India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test at Kolkata, 16 Nov, 2017

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bowl first
India 172/10 (59.3)  &  352/8 (88.4)
Sri Lanka 294/10 (83.4)  &  75/7 (26.3)
Match drawn
Man of the Match: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
  • HMRKB Herath 0 * (4)
  • Dasun Shanaka 6 * (17)

Over 20.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and pushes it back to the bowler.

Over 20.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets the bat down and blocks it down

Over 22.1  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets behind the line on the front foot and blocks it on the off side.

Over 22.2  Mohammed Shami bowls it short of length to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets a blow on his right shoulder as the ball reared up from a short of length ball.

Over 22.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and defends it on the off side.

Over 22.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tucks it down the leg side.

Over 22.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets across the line on the back foot and clips it to mid wicket.

Over 22.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and push-drives the ball away to the man at mid-off


Over 24.1  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 24.2  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it pass mid on and picks up couple of runs.

Over 24.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, Boundary! Gets forward and  clips the ball away through the vacant mid-wicket region for a four. 

Over 24.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 24.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and looks to drive through the off side, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 24.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and tries to play at it but misses.

Over 26.1  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and pushes it back to the bowler.

Over 26.2  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and watches it along go through to the keeper.

Over 26.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and pushes it straight to the man at mid on.

The umpires are having a look at it again. They are going off. 

The match ends in a draw.

Dinesh Chandimal: It was good especially in these conditions. It was a good game of cricket and we played well, competed well. Till the last session, we fought really well but unfortunately, last 10-15 overs were pressure to us. Lakmal is unbelievable, throughout the last two years. He's the one who, as a captain, you can trust. He's a really good bowler.Really happy that Rangana scored the runs but unfortunately spinners didn't come into play. We'll have to learn to bat in the second innings. In UAE vs Pakistan too we didn't bat well in the 2nd innings. We can be lot better if we learn that.

virat Kohli: It was important to make something out of the game. As you mentioned, conditions changed drastically into day fouyr, five. We had to show character. Sri Lanka bowled well. We knew if didn't let them get too far ahead, we can get back. Well, we didn't look at Sri Lanka's batting collapses. It was difficult to survive. You had to get to the ball and not let it seam. IF we get enough good balls, which we did, just three short,.Bhuvneshwar has picked up pace. Bowls heavier balls and he'll do well in overseas conditions. He's going to be an important part of our plan going forward in all formats. Credit to him; he's working hard and it's paying for him. As soon as we lost Saha, me and Bhuvi started having fun out there. Didn't try to think about the situation and pressure. Luckily they took the new ball.I thought I might as well go for it. Little bit go luck, bit of inside edge in the seventies. My journey hasn't been long but it feels good.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is Man of the Match