India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Sri Lanka tour of India, 2017 Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Date & Time: Dec 02-Dec 06, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Dilruwan Perera 1-54(11 ov)
42.6
Dilruwan Perera to Kohli, 1 run, flat on leg-stump, clipped away behind square. And that will be tea
42.5
Dilruwan Perera to Kohli, no run, bunted into the on-side
42.4
Dilruwan Perera to Kohli, no run, flat on off, Kohli goes back and punches to silly mid-off
42.3
Dilruwan Perera to Kohli, no run, nudged to short mid-wicket
42.2
Dilruwan Perera to Kohli, no run, tucked wide of mid-wicket where Dhananjaya flies across to stop the ball
42.1
Dilruwan Perera to Kohli, no run, couldn't quite get to the pitch of it, checks the shot back to the bowler
26.6
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, steps out and drills the flighted delivery towards extra cover, good diving stop
26.5
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, 1 run, spinning in and Pujara clips it through mid-wicket, for a single
26.4
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, quicker and on off, knocked in the gap between cover and point
26.3
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, FOUR, just a bit of space and Dhawan capitalized, waited for it and dabbed it late behind point. Sandakan moved to his right and dived over the ball. Should have done better. 8000 first class runs for Dhawan and he brings it up on his birthday
26.2
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, 1 run, too full and Pujara uses his wrists to whip it away to deep mid-wicket
26.1
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, flattish and on the stumps, punched down to long-on
24.6
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, no run, sprays it down leg and Pujara tries to slap it along the way, straight onto Dickwella's pad and the ball rolls towards short fine, no chance of a single
24.5
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, steps out and eases the drive to long-on
24.4
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, slower and drawing Dhawan forward, defended
24.3
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, 1 run, worked away past mid-wicket
24.2
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, no run, Sri Lanka lose the review. Dilruwan drifts it across from round the wicket, Pujara prods across and is late to bring his bat forward, the ball brushes front the kneeroll. The impact was around off and the ball was sliding on to miss off-stump
24.1
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, drifts in from a shortish length, punched square on the off-side
21.6
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, 2 runs, too straight, starts on middle and turns down leg, Pujara helps it along the way and once more calls for two as soon as he connected, got it with ease this time around
21.5
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, no run, flighted on off, Pujara blocks it down the surface
21.4
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, no run, drifts across off, Pujara defends off the outer half to point
21.3
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, 2 runs, as expected Dilruwan drags the length back, whipped from the stumps to deep square leg, scampers back for the second
21.2
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, FOUR, excellent use of the feet. Tosses it up on off, Pujara dances down and almost gets too close to the ball, squeezes the drive straight of mid-off and it races away
21.1
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, advances and slaps the drive past cover, single to sweeper cover
19.6
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, 1 run, races down and whips it with the spin past mid-wicket, called for two but Dhawan ain't interested
19.5
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, full enough for Dhawan to push it firmly past cover, sweeper tidies up
19.4
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, tossed up close to off, dead-batted into the off-side
19.3
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, another giant stride forward to keep the offie at bay
19.2
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, much slower and Dhawan defends with a big stride forward
19.1
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, flighted on off, Dhawan blocks it to cover
17.6
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, very full and Dhawan eases it to deepish mid-on, retains strike
17.5
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, uses his feet and push-drives to the right of Dilruwan
17.4
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 2 runs, short and outside off, Dhawan cracks the cut towards backward point, Sadeera dives to his right and gets a hand, enough to keep the batsmen down to a couple
17.3
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, drifts in and Dhawan plays an extended forward defence to point
17.2
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, 1 run, much slower and that allowed Pujara to pick his gap backward of square leg
17.1
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, no run, round the wicket and tossed up, tucked to short leg
15.6
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries. After conceding the boundary, Dilruwan Perera shortens his length. Pujara expected that, waits for the ball to come to him on the back foot and powerfully punches it through the covers. Excellent cricket from the Saurashtra batsman
