321/6
Overs: 50.0 / 50.0
India
322/3
Overs: 48.4 / 50.0
Sri Lanka
6.30 pm So, it was about time the Champions Trophy bucked up. Hopefully New Zealand and Bangladesh can keep your appetites whetted and there's tons of fun to be had. It was lovely bringing the coverage to you, lovely to read your comments as well, please keep sending them. But for now, lets all get outta here. "It's one of the top wins, to beat India. It was a fantastic wicket. The bowlers did brilliantly to restrict India to 321. it's a very chaseable target," Mathews says, "I tried to hit as many balls in the nets as possible, it makes you feel good and that helped me come back from injury. Wasn't easy for Gunathilaka to walk into the side and bat like how he did. Kusal is a great player, and Kusal Perera also batted really well. Those partnerships were crucial. It's a must-win game for all of us in the group. Not many people expected us to win and that took a lot of pressure off us. [Turning point?] I thought the second-wicket partnership. They set us the platform" "We felt we had enough on the board, we trusted out bowlers, but Sri Lanka were pretty good. They kept the momentum through the innings, they picked their areas to hit and executed really well," Kohli says, "There's always hindsight. I thought we bowled decently. But when you don't execute properly, there is always food for thought. Here you have to give credit to the other team. In a tournament like this especially." Kusal Mendis is the Man of the Match for his 89 off 93. "Very good wicket. India had a good start, with Dhawan making a hundred. But for us, Danushka supported me very well. It was my first game against India and I'm happy to have contributed. Very bad [about causing Danushka's run out] but after Angelo and Kusal batted, I was very happy" 6.20 pm More good news for Sri Lanka - Kusal Perera having retired hurt with a troubled hamstring is feeling good enough to walk down the stairs himself. He played an important hand through the middle of the innings, ensuring the platform set by top order didn't go to waste. And who put on that stand? A batsman all the rage back home, Kusal Mendis, and a man who was on the standby list until a few days ago, Danushka Gunathilaka. 322 is the largest target Sri Lanka have chased in ODI cricket It is also the ninth time that Sri Lanka have chased 300 - all of which have happened away from home. But this one will be special - it came in an ICC tournament and it was set up by players they will look to moving into the future. And so the remaining games in this group become quarter-finals - India v SA and Pakistan v SL Saain: "A clinical performance with the bat, youngsters came to the party and guided to the victory by the Man himself, Angelo Mathews. Siri Lankan's will cherish this for long long time" Prasanna S: "India lose their first CT game after a sequence of 7 wins starting from their last game in 2009 against WI. Someday this sequence should end and SL completely deserved this win." Uday: "Srilanka chased 324 in 2006. 322 is not their highest chase, I believe." They got to 324, but the target was 322. | ||||||||||||||||
48.4 | UT Yadav to AD Mathews, 1 run, short ball, helps it away to long leg and Sri Lanka have thumped India. Mathews makes a gesture that I will find hard to describe but I'll do so anyway. He puts his bat over his head, handle pointing at his name perhaps on his jersey. | |||||||||||||||
48.3 | UT Yadav to AD Mathews, BOUNDARY, 4 runs, races down the pitch and thumps a length ball down the ground to bring up his fifty. Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews, ladies and gentlemen. His team is in splits in the dressing room and the flags are high and proud. | |||||||||||||||
48.2 | UT Yadav to DAS Gunaratne, 1 run, this is a slower short ball, Gunaratne backs away and slices it to deep third man. | |||||||||||||||
48.1 | UT Yadav to DAS Gunaratne, 2 runs, shortish delivery, pulls it to deep square leg for a couple. | |||||||||||||||
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Faisal suleman: "Yesterday world no 1 team stunned by world no 8 team and today world no 2 team stunned by world number 7 team." Only nine runs away... | ||||||||||||||||
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Sri Lanka need 21 off 24 - and if they get that, they'll equal their highest chance is ODIs. | ||||||||||||||||
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Divyamsh: "In the pre-tournament press conference Sri Lanka captain said- We are happy to enter the tournament as a underdogs. Looking at the position they are in now, I would say- Take your words back, sir !!!" | ||||||||||||||||
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Sri Lanka need 43 off 36... and we have a humdinger! Bumrah has two overs left. Mathews looks a man on a mission. And what's more, this is a full 50-over game without rain | ||||||||||||||||
Hari: "in 2002 CT India vs SAfrica, Proteas were cruising with 70 needed with 9 wickets. Gibbs cramped and retired hurt. The rest is history. Wiill we have a repeat" | ||||||||||||||||
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Kohli now walks up to have a chat with his bowler. Tension mounts. | ||||||||||||||||
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Shridhar Sharma: "This should be an ideal test for Indian bowling line-up, now with Umesh,Bhuvi and Bumrah having 11 overs left between them. " | ||||||||||||||||
