India vs Sri Lanka 3rd Match at Colombo, 16 Aug, 2010

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Sri Lanka 170/10 (46.1)
India 171/4 (34.3)
India won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: V Sehwag
  • MS Dhoni 23 * (38)
  • V Sehwag 99 * (101)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1: Two runs. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, pitched up delivery, flicks it off his pads through wide mid wicket for a couple.

Over 0.2: Beaten! SL Malinga to KD Karthik, short of length delivery, hits the seam around middle and gets it to climb away past the outside edge!

Over 0.3: No runs. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, good length delivery, advances down the track and flicks it to mid wicket.

Over 0.4: No runs. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, short of length delivery, tucks it straight to Randiv at short mid wicket.

Over 0.5: No runs. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, bouncer, ducks under that around off and middle. Bowling Speed at 142.0 kmph.

Over 0.6: No ball + Single. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, short and rising delivery, fends it down off his gloves wide of gully and gets a single. Freehit for Sehwag.

Over 0.6: 1 Bye. SL Malinga to V Sehwag, full toss, makes room to smash it and gets his stumps shattered but that was a freehit! They get a bye from squareleg.

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1: Four Leg Byes! KMDN Kulasekara to V Sehwag, good length delivery, shuffles across for a big flick and instead deflects it off his pads to fine leg for four lbs.

Over 1.2: Beaten! KMDN Kulasekara to V Sehwag, good length delivery, stays back for a cut shot and is beaten by an inducker that slips under the bottom edge.

Over 1.3: No runs. KMDN Kulasekara to V Sehwag, good length delivery, gets forward and inside edges the inswinger to squareleg.

Over 1.4: Single. KMDN Kulasekara to V Sehwag, short of length delivery, opens the face and guides it to square thirdman for a single.

Over 1.5: No runs. KMDN Kulasekara to KD Karthik, good length delivery, gets an inside edge to his drive which is stopped by the diving Sanga behind the stumps.

Over 1.6: Single. KMDN Kulasekara to KD Karthik, short of length delivery, gets an inside edge in his defence which misses the legstump and they steal a single from backward squareleg.

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1: No runs. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, short of length delivery, opens the face of the blade and defends it to covers.

Over 2.2: Single. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, good length delivery, strokes it on the up wide of covers for a single.

Over 2.3: No runs. SL Malinga to V Sehwag, short of length delivery, goes back and slices it to cover point.

Over 2.4: No runs. SL Malinga to V Sehwag, short of length delivery, stays back and drives it crisply to Dilshan at square covers.

Over 2.5: Single. SL Malinga to V Sehwag, full toss, thats down the legside and Sehwag tickles it just past the diving Sanga for a single.

Over 2.6: Single. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, short and rising delivery, tucks it down towards fine leg for a single.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1: No runs. KMDN Kulasekara to KD Karthik, good length delivery, let's that go to the keeper outside the off stump.

Over 3.2: No runs. KMDN Kulasekara to KD Karthik, short of length delivery, goes back and pushes it to backward point. Sanga has come up to the stumps.

Over 3.3: No runs. KMDN Kulasekara to KD Karthik, good length delivery, defends it off the frontfoot infront of off.

Over 3.4: Single. KMDN Kulasekara to KD Karthik, short and wide, opens the face and guides it to thirdman for a single.

Over 3.5: No runs. KMDN Kulasekara to V Sehwag, short of length delivery, punches it straight to mid off.

Over 3.6: No runs. KMDN Kulasekara to V Sehwag, short of length delivery, whips it across to mid on.

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1: No runs. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, pitched up delivery, flicks the slower one across the line from off to mid on.

Over 4.2: No runs. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, short and rising delivery, sways away from the line of the delivery.

Over 4.3: No runs. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, short and rising delivery, looks to work it to the onside but gets done in by the extra bounce.

Over 4.4: No ball + No runs off the bat. SL Malinga to KD Karthik, bouncer, ducks under that around middle. Freehit coming up.

Over 4.4: Beaten! SL Malinga to KD Karthik, pitched up delivery, makes plenty of room and misses a wide yorker outside off.

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