Sri Lanka vs India 1st Test at Kandy, 26 Jul, 2017

Toss: India, who chose to bat
India 600/10 (133.1)  &  240/3 (53)
Sri Lanka 291/10 (78.3)  &  245/10 (76.5)
India won by 304 runs
Man of the Match: Shikhar Dhawan
  • Dilruwan Perera 21 * (50)

Over 39.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 39.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, presses forward and defends it down the pitch.

Over 39.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 39.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and defends it with dead bat.

Over 41.1 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 41.2 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, comes down the pitch and deadbats a shortish delivery.

Over 41.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, 1 run,open the face of the bat and guides it pass gully. 

Over 42.1  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, comes on to the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 42.2  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it along the ground through cover and picks up couple of runs.

Over 42.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 42.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and let it go outside off through to the keeper.

Over 42.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and shoulders arms to let it go.

Over 42.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 43.2 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, comes on to the front foot and driven straight back to the bowler.

Over 43.3 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, 3 runs, gets forward and drives it along the ground to sweeper cover and picks up three runs.

Over 44.1Umesh Yadav bowls good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 44.2Umesh Yadav bowls short of length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, goes back and across to play a square cut past backward point.Boundary!

Over 44.3Umesh Yadav bowls good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 44.4Umesh Yadav bowls good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, opens up on the backfoot to defend that infront of middle.No runs

Over 44.5Umesh Yadav bowls good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 44.6Umesh Yadav bowls good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, gets forward and defends it towards covers.No runs

Over 45.4 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, Boundary! Skipping down the track against Jadeja of all people. Gets a little too close to the ball, but it able to drill it over mid-on's head for four. It didn't clear the fielder by much.

Over 45.5 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, goes back in the crease and punches it to cover point.

Over 45.6 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 46.3 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and chops it to cover point.

Over 46.4 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and punches it back to the bowler.

Over 46.5 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, hangs back and blocks it towards off side.

Over 46.6 Umesh Yadav bowls a good length delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, gets forward and let it go outside off through to the keeper.

Over 47.4 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, goes deep in the crease and tries to cut hard but gets beaten.

Over 47.5 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a tossed up delivery to Dilruwan Perera, no runs, leans forward and driven straight to the man at cover.

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