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 69.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 69.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and looks to pull, the ball toe-ends away into the off-side off a mistimed pull

Over 70.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a back of length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, comes on to the front foot and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 70.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, 1 run, gets forward and pushes at the ball, the ball takes the thickish edge and ran away towards third man for a single

Over 71.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, stays inside the crease and defends it on the off side.

Over 71.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tries to pull hard.The ball pings on the grill.

Over 71.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and looks to throw his bat at it on the pull and misses it by a long way

Over 71.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls it short of length to RAS Lakmal, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and slams the pull away, uppishly through the mid-wicket region for a four.

Over 71.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and blocks it on the off side watchfully.

Over 71.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, 1 run, gets forward and tucked away with wrists coming into play. 

Over 72.1 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 72.2 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets inside the line and defends it into the on-side with a forward block

Over 72.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and left alone through to the keeper.

Over 72.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, stays back and defends it into the on-side to mid-on

Over 72.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 72.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets back in the crease and defends it to the on side.

Over 73.3 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and pokes at it and misses as the ball screams past the edge

Over 73.4 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and looks to play across the line but the ball takes the leading edge and falls just short of bowler.

Over 73.5 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, Boundary!  Gets latches onto it thanks to a pull to get it away towards deep square leg for a four. 

Over 73.6 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and blocks it on the off side.

That will be Lunch on Day 4.Sri Lanka lead by 91 runs with 2 wickets in hand.

Over 75.1 Umesh Yadav bowls a pitched up delivery to RAS Lakmal, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it square of the wicket on the off side.

Over 76.1 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, 1 run, gets forward and drives it through mid off for a single.

Over 76.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, prods forward to block into the pitch

Over 76.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, step down and cut down the length. Lakmal adjusts well and defends

Over 76.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and misses the flick, the ball struck on the pads down the leg side.

Over 78.1 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to RAS Lakmal, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 78.2 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to RAS Lakmal, no runs,  stands tall and punches to extra cover.

Over 78.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to RAS Lakmal, no runs, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 78.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to RAS Lakmal, no runs, stays back to defend to FSL.

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