20:17 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live:
There is no time for Dasun Shanaka to take it deep now. Does not make any sense to allow part-timer Dhananjaya De Silva an over. Maybe a burst from frontline seamers shall do the job on either side. India need 30 from 12 overs.
20:16 (IST)
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Axar Patel has certainly eased the pressure with multiple boundaries in the last over. 13 of that over and India need 31 off 74 deliveries now.
20:12 (IST)
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36.2 Karunaratne tries a short ball and Axar Patel is right on the money to pull that to the cow corner region for a maximum! That was quite slower as well giving Axar ample of time.
20:10 (IST)
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36.1 Axar Patel has found a gap on the off side, and timed his drive to perfection. That was too full from Karunaratne and Axar has guided that through cover and extra cover. That was a no-ball as well. So a free-hit as well!
20:04 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live:
India still need 51 runs from 90 deliveries. The chase is on, but Sri Lanka might just have a glimmer of hope with Hardik Pandya's wicket. Can they make a comeback here? They will need at least one wicket here to put pressure back on India. Wanindu Hasaranga in his final over.
India: 165/5 after 35 overs
19:58 (IST)
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34.1 A wicket against the run of play for Sri Lanka and Chamika Karunaratne jumps in elation. Hardik Pandya is the batter to depart. Gets a thick edge to the wicket-keeper and Menids holds on to a dipping catch. Pandya went hard for a cover drive but didn't move his feet. Sri Lanka will now look to make a comeback. Hardik Pandya c Kusal Mendis b Karunaratne 36(53)
19:53 (IST)
32.3 Another shot timed in an exquisite manner by Hardik Pandya, that was travelling at a lightning pace, but the fielder in the deep on leg side makes an excellent dive and saves two runs for his side. A valiant fielding effort in the deep by Bhandara (sub fielder).
19:51 (IST)
32.2 Poor line from Karunaratne and Hardik Pandya punishes. Flicks it away through square leg for four runs.
19:43 (IST)
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Time for some refreshments. Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have played exceptionally well to keep going in a steady manner. On a track that seemed smooth to get going for the batters, the bowlers have been brilliant. And the Indian pair has defied their wishes to take on the bowlers and played a lot sensibly to keep India in hunt for the chase.
India: 147/4 after 31 overs
19:37 (IST)
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Ajit Agarkar on commentary | Dasun Shanaka has to bring in fast bowlers. Karunaratne has bowled just four overs. Don't think his overs are going to get carried forward to the next game.
19:35 (IST)
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29.1 Dhananjaya De Silva welcomed with a boundary. That was a lot fuller, Hardik Pandya takes out a big stride and drives it beautifully through the covers. This is clinical batting from the Indian duo.
19:31 (IST)
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28.4 Fifty-run partnership for KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya - 86 deliveries to reach there. You don't often see so many delivery for these two to reach the partnership. That was bowled fuller from Lahiru Kumara and KL Rahul lofts it over mid-off for four runs.
19:26 (IST)
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Lovely shot by KL Rahul. A little fuller from Hasaranga and he drives it through extra cover. The ball races away to the boundary.
19:20 (IST)
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Another good over from Wanindu Hasaranga. He has conceded just 14 runs from 6 overs.
India: 126/4 after 26 overs.
19:15 (IST)
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24.3 A loud appeal from Dasun Shanaka as KL Rahul gets beaten but they choose against a review.
19:09 (IST)
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Skipper Dasun Shanaka comes into attack and has started the over with a couple of wides. Sri Lankans have already bowled nine wides in 23 overs. How costly would these wides prove in such a small run chase!
19:03 (IST)
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20.6 Drifting on the pads and Pandya flicks it through square leg. That was not aerial either and it raced away for four runs. Excellent shot from Hardik Pandya. That over shall break any nerves, if at all, getting on the Indian duo.
India: 110/4 after 21 overs
19:00 (IST)
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20.4 A boundary after quite a while. Overs 11-20 didn't see a single boundary. A fullish delivery from Kasun Rajitha and Hardik Pandya has driven it beautifully down the ground, to the right of mid-off.
18:56 (IST)
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A slow run of play. Indian batters are taking no risk, playing down the ground consistently. Hardik was seen leaving even a few deliveries wherein he could have scored easily. Meanwhile, India have reached their 100 in the 20th over. A run rate of 5 is still enough for them to get through. Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have to stay at the crease to keep things easy.
India: 101/4 after 20 overs
18:46 (IST)
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Sri Lanka bowlers are testing the Indian batters hard. This is not going to be easy for India even if they win from here on. Just five runs in last three overs.
