Sri Lanka vs India 1st Test at Galle, 12 Aug, 2015

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Sri Lanka 183/10 (49.4)  &  367/10 (82.2)
India 375/10 (117.4)  &  112/10 (49.5)
Sri Lanka won by 63 runs
Man of the Match: Dinesh Chandimal
  • Varun Aaron 1 * (4)

Over 1.6 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a half volley to S Dhawan, Boundary! Leans forward and drives it beautifully through between cover and extra-cover, the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 7.3 AD Mathews bowls a good length delivery to RG Sharma, Boundary! Gets forward and slashed it to the right of backward point and it raced away to the fence for four.

Over 10.1 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a pitched up delivery to S Dhawan, Boundary! Gets a good stride forward and drills it through extra cover, the ball sped across the turf.

Over 10.4 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a pitched up delivery to S Dhawan, Boundary! Present the full face of the bat and drives it straight down the ground for four.

Over 12.6 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a half volley to S Dhawan, Boundary! Leans forward and drives it well between cover and mid-off, the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 13.2 AD Mathews bowls a pitched up delivery to V Kohli, Boundary! Gets a good stride forward and drives it uppishly over mid-off and the ball went to the fence very quickly.

Over 13.4 AD Mathews bowls a back of length delivery to V Kohli, no runs, gets the inside edge on to the pads.

Over 14.6 KTGD Prasad bowls a good length delivery to S Dhawan, no runs, gets forward and taps it with soft hands towards mid-wicket.

Over 16.5 KTGD Prasad bowls it short of length to V Kohli, Boundary! Stands tall and cuts in front of square, no need to run for it.

Over 17.6 Tharindu Kaushal bowls a half volley to V Kohli, Boundary! Gets forward and drives it nicely along the ground to the deep extra-cover boundary.

Over 21.5 Tharindu Kaushal bowls it flat in the air to V Kohli, Boundary! Gets forward and drives it pass mid-on and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 22.4 HMRKB Herath bowls a tossed up delivery to S Dhawan, Boundary! Gets close to the pitch of the ball and drives it past the fielder, who was diving full length to his right.

Over 25.5 Tharindu Kaushal bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, Boundary! Gets down on his knee and swept it along the ground to deep square-leg fence for four.

Over 27.2TharinduKaushal to V KohliBoundary! ...

Over 30.4 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a pitched up delivery to V Kohli, Boundary! Goes across the line and  just rolls his wrists over it to keep it along the ground, it runs away through mid-on for four.

Over 52.3 Tharindu Kaushal bowls a tossed up delivery to S Dhawan, Boundary! Gets forward, sweep and beats Herath running across from deep backward square but the ball reaches the fence for four.

Over 52.5 Tharindu Kaushal bowls it short of length to V Kohli, Boundary! Goes on to the back foot and creams it through the cover and the ball went to the fence like a bullet.

Over 56.6KTGD Prasad bowls short of length delivery to S Dhawan, gets back into the crease and punches it past coversBoundary!

Over 59.5TharinduKaushal bowls flighted delivery to V Kohli, leans forward and drives it gloriously past covers for a boundary.Boundary!

Over 60.6NuwanPradeep bowls pitched up delivery to S Dhawan, flicks it off his pads towards the deep backward squareleg regionBoundary!

Over 70.1 Nuwan Pradeep bowls it short of length to V Kohli, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it down to fine-leg fence for four.

Over 71.1 Tharindu Kaushal bowls a pitched up delivery to S Dhawan, no runs, gets forward and looks to drives it through the off-side but gets beaten.

Over 71.1 Tharindu Kaushal bowls a pitched up delivery to S Dhawan, no ball and Boundary! Gets forward and drives it along the ground to long-off fence for four.

Over 73.2TharinduKaushal bowls flighted delivery to V Kohli, leans forward and drives it gloriously past covers for a boundary.Boundary!

Over 77.2TharinduKaushal bowls full toss to WP Saha, strides forward and drives it elegantly past covers for a boundary.Boundary!

Over 79.6TharinduKaushal bowls full toss to WP Saha, gets forward and drives it straight down the groundBoundary!

Over 81.6TharinduKaushal bowls flighted delivery to WP Saha, goes back and cuts it away past covers.Boundary!

Over 86.6KTGD Prasad bowls pitched up delivery to S Dhawan, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Boundary!

Over 89.4NuwanPradeep to R AshwinBoundary! ...

Over 91.4 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a half volley to Harbhajan Singh, Boundary! Leans forward, presents the full face of the bat and pushes it through extra cover for four.

Over 96.3 HMRKB Herath bowls a tossed up delivery to Harbhajan Singh, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and plays a slog-sweep over deep mid-wicket and the ball raced away to the boundary.

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