End of over 13 (5 runs) Sri Lanka 84/3 (64 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 6.46, RRR: 9.14)

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End of over 13 (5 runs) Sri Lanka 84/3 (64 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 6.46, RRR: 9.14)

NLTC Perera4 (5b 0x4 0x6)
AD Mathews2 (6b 0x4 0x6)
Mashrafe Mortaza2-0-13-0
Shakib Al Hasan3-0-15-2
12.6
Mashrafe Mortaza to Perera, 2 runs, length ball on off stump, looks to slog it away over the leg side and checks his shot as he sees a little more bounce, and he ends up skewing it high in the air over short fine leg. Taskin runs back towards the rope, to his left, dives to his left and gets his hands to it, but can't hold on. Difficult chance, but it probably counts as adrop.
12.5
Mashrafe Mortaza to Mathews, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg, Mathews shuffles across and nudges it into the square leg region
12.4
Mashrafe Mortaza to Mathews, no run, back of a length close to off stump, goes on the back foot and pushes towards mid-off
12.4
Mashrafe Mortaza to Mathews, 1 wide, back of a length down the leg side, Mathews misses the flick off the hip
12.3
Mashrafe Mortaza to Mathews, no run, back of a length on middle stump, straightens a touch, tucked defensively to midwicket
12.2
Mashrafe Mortaza to Perera, 1 run, length ball, a touch wider, can't quite find the gap with the flat-batted drive, short extra cover dives left and stops it
12.1
Mashrafe Mortaza to Perera, no run, length ball outside off and Perera pushes hard at it in front of his body, doesn't move his feet into that drive, and pops it up in the air, but it doesn't carry to Sarkar at mid-off
 

Mashrafe comes back on.

SKD: "Chandimal is a seriously overrated batsman. For a batsman who lives dangerously in almost every innings of his, a strike rate of just over 100 after so many T20s is unacceptable."

Hirantha: "10 runs already [in that over]. Why Chandi played that shot?"



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