Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs 2 Wkts | SL: 160/10 (3 runs required, RR: 8.00)

  • Chamika Karunaratne23 (16b)
  • Axar Patel3-0-31-0
  • Harshal Patel4-0-41-2

That's all from our side for this game. We will back again on Thursday as the caravan moves to Pune, with India 1-0 ahead in the three match series. See you then.

Hardik Pandya: [on being addressed as India captain] Now I have got used to it. It was just cramps, I am alright. it was a rough night, I was unwell and I had my fluids down. If I am smiling, everything is fine. [On Axar bowling the final over] We might lose a game here and there but it's alright. It's the young guys who got us back into the game. I have seen him [Shivam Mavi] bowling well in the IPL and I just told him to simply bowl. I told him, 'I am backing you. Even if you get hit, it's fine.' If the same situation is there, I will take the new ball. I have been bowling in the nets with the new ball since I returned in the IPL. I have learnt how to swing it back.

Deepak Hooda is the Player of the Match: I try to practise for every position and try to give my best at every position. We knew if get the momentum on our side, we will reach 160. I recently played domestic cricket, so I am aware of the game situation even though I don't practise range hitting.

Dasun Shanaka: Really disappointed with the way we finished, it was a game we should have won. At Wankhede, the batters need to cross the line easily when you are chasing 163. We used the match-ups well to restrict India. This bunch of youngsters is a very good bunch of players, they will come back strongly.

Time for the presentation ceremony.

Sri: "Great game for Mavi and Kishan. Kishan's saves behind the wicket proved to be crucial given the slender win margin."

Shivam Mavi: I was waiting for this moment for the last six years. Had injuries in between and it felt my dream will never come true. Nerves were 3-4 on a scale of ten because you know what to expect when you have played the IPL. The first wicket was my favourite.

10.40pm What a game we have had. At the halfway stage it looked like India were well under par but they started well with the ball, restricting Sri Lanka to 35 for 2 in the powerplay. Dasun Shanaka revived the chase in the company of Hasaranga and Karunaratne. He fells in the 17th over but Karunaratne kept fighting, taking it to the final ball but Axar sealed it for India in the end.

19.6
W
AR Patel to Karunaratne, 1 run, OUT, Axar seals it for India. Darted in at 109.4kph. Karunaratne can only drag it towards deep midwicket. Madushanka looks to come back for the second, almost halfheartedly, and Kishan breaks the stumps to run him out

D Madushanka run out 0 (3m 0b 0x4 0x6) SR: -

Deep cover, long-off, long-on, wide long-on and now deep square leg goes behind square. Over the wicket

Four needed from the final ball. The Hardik-Kishan-Axar conference has resumed

19.5
W
AR Patel to Karunaratne, 1 run, OUT, 108.9kph. Just short of a yorker. Karunaratne digs it out towards deep midwicket. They are going for the second but Hooda fires in the throw and Axar breaks the stumps. Rajitha was well short

CAK Rajitha run out 5 (15m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 125.00

19.4
0
AR Patel to Karunaratne, no run, shuffles around, first moving towards the leg side and then the off side. Axar has bowled it full and outside off. Well inside the tram line but Karunaratne leaves it alone, thinking it's a wide. No, it isn't

Five needed from three. Kishan, Axar and Harshal in a long discussion

19.3
6
AR Patel to Karunaratne, SIX, short of length at the stumps. Karunaratne clears his front leg and pulls it over midwicket for a six. Sri Lanka are the favourites now
19.2
0
AR Patel to Karunaratne, no run, backs away early and seeing that Axar bowls it fast, flat and outside off. Karunaratne can only watch it go through to the keeper

11 needed from five balls

19.1
1
AR Patel to Rajitha, 1 run, a length ball around off, turned towards square leg for one
19.1
1w
AR Patel to Rajitha, 1 wide, darted halfway into the pitch but way down the leg side. Ignored by Rajitha

13 needed from the final over. Axar has got the ball, Rajitha on strike

END OF OVER:
19 | 16 Runs | SL: 150/8 (13 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.89, RRR: 13.00)

  • Kasun Rajitha4 (3b)
  • Chamika Karunaratne15 (11b)
  • Harshal Patel4-0-41-2
  • Shivam Mavi4-0-22-4
18.6
1
HV Patel to Rajitha, 1 run, use of feet and he hits it towards long-on, along the ground. Karunaratne is looking for the second but eventually he decides against it. Could Rajitha have sacrificed his wicket?

