We are back for the chase! The Indian players are taking up their respective field positions. Sineth Jayawardena and Lasith Croospulle are the two openers for Sri Lanka. Jasprit Bumrah will start proceeding with the ball. Here we go...
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... THE RUN CHASE ...
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The Ishan Kishan masterclass - Amid the carnage at the other end, Ishan Kishan played the knock of his life, standing tall as India's solitary warrior. He anchored the innings before cutting loose at the death, finishing unbeaten on a magnificent 80 off 46 balls. A brisk cameo from Washington Sundar provided the finishing touch, pushing India to a fighting total of 169/7. Sri Lanka need 170 to punch their ticket to the final. Stay tuned, this chase is going down to the wire!
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Spin stranglehold in the middle overs - The balance tilted right back to Sri Lanka as Sahan Arachchige sent Sooryavanshi packing, before Wanuja Sahan broke through Shreyas Iyer’s defenses for 13. The Lankan spinners tightened the screws beautifully, keeping the run rate under check and triggering a middle-order collapse. Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, and Shivam Dube all departed cheaply in quick succession, leaving India struggling at 151/7 late in the innings.
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Sooryavanshi’s counter-punch - Sri Lanka chose to bowl first and enjoyed a dream start by knocking over Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson inside the first three overs. Just as the innings began to stutter, young prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi launched a fearless counter-attack, bludgeoning 38 off just 21 deliveries. His fireworks gave India instant momentum, lifting them to a solid 58/2 by the end of the powerplay.
19.7
Can't connect it cleanly. Binura spears in a full-length delivery, aimed at the off pole. Ishan clears the front leg, looking to swing it downtown but he cannot get underneath the ball and drills it off the toe end to long off for a single only. But 18 runs come off the final over and India finish on 169/7, a score that lets them carry real momentum into the break at the halfway stage.
19.6
Pitched fuller, around off, Sundar smashes it to the cover fielder and they hustle through for a quick single.
19.5
SIX! Top shot from Sundar. Full outside off, with pace taken off, and the ball grips after landing too. Sundar gets low on his knee, and drags this across the line with pristine timing, sending it sailing over the fence behind deep mid-wicket.
19.4
Good length ball, outside off, Ishan Kishan flat bats it to long off for a single.
19.3
WIDE! Slower bumper that bounces over the head height, and going down leg as well. Ishan lets it go through to the keeper. Wide called for height.
19.2
SIX! Goes the distance! Precious runs these for India. Full on middle and leg, sitting right in his wheelhouse. Ishan clears his front leg to swing across the line. The timing is only decent, but the power on the shot does the rest, and it just about sails over long on.
19.1
Pitched full and outside off, staying low and holding on the surface. Ishan mistimes the pull but powers it to wide deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
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Last over to go. India in touching distance of 160. Even 170 looks possible if Kishan goes bang-bang. Binura Fernando will wrap it up.
18.6
On a length on the middle stump line, Sundar goes down on one knee, shaping for the reverse sweep, only to miss it completely and take it on the back leg. A loud appeal for LBW follows, but the umpire is unmoved.
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A painful stay comes to an end for Dube. With 7 legal balls remaining, Washington Sundar is in at number 9.
18.5
OUT! CAUGHT SPECTACULARLY! The bowler cannot believe it, the batter cannot believe, standing in absolute disbelief. Full and tossed up outside off, and Dube goes after it, looking to drill this through the off side. He ends up getting it uppishly to the left of extra cover, where Arachchige flings himself full length to his left and plucks the ball out of thin air with an outstretched left hand. An absolute stunner from the Sri Lankan skipper.
18.4
Misses out once again! A let off, with both a caught behind and a stumping chance going begging. Good length, on off stump, and Dube charges down the track, looking to loft it across the line. The ball beats the inside edge, catches the front thigh pad, and deflects away to the left of the keeper, who cannot hold on to a tricky chance.
18.3
Beaten! Dropped on middle, on a length. It lands and spins away with bounce. Shivam Dube has a wild hoick, looking to go over the mid-wicket region but misses to connect completely.
18.2
Should have been two but Dube is a bit lethargic. Shortish, outside off, turning away, and Kishan hangs back to slap it uppishly away to the right of wide long off. The fielder fumbles slightly in the chase, and Kishan looks keen for the second, but Dube hesitates, and the batters settle for just the one.
