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India vs Sri Lanka 2020 3rd T20I Full Commentary

Result · Jan 10 2020, Fri - 07:00 PM (IST)
3rd T20I, - Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
INDIA
201/6
SRI LANKA
123
India won by 78 runs
CRR:7.77
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Match
  • 19.6

    Lahiru Kumara to Manish Pandey. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 2 runs, fielded by Fernando. And that ends the innings, India 201 for 6, top batting at the start and end by India, in the middle stages they had a slight collapse, but the still go runs in those periods. Sri Lanka with a tough ask to chase this down and tie the series up.

  • 19.5

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to Manish Pandey. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, well timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Front foot pull into the gap at mid-wicket, India doing well to find the gaps in the out-field with so many fields packed into the leg-side.

  • 19.4

    Lahiru Kumara to Shardul Thakur. Back of a length, down leg side backing away driving, to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Malinga.

  • 19.3

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to Shardul Thakur. Length ball, outside off stump backing away driving, well timed in the air under control past deep extra cover for 4 runs.

  • 19.2

    SIX! Lahiru Kumara to Shardul Thakur. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs. Six! Brilliant drive from Thakur, ten more needed for 200, a tough ask for Sri Lanka to chase this down.

  • 19.1

    Lahiru Kumara to Shardul Thakur. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long on for 2 runs, fielded by Fernando.

  • 18.6

    Lasith Malinga to Shardul Thakur. Length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, to long on for 1 run, fielded by De Silva.

  • 18.5

    Lasith Malinga to Manish Pandey. Back of a length, outside off stump down the track driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by de Silva.

  • 18.4

    FOUR! Lasith Malinga to Manish Pandey. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep backward point for 4 runs. Four more, driven behind point, some good hitting off this Malinga over from these two, they are nearing the 200 mark for India.

  • 18.3

    Lasith Malinga to Manish Pandey. Length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 2 runs, fielded by de Silva, mis-fielded by De Silva.

  • 18.2

    Lasith Malinga to Shardul Thakur. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Fernando.

  • 18.1

    SIX! Lasith Malinga to Shardul Thakur. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs. Thakur starting the over off with a bang! Pulled away for six.

  • 17.6

    Lahiru Kumara to Shardul Thakur. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Malinga.

  • 17.6

    Wide Lahiru Kumara to Shardul Thakur. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for 1 run, fielded by Perera.

  • 17.5

    Lahiru Kumara to Manish Pandey. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Mathews.

  • 17.4

    OUT! Caught. Lahiru Kumara to Washington Sundar. Short, down leg side on the back foot cutting, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to third man, by Sandakan. Sundar out for a golden, attempted upper-cut goes straight down the throat of the fielder, India slumping to possibly 180, a few less than they will have predicted at the start of the innings.

  • 17.3

    OUT! Run Out. Lahiru Kumara to Virat Kohli. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot flick, in the air under control to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Gunathilaka, by Perera. Suicidal running from Kohli, he is eager to get back on-strike so chooses to go for two, the fielder rockets in the ball and Kohli is out by a mile.

  • 17.2

    Lahiru Kumara to Manish Pandey. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Fernando.

  • 17.1

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to Manish Pandey. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.

  • 16.6

    Angelo Mathews to Virat Kohli. Length ball, to leg on the front foot flick, to deep backward square leg for 2 runs, fielded by de Silva.

  • 16.5

    FOUR! Angelo Mathews to Virat Kohli. Full toss, to leg on the front foot flick, well timed past deep backward square leg for 4 runs. Full toss on leg-stump is flicked away for four, Kohli brilliant with his bottom hand here, as per usual for him.

  • 16.4

    Angelo Mathews to Manish Pandey. Yorker, to leg on the back foot defending, to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Mathews.

  • 16.3

    Angelo Mathews to Virat Kohli. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by de Silva.

  • 16.2

    SIX! Angelo Mathews to Virat Kohli. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs. Quality drive from Kohli, straight over the bowlers head, India are nearing 200, they need another fifty off 3.4 overs to get there.

  • 16.1

    Angelo Mathews to Virat Kohli. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Gunathilaka.

  • 15.6

    Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to short third man for no runs, fielded by Mathews.

  • 15.5

    Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 2 runs, fielded by Shanaka.

  • 15.4

    Wanindu Hasaranga to Virat Kohli. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Fernando.

  • 15.3

    Wanindu Hasaranga to Virat Kohli. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to point for no runs, fielded by de Silva.

  • 15.2

    Wanindu Hasaranga to Manish Pandey. Googly back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Gunathilaka.

  • 15.5
    Lasith Malinga c Virat Kohli b Navdeep Saini 0 (1)

    OUT! Caught. Navdeep Saini to Lasith Malinga. Back of a length, outside off stump backing away pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid off, by Kohli. Out! Malinga spoons one up to Kohli and India convincingly win this one, Sri Lanka had a small spell with Mathews and de Silva, it looked like maybe they could get close, but after the Mathews wicket Sri Lanka collapsed. India win the series 2-0 and are in good form for their series against Australia.

  • 15.4

    Navdeep Saini to Lahiru Kumara. Full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Sundar.