Saurabh: "@American@work The trio of fast bowlers have bowled really well in Indian team. It's Jadeja and Pandya who have leaked the runs. I am sure Ashwin will be back irrespective of the results giving him at least one match before the knock outs!" I think Mendis deserves credit for that. He realised Jadeja isn't getting turn and if he isn't taken on, he could bowl 10 overs in the blink of an eye. Upset the spinners rhythm picking straight balls to slog | ||||||||||||||||
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Umar: "Two underrated teams, SL and Pak, surprising the cricket world.." | ||||||||||||||||
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4 run outs for Sri Lanka in this CT. 5 run outs for all other teams combined. Al Muthu dives right into a thriller to begin his Champions Trophy. I'm off for the evening. Leave you in his capability. | ||||||||||||||||
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Sri Lanka have held their own very well under duress. The nerves will start to influence the cricket now | ||||||||||||||||
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"Finish well, Chiku," says Dhoni | ||||||||||||||||
Venkatesh: "Cant understand what is going on there. New batsman and part timers are bowling allowing him to settle" | ||||||||||||||||
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rajivmel: "What an innings from Danushka Gunathilaka. Walked into the side today after not being in the original 15 and how he's responded. Fielded well too" | ||||||||||||||||
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I shall go back to Perera and Mendis now | ||||||||||||||||
HarishVaranasi: "Is it an ABD-Mohit moment like that in World cup 2015? Vividly remember to be from same area, square of the wicket ?" | ||||||||||||||||
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India and Kohli under pressure | ||||||||||||||||
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vishwanath: "A couple of overs from Jadhav could provide variety and inviting the batsman to hit against the wind, would be interesting" | ||||||||||||||||
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SL have had 15 century partnerships since WC 2015, 8 of those have been for the second wicket. | ||||||||||||||||
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Right, we may well be having our first real nail-biter of the Champions Trophy. To take you through the next hour and a bit, here's Nikhil Kalro | ||||||||||||||||
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Santosh Battula: "That maiden from Pandya's over, i believe, will produce a wicket sooner or later" | ||||||||||||||||
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"I've noticed that Kohli has been standing by the bowler to receive a fielder's throw a couple times now. Is this to protect the bowler's hands from a tough throw, or is Kohli micromanaging?" I think you're following the Indian captain a little too closely for your own good, Anirudh | ||||||||||||||||
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Bhuvneshwar has taken 28 wickets in first 10 overs of ODIs, the most by any Indian bowler since his debut | ||||||||||||||||
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dez: "Why is anyone worried about rain? i'm about 20 mins away from the Oval & the forecast is set fair." Makes good on the theory watching cricket is a more nervous undertaking, doesn't it? Worrying about everything under the sun. | ||||||||||||||||
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Right, you rain-watchers, we have the D/L scores that Sri Lanka need to be at after 20 overs: 95/0 106/1 121/2 140/3 163/4 191/5 223/6 255/7 285/8 306/9. | ||||||||||||||||
Chaser: "Think setting up or chasing big scores depends on a team's lineup. If you have explosive openers (Jayasurya to Dickwella) you would want to make most of power plays but if you have solid batsman in the top you would want to play on balls merit and take the game deep. " | ||||||||||||||||
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Vatsal Agarwal : "Kaushal's calculations are correct using Standard edition of DL theory but ICC uses Professional edition of DLS theory which would have higher targets for first few wickets." Well then, in the bin it goes. | ||||||||||||||||
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Batting | R | M | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
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N Dickwella | C RA Jadeja B B Kumar | 7 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 38.89 |
MD Gunathilaka | Run out UT Yadav,MS Dhoni | 76 | 115 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 105.56 |
BKG Mendis | Run out B Kumar | 89 | 113 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 95.7 |
MDKJ Perera | 47 | 65 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 106.82 | |
AD Mathews | not out | 52 | 76 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 115.56 |
DAS Gunaratne | not out | 34 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 161.9 |
LD Chandimal | - | ||||||
NLTC Perera | - | ||||||
RAS Lakmal | - | ||||||
SL Malinga | - | ||||||
N Pradeep | - | ||||||
Total | 322/3 |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | |
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B Kumar | 10.0 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 5.4 | |
UT Yadav | 9.4 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 6.93 | |
JJ Bumrah | 10.0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 5.2 | |
HH Pandya | 7.0 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 7.29 | |
RA Jadeja | 6.0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 8.67 | |
KM Jadhav | 3.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | |
V Kohli | 3.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 |