28/07Result
2nd T20I (N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Jul 28 2021
Sri Lanka won by 4 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Dhananjaya de SilvaSri Lanka
28/07Result
2nd T20I (N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Jul 28 2021
Sri Lanka won by 4 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Dhananjaya de SilvaSri Lanka

END OF OVER:
20 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 132/5 | RR: 6.60

  • Navdeep Saini1 (1b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar13 (11b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera4-0-23-1
  • Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-30-1

In case you missed it, the eight 'close contacts' of Krunal Pandya are: Shaw, Suryakumar, Hardik, Kishan, Chahal, Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Gowtham.

Rahul Tiwari: "Amazing bowling and great fielding by SL. India should start their bowling by Spinners. The pitch is stopping and turning when bowling slower balls." -- I wonder if dew will play a part later in this game.

Kumar: "Testing times for Saini as he offers lot of pace to batsman. SL pacers bowled well with bowling short of length and lot of slower balls."

9.28pm A line-up lacking depth, and on a slow, turning pitch and on this ground with large boundaries, India struggled to get going, but 132 may still be a competitive total in these conditions, especially given that India have three wristspinners, all very different from each other. Still, Sri Lanka have bowled very well today, and you'd think they are favourites to level the series at this moment. Hemant will be here soon to bring you the start of the chase.

19.6
1
Chameera to Saini, 1 run, looks to make room and Chameera follows him with a low full-toss. Flat-batted to mid-off for one

Saini on strike for just this last ball.

19.5
1
Chameera to Kumar, 1 run, low full-toss, angling into leg stump. Makes room but can't time this attempted hit over extra-cover. Ends up finding the fielder on the bounce
19.4
W
Chameera to Rana, OUT, sees Rana stepping out and bowls a wide, full slower ball. Reaches for it and ends up playing a halfway shot - a checked lofted chip, and it ends up ballooning straight into extra-cover's hands

N Rana c de Silva b Chameera 9 (21m 12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

19.3
1b
Chameera to Kumar, 1 bye, slower bouncer over the stumps, Bhuvneshwar makes room and misses another uppercut, but they sneak a bye with Bhanuka missing the stumps with his underarm flick
19.2
0
Chameera to Kumar, no run, short and quick in the corridor. Looks to make room to carve it away behind point, but he can't make contact
19.1
1
Chameera to Rana, 1 run, in the blockhole on leg stump, makes room and drives to sweeper cover

Chameera to finish. Around the wicket to Rana.

Vivek: "I guess pitch is not easy to bat. Balls turning sharply, change of pace balls are gripping a lot and sluggish outfield. Guess a score near to 130 is game on!!"

Hamza: "Just tuned in, this XI sounds like what I do in Cricket Captain and then try and get every bowler 2 overs each!"

END OF OVER:
19 | 14 Runs | IND: 128/4 | RR: 6.73

  • Nitish Rana8 (10b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar12 (8b)
  • Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-30-1
  • Dushmantha Chameera3-0-20-0
18.6
1
PW Hasaranga to Rana, 1 run, length ball on the stumps, swept towards deep backward square leg
18.6
5w
PW Hasaranga to Rana, 5 wides, yikes. Flat, shortish legbreak down the leg side, and the keeper fails to gather on the dive. He may have been unsighted by Rana shaping for the reverse-sweep. That's probably why Hasaranga bowled that line
18.5
3
PW Hasaranga to Kumar, 3 runs, ooh, inside edge past leg stump. Was looking to slog this away from outside off, not sure he picked the wrong'un. Dribbles away for three as short fine leg gives chase
18.4
2
PW Hasaranga to Kumar, 2 runs, tossed up slow outside off, makes Bhuvneshwar manufacture all the power. Drags his slog along the ground to the right of deep midwicket
18.3
0
PW Hasaranga to Kumar, no run, flighted ball outside off, driven firmly but straight back to the bowler
18.2
2
PW Hasaranga to Kumar, 2 runs, tossed up on off stump, clears his front leg and drives powerfully to the left of long-on. Hasaranga collects the throws and breaks the wicket with a no-look backhand flick, but the second was safely completed
18.1
1
PW Hasaranga to Rana, 1 run, length ball on the stumps, legbreak. Looks to sweep and gets a thick inside edge to short fine leg

Hasaranga to bowl the 19th. Over the wicket to the left-hander

santosh battula: "As a child, I used to wonder why any team does not experiment playing with most number of bowlers with minimum batters and try to win the match. I guess today I can get a peek into that answer."

END OF OVER:
18 | 7 Runs | IND: 114/4 | RR: 6.33

  • Nitish Rana6 (8b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar5 (4b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera3-0-20-0
  • Akila Dananjaya4-0-29-2
17.6
1
Chameera to Rana, 1 run, low full-toss on off stump, punched to extra-cover. His weight was on the back foot there, since he was trying to go deep in his crease, so he didn't get a lot of power into this shot
17.5
0
Chameera to Rana, no run, in the blockhole, close to off stump, jabbed to extra-cover. Didn't middle it at all

Around the wicket now.

17.4
2
Chameera to Rana, 2 runs, shot. Bouncer, angling across the left-hander, leans back and ramps it over the keeper, but third man is stationed quite fine, and he only gets two runs for it
17.3
1
Chameera to Kumar, 1 run, shortish, wide, slashes hard and gets a thick edge down to third man
17.2
1
Chameera to Rana, 1 run, length ball on middle stump, whipped away to the left of deep square leg
17.2
1w
Chameera to Rana, 1 wide, short, down the leg side, Rana ducks and ignores it

Stays over the wicket to the left-hander.

17.1
1
Chameera to Kumar, 1 run, full, angling into the stumps, clipped towards long-on

Chameera.

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 107/4 | RR: 6.29

  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar3 (2b)
  • Nitish Rana2 (4b)
  • Akila Dananjaya4-0-29-2
  • Wanindu Hasaranga3-0-16-1
16.6
1
Dananjaya to Kumar, 1 run, steps out, meets this leg-stump ball on the full, and clips towards deep midwicket, who rushes in and loses his shoe while about to throw the ball
16.5
2
Dananjaya to Kumar, 2 runs, and the slip is in play immediately. Length ball angling into the stumps, and he looks to work it into the leg side. Turns sharply, and the leading edge rushes past slip, to his right

Here's Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Slip in place.

16.4
W
Dananjaya to Samson, OUT, that's an unusual dismissa. Down the track, Akila sees him coming and shortens the length of this leg-stump legbreak. Stretches out to try and block it, and he ends up squeezing the ball between bat and pad, and it rolls behind him and hits the stumps

SV Samson b Dananjaya 7 (19m 13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 53.84

16.4
2w
Dananjaya to Rana, 2 wides, flat, angling down leg, misses the sweep and the keeper can't gather cleanly either
16.3
1
Dananjaya to Samson, 1 run, quickish legbreak straightening towards middle stump, goes back and works it through backward square leg

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Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12M BhanukaWIA Fernando
2nd27M BhanukaS Samarawickrama
3rd16MD ShanakaM Bhanuka
4th11DM de SilvaM Bhanuka
5th28DM de SilvaPW Hasaranga
6th11DM de SilvaRTM Mendis
7th28DM de SilvaC Karunaratne