Over 42.0 |
Dunith Wellalage | Player of the Match: First of all I want to congratulate the Indian team. They have so many experienced players but unfortunately, we lost the game but we have another game and we want to put up a good fight. Kuldeep is a great bowler, I tried to play my normal game with a positive mindset. I want to thank my teammates and my coaching staff - they gave me great support. |
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Rohit Sharma | India: Was a good game. For us also to play a game like that under pressure on a slightly challenging pitch. Challenging in a lot of aspects. Definitely looking to play on pitches like this to see what we can achieve, we might as well come here and play on pitches like these. [on Hardik] He has worked really hard in his bowling for the last couple of years. It doesn't happen overnight and it's pleasing to see. He looked like taking a wicket off every ball. Was not an easy target to defend as the pitch got easier at the end and we had to put it consistently in one area and I think we did quite well. [on Kuldeep] For the past year or so bowling really really well. He has done a lot of hard work on his rhythm. He went back to the drawing board and worked on it. The ball is coming out nicely and you can see the results in the last 10 ODIs. |
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Dasun Shanaka SL: We didn't expect this kind of wicket, I thought it was a batting wicket but we adjusted well, especially Wellalage, DDS and Asalanka. The luxury of two genuine batters, they have been bowling in the nets and I know their real potential, today I had the option of using them today. Seeing the last game against Bangladesh I knew he (Wellalage) would do something special today, he took Kohli's wicket and I was pretty sure it was his day and will take a couple more wickets. |
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KL Rahul: It was amazing, we were trusted throughout. We were not on the field for 100 overs but how many overs we were there it tested us physically, great to see we turned up today and gave it our best. We turned up and that is a big tick mark for us as a team. Always happy when I contribute to the team, When you are batting in the middle order it is important to build partnerships. I have been out for 4-5 months, I will take anything that comes, it was a crucial partnership with Kishan. Third day in a row playing at the same venue, bit of spin but we managed it really well, we were 20-30 runs short, few more partnerships could have got us to 230-240. When you are behind the stumps, you have a good idea as to what the batter is doing and I just passed on the message, luckily it worked for Kuldeep (referring to his tip to Kuldeep before Samarawickrama's dismissal). |
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41.3
W Over 41.3 Kuldeep Yadav bowls a quicker arm ball to Matheesha Pathirana, out Bowled!! Full on the stumps, Pathirana attempts the sweep and misses, the ball sneaks through the legs to hit the stumps. |
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41.2
0 Over 41.2 Kuldeep Yadav tossed up delivery to Matheesha Pathirana, no run, goes on to the back foot and works it to square leg. |
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41.1
W Over 41.1 Kuldeep Yadav tossed up delivery to Kasun Rajitha, no run, out Bowled!! The googly, pitches around leg stump, squares Rajitha up, and knocks back the top of the off-stump |
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End of Over 41 (2 runs) Sri Lanka 172/8 Kasun Rajitha 1/1 Hardik Pandya 5-0-14-1
Dunith Wellalage 41/46 |
40.6
1 Over 40.6 Hardik Pandya bowls a pitched up delivery to Kasun Rajitha,1 run, gets forward and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
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40.5
W Over 40.5 Hardik Pandya bowls a good length delivery to Maheesh Theekshana, out Caught by (sub)Suryakumar Yadav!! Theekshana who flicks and it is in the gap too but SKY at mid-on moves to his right and dives forward to take it low down and just from the grass |
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40.4
0 Over 40.4 Hardik Pandya bowls a good length delivery to Maheesh Theekshana, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it to cover. |
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40.3
0 Over 40.3 Hardik Pandya bowls a good length delivery to Maheesh Theekshana, no run, gets inside the line and defends it on the back foot. |
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40.2
1 Over 40.2 Hardik Pandya bowls a back of length delivery to Dunith Wellalage,1 run, gets back in the crease and punches it through cover for a single. |
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40.1
0 Over 40.1 Hardik Pandya bowls a good length delivery to Dunith Wellalage, no run, gets forward and goes for a big loft and misses. |
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End of Over 40 (2 runs) Sri Lanka 170/7 Maheesh Theekshana 2/11 Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-33-2
Dunith Wellalage 40/44 |
39.6
0 Over 39.6: No runs. Ravindra Jadeja to Maheesh Theekshana, |
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39.5
0 Over 39.5: No runs. Ravindra Jadeja to Maheesh Theekshana, |
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39.4
0 Over 39.4: No runs. Ravindra Jadeja to Maheesh Theekshana, |
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39.3
1 Over 39.3: Single. Ravindra Jadeja to Dunith Wellalage, |
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