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Sri Lanka vs India, Nidahas Trophy 2018, latest update: Karthik collects a single at the start of the over to bring up the fifty-stand with Pandey. Two balls later, he smacks the ball towards the cow-corner fence to collect his third boundary, and bring India closer to victory. 10 off the over, with the two batsmen ensuring that the scoreboard continues to tick along with singles. India need 9 to win from 12 balls. Preview: India will aim to push for a place in the final of the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tri-series when they take on Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium on Monday. All the three teams – India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – have played two matches and won a match each and Monday’s match gives both the teams the opportunity to move to the top of the table. India, captained by Rohit Sharma, lost the first match to Sri Lanka by five wickets before defeating Bangladesh by six wickets on Thursday. [caption id=“attachment_4386583” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of India’s stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma and Sri Lanka’s stand-in skipper Thisara Perera. Agencies[/caption] Sri Lanka will not only be confident having defeated India but at the same time, the hosts will be angry after losing to Bangladesh by five wickets in a high-scoring affair on Saturday night. The hosts had put 214/6 on the board but failed to defend the big total, as Mushfiqur Rahim (72 not out) tore the home bowlers apart. For this reason, India have to be wary of the Sri Lankans. But this side has shown that it has the strength to go out and deliver and will be eager to continue their good work like they did against Bangladesh. For India, opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan has been outstanding, scoring 90 and 55 in the two matches, as he continued from where he left off in South Africa. His scores in the last 10 matches are 55, 90, 47, 24, 72, 18, 34, 109, 76, 51. However, the worry for India has been the form of fellow opener Rohit, who has scored only 39 runs in the past five T20Is. In the middle-order, India will depend on Manish Pandey, who posted 37 and 27 not out in the two matches. Suresh Raina will also aim to have a big score after getting 28 in the last match. Young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who has not been impressive so far with scores of 7 and 23, will also look to make amends. As for the bowlers, medium pacers Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur and Vijay Shankar helped India restrict Bangladesh to 139/8 in the last match after being wasteful in the first match. Spinners Yuzvender Chahal and Washington Sundar will again be key in the middle overs. In the other camp, Sri Lanka will depend on Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Perera and Kusal Mendis to score briskly at the top of the batting order. Dinesh Chandimal and Upul Tharanga will bat in the middle. In their defeat to Bangladesh, all of the bowlers, barring Nuwan Pradeep, bowled with indiscipline, throwing full-tosses and easy deliveries at important moments and were made to pay for it. Pradeep will need Thisara Perera and Dushmantha Chameera to step up, along with spinners Akila Dhananjay and Jeevan Mendis. With inputs from IANS
Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka in Colombo, Nidahas Trophy, Full cricket score: India win by six wickets
Karthik collects a single at the start of the over to bring up the fifty-stand with Pandey. Two balls later, he smacks the ball towards the cow-corner fence to collect his third boundary, and bring India closer to victory. 10 off the over, with the two batsmen ensuring that the scoreboard continues to tick along with singles.
India need 9 to win from 12 balls.
 "Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka in Colombo, Nidahas Trophy, Full cricket score: India win by six wickets")
That’s it from us at Firstpost in our coverage of the fourth match of the ongoing Nidahas Trophy 2018, with India overpowering Sri Lanka to post a six-wicket win, and move to the top of the points table in the process. We certainly hope we were able to keep you updated with the events of the game, and that you will join us on Wednesday when India take on Bangladesh in a bid to seal their spot in the final.
For now, it’s time for us to take your leave. Good night!
Shardul Thakur is the Man of the Match for his haul of 4/27.
Very happy to receive this award today. Frankly speaking, there was nervousness. I always love challenges, and this series was also a challenge. We had been discussing where to bowl.
Most matches lost at home in T20Is:
21 – South Africa
19 – Bangladesh, SRI LANKA*
17 – New Zealand, Zimbabwe
Most matches lost at a venue in T20Is:
14 – SRI LANKA at Colombo (RPS)*
14 – Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club
After 17.3 overs,India 153/4 ( Manish Pandey 42 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 39)
Karthik levels the scores with two well-connected hits towards the fence off the first two deliveries, before setting off for a single off the third delivery to bring up a six-wicket win for the Indians! With that, the ‘Men in Blue’ are now on top of the points table with their second win of the tri-series, and put themselves in a prime position to qualify for the final!
