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Nidahas Trophy 2018, Ind vs SL 4th T20I: Karthik-Pandey duo wins it for India by six wickets Live

India Wins The Fourth T20 International In The Nidahas T20 Series By Six Wickets Against Sri Lanka

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Subhayan Chakraborty | Updated on: 12 Mar 2018, 11:59:22 PM
Nidahas T20 series: India vs Sri Lanka

New Delhi:

India will take on Sri lanka in the fourth T20 International match of Nidahas Trophy 2018 at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on 12th March.

India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, all stand with two points after winning and losing one game each after having played two games.

In the series opener between India and Sri Lanka, the hosts came victorious over the Men in Blue by winning the game by 5 wickets. However, Sri Lanka will go into this match after a fresh morale crushing defeat against Bangladesh, who completed the fourth highest run chase of 215 in T20 Internationals.

Favourites to win the Nidahas T20 tri-series, India will go with a sense of revenge against the Lions. The Rohit Sharma led team lie just below the top spot holder Sri Lanka, due to over rate and a win would take the Indian team on top.

SQUADS:

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik(w), Lokesh Rahul, Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj

Sri Lanka: Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera(w), Dasun Shanaka, Upul Tharanga, Thisara Perera(c), Jeevan Mendis, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep, Dhananjaya de Silva, Suranga Lakmal, Isuru Udana, Amila Aponso

Highlights:

Shardul Thakur: "I loved it. Happy to receive the award. Always dreamt of winning a game for India and here I am. Frankly there were some nerves but no pressure. Nothing special, we just discussed how to execute our plans and it worked out for the better today."

Shardul Thakur wins the Man of the Match for his superb spell of 4 wickets haul.

Manish Pandey: I thought we had a good partnership in the end. They started well, I thought we finished pretty well. We discuss about that (plans against Sri Lankan bowlers). Batting at number 5, I should be there till the end. They (bowlers) have comeback really well after the first game. We had a couple of plans and we restricted well. We have not got too much batting after 6 and 7, so myself and DK had to be there till the end.

# 17.3 Overs: Single and India wins by six wicket after some smart batting by DK and Pandey. Good partnership there. IND 153/4

# 17.2 Overs: Four! DK lifts it over long on and one drop to the fence. IND 152/4

# 17.1 Overs: DK is in mood today! Pulls it over mid wicket for a boundary. IND 148/4

# 16.3 Overs: Four runs! Thats some smart batting by DK as he powers the ball over mid wicket. 12 needed in 15. IND 141/4

# 15.1 Overs: Karthik plays a beautiful cover drive for a boundary. Picture Perfect by DK! IND 125/4

# 14.3 Overs: SIX! Perera to Pandey and its gone back to the stands! Pandey is a clean striker of the ball and he shows why. Great shot. IND 121/4

# Akila Dananjaya completes his spell of 4 overs with 19 runs and 2 wickets. Majestic stuff! IND 114/4 after 14 overs and still needs 39 off 30 balls. 

# TRIVIA TIME: Washington Sundar played as an opener in Tamil Nadu Premier League and was the highest run scorer of the tournament! 

# 12.1 Overs: Pandey is brimming with confidence here! Gets another boundary here. IND 105/4

# 11.2 Overs: Dinesh Karthik just times the ball to the boundary! Cuts it towards the deep backward point and the fielder dives but fails to stop the boundary. IND 96/4

# After 11 Overs India are 92/4. Still needs 61 runs in 48 balls.

# 9.5 Overs: HIT WICKET! Can you believe it! KL Rahul becomes the first ever batsman to get Hit Wicket in a T20 match! Some scenes here as India loses a crucial wicket. Rahul hit wkt b J Mendis 18(17) IND 85/4

# 9.3 Overs: A run out appeal against Manish Pandey, but a splendid dive saves him. IND 84/3

# 8.1 Overs: Boundary! Pandey times it to perfection. Lovely cut throught the cover point region! IND 79/3

# 7.3 Overs: The new man on the crease Manish Pandey hammers a short ball by Jeevan Mendis to the mid wicket boundary! IND 70/3

# 6.5 Overs: OUT! Oh Raina! Just when he was coming to his full flow he scoops it straight to mid off. Big wicket for Sri Lanka.  Raina c Perera b Pradeep 27(15) IND 62/3

# 6.4 Overs: Raina hooks it over the deep fine leg for a massive Six! IND 62/3

# 6.2 Overs: Lose ball and Rahul makes the most of it. Boundary for India. IND 55/2

# 4.4 Overs: SIX! Raina is on fire! This is probably the shot of the night. Puts it over midwicket in style. IND 41/2

# 4.4 Overs: Boundary again! Raina picks his spot and times it perfectly. IND 39/2

# 4.2 Overs: Raina hit a boundary and he would take that any day. Poor delivery by Chameera and punished rightly. IND 35/2

# 3.2 Overs: Mix up between Rahul and Raina and the dive does the job for Raina. Third Umpire says not out and Raina survives. IND 27/2

# Suresh Raina comes to the crease. India needs a steady partnership now.

# 3.1 Overs: And Dhawan departs! Poor shot selection by the flashy opener as he lofts it straight to the fielder at mid on. Dananjaya picks up his second of the match. Dhawan c Perera b Dananjaya 8(10) IND 22/2

