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 7.3 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a good length delivery to Abhinav Mukund, out Caught by Dickwella!  Mukund comes on to the front foot and poke at it, the ball nipped away slightly at the last moment, caught the outside edge and Dickwella hold on safely.

Over 54.1 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, out Caught by Mathews!! Dhawan still tried to launch him over mid-off, but got it close to the bottom of the bat and skewed it for a simple catch to Mathews.

Over 56.4 Nuwan Pradeep bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, out Caught by Dickwilla! Taken on with a fierce pull, swivelling in it too. Nothing conclusive in the slo-mos..all for UltraEdge to come in. Looks like a portion of the wood chips out as the ball passes it.

Over 97.4 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a good length delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, out Caught by Dickwiella! Pujara was lured into pushing in front of his body, gets an audible nick through to the keeper. 

Over 101.1 Lahiru Kumara bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, out Caught by Karunaratne!! Rahane was drawn into the drive, played with hard hands and away from his body. The edge was flying and to the right of Karunaratne at first slip, he dives across and takes it well.

Over 114.1 HMRKB Herath bowls a tossed up delivery to Wriddhiman Saha, out Caught by Dilruwan Perera! Saha stepped down the pitch, got too close to the pitch of the ball, wanted to loft the ball back over the bowler's head, but ended up chipping it to mid-on.

Over 115.1 Nuwan Pradeep bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin, out Caught by Dickwella!! Ashwin tries to take the bowler on and plays the pull shot.The ball takes the top edge and easy catch to the keeper.

Over 121.2 Nuwan Pradeep bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Ravindra Jadeja, out Bowled! Jadeja comes on to the front foot and looks to play across the line but misses and the ball hits the base of the middle stump.

Over 129.5Lahiru Kumara bowls short of length delivery to Mohammed Shami, and he is caught by the fielder in the deep.He is Caught

Over 133.1Lahiru Kumara bowls short of length delivery to Hardik Pandya, and he is caught by the fielder in the deep.He is Caught