18.1
FOUR! Just amazing batting! Fuller and at pace by Tharindu, on the stumps, Ishan Kishan is quick to change his stance and nails the reverse sweep over the short third fielder for a boundary. That brings the 150 up for India!
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Tharindu Ratnayake will bowl the penultimate over.
17.6
Around off, on a length, guided off the back foot to short third.
17.5
In the air, but lands safely again. A length delivery that Kishan charges at, swinging hard across the line, losing one hand off the bat in the process as the ball grips away sharply. But luckily for him, the ball lands around mid off, with no fielder close by. One run taken.
17.4
Fired in on a good length at leg stump, and Kishan rocks onto the back foot, tugging the pull down in a hurry, finding the gap to the right of the deep midwicket fielder for a brace.
17.3
FOUR! Firmly struck! Dropped into the slot, full on middle, Ishan Kishan comes forward and absolutely hammers it down the ground, over the bowler's head for a cracking boundary.
17.2
Slightly full on the stumps, Dube flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
17.1
Full ball on middle, Kishan comes down the track and drives it firmly down to long on for a single.
16.6
A bit of yes and no, but no harm done! Fuller, on leg stump, and Dube looks to work it away into the leg side. He gets a thick inside edge, with the ball squirting away to the right of the keeper. Kishan senses a single and sets off, already halfway down, but Dube stays rooted at his end, and sends him back.
16.5
Short and on the middle and leg stump line. Kishan hangs back and whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
16.4
Slides on the pads, on a fuller length, this is gently clipped behind square leg for a single.
Set for the finale - Righto, this was a thoroughly one-sided affair. A lot more competitiveness was expected from the Sri Lankans, in truth, but alas, it just wasn't meant to be for them. However, it is still not over for them as they will now prepare for the Bronze Medal match against Bangladesh on Saturday, 3rd October. India, meanwhile, have already confirmed a medal, but the colour will be decided in the summit clash, where they take on Pakistan in a bid to defend their gold. That game will be played on Saturday, 3rd October with the first ball scheduled to be bowled at 4.30 am GMT (10 am IST). Our buildup will begin in advance as usual. And let's hope that the weather stays bright for that blockbuster clash and that it lives up to its billing. Cheers!
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A batting masterclass that rescued India - A cracked surface had the ball turning both ways, with the odd one keeping low or jumping unpredictably too, which meant Sri Lanka's spinners were in the game from ball one. Tharindu Ratnayake and skipper Sahan Arachchige exploited it best, picking up two wickets apiece to leave India wobbling at 125 for 6. Only Vaibhav Sooryavanshi from the top four got past 20, a brisk 38 that gave India something to build on, after Abhishek and Samson departed cheaply. But it was Ishan Kishan who truly rescued the innings, playing one of the finest knocks of his career to finish unbeaten on 80 off just 46 balls, accounting for nearly half the team's total on his own. Between him and Sooryavanshi, India dragged this to a very competitive 169/7. Looking back, that innings from Kishan stands out as nothing short of crucial. And without that, India could easily have been staring at a score closer to 130 or less.
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Perfection on every point - India were every bit as impressive in the field as they were with the ball, converting every half chance that came their way with real precision. Jasprit Bumrah set the tone perfectly with a double-wicket opening over and from there, the others just kept chipping in. Axar Patel kept hammering away with his spin, picking up a couple of crucial wickets, Abhishek Sharma did the clean-up job in the end, and Sundar got in on the act too with a wicket of his own. Overall, India proved simply too hot to handle for an inexperienced Sri Lankan side that offered no real challenge with the bat.
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Complete dominance - Not sure how to describe this chase by the Sri Lankans. They are bamboozled for a paltry 45, with Nuwanidu Fernando the only batter to cross double figures. The rest of the scorecard genuinely reads like a pin code or a phone number. Not a single batter could account for or adapt to the turn and bounce off the track and they just kept caving in under pressure. There was urgency in their approach, sure, but it came at the cost of wickets thrown away far too recklessly. And with that, India are through to the final. They have confirmed at least one medal, and now it is a date with arch-rivals Pakistan for the Gold Medal, with a mission to defend the gold they won last time around.
