Sri Lanka vs India 1st Match at Colombo, 06 Mar, 2018

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bowl
India 174/5 (20)
Sri Lanka 175/5 (18.3)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Kusal Perera
  • Thisara Perera 22 * (10)
  • Dasun Shanaka 15 * (18)

Over 2.1Shardul Thakur bowls short of length delivery to Kusal Perera, pulls it away through mid wicketBoundary!

Over 2.2Shardul Thakur bowls short of length delivery to Kusal Perera, goes back and across to play a square cut past backward point.Boundary!

Over 2.3Shardul Thakur bowls pitched up delivery to Kusal Perera, leans forward and drives it gloriously past covers for a boundary.Boundary!

Over 2.4Shardul Thakur bowls pitched up delivery to Kusal Perera, lofts it in the air over mid off.Sixer!

Over 2.5Shardul Thakur bowls full toss to Kusal Perera, goes back and cuts it away past covers.Noball + No runs off the bat

Over 2.5Shardul Thakur bowls pitched up delivery to Kusal Perera, flicks it across towards the long on regionBoundary!

Over 2.6Shardul Thakur bowls short of length delivery to Kusal Perera, opens up on the backfoot to defend that towards the legside.No runs

Over 13.1 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to WU Tharanga, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tucks it down the leg side.

Over 13.2 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to WU Tharanga, no runs, gets forward and looking to go over square leg/mid-wicket but was a touch late on the shot

Over 13.3 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to WU Tharanga, 1 run, goes back and across, pulled away through square leg.

Over 13.4 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, gets forward and drives it down to long on for one.

Over 13.5 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to WU Tharanga, 2 runs, gets forward and spliced the pull towards short mid-wicket where Pant dives and only manages a fingertip.

Over 13.6 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to WU Tharanga, 1 run, gets early into his pull, misses and gets knocked on the thigh pad. They sneak a legbye though

Over 15.1 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Thisara Perera, 1 run, gets forward and pulls it through square leg for a single.

Over 15.2 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and pushes firmly to cover, was surprised by the pace on that 

Over 15.3 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tries to pull hard but misses.

Over 15.4 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, gets forward and pulls it down to long on for a single.

Over 15.5 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Thisara Perera, 1 run, shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it down to deep mid wicket.

Over 15.6 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Dasun Shanaka, no runs, gets forward and tries to swing across the line but misses.

Over 18.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, gets forward and drives it to extra cover and picks up a single.

Over 18.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, gets forward and drives it to extra cover and picks up a single.

Over 18.2 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Thisara Perera, 2 runs, shuffles across on the back foot and pulled away through mid wicket and picks up couple of runs.

Over 18.3 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Thisara Perera, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and pulled away over square leg and gets the winning runs with boundary.

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets and lead the series with 1-0