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India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I at Nagpur, , Dec 09 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
1st T20I (D/N), Nagpur, December 09, 2009, Sri Lanka tour of India
(20 ov, T:216) 186/9

Sri Lanka won by 29 runs

Player Of The Match
78 (37)
kumar-sangakkara
New
IND
Full commentary
end of over 2014 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 186/9CRR: 9.30 
Pragyan Ojha10 (6b 1x6)
Ishant Sharma5 (2b 1x4)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 1-0-14-1
Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 3-0-27-1

Presentation

Kumar Sangakkara, winning captain and Man of the Match "The wicket was pretty good to bat on. What set us up was that the two openers saw through the six overs, even though they didn't get off to a flying start. We were outstanding in the first 16 overs, we need to a bit more ruthless and finish them off. Great all-round performance, everyone fought hard and showed hunger to win."

MS Dhoni "At least we were not missing catches before. We are not a brilliant fielding side, but we are not known to dropping catches. It's getting difficult for us to get into T20 groove. Most of us treat them as warm-up for ODIs."

On that note okay bye

Nonetheless a comprehensive win for Sri Lanka, their first of the tour. And it also breaks their four-match losing streak in T20s. And India's losing streak now moves to four

19.6
6
Dilshan to Ojha, SIX runs

Mathews fails at the Mathews. At long-off, close to the boundary he makes the catch, lobs the ball back in play, goes out, comes back in, catches. But hold on, he realises he has touched the skirting while taking the catch

19.5
2
Dilshan to Ojha, 2 runs

lofted down the ground for a couple

19.4
1
Dilshan to Sharma, 1 run

flat, pushes him into the crease, and pushed down the ground for one

19.3
4
Dilshan to Sharma, FOUR runs

Ishant drives the first ball he faces wide of extra cover and gets four

19.2
W
Dilshan to Dinda, OUT

and he has bowled him, with a flat delivery, Dinda slogs again and misses. Can Dilshan finish this before the scheduled finish?

Ashok Dinda b Dilshan 19 (20b 1x4 0x6) SR: 95
19.1
1
Dilshan to Ojha, 1 run

short and wide, hit to the right of Dilshan and they take a single

Dilshan to finish the final formalities

end of over 194 runs
IND: 172/8CRR: 9.05 RRR: 44.00
Ashok Dinda19 (19b 1x4)
Pragyan Ojha1 (3b)
Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 3-0-27-1
Dilhara Fernando 3-0-26-0
18.6
M Pushpakumara to Dinda, no run

Dinda steps out and hits it back to the bowler this time

18.5
1
M Pushpakumara to Ojha, 1 run

this time he goes for the straight hit and connects well for a single

18.4
M Pushpakumara to Ojha, no run

Ojha goes for the big slog and misses

18.3
1
M Pushpakumara to Dinda, 1 run

Dinda slogs again, but the long-on is placed wide and it will be just a single

18.2
1lb
M Pushpakumara to Ojha, 1 leg bye

big appeal for lbw, but it is pitched outside leg

18.1
1
M Pushpakumara to Dinda, 1 run

Dinda dances down the track and hits him down the ground for a single

end of over 186 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 168/8CRR: 9.33 RRR: 24.00
Ashok Dinda17 (16b 1x4)
Pragyan Ojha0 (0b)
Dilhara Fernando 3-0-26-0
Lasith Malinga 2-0-29-0
17.6
1b
Fernando to Dinda, 1 bye

Dinda swipes again, and misses, but gets a bye down the leg side

17.5
W
Fernando to Nehra, OUT

Nehra is run out. He just hits and runs, but Fernando does well to field it to his right and run the stumps down with a direct-hit

Ashish Nehra run out (Fernando) 22 (13b 1x4 2x6) SR: 169.23
17.4
3
Fernando to Dinda, 3 runs

Dinda makes room and clears point, wants a second but is sent back, then slips while turning but somehow plonks the bat in in time. Gets two overthrows in the bargain

17.3
Fernando to Dinda, no run

Dinda makes room and swipes, ends up playing a short ball back to the bowler

17.2
1b
Fernando to Nehra, 1 bye

lovely yorker, missing the leg stump by inches, he gets a bye though

17.1
1
Fernando to Dinda, 1 run

SL miss out on a run-out here, limply hit towards cover, but Fernando fails to collect the underarm flick

Fernando is back

end of over 1710 runs
IND: 162/7CRR: 9.52 RRR: 18.00
Ashish Nehra22 (11b 1x4 2x6)
Ashok Dinda13 (12b 1x4)
Lasith Malinga 2-0-29-0
Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 2-0-24-1
16.6
4
Malinga to Nehra, FOUR runs

what a shot from Nehra, this is a length ball, and he has absolutely drilled it straight back. The umpire has to duck for cover, and the ball reaches the boundary even before you can finish saying wow

16.5
1
Malinga to Dinda, 1 run

another yorker, gets a sharp single to midwicket

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