A virtual free hit for Rajitha

18.5
1
HV Patel to Karunaratne, 1 run, 134.8kph. Banged into the pitch, well outside off. Karunaratne charges down the track and forehands it towards long-off
18.4
6
HV Patel to Karunaratne, SIX, short of length at the stumps, Karunaratne goes for the pull and even though he didn't get really middle it, it just clears the deep midwicket fielder
18.3
3
HV Patel to Rajitha, 3 runs, a low full toss on the stumps, moves across and flicks it towards short fine leg, where Chahal fumbles but Mavi does well sprinting in from deep-backward square leg to stop it just inside. Sri Lanka pick up three
18.3
1w
HV Patel to Rajitha, 1 wide, a wide now. Short but down the leg side. Rajitha fails to get bat on this
18.2
1
HV Patel to Karunaratne, 1 run, 140.1kph. Short of length at the stumps, mistimes the pull towards long-on. Rajitha was looking for the second but Karunaratne says no

A free hit

18.2
3nb
HV Patel to Karunaratne, (no ball) 2 runs, a high full toss from outside off, wide of the crease. Slogs it towards wide long-on. Karunaratne dives back to complete the second run. And it's called a no-ball for height. A bit harsh on the bowler as it was dipping and Karunaratne was well outside his crease
18.1
0
HV Patel to Karunaratne, no run, full outside off, digs it out towards sweeper cover

29 needed from two overs but Sri Lanka are eight down. Here's Harshal

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 134/8 (29 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.44, RRR: 14.50)

  • Chamika Karunaratne5 (6b)
  • Kasun Rajitha0 (1b)
  • Shivam Mavi4-0-22-4
  • Umran Malik4-0-27-2
17.6
1
Shivam Mavi to Karunaratne, 1 run, short of length outside off, drops it towards point for one

Shivam Mavi is just the third Indian to take a four-wicket haul on debut in men's T20Is after Pragyan Ojha and Barinder Sran

17.5
1lb
Shivam Mavi to Rajitha, 1 leg bye, full down the leg side. Goes for the flick but misses. An appeal for lbw but it was going down

Rajitha

17.4
W
Shivam Mavi to Theekshana, OUT, length ball outside off, Theekshana goes aerial but looked like it got stuck in the pitch. Ends up hitting it straight to long-off, Surya was sent there just before this well

M Theekshana c Yadav b Shivam Mavi 1 (6m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

17.3
0
Shivam Mavi to Theekshana, no run, 120.8kph. A slower one outside off. Smashes it towards extra cover. The non-striker is sprinting down the ground but Surya doesn't go for the direct hit
17.2
0
Shivam Mavi to Theekshana, no run, a slower one, short outside off. Theekshana goes for the pull but is early into his shot and gets beaten

AdiCan: "@Vishal: Bar set so low that it makes us happy when Chahal takes a simple catch."

17.1
1
Shivam Mavi to Karunaratne, 1 run, full outside off, hits it towards long-off

Mavi

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 131/7 (32 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.70, RRR: 10.66)

  • Chamika Karunaratne3 (4b)
  • Maheesh Theekshana1 (1b)
  • Umran Malik4-0-27-2
  • Harshal Patel3-0-25-2

Dasun Shanaka - 199 runs off 102 balls at 195.09 SR across his last four T20I innings against India, says Sampath

Vishal Poojary: "For all the Chahal bashing today, I think he has fielded well today and takes an important catch now :)"

16.6
1
Umran Malik to Karunaratne, 1 run, length ball on the stumps, flicked towards deep midwicket
16.5
1
Umran Malik to Theekshana, 1 run, full and straight. Theekshana is stuck in his crease and pushes at it. Gets a thick outside edge towards deep third

Theekshana now. There's a short leg in place, in the 17th over of a T20I

Kumar: "What a brilliant take from Kishan saving 4 runs"

16.4
W
Umran Malik to Shanaka, OUT, Is that the match? Full outside off and Shanaka goes after it. But he ends up hitting it straight to Chahal at extra cover. That was bowled at 155kph

MD Shanaka c Chahal b Umran Malik 45 (47m 27b 3x4 3x6) SR: 166.66

16.3
0
Umran Malik to Shanaka, no run, goes for the yorker, just outside leg and goes between Shanaka's legs. Another great take from Kishan behind the stumps. Umran, meanwhile, is appealing for the caught behind, and India opt to review it. Replay shows there was an inside edge, the ball hitting the bat on the full and then bouncing immediately after it

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12BKG MendisP Nissanka
2nd12DM de SilvaBKG Mendis
3rd23BKG MendisKIC Asalanka
4th4PBB RajapaksaBKG Mendis
5th17PBB RajapaksaMD Shanaka
6th40MD ShanakaPW Hasaranga
7th21MD ShanakaC Karunaratne
8th3C KarunaratneM Theekshana
9th27CAK RajithaC Karunaratne
10th1C KarunaratneD Madushanka