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
INDIA: 172/8CRR: 9.05• RRR: 44.00 • Need 44 runs from 6b
Ashok Dinda19 (19)
Pragyan Ojha1 (3)
Muthumudalige Pushpakumara3-0-27-1
Dilhara Fernando3-0-26-0
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
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
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
lofted down the ground for a couple
flat, pushes him into the crease, and pushed down the ground for one
Ishant drives the first ball he faces wide of extra cover and gets four
and he has bowled him, with a flat delivery, Dinda slogs again and misses. Can Dilshan finish this before the scheduled finish?
short and wide, hit to the right of Dilshan and they take a single
Dilshan to finish the final formalities
Dinda steps out and hits it back to the bowler this time
this time he goes for the straight hit and connects well for a single
Ojha goes for the big slog and misses
Dinda slogs again, but the long-on is placed wide and it will be just a single
big appeal for lbw, but it is pitched outside leg
Dinda dances down the track and hits him down the ground for a single