Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: India tour of Sri Lanka, 2021 Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Date & Time: Jul 18, 03:00 PM LOCAL
Yuzvendra Chahal 2-52(10 ov)
43.6
Chahal to Udana, no run, floated on off and Udana has driven this towards cover
43.5
Chahal to Shanaka, out Caught by Hardik Pandya!! Another one bites the dust! Chahal gets the big fish in his last over of the innings. Gives this some good air and invites the batsman to have a go at it. Shanaka accepts the challenge, waltzes down the wicket and lofts it straight to Hardik Pandya at long-on who takes a perfect reverse cup. Shanaka c Hardik Pandya b Chahal 39(50) [4s-2 6s-1]
43.4
Chahal to Karunaratne, 1 run, very full ball around middle and leg, Karunaratne nudges it in front of mid-wicket for a single
43.3
Chahal to Karunaratne, 2 runs, tad short outside off, Karunaratne camps back and chops this through cover-point for a brace
43.2
Chahal to Karunaratne, no run, sharp legbreak outside off, Karunaratne gets beaten on his drive as the ball turns away
43.1
Chahal to Shanaka, 1 run, worked through mid-wicket by Shanaka
40.6
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, sliced towards point off his back foot by Shanaka
40.5
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, touch short around off, Shanaka punches it to cover off his back foot
40.4
Chahal to Karunaratne, 1 run, a wrong 'un by Chahal and Karunaratne finds no trouble to work this through square leg for one
40.3
Chahal to Shanaka, 1 run, walks down the track and drives the floated delivery to long-on
40.2
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, back in his crease to slice the shortish delivery to point
40.1
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, flatter and quicker on off, Shanaka plays this with his bat angled towards point
38.6
Chahal to Shanaka, 1 run, shimmies down the wicket and drives this loopy delivery through cover for a single
38.5
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, spinning away from the batsman outside off, Shanaka attempts a late cut and gets an edge towards short third man
38.4
Chahal to Shanaka, SIX, runs coming from both the ends now. A flighted delivery by the leg spinner and Shanaka walks down the wicket to loft it towards long-off as the ball hits the cushions on the full
38.3
Chahal to Hasaranga, 1 run, cut to point by Hasaranga as Hardik stops it with a dive. Doesn't collect it cleanly though and that allows them to get a single
38.2
Chahal to Hasaranga, FOUR, Hasaranga continues to make the most of his purple patch. Goes down on his knee and swats this googly over mid-wicket as the ball races away to the boundary in no time
38.1
Chahal to Shanaka, 1 run, dances down the ground and drives the legbreak to long-on for a single
29.6
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, forward and pushed to the left of the cover
29.6
Chahal to Shanaka, wide, legbreak that spins massively outside off, well past the tramline as Shanaka decides against the cut
29.5
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, comes down the track and makes a late-minute adjustment to dab the legbreak into the off-side
29.4
Chahal to Asalanka, 1 run, steps down the pitch and pushes the full delivery past the diving bowler to his left
29.3
Chahal to Asalanka, no run, looks to sweep a fuller googly from outside off and gets beaten on the under edge
29.2
Chahal to Asalanka, no run, tucked off the back foot in front of mid-wicket
29.1
Chahal to Shanaka, 1 run, comes down the track and pushes the full delivery down to long-off
27.6
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, forward and blocked to the left of mid-wicket
27.5
Chahal to Asalanka, 1 run, pushed down the ground towards long-off
27.4
Chahal to Shanaka, 1 run, shuffles down the pitch and flicks this past the diving fielder at mid-wicket. There was two available there but this is shoddy running from Sri Lanka
27.3
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, make that two in a row! Past the outside edge and past the off-stump
27.2
Chahal to Shanaka, no run, classic legbreak! Pitches on middle and leg and spins past the outside edge as Shanaka gets stuck inside the crease
27.1
Chahal to Asalanka, 1 run, legbreak, pitches outside leg and spins down, Asalanka gets on one knee and sweeps it to the left of deep backward square
25.6
Chahal to Asalanka, no run, lunges across and pokes the tossed up delivery to the right of leg slip
25.5
Chahal to Asalanka, no run, gets on the back foot and tucks it to the fielder at mid-wicket
25.4
Chahal to Shanaka, 1 run, full on off-stump, a whippy drive to long-on
25.3
Chahal to Asalanka, 1 run, slower and just outside leg, swept away square on the leg-side
25.2
Chahal to Asalanka, no run, full and just outside off, pushed back to the bowler
25.2
Chahal to Asalanka, wide, looks to play the sweep this time, but the ball spins past the blade and it's been deflected to leg slip off the keeper's glove
25.1
Chahal to Asalanka, no run, leggie on the pads, Asalanka flicks gently in front of leg slip
23.6
Chahal to Asalanka, 2 runs, floaty googly outside off, Asalanka lunges across and drives through extra cover to collect a couple of runs
23.5
Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, 1 run, jumps on the back foot and cuts the legbreak square on the off-side
23.4
Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, quicker on the stumps, blocked off the front foot
23.3
Chahal to Asalanka, 3 runs, legbreak spinning down leg for the left-hander, Asalanka goes on the back foot and glances it fine. Plenty of ground to cover to his left for SKY and he manages to prevent the boundary
23.2
Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, 1 run, fuller and just outside off, Dhananjaya eases the drive down to long-off
23.1
Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, tossed up on the stumps, a solid forward defence from Dhananjaya
13.6
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, safely blocked to finish the over
13.5
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, works it to midwicket from the crease
13.5
Chahal to Rajapaksa, wide, misses the pull down the leg-side
13.4
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, gets forward and defends
13.3
Chahal to Rajapaksa, SIX, shimmies down the wicket and launches this tossed up delivery over long-on for a clean six
13.2
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, spinning down the leg side, Rajapaksa works this in front of short fine leg
13.1
Chahal to M Bhanuka, 1 run, slightly short ball by Chahal, allows the batsman to rock back and work it through mid-wicket
11.6
Chahal to M Bhanuka, 1 run, shimmies down the wicket and drives this towards deep mid-on for one
11.5
Chahal to Rajapaksa, 1 run, on the pads as Rajapaksa has nudged this towards square leg for a single
11.4
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, on a length around middle and leg, keeps a tad low, Rajapaksa looks to defend, it comes off the bottom end
11.3
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, directed at the leg stump and Rajapaksa defends it off his back foot
11.2
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, flatter and quicker around off, keeps straight, Rajapaksa knocks it back to the bowler
11.1
Chahal to M Bhanuka, 1 run, flighted delivery around middle and leg, Bhanuka works this towards square leg for a single
9.6
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, flatter and quicker on middle and leg, Rajapaksa nudges this in front of mid-wicket
9.5
Chahal to Rajapaksa, SIX, clean as a whistle! Goes down on his knee and slogsweeps this floated delivery over deep mid-wicket to open his account
9.4
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, nice bounce on this floated delivery outside off, Rajapaksa looks to defend and gets beaten on his defence as the ball keeps straight
9.3
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, shimmies down the wicket and knocks this flatter delivery into the off side
9.2
Chahal to Rajapaksa, no run, guided back to the bowler by Rajapaksa
9.1
Chahal to Avishka Fernando, out Caught by Manish Pandey!! Chahal strikes in his first over! Strikes on his first ball. A tossed up legbreak by the spinner and Avishka chips it straight to the fielder at cover as it comes off the splice of his willow. That's a really tame dismissal to an innings that looked so promising. The chess player has done the trick for team India. Avishka Fernando c Manish Pandey b Chahal 33(35) [4s-2 6s-1]
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