9.5
Binura Fernando b Abhishek Sharma 0 (1)
OUT! BOWLED'EM! Abhishek Sharma wraps things up with a beauty, and Sri Lanka have been bundled out for just 45, in pursuit of 170. INDIA WIN BY 124 RUNS! This is the arm ball, full and on middle, skids through and angles in sharply. Binura Fernando gets cramped up in the crease and plays completely down the wrong line, as the ball goes through and crashes into the stumps. 3 wickets in 3 balls to seal the deal for the Men in Blue.
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Binura Fernando is the last batter in for Sri Lanka.
9.4
Chamika Karunaratne st Sanju Samson b Abhishek Sharma 4 (8)
OUT! STUMPED! Lightning-fast glovework from Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma also gets a wicket here. He tosses it up, full and on off, gets it to grip and turn away sharply. Chamika Karunaratne gets drawn forward and tries to drive it away but the ball spins past the outside edge, and he also loses his balance, dragging his back foot outside the crease. Samson collects and breaks the stumps in a flash. The square leg umpire raises his finger. India need just one wicket now.
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Drinks Break! Disaster for Sri Lanka, and that is the third run out of this innings for them. They have been blown apart by a combination of sharp execution from the Indian bowlers and real brilliance in the field. India are almost there now, inching closer to confirming their ticket to the Gold Medal match. It's now just a matter of how quickly India can wrap this up. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth is the new man in at number 10.
9.3
Tharindu Ratnayake run out (Tilak Varma) 5 (15)
OUT! RATNAYAKE IS RUN OUT! Third one of the innings, and Chamika Karunaratne has been involved in two of those. Abhishek Sharma drops it short, on off, Chamika stabs it out towards point. Tharindu Ratnayake sets off for a run, and his partner responds initially but then sells him down the river. He turns back, but it is too late by then. Tilak Varma picks up the ball, takes aim, and hits a bullseye at the bowler's end, with one stump to aim. India are two wickets away from the win now.
9.2
Flighted, full and around off, turns in. Tharindu Ratnayake has a swipe across the line but gets an inside edge through aquare leg for a run.
9.1
Floated, full and on off, Chamika Karunaratne pushes it towards cover for a single.
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So just one over for Bishnoi. Abhishek Sharma to roll his arm over now.
8.6
FOUR! A welcome boundary! Washington Sundar gives this one some more air, full and around off. Tharindu Ratnayake gets his hands through the drive and cracks it through extra covers for a boundary.
8.5
Slows it up, shortish and on off, Tharindu Ratnayake opens the bat face and steers it to point.
8.4
Flighted, full and on off, turns away. Tharindu Ratnayake goes down for a blind sweep but misses.
8.3
Darts the arm ball, full and angling in, Tharindu Ratnayake fails to work it away and gets hit on the pads.
8.2
Floated, full and on leg, Tharindu Ratnayake tucks it to short mid-wicket.
8.1
Shorter in length, on middle, Chamika Karunaratne pats it down to long on for a single.
7.8
Short, flat, on middle, Tharindu taps it back to the bowler off the back foot.
7.7
Pushed through quicker, full and on off. Tharindu Ratnayake goes for a premeditated reverse sweep but gets nowhere near the ball.
7.6
Flatter delivery, short and on off, gets some extra bounce. Tharindu Ratnayake slashes at it but does not connect.
7.5
A googly, full and around off, turns away a bi. Tharindu Ratnayake tries to guide it late but misses.
7.4
Goes short, on middle, Chamika Karunaratne heaves it past mid-wicket for a single.
7.3
WIDE! Fires this one, full but down the leg again, Chamika Karunaratne misses his flick. Wided.
7.2
Flatter, short and on leg, skids through. Tharindu Ratnayake stays back and looks to clip it away but misses as the ball goes off his pads towards short third. Leg bye taken. There is also an appeal for LBW, but turned down.
7.1
Two wides! A googly, full but turning down the leg side. Chamika Karunaratne fails to glance it away, and Sanju Samson is also not able to collect it cleanly. A bye taken and a wide is given.
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More spin deployed in the form of Ravi Bishnoi, who replaces Axar Patel.