India: 91/4 after 17 overs
18:34 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live:
Indian batters have not looked uncomfortable and have tried to dominate and establish authority with a flurry of boundaries, but the Sri Lankan bowlers have been excellent and the good deliveries have given them wickets.
18:32 (IST)
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14.2 An excellent delivery from Kasun Rajitha has caught Shreyas Iyer plumb! A full delivery - almost a yorker and Iyer misses it completely. The ball thuds on his front leg and seemed gone right from the moment. Iyer reviews it but the DRS shows "Umpire's call" on wickets. India now really in a spot of bother. Shreyas Iyer lbw b Kasun Rajitha 28 (33)
That will drinks break as well.
18:26 (IST)
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India slowed down a bit - just two runs in last two overs. However, they should not feel pressure with a couple of silent overs as the required rate is less than 4 runs per over.
18:15 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live:
10.3 Back-to-back boundaries for Shreyas Iyer through mid-wicket. Two short deliveries from Karunaratne and Iyer has pulled both of them quite well. The first one a lot flatter and played the second one in the air.
18:12 (IST)
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9.4 This is some serious battle going on between the two sides. KL Rahul gets a full delivery and drives it gloriously through the covers to get off the mark. Indian batters not holding back despite of the loss of wickets. But they must be feeling a bit of pressure.
India: 67/3 after 10 overs
18:10 (IST)
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9.3 Bowled! Kohli's stumps are shattered and he can't believe it. Lahiru bowls it on good length, nipped back in sharply, the ball gets an inside edge of Kohli's blade and rattles the stumps. That's a rare sight of Kohli's stumps. He seemed a bit confused on that occasion. Virat Kohli 4 (9) b Lahiru Kumara
18:08 (IST)
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9.2 Virat Kohli finally gets off the mark. A beautiful pull shot through mid-wicket and gets four runs.
18:06 (IST)
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8.4 Sloppy work at third man position gives India a boundary. Iyer slashed hard at a wide delivery and the ball was easily in the reach of Wellalage but he slips on practice pitches, letting the ball pass through him. Iyer will pick four more runs - his third of the innings. Karunaratne is not happy and lets out a scream in frustration.
India: 56/2 after 9 overs
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7.4 A very lucky Shreyas Iyer! He tries to glance it on the leg side, but the ball gets a leading edge and takes the aerial route on the off side for a while - goes through the gap between backward point and covers and races away to the boundary. Lahiru has hands on his head.
India: 52/2 after 8 overs
17:56 (IST)
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If not for two wides in the seventh over, it would have been a maiden for Chamika Karunaratne against Virat Kohli.
India: 47/2 after 7 overs
17:51 (IST)
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5.5 Now Shreyas Iyer answers back with a beautiful cover drive. Excellent shot to get off the mark.
India: 45/2 after 6 overs
17:50 (IST)
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5.4 First ball Shreyas Iyer faces and the ball raps him on the pads. The Sri Lankans review as umpire does not adjudge in their favour. The ball was going over the stumps and Iyer will play. Sri Lanka lose their review.
17:48 (IST)
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5.3 After two back-to-back boundaries, Shubman Gill has been dismissed totally against the run of play. Length ball on off, Gill play short-arm jab pull but finds the man at short mid-wicket. Avishka Fernando reverse cups it. Shubman Gill c Avishka Fernando b Lahiru Kumara 21(12)
17:45 (IST)
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4.6 Rohit Sharma is gone! A good length delivery and he has edged on to the wicket-keeper. Easy wicket for Sri Lanka and Chamika Karunaratne is elated. Rohit tried to chase it without any foot movement. Rohit Sharma c Kusal Mendis b Chamika Karunaratne 17(21)
Guess what, the Eden Gardens is lit up with the chant of 'Virat Virat'
17:37 (IST)
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3.2 Now Rohit gets a six! A short-pitched delivery bounces high on Rohit - but that is where he is most comfortable. Hooks it hard over the fine leg fielder. The ball has gone over the fence in the second row for a maximum!
17:34 (IST)
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2.5 This is excellent by Shubman Gill. Five boundaries already while we are in the third over. The pitch suddenly looks a lot different. That was bowled quite short by Rajitha, Gill gets on his backfoot and punches it through the off side. A gentle push and the ball races away to the fence.
India: 24/0 after 3 overs
17:32 (IST)
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2.2 Short, wide and Rohit would never let that go. Opens full face of the bat and plays it over backward point for a boundary. India have started well.
17:31 (IST)
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1.6 Music to ears as Shubman Gill once again connects the ball beautifully and drives it similar to the previous ball. He played it a bit square this time. The stride was not as big either.
