to Dhoni, FOUR, short and wide to start, and Dhoni puts it away clinically, finding the gap between backward point and third man with a back-cut

Thisara.

END OF OVER:
38 | (maiden) | IND: 108/9 | RR: 2.84

Yuzvendra Chahal0 (9b)
MS Dhoni61 (85b)

Nuwan Pradeep10-4-37-2
Sachith Pathirana4-1-16-1

37.6

Pradeep to Chahal, no run, full, sixth-stump line, left alone. Disappointing end to a good spell from Pradeep - he should have really made Chahal play more

37.5

Pradeep to Chahal, no run, yorker outside off. Looks to open his bat face and squeeze it towards point, the ball sneaks between bat and body

37.4

Pradeep to Chahal, no run, length ball, fifth-stump line, left alone

37.3

Pradeep to Chahal, no run, bouncer over middle stump, and Chahal leaves that like a top-order batsman, keeping his eye on the ball all the way and swaying his upper body away from the line. Sensational

37.2

Pradeep to Chahal, no run, back of a length on off stump, defended towards point

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