6.6
Looped up, full and on middle, Tharindu Ratnayake defends it on the front foot.
6.5
A bit short, around off, Tharindu Ratnayake keeps it out to the off side.
6.4
Slows it up, full and on off, Tharindu Ratnayake tries to play it from the crease but gets beaten all ends up.
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We are back for the chase! The Indian players are taking up their respective field positions. Sineth Jayawardena and Lasith Croospulle are the two openers for Sri Lanka. Jasprit Bumrah will start proceeding with the ball. Here we go...
... THE RUN CHASE ...
The Ishan Kishan masterclass - Amid the carnage at the other end, Ishan Kishan played the knock of his life, standing tall as India's solitary warrior. He anchored the innings before cutting loose at the death, finishing unbeaten on a magnificent 80 off 46 balls. A brisk cameo from Washington Sundar provided the finishing touch, pushing India to a fighting total of 169/7. Sri Lanka need 170 to punch their ticket to the final. Stay tuned, this chase is going down to the wire!
Spin stranglehold in the middle overs - The balance tilted right back to Sri Lanka as Sahan Arachchige sent Sooryavanshi packing, before Wanuja Sahan broke through Shreyas Iyer’s defenses for 13. The Lankan spinners tightened the screws beautifully, keeping the run rate under check and triggering a middle-order collapse. Axar Patel, Tilak Varma, and Shivam Dube all departed cheaply in quick succession, leaving India struggling at 151/7 late in the innings.
Sooryavanshi’s counter-punch - Sri Lanka chose to bowl first and enjoyed a dream start by knocking over Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson inside the first three overs. Just as the innings began to stutter, young prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi launched a fearless counter-attack, bludgeoning 38 off just 21 deliveries. His fireworks gave India instant momentum, lifting them to a solid 58/2 by the end of the powerplay.
Can't connect it cleanly. Binura spears in a full-length delivery, aimed at the off pole. Ishan clears the front leg, looking to swing it downtown but he cannot get underneath the ball and drills it off the toe end to long off for a single only. But 18 runs come off the final over and India finish on 169/7, a score that lets them carry real momentum into the break at the halfway stage.
Pitched fuller, around off, Sundar smashes it to the cover fielder and they hustle through for a quick single.
SIX! Top shot from Sundar. Full outside off, with pace taken off, and the ball grips after landing too. Sundar gets low on his knee, and drags this across the line with pristine timing, sending it sailing over the fence behind deep mid-wicket.
Good length ball, outside off, Ishan Kishan flat bats it to long off for a single.
WIDE! Slower bumper that bounces over the head height, and going down leg as well. Ishan lets it go through to the keeper. Wide called for height.
SIX! Goes the distance! Precious runs these for India. Full on middle and leg, sitting right in his wheelhouse. Ishan clears his front leg to swing across the line. The timing is only decent, but the power on the shot does the rest, and it just about sails over long on.
Pitched full and outside off, staying low and holding on the surface. Ishan mistimes the pull but powers it to wide deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
Last over to go. India in touching distance of 160. Even 170 looks possible if Kishan goes bang-bang. Binura Fernando will wrap it up.
On a length on the middle stump line, Sundar goes down on one knee, shaping for the reverse sweep, only to miss it completely and take it on the back leg. A loud appeal for LBW follows, but the umpire is unmoved.
A painful stay comes to an end for Dube. With 7 legal balls remaining, Washington Sundar is in at number 9.
OUT! CAUGHT SPECTACULARLY! The bowler cannot believe it, the batter cannot believe, standing in absolute disbelief. Full and tossed up outside off, and Dube goes after it, looking to drill this through the off side. He ends up getting it uppishly to the left of extra cover, where Arachchige flings himself full length to his left and plucks the ball out of thin air with an outstretched left hand. An absolute stunner from the Sri Lankan skipper.
Misses out once again! A let off, with both a caught behind and a stumping chance going begging. Good length, on off stump, and Dube charges down the track, looking to loft it across the line. The ball beats the inside edge, catches the front thigh pad, and deflects away to the left of the keeper, who cannot hold on to a tricky chance.