  • 15.3
    Dhananjaya de Silva c Jasprit Bumrah b Navdeep Saini 57 (36)

    OUT! Caught. Navdeep Saini to Dhananjaya de Silva. Back of a length, outside off stump backing away cutting, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to third man, by Bumrah. Wicket! de Silva departs for a class 57 for Sri Lanka, the shining light in their innings, without him this game would've been over long before it was.

  • 15.2

    FOUR! Navdeep Saini to Dhananjaya de Silva. Yorker, outside off stump moves in front flick, well timed past deep backward square leg for 4 runs. Great yorker from Saini but an even better flick from de Silva to get it for four, he has been the best batter on the field today.

  • 15.1

    Navdeep Saini to Dhananjaya de Silva. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Kohli.

  • End of Over 15
    Over 15. 7 runs. Bowler: Washington Sundar. Sri Lanka: 118/8 (rr 7.87)
  • 14.6
    Lakshan Sandakan st Sanju Samson b Washington Sundar 1 (2)

    OUT! Stumped. Washington Sundar to Lakshan Sandakan. Off break length ball, outside off stump down the track driving, missed to wicketkeeper, by Samson. Sandakan beaten all ends up here and he is stumped off the last ball of the over, bit of width from Sundar helps beat the batsman and Samson with a good, quick stumping.

  • 14.5

    Washington Sundar to Dhananjaya de Silva. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Rahul.

  • 14.4

    Washington Sundar to Dhananjaya de Silva. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Iyer.

  • 14.3

    Washington Sundar to Dhananjaya de Silva. Off break back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, to deep square leg for 2 runs, run save by Chahal, fielded by Iyer. Brilliant knock from de Silva here, he brings up his fifty with a two. What an innings from him, he has kept Sri Lanka in it for a long time, he has scored most of the runs for the visitors and at times put pressure on India and Kohli.

  • 14.2

    Washington Sundar to Lakshan Sandakan. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to point for 1 run, fielded by Thakur.

  • 14.1

    Washington Sundar to Dhananjaya de Silva. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Rahul.

  • End of Over 14
    Over 14. 2 runs. Bowler: Shardul Thakur. Sri Lanka: 111/7 (rr 7.93)
  • 13.6

    Shardul Thakur to Dhananjaya de Silva. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Bumrah.

  • 13.5
    Wanindu Hasaranga Run Out Yuzvendra Chahal 0 (2)

    OUT! Run Out. Shardul Thakur to Wanindu Hasaranga. Full toss, off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off, direct hit by Chahal. Run out! Chahal with a direct hit to send Hasaranga packing for a duck, brilliant piece of fielding from the leg-spinner.

  • 13.4

    Shardul Thakur to Wanindu Hasaranga. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Kohli.

  • 13.3
    Dasun Shanaka c and b Shardul Thakur 9 (9)

    OUT! Caught & Bowled. Shardul Thakur to Dasun Shanaka. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, Spliced in the air uncontrolled to silly mid on, by Thakur. Wicket! Dasun departs for 9, he splices the pull shot straight into the hands of Thakur, that probably signals the end of Sri Lanka's run chase.

  • 13.3

    Wide Shardul Thakur to Dasun Shanaka. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed to wicketkeeper for 1 run, fielded by Samson.

  • 13.2

    Shardul Thakur to Dasun Shanaka. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Samson.

  • 13.1

    Shardul Thakur to Dasun Shanaka. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Chahal.

  • End of Over 13
    Over 13. 13 runs. Bowler: Yuzvendra Chahal. Sri Lanka: 109/5 (rr 8.38)
  • 12.6

    Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Chahal.

  • 12.5

    SIX! Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka. Flipper back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs. Dasun with six! Short ball from Chahal gets punished, Dasun pulls it for six runs and Sri Lanka are still fighting to win this one.

  • 12.4

    Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot flick, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Chahal.

  • 12.3

    Yuzvendra Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Rahul.

  • 12.2

    FOUR! Yuzvendra Chahal to Dhananjaya de Silva. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past long on for 4 runs. De Silva drives one over the bowlers head for four, the fielder makes a good attempt to get to the ball but his foot hits the boundary rope as he taps the ball back in.

  • 12.1

    Yuzvendra Chahal to Dasun Shanaka. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to leg gully for 1 run, fielded by Bumrah.

  • End of Over 12
    Over 12. 8 runs. Bowler: Washington Sundar. Sri Lanka: 96/5 (rr 8.00)
  • 11.6

    Washington Sundar to Dasun Shanaka. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Rahul.

  • 11.5

    Washington Sundar to Dasun Shanaka. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to cover for no runs, fielded by Chahal.

  • 11.4

    Washington Sundar to Dhananjaya de Silva. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot flick, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Pandey.

  • 11.3

    Washington Sundar to Dhananjaya de Silva. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Chahal.

  • 11.2
    Angelo Mathews c Manish Pandey b Washington Sundar 31 (20)

    OUT! Caught. Washington Sundar to Angelo Mathews. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, by Pandey. Wicket! India get the breakthrough, Mathews goes big again, but mis-times this shot, he is reaching way outside off-stump to hit this one. Sundar gets the wicket he needed to help his confidence and to help India tame Sri Lanka.

  • 11.1

    SIX! Washington Sundar to Angelo Mathews. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs. Mathews through cow corner again smacks a six, risky move to get Sundar back into the attack the way these two are batting.