End of over 1 (6 runs) India 6/0 (133 runs required from 19 overs, RR: 6.00, RRR: 7.00)

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End of over 1 (6 runs) India 6/0 (133 runs required from 19 overs, RR: 6.00, RRR: 7.00)

RG Sharma5 (4b 1x4 0x6)
S Dhawan1 (2b 0x4 0x6)
AD Mathews1-0-6-0
0.6
Mathews to Sharma, 1 run, back of a length, angling into middle and leg, tucked away to long leg
0.5
Mathews to Sharma, FOUR, back of a length, a bit of width, and Rohit puts it away, full follow-through of the bat, finishing above his left shoulder, as he slaps it away in front of point
0.4
Mathews to Sharma, no run, length ball, nips in a touch from outside off to hit Rohit's front pad. Mathews got him out this way a couple of times during the Test series in Sri Lanka last year, but Rohit got an inside edge on it as he looked to play around his front pad
0.3
Mathews to Sharma, no run, length ball outside off, left alone
0.2
Mathews to Dhawan, 1 run, back of a length, close to off stump, poked gently into the covers and Dhawan calls his partner through for the single as soon as he makes contact
0.1
Mathews to Dhawan, no run, fullish outside off, comes to him slower than he would like, and he drives straighter than he intends, to the fielder at short extra cover
 

9.15pm Thanks, Nikhil, and hello, everyone. India's bowlers have done well to keep Sri Lanka down to 138. Out come the reunited Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. Sri Lanka will have to bowl well to defend their total. Angelo Mathews takes the new ball himself, as he did against Bangladesh. A wide slip in place for Dhawan.



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