Beaten! Dropped on middle, on a length. It lands and spins away with bounce. Shivam Dube has a wild hoick, looking to go over the mid-wicket region but misses to connect completely.
Should have been two but Dube is a bit lethargic. Shortish, outside off, turning away, and Kishan hangs back to slap it uppishly away to the right of wide long off. The fielder fumbles slightly in the chase, and Kishan looks keen for the second, but Dube hesitates, and the batters settle for just the one.
FOUR! Just amazing batting! Fuller and at pace by Tharindu, on the stumps, Ishan Kishan is quick to change his stance and nails the reverse sweep over the short third fielder for a boundary. That brings the 150 up for India!
Tharindu Ratnayake will bowl the penultimate over.
Around off, on a length, guided off the back foot to short third.
In the air, but lands safely again. A length delivery that Kishan charges at, swinging hard across the line, losing one hand off the bat in the process as the ball grips away sharply. But luckily for him, the ball lands around mid off, with no fielder close by. One run taken.
Fired in on a good length at leg stump, and Kishan rocks onto the back foot, tugging the pull down in a hurry, finding the gap to the right of the deep midwicket fielder for a brace.
FOUR! Firmly struck! Dropped into the slot, full on middle, Ishan Kishan comes forward and absolutely hammers it down the ground, over the bowler's head for a cracking boundary.
Slightly full on the stumps, Dube flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Full ball on middle, Kishan comes down the track and drives it firmly down to long on for a single.
A bit of yes and no, but no harm done! Fuller, on leg stump, and Dube looks to work it away into the leg side. He gets a thick inside edge, with the ball squirting away to the right of the keeper. Kishan senses a single and sets off, already halfway down, but Dube stays rooted at his end, and sends him back.
Short and on the middle and leg stump line. Kishan hangs back and whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Slides on the pads, on a fuller length, this is gently clipped behind square leg for a single.
Set for the finale - Righto, this was a thoroughly one-sided affair. A lot more competitiveness was expected from the Sri Lankans, in truth, but alas, it just wasn't meant to be for them. However, it is still not over for them as they will now prepare for the Bronze Medal match against Bangladesh on Saturday, 3rd October. India, meanwhile, have already confirmed a medal, but the colour will be decided in the summit clash, where they take on Pakistan in a bid to defend their gold. That game will be played on Saturday, 3rd October with the first ball scheduled to be bowled at 4.30 am GMT (10 am IST). Our buildup will begin in advance as usual. And let's hope that the weather stays bright for that blockbuster clash and that it lives up to its billing. Cheers!
A batting masterclass that rescued India - A cracked surface had the ball turning both ways, with the odd one keeping low or jumping unpredictably too, which meant Sri Lanka's spinners were in the game from ball one. Tharindu Ratnayake and skipper Sahan Arachchige exploited it best, picking up two wickets apiece to leave India wobbling at 125 for 6. Only Vaibhav Sooryavanshi from the top four got past 20, a brisk 38 that gave India something to build on, after Abhishek and Samson departed cheaply. But it was Ishan Kishan who truly rescued the innings, playing one of the finest knocks of his career to finish unbeaten on 80 off just 46 balls, accounting for nearly half the team's total on his own. Between him and Sooryavanshi, India dragged this to a very competitive 169/7. Looking back, that innings from Kishan stands out as nothing short of crucial. And without that, India could easily have been staring at a score closer to 130 or less.
Perfection on every point - India were every bit as impressive in the field as they were with the ball, converting every half chance that came their way with real precision. Jasprit Bumrah set the tone perfectly with a double-wicket opening over and from there, the others just kept chipping in. Axar Patel kept hammering away with his spin, picking up a couple of crucial wickets, Abhishek Sharma did the clean-up job in the end, and Sundar got in on the act too with a wicket of his own. Overall, India proved simply too hot to handle for an inexperienced Sri Lankan side that offered no real challenge with the bat.
Complete dominance - Not sure how to describe this chase by the Sri Lankans. They are bamboozled for a paltry 45, with Nuwanidu Fernando the only batter to cross double figures. The rest of the scorecard genuinely reads like a pin code or a phone number. Not a single batter could account for or adapt to the turn and bounce off the track and they just kept caving in under pressure. There was urgency in their approach, sure, but it came at the cost of wickets thrown away far too recklessly. And with that, India are through to the final. They have confirmed at least one medal, and now it is a date with arch-rivals Pakistan for the Gold Medal, with a mission to defend the gold they won last time around.
