Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd ODI at Colombo, , Jan 31 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary

lofts the ball just in front of long-off, the throw is fired to Dhoni and this time he hits the stumps firmly enough to dislodge both the bails, there's no need for the third umpire as Mendis is well short of his ground

another bizarre incident with the bails, the throw it fired to Dhoni from long-off, he strikes the stumps firmly but the stubborn bails refuse to move! Anyway the batsman was just in

comes round the wicket and bowls the slower ball down the leg side, he sweeps but misses

very easy for Dhoni, Kandamby makes room to swing but he misses it completely, Kulasekara takes off for the run but Dhoni under-arms ball onto the stumps and catches him well short of his crease

Kandamby's attempt at improvisation fails as he walks across all three stumps to glance it away but misses it completely, Ishant deserves credit for taking the pace off the ball

the agony increases for Sri Lanka as Kulasekara drives firmly only for Yusuf to dive and intercept it at cover

full outside off and he swings and misses

Kulasekara fails to put away a low full toss and Ishant does well to fling himself to his right and intercepts it

pitches outside off, he goes for a waft and misses

Murali first makes room and places it straight to Yusuf at midwicket who spills the catch, he fires the throw to Zaheer who whips off the bails, Murali didnt take off for the run but Kandamby was already at his end, Murali was caught ball watching and in the end sacrificed his wicket

excellent save by Gambhir, Murali slashes it hard and beats point, Gambhir does well to slide to his left and cuts it off

comes round the wicket, he fires in another yorker and he squeezes it wide of point

nice inswinging yorker, he clips it wide of midwicket and Gambhir fires the throw

slightly slower in pace and Murali intelligently dabs it to third man for a single and gives Kandamby the strike

He makes a bit of room but he can't pierce the covers

that's a cracker of a shot, he makes room and cuts a good length ball just outside off and cuts wide of deep point and third man

another excellent slower ball and Kandamby is forced to check his shot, Murali sets off but quickly darts back

the slower ball this time and Thushara doesn't read it at all, he shapes to scoop it over the bowler's head but gets into the stroke too early, Yusuf runs across to his right from mid-on and takes an easy catch

fires it outside off and he punches it firmly past the covers, Gambhir runs across and mops up

fires a yorker down the leg side and the ball creeps between his legs as he makes room to whip it away

full and wide outside off, he gets his bat down and squeezes it out to third man