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Over 49.4 AD Mathews bowls a good length delivery to IK Pathan, Pathan whips it off his pads superbly flat in the air over mid wicket for a Boundary! With that India win by 5 wickets with two balls to spare to lead the 5-match Series 2-1. This is the first time ever that Sri Lanka have failed to defend a 250 plus total at home! |
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Over 49.3 AD Mathews bowls it short of length to IK Pathan, beaten, no runs, Pathan charges down the track and then goes back for a pull but only to miss it outside off. |
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Over 49.2 AD Mathews bowls a good length delivery to SK Raina, 1 run, Raina charges down the track and smashes it past the bowler's left for a single. |
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Over 49.1 AD Mathews bangs it short onto the pitch to SK Raina, 2 runs, Raina makes room and pulls it down ferociously to deep mid wicket for a couple. |
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Over 48.6 SL Malinga bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to IK Pathan, no runs, Pathan drills it back to Malinga and the crowd think that was a caught and bowled. India need 6 runs to win from the final over. |
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Over 48.5 SL Malinga bowls a pitched up delivery to IK Pathan, 2 runs, Pathans square drives the near yorker past backward point and steals a second run. |
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Over 48.4 SL Malinga slips in a full toss to IK Pathan, 2 runs, Pathan bends down and drills the near yorker straight down the ground and picks up a couple of runs. |
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Over 48.3 SL Malinga bowls a juicy half volley to IK Pathan, no runs, Pathan square drives the wide delivery sweetly to backward point. |
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Over 48.2 SL Malinga bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to SK Raina, 1 run, Raina digs it out to covers and sends back Pathan from a run. There is a direct throw at the bowling end and Pathan was safely in and India get a single because of the deflection off the stumps. |
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Over 48.1 SL Malinga bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to IK Pathan, 1 run, Pathan sensibly pushes it to covers for a single. |
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Over 47.6 NLTC Perera bowls a good length delivery to SK Raina, 2 runs, Raina walks down the track and lofts it inside out wide of long off for two more runs. |
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Over 47.5 NLTC Perera bowls a pitched up delivery to SK Raina, 2 runs, Raina bends down and slices his lofted shot towards deep point and collects a couple of runs. |
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Over 47.4 NLTC Perera bowls it short of length to IK Pathan, 1 run, Pathan swivels back and plays a short arm jab pull to deep squareleg for one. |
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Over 47.3 NLTC Perera bowls a good length delivery to SK Raina, 1 run, Raina drags his drive off a slower one through squareleg for one. |
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Over 47.2 NLTC Perera slips in a full toss to SK Raina, 2 runs, this is a well disguised loopy slower one from Perera and Raian does well by making room and squeezing it to deep backward point for a couple. |
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Over 47.1 NLTC Perera bowls a pitched up delivery to IK Pathan, 1 run, Pathan flicks the slower one behind squareleg for one. Perera has replaced Mathews. |
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Over 46.6 SL Malinga bowls a pitched up delivery to IK Pathan, 1 run, Pathan squeezes the near yorker infront of point for one. |
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Over 46.5 SL Malinga bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to SK Raina, 1 run, Raina squeezes the widish delivery to square thirdman for one. |
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