OUT! BOWLED'EM! Abhishek Sharma wraps things up with a beauty, and Sri Lanka have been bundled out for just 45, in pursuit of 170. INDIA WIN BY 124 RUNS! This is the arm ball, full and on middle, skids through and angles in sharply. Binura Fernando gets cramped up in the crease and plays completely down the wrong line, as the ball goes through and crashes into the stumps. 3 wickets in 3 balls to seal the deal for the Men in Blue.
Binura Fernando is the last batter in for Sri Lanka.
OUT! STUMPED! Lightning-fast glovework from Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma also gets a wicket here. He tosses it up, full and on off, gets it to grip and turn away sharply. Chamika Karunaratne gets drawn forward and tries to drive it away but the ball spins past the outside edge, and he also loses his balance, dragging his back foot outside the crease. Samson collects and breaks the stumps in a flash. The square leg umpire raises his finger. India need just one wicket now.
Drinks Break! Disaster for Sri Lanka, and that is the third run out of this innings for them. They have been blown apart by a combination of sharp execution from the Indian bowlers and real brilliance in the field. India are almost there now, inching closer to confirming their ticket to the Gold Medal match. It's now just a matter of how quickly India can wrap this up. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth is the new man in at number 10.
OUT! RATNAYAKE IS RUN OUT! Third one of the innings, and Chamika Karunaratne has been involved in two of those. Abhishek Sharma drops it short, on off, Chamika stabs it out towards point. Tharindu Ratnayake sets off for a run, and his partner responds initially but then sells him down the river. He turns back, but it is too late by then. Tilak Varma picks up the ball, takes aim, and hits a bullseye at the bowler's end, with one stump to aim. India are two wickets away from the win now.
Flighted, full and around off, turns in. Tharindu Ratnayake has a swipe across the line but gets an inside edge through aquare leg for a run.
Floated, full and on off, Chamika Karunaratne pushes it towards cover for a single.
So just one over for Bishnoi. Abhishek Sharma to roll his arm over now.
FOUR! A welcome boundary! Washington Sundar gives this one some more air, full and around off. Tharindu Ratnayake gets his hands through the drive and cracks it through extra covers for a boundary.
Slows it up, shortish and on off, Tharindu Ratnayake opens the bat face and steers it to point.
Flighted, full and on off, turns away. Tharindu Ratnayake goes down for a blind sweep but misses.
Darts the arm ball, full and angling in, Tharindu Ratnayake fails to work it away and gets hit on the pads.
Floated, full and on leg, Tharindu Ratnayake tucks it to short mid-wicket.
Shorter in length, on middle, Chamika Karunaratne pats it down to long on for a single.
Short, flat, on middle, Tharindu taps it back to the bowler off the back foot.
Pushed through quicker, full and on off. Tharindu Ratnayake goes for a premeditated reverse sweep but gets nowhere near the ball.
Flatter delivery, short and on off, gets some extra bounce. Tharindu Ratnayake slashes at it but does not connect.
A googly, full and around off, turns away a bi. Tharindu Ratnayake tries to guide it late but misses.
Goes short, on middle, Chamika Karunaratne heaves it past mid-wicket for a single.
WIDE! Fires this one, full but down the leg again, Chamika Karunaratne misses his flick. Wided.
Flatter, short and on leg, skids through. Tharindu Ratnayake stays back and looks to clip it away but misses as the ball goes off his pads towards short third. Leg bye taken. There is also an appeal for LBW, but turned down.
Two wides! A googly, full but turning down the leg side. Chamika Karunaratne fails to glance it away, and Sanju Samson is also not able to collect it cleanly. A bye taken and a wide is given.
More spin deployed in the form of Ravi Bishnoi, who replaces Axar Patel.
Looped up, full and on middle, Tharindu Ratnayake defends it on the front foot.
A bit short, around off, Tharindu Ratnayake keeps it out to the off side.
Slows it up, full and on off, Tharindu Ratnayake tries to play it from the crease but gets beaten all ends up.