15.5
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, FOUR, good shot! Pujara uses his feet to come down the track, takes it on the full and firmly drives it down the ground. Places it between the bowler and mid-off
15.4
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, nudged towards backward square leg for a tight run
15.3
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 2 runs, and again, Dhawan steps out of his crease. Perera smartly bowls it wide of off, the local boy adjusts well and strokes it away in front of square on the off-side for a brace
15.2
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, 1 run, ah! There's the edge. Pujara plays for the turn and plants his bat in front of pad. The ball doesn't spin and the ball takes the edge before rolling towards backward point
15.1
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, positive stroke! Puts on the dancing shoes and push-drives it to long-off
13.6
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, the straight one from round the wicket, Dhawan lunges forward to block
13.5
Dilruwan Perera to Pujara, 1 run, Pujara gets off the mark rightaway. Flicks the off-break through mid-wicket off the front foot
13.4
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, out Caught by Sandakan!! Rahane's poor series with the bat comes to an end. He wanted to slog his way out of trouble and in the process has lost his wicket. Holes out to long-on. It was an off-break that pitched around off and turned in. Rahane had premeditated to step out of his crease. Dances down and decides to go big over the cow corner. Doesn't time it well as it hit high on the bat. The ball lobbed up in the air and settled into the hands of Sandakan. A straightforward catch. Rahane c Sandakan b Dilruwan Perera 10(37) [4s-2]
13.3
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, no run, off-break turning in towards off, Rahane defends off the front foot
13.2
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, shortish and on the pads, worked around the corner
13.1
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, comes forward and clips a tossed up ball to short mid-wicket. Got it off the inside part of the bat
11.6
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, 1 run, once again use of the feet from Rahane. Chips down and works the off-break through mid-wicket. Rahane, with that single, gets into the double-digit mark
11.5
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, no run, flatter ball from a shortish length, Rahane sees the line outside off and lets it pass
11.4
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, flighted delivery, Dhawan gets to the pitch by waltzing down the pitch and drives it to long-off
11.3
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, poked into the off-side
11.2
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, Dhawan shimmies down to work it against the spin and gets an inside edge onto his pad. Dilruwan Perera shortened his length after seeing Dhawan come down the track
11.1
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, looped up ball on middle and leg from round the wicket, forward defence
8.6
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, no run. Huge shout for lbw and after a discussion, the Sri Lankans have decided to go upstairs. Fair delivery. Rahane is hit on the back leg just above the knee-roll. Impact: in-line and Wickets: Umpire's call. The on-field call stays and Rahane survives. It was the quicker off-break with a flatter trajectory and Rahane is on the back foot to whip it away through the on-side. Failed to make contact as he was late to bring his bat down. Luckily, the on-field call was in his favour
8.5
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, no run, the straight one, stonewalled from the crease
8.4
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, no run, plays with the turn and taps it to FSL
8.3
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, FOUR, slightly short and provides a bit of width outside off, that's enough for Rahane. He rocks back deep in his crease and powerfully cuts it through the cover region
8.2
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, no run, jogs down the track and wrists this off-break from outside off to short mid-wicket
8.1
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, short of length and on the pads, nurdled through backward square leg
6.6
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, no run, Perera shortens his length and Rahane allows the ball to turn in and offers a dead bat
6.5
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, no run, looped up delivery, Rahane comes forward and blocks
6.4
Dilruwan Perera to Rahane, FOUR, a pressure-releaser. Good use of the feet. Dances down the track, doesn't quite get to the pitch of this flighted delivery, but his arms does the job. Lofts it nicely over mid-off and collects a boundary
6.3
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, 1 run, jogs down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and eases the drive to long-off
6.2
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, pushed towards cover
6.1
Dilruwan Perera to Dhawan, no run, an animated appeal from the keeper as Dhawan is hit on the pad and the ball lobs to short leg. It was the arm ball and Dhawan was beaten on the inside edge trying to block
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