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.
RTM Mendis st †Pant b Patel 12 (16m 10b 0x4 1x6) SR: 120
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.