After 17 overs,India 144/4 ( Manish Pandey 42 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 30)
Karthik collects a single at the start of the over to bring up the fifty-stand with Pandey. Two balls later, he smacks the ball towards the cow-corner fence to collect his third boundary, and bring India closer to victory. 10 off the over, with the two batsmen ensuring that the scoreboard continues to tick along with singles.
India need 9 to win from 12 balls.
After 16 overs,India 134/4 ( Manish Pandey 40 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 23)
Jeevan Mendis returns for his final over, and concedes 11 off it, with Karthik smacking the ball away towards the cover fence for his second boundary. Karthik decides to come back for a second run off the following delivery, with an appeal for a run-out raised against Pandey after a direct hit at the non-striker’s end — with the batsman being comfortably inside on the occasion.
India need 19 off the last three overs with six wickets in hand.
After 15 overs,India 123/4 ( Manish Pandey 37 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 15)
Thisara Perera returns to the attack in the 15th over, with Karthik collecting a single off the first ball. Pandey smashes the ball into the stands beyond the midwicket fence two deliveries later. Nine off the over, with a single coming off each of the last two deliveries.
Nine off the over, with India needing 30 off the last four overs with six wickets in hand, and two set batsmen at the crease.
After 14 overs,India 114/4 ( Manish Pandey 30 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 13)
Dananjaya is brought back into the attack in the 14th over, and he signs off with figures of 2/19 from four overs, conceding five singles off his last. Meanwhile, Pandey’s set at 30 at the end of the over, with India needing 39 off 30 now.
After 13 overs,India 109/4 ( Manish Pandey 28 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 10)
Pandey welcomes Pradeep back into the attack with a punch through the gap between extra cover and mid off that fetches him his third boundary. Four singles collected off the next five deliveries. Meanwhile, this is turning out to be a useful cameo from Pandey, who is batting on 28 off 21 deliveries.
After 12 overs,India 101/4 ( Manish Pandey 22 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 8)
Jeevan Mendis into his third over. Karthik slaps the ball away to the point boundary off the second delivery, collecting his first boundary. He then smacks the ball towards the cow corner boundary off the fifth delivery, with some tight fielding in the deep saving a couple of runs for the hosts. Nine off the over. India, having crossed the 100-run mark in this over, need another 52 off 42 balls.
After 11 overs,India 92/4 ( Manish Pandey 20 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 1)
Chameera returns to the attack in the 11th over, and concedes seven runs off it. Pandey collects doubles off two successive deliveries, guiding the ball to either side of the wicket.
After 10 overs,India 85/4 ( Manish Pandey 14 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 0)
Rahul survives a tight run-out chance off the fourth delivery of the over. Responds to a call for a quick single from Pandey, and dives at the striker’s end. The on-field umpire goes upstairs, and Rahul’s bat is marginally inside the line at the time of keeper Kusal Perera breaking the stumps. Rahul, though departs off the very next ball, as he ends up disturbing his stumps while trying to guide the ball towards the leg side on the backfoot. Dinesh Karthik is the new man at the crease now. Good over from Jeevan, with two runs and a wicket coming off the over.
OUT! Rahul’s is out hit wicket in his comeback game in limited-overs cricket! Guides the ball towards square-leg on his backfoot, but is too deep inside his crease! And Rahul becomes the first Indian to be dismissed hit wicket in T20I cricket! IND 85/4
Rahul hit wicket b Jeevan Mendis 18(17)
After 9 overs,India 83/3 ( Lokesh Rahul 17 , Manish Pandey 13)
Pandey makes room for a cut at the start of the over, and collects his second boundary. Single collected off each of the last four deliveries, with eight coming off the over.
Suresh Raina since his comeback in T20Is:
15, 31, 43, 1, 28, 27
His strike rate is more than 120 except two innings since his comeback but the consistency is missing.
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