India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test at Mohali, 04 Mar, 2022

Toss: India, who chose to bat
India 574/8 (129.2)
Sri Lanka 174/10 (65)  &  178/10 (60)
India won by an innings and 222 runs
Man of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja

      Over 1.0   

    Over 0.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to HDRL Thirimanne, no run, gets forward and easy block for the batter.

    Over 0.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to HDRL Thirimanne, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 0.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to HDRL Thirimanne, no run,  presses forward and keeps it out

    Over 0.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to HDRL Thirimanne, no run, comes on to the front foot and  brings his bat down and gets a leading edge back to Ashwin

    Over 0.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to HDRL Thirimanne, no run, gets forward and pushes it to cover

    Over 0.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to HDRL Thirimanne, no run, gets  into the forward defensive and the ball spins away to beat the outside edge

      Over 2.0   

    Over 1.1: Four runs. Mohammed Shami to Dimuth Karunaratne,

    Over 1.1: No runs. Mohammed Shami to Dimuth Karunaratne,

    Over 1.2  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 1.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, leans  into the forward push but the ball holds its line and beats the outside edge

    Over 1.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, gets forward and  lifts his bat and lets it go

    Over 1.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, gets forward and went for the  drive but the bat turns on impact and he drags it to mid-wicket

    Over 1.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, Boundary! Gets forward and looks to play inside the line, the ball takes the outside edge past the slips and raced away to the third man fence for four.

      Over 3.0   

    Over 2.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to HDRL Thirimanne, no run, leans forward and defends to cover

    Over 2.2 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to HDRL Thirimanne, no run, gets back in the crease and block to backward point

    Over 2.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to HDRL Thirimanne, out Caught by Rohit Sharma! Thirimanne has to play because of the line, the ball spins away and takes the outside edge, Rohit dives low to his right and hangs on to a good catch. 

    Over 2.4 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Pathum Nissanka, no run, gets forward and misses the nudge and is struck high on the pad

    Over 2.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Pathum Nissanka, no run, comes on to the front foot and plays outside the line and is beaten on the inside edge,

    Over 2.6 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Pathum Nissanka,1 run, gets forward and works it to short mid-wicket and picks up a single.

      Over 4.0   

    Over 3.1 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Pathum Nissanka, no run, gets forward and misses the tuck and is struck on the back thigh

    Over 3.2 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a slower one to Pathum Nissanka, no run, gets forward and  defends with soft hands and the ball rolls off the outer half to gully

    Over 3.3 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Pathum Nissanka, no run, gets forward and pushes it to mid-wicket

    Over 3.4 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Pathum Nissanka, no run,  prods forward and defends it well.

    Over 3.5 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it flat in the air to Pathum Nissanka, no run, gets inside the line and solid in his forward block.

    Over 3.6 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Pathum Nissanka, no run, gets forward and drives and picks out cover

    That is Lunch on Day 3.  Sri Lanka trail by 390 runs with 9 wickets in hand

      Over 5.0   

    Over 4.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, gets forward and pushed watchfully to cover

    Over 4.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 4.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to Dimuth Karunaratne, no run, presses forward in defence, but the ball drifts in and spins sharply after pitching

    Over 4.4 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne,1 run, gets forward and  drives it wide of cover for a quick one

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