# 2.5 Overs: Shikhar Dhawan handsomely punishes a poor ball by Lakmal for a boundary! IND 21/1

# KL Rahul takes Rohit Sharma's place. He will be hungry to prove a point here.

# 1.6 Overs: OUT! Rohit Sharma's misery continues. He wanted to flick it over mid wicket but puts it straight in the hands of Kusal Mendis standing there. Rohit c Kusal Mendis b Dananjaya 11(7) IND 13/1

# 0.3 Overs: Boundary! India are off with a flyer. Rohit sneaks it past the keeper. IND 10/0

# 0.2 Overs: SIX! Banged in short by Lakmal and Rohit disperses it to the crowd! IND 6/0

# Second Innings: Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan walks out.

# Sri Lankan team will be extremely dissapointed after the start Kusal Mendis gave them. There were moments when Lankans would have thought about a 200+ score but the four wickets in 21 balls derailed the innings completely, credits to the Indian bowlers and some good fielding. Indians would be pretty sure about chasing this and it would be interesting to see who opens the innings for the Men in Blue. Stay tuned for the second half!

# 18.5 Overs: Shanaka lofts it high after an inside edge and Unadkat takes a good catch. Thakur dismantling the Lankan lower order! Chameera c Unadkat b SN Thakur 0(1) SL 151/9

# 18.4 Overs: Chameera departs after Dinesh Karthik takes an easy catch. Lankans are losing the plot now! Shardul Thakur strikes. Shanaka c Karthik b SN Thakur 19(16) 151/8

# 18.2 Overs: Appeal for obstructing the field, dismissed by the third umpire!

# 18.1 Overs: Suranga Lakmal enters the scene and his first delivery is a boundary. SL 150/7

# 17.6 Overs: Dananjaya lofts it up and KL Rahul takes a dolly at long on! Unadkat picks up his first of the day. Dananjaya c Rahul b Unadkat 5(11) SL 146/7 

# 17.3 Overs: Unadkat with a lose delivery and Shanaka does not shy away from it and middles it for a big SIX. SL 145/5

# 14.1 Overs: And it is a big wicket for India! Chahal strikes and DISMISSES Kusal Mendis! SL 120/6

# 13.2 Overs: Jeevan Mendis DISMISSED! Washington Sundar strikes! SL 120/5

# 11.6 Overs: Perera lifts it sky high and Chahal takes a reverse cup! Shardul Thakur strikes! SL 113/4

# 11.5 Overs: Mendis brings up his 50. He is playing a blistering innings here! SL 113/3

# 10.6 Overs: Thisara Perera is a dangerous player and he shows here why he is so! Again a SIX. SL 108/3

# 10.5 Overs: Thisara Perera comes in and puts the ball back to the stands. What a way to start his innings! SL 102/3

# 10.4 Overs: Vijay Shankar gets Tharanga! A straight ball and Tharanga completely misses it. Tharanga b Vijay Shankar 22(24) SL 96/3

# After 10 Overs, Sri Lanka has held back their ship. Kusal Mendis and Upul Tharanga has helped them to make a good come back after losing two early wickets. This partnership is becoming a massive worry for the Indians. 

# 9.6 Overs: Mendis is showing some powerhitting here, pulls a short ball and it flies over to 10-12 rows back of the square leg boundary.      SL 94/2 

# 8.5 Overs: Tharanga shows his class. What a lofted cover drive! SL 84/2

# 7.5 Overs: Mendis has gone berserk! He is hitting sixes for fun. SL 75/2

# 7.2 Overs: Upul Tharanga middles it and thats a massive six! Chahal won't be happy. SL 65/2

# 7.0 Overs: Vijay Shankar completes a clever over. Disciplined stuff! SL 58/2

# 5.1 Overs: Mendis is at it again! A bit of a lose ball by Sundar and Mendis lifts it over the short fine leg for a boundary. SL 50/2

# 4.3 Overs: Mendis picks up the gap between mid wicket and mid on and gets a boundary. SL 42/2

# 3.1 Overs: Washington Sundar takes on Perera and he is gone! Bowled! The Indian fielders are pumped up. Huge wicket for India. Kusal Perera b Washington Sundar 3(4) SL 32/2

# 2.5 Overs: Kusal Mendis slashes the short ball to backward point for a boundary. SL 32/1

# 2.1 Overs: Shardul Thakur comes to the attack and sends Gunathilaka back to the pavillion. Thats a blinder by Raina at mid-wicket! Gunathilaka c Raina b SN Thakur 17(8)  SL 25/1

# 2.0 Overs: A good over by Sundar after a nervy start. SL 24/0

# 1.1 Overs: Washington Sundar comes into the attack and Gunathilaka welcomes him with a massive six. SL 21/0

# 0.2 Overs: Kusal Mendis lofts the ball to the stands, splendid shot by the Lankan opener. SL 11/0

# Jayadev Unadkat starts the bowling for India, Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis opening for the Lankans

# Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera(w), Upul Tharanga, Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera(c), Jeevan Mendis, Akila Dananjaya, Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera

# India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik(w), Vijay Shankar, Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal

# The match has been reduced to 19 overs because of the effect of the rain

# India win the toss, chose to field first

# 08:00 PM: Toss to take place at 08:05 pm; match to start at 08:20 pm

# 06:30 PM: Toss delayed due to light drizzle.

# Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal is suspended due to slow over rate offense.

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First Published : 12 Mar 2018, 04:27:14 PM

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