India: 13/0 after 2 overs
17:29 (IST)
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1.5 A glorious cover drive by Shubman Gill to get off the mark. Lahiru Kumara bowls a lot fuller and Gill times it exquisitely. Four dot balls and he has finally timed it to perfection.
17:25 (IST)
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A slap over covers on the second ball of the innings and Rohit established authority straight away. Five runs of that first over.
India: 5/0 after 1 over
17:23 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Alright, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are out in the middle - skipper to take the strike. Kasun Rajitha opens bowling for Sri Lanka.
16:44 (IST)
Mohammed Siraj | The ball wasn’t coming out quick enough, and there wasn’t enough swing. So the plan was to bowl straight to keep the pressure from one end, hoping to get wickets and help the other bowlers. KL told me it stopped swinging after one over, so I switched over to hard lengths. It is a good batting wicket, but Kuldeep bowled very well to cause a middle-order collapse. The outfield is very quick so the message to the batters is just watch and play the ball.
16:44 (IST)
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Sri Lanka was 102/1 but India have come back really stronger to end this innings for 215. A below-par target for India and they should be comfortable sealing the series here in Kolkata. Sri Lankan batters started strong but could never get going against Indian spinners, especially Kuldeep Yadav. He is scripting a sensational comeback story.
Can Sri Lanka make something with the ball and put pressure on Indian batters upfront? Stay tuned for the run chase.
16:38 (IST)
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39.4 Straight and full by Siraj - that is too much for almost any tailender. Lahiru Kumara dismissed for a duck and Siraj ends Sri Lanka's elongated innings. Excellent stuff from India to end Sri Lanka's innings inside 40 overs, especially with the kind of start they got.
16:35 (IST)
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39.2 Ninth down now. Siraj continues with the short ball ploy but this time on the off side. Wellalage tries to cut it through point but guess who is standing there? Axar Patel. Dunith Wellalage c Axar Patel b Mohammed Siraj 32(34)
16:33 (IST)
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39.1 Mohammed Siraj gets back into attack and is greeted with a six. A short delivery getting on the helmet of the batter, he holds his nerves and pulls it all the way towards deep mid-wicket for a six.
16:27 (IST)
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End of Kuldeep's 10 overs - 10 - 0 - 51 - 3. At one stage it seemed like he will have a five-fer.
Sri Lanka: 206/8 after 38 overs
16:25 (IST)
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37.3 Hardik Pandya was excellent in the field last over, but puts up a clumsy show this time around. Had got his hand to the ball near deep extra-cover but lets it slip away. Four runs for Rajitha and Sri Lanka reach 200.
16:21 (IST)
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36.4 An attacking field, but India do not have a slip there. A thick edge of Dunith Wellalage's bat and the ball races away to the third man boundary.
India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI preview: India will look to clinch the ongoing ODI series against Sri Lanka on Thursday in the second match at Kolkata. Having already won the first ODI of the three-match series by 67 runs, India on Thursday have an opportunity to take an unassailable 2-0 lead with a game to go.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli will be looking to break Sachin Tendulkar’s world record for the most ODI tons at home. Kohli made his 73rd international ton in the first ODI at Guwahati and equalled Tendulkar’s record of 20 ODI tons at home. Another century at Kolkata will help Kohli take the lead in the elite list. Kohli now has 45 ODI tons and is only four behind Tendulkar’s world-record tally of 49 in the 50-over format.
Apart from Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill also scored fifties in Guwahati and the top-order’s terrific performance helped India post a winning total of 373/7. They will look to continue the good form. In the middle-order, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul failed to convert the starts and their focus will be on making the most of any opportunity they get as India are also in the process to fine-tune their squad for the 2023 ODI World Cup.
In the absence of injured Jaspirt Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik spearheaded India’s pace bowling department with five wickets among them. Mohammed Shami took one but went for 67 runs in nine overs. Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel together took one wicket on a flat pitch in Guwahati which also offered the challenge of dew for the bowlers. Overall, the bowlers will look to better their performance.
Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka was their best batter in the first ODI as he struck 108 not out off 88 balls and helped his team score 306. But that proved insufficient and he will be looking for more support from other batters. Apart from Shanaka, Pathum Nissanka (72) and Dhananjaya de Silva (40) were the other standout batters for the visitors. It’s the bowling however where they need to improve the most.
The match will start at 1.30 PM IST and will be shown live on the Star Sports network and Disney+ Hotstar app.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh.
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (vc), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashen Bandara, Maheesh Theekshana, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha, Nuwanidu Fernando (ODIs), Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan, Lahiru Kumara
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