game over as they pinch a single to square leg
Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd Match at Bulawayo, May 30 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Presentation
Rohit Sharma is the MoM He says, "Always nice getting hundreds in consecutive matches. it's not the end of the world for me, I have a long way to go. Boys played really well, right from the start. This wicket was really nice to bat on, still a bit on the slower side. We knew if we got one big partnership, we would get the target."
Suresh Raina "We bowled really well, and Rohit Sharma is the man, he batted really well. I forgot, I thought I had told the umpire about the Powerplay, but he said I hadn't. Anyway we bowled really well, and Rohit and Virat batted really well too."
Tillakaratne Dilshan "We had to bowl in the right areas, we needed to take half chances because we had only 240, but it went wrong with the bat, couple of run-outs and then untimely wickets. I tried to bring the fielders up to prevent easy singles, but there was nothing in the wicket."
High fives in the Indian dressing room, this has been a remarkable comeback after having been beaten by Zimbabwe. The tri-series is wide open now. And Sharma and Kohli played beautifully after the bowling unit was very disciplined. Do stay back for the presentation
looks to run this down to third man and is beaten
back of a length, punched away between mid-off and extra cover for four
that's it, back-to-back hundreds! Relief on Sharma's face! And then a big laugh, looks up the skies, acknowledges the standing ovation from the team balcony, hugs Raina, and then removes his helmet and raises his arms. And top shot to get there too, making room and cutting him off the stumps for four
comes down the track and plays inside-out for a single
flat ball, stays back and defends
googly again, makes room and takes a single to extra cover
another googly, hit down to long-off for one
full ball, played away to midwicket
lovely lovely shot! Length ball, stands tall, and drives it between mid-off and extra cover. One shot away from hundred now
punched away off the back foot, gets a single to deep point
ducks under this bouncer, and it's way down the leg side too
short ball, Raina is slow into the pull, the ball passes over the stumps
yorks him, Sharma hits Raina with a gentle straight hit, and they take a single
low full toss outside off stump, played with an open face towards deep point
poor bowling, low full toss on the pads with fine leg up, and he works it past the fielder, and the outfield is heavy enough to prevent the boundary. Kulasekara hits the stumps direct, but Raina has just made it for the third run, by a split-frame
Fernando comes back
googly, stays back to pat it to midwicket
short, flat, on the pads, pulled away to deep square for two
flighted delivery on the pads, defended
short, pulled away along the ground, there is a deep square leg to keep them to one
short, into the body, pushed to long-on for one
short, angling across him, and hit on the up, through the gap in the covers, easy pickings
Powerplay taken