Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | SL: 161/9 | RR: 8.05

  • Matheesha Pathirana1 (1b)
  • Axar Patel4-0-30-2
  • Arshdeep Singh3-0-24-2

India need 8.1 per over to win this game and seal the T20I series. ESPNcricinfo's forecaster says India are 67% favourites to claim the win. When we return, it'll be Deivarayan once again over here, and let's hope rain stays away.

9.23pm Sri Lanka lose seven wickets in the last five overs and finish on 161. It might be a winning total, you never know, but given their start, they'll be very disappointed. When Kusal Merera and Kamindu Mendis were batting together, SL were aiming for a score in excess of 175 on this tricky pitch. However, Bishnoi, Hardik, Arshdeep and Axar jolted SL, and the hosts could only accumulate 31 runs for seven wickets in the last 30 balls.

As for India, Suryakumar Yadav used his bowlers based on how the pitch was behaving. Parag, Bishnoi and Axar finished their full quotas to return combined figures of 12-0-86-5. Siraj struggled with the new ball against Pathum Nissanka, Hardik blew hot and cold and Arshdeep was the pick of the seamers. However none of the quicks completed their full quota.

19.6
W
Patel to RTM Mendis, OUT, Axar finishes on a high! He slows it down, bowling a good length ball quite wide outside off. Mendis came down the track to go for an expansive shot, but he missed, and Pant had plenty of time to whip the bails off. Could've been a wide, though, however the umpire feels it is not. Sri Lanka finish on 161/9

RTM Mendis st †Pant b Patel 12 (16m 10b 0x4 1x6) SR: 120.00

19.5
0
Patel to RTM Mendis, no run, full ball outside off but angling into his pads. Batter tries to play another slog sweep, but this time he misses. Ball hits his pad and rolls away behind for a single. Axar appeals for LBW but is given not out. India review, and the umpire was right, this is going to slide well past leg stump too.

Krishna mohan : "Jayasuriya looks as if a bulldozer hit him" -- Sri Lanka were on course for a score in excess of 175 comfortably before the collapse. Understandable.

19.4
6
Patel to RTM Mendis, SIX, full ball on off. Mendis clears the front leg, goes down on one knee, and absolutely clatters Axar over deep midwicket! Their first boundary-shot in four overs, and much needed for the hosts!
19.3
1
Patel to Pathirana, 1 run, full ball on middle, and nudged to the leg side for a single

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12SV SamsonYBK Jaiswal
2nd39SA YadavYBK Jaiswal
3rd14HH PandyaYBK Jaiswal
4th16HH PandyaRR Pant