India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI at Colombo, 18 Jul, 2021

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Sri Lanka 262/9 (50)
India 263/3 (36.4)
India won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Prithvi Shaw
  • Suryakumar Yadav 31 * (20)
  • Shikhar Dhawan 87 * (96)

Over 9.1 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Avishka Fernando, out Caught by Manish Pandey!!  A tossed up legbreak by the spinner and Avishka chips it straight to the fielder at cover as it comes off the splice of his willow.

Over 9.2 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, comes on to the front foot and plays it back to the bowler.

Over 9.3 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls it flat in the air to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run,  shimmies down the wicket and knocks this flatter delivery into the off side

Over 9.4 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls a quicker arm ball to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets forward and looks to defend and gets beaten on his defence as the ball keeps straight

Over 9.5 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Six! Goes down on his knee and slog sweeps this floated delivery over deep mid-wicket to open his account.

Over 9.6 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls it flat in the air to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets forward and nudges this in front of mid-wicket

Over 11.1: Single. Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka,

Over 11.2: No runs. Yuzvendra Chahal to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 11.3: No runs. Yuzvendra Chahal to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 11.4: No runs. Yuzvendra Chahal to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 11.5: Single. Yuzvendra Chahal to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 11.6: Single. Yuzvendra Chahal to Minod Bhanuka,

Over 13.1 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls it short of length to Minod Bhanuka,1 run,  rock back and work it through mid-wicket

Over 13.2 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets forward and works this in front of short fine leg

Over 13.3 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Six! Shimmies down the wicket and launches this tossed-up delivery over long-on for a clean six.

Over 13.4 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 13.5: Wide ball. Yuzvendra Chahal to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 

Over 13.5 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets back in the crease and punches it back to the bowler.

Over 13.6 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets forward and nudges it down the leg side with soft hands.

Over 23.1 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, comes on to the front foot and plays solid defence.

Over 23.2 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run, gets forward and  eases the drive down to long-off

Over 23.3 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Charith Asalanka, 3 runs, goes on the back foot and glances it fine. Plenty of ground to cover to his left for SKY and he manages to prevent the boundary

Over 23.4 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls a quicker arm ball to Dhananjaya de Silva, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 23.5 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva,1 run,  jumps on the back foot and cuts the legbreak square on the off-side

Over 23.6 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Dhananjaya de Silva, 2 runs, lunges across and drives through extra cover to collect a couple of runs

Over 25.1 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Charith Asalanka, no run, gets forward and leaves it down the leg side through to the keeper.

Over 25.2 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls a half volley to Charith Asalanka, no run, gets forward and  pushed back to the bowler.

Over 25.2 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls a half volley to Charith Asalanka, no run, gets forward and  pushed back to the bowler.

Over 25.3 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls a slower one to Charith Asalanka,1 run, goes down on his knee and swept away square on the leg-side

Over 25.4 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls a slower one to Dasun Shanaka,1 run, gets forward and drives it down to long-on for one.

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