Scores Level, SKY-led India win

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Shivam Dube and Jasprit Bumrah made way for Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh.

Sri Lanka made four Cha(meera)nges to the eleven that last played the Indians – Ramesh Mendis, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Asitha Fernando, and Matheesha Pathirana made way for Dasun Shanaka, Janith Liyanage, Dushmantha, and Nuwan Thushara.

Charith Asalanka, Sri Lanka’s skipper, elected to field.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 71, and lost a wicket.

Shubman Gill, who faced three balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Nine balls into the match, he was caught by Maheesh Theekshana, who broke the 15-run stand.

India scored 50 off 4.3 overs (28 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 25 balls. While Abhishek’s contribution to the partnership was 37, the contribution of Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, to it was 11. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Abhishek’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 22 balls.

Forty-two balls (6.5 overs) into the match, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Suryakumar, the batter, eventually scored a dozen off 13 balls, which included a boundary. It was struck down by Afghan umpire Izatullah Safi. He was trapped leg before wicket by Wanindu Hasaranga, who broke the 59-run partnership.

Abhishek, whose 31-ball innings included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 61. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Kamindu Mendis. Asalanka broke the 18-run stand.

India scored 100 off 10 overs (61 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded seven extras at that point.

At that point, the drinks break was taken. While Tilak Varma had scored 14, Sanju Samson had scored a couple.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While Varma’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Samson’s contribution to it was 31. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

India scored 150 off 15 overs (91 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Sri Lanka no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Samson, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, eventually scored 39. Forty-one balls after Abhishek’s dismissal, he was caught by Asalanka. Shanaka broke the 66-run partnership.

Hardik Pandya, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Four balls later, Chameera caught him off his own bowling, breaking the run-a-ball stand.

Varma, whose 34-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 49. He was unbeaten, as was Axar, who scored 21 off 15 balls, which included a boundary and a six.

India scored 200 off 20 overs (122 balls). They eventually scored 202 for the loss of five wickets. Sri Lanka conceded 14 extras. That was the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Thushara, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 43.

Shanaka and Asalanka bowled a couple of overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 18.

Chameera, Hasaranga, and Theekshana bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 40, 37, and 36, respectively.

The first Powerplay of Sri Lanka’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 72, and lost a wicket.

Kusal Mendis, who faced a ball, did not get off the mark. Four balls into the chase, he was caught by Gill. Needless to say, Hardik was in seventh heaven.

Five balls into the chase, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Kusal Perera was the batter. It was struck down by Bangladeshi umpire Gazi Sohel.

Sri Lanka scored 50 off 4.3 overs (27 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 25 balls. While the contribution of Pathum Nissanka, the player of the match, to the partnership was 39, Perera’s contribution to it was 14. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Nissanka’s half-century – which included four boundaries and three sixes – came off 25 balls.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 8.5 overs (53 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

Perera’s half-century also came off 25 balls, but it included seven boundaries and a six.

The second-wicket pair put on 100 off 53 balls. While Nissanka’s contribution to the partnership was 48, Perera’s contribution to it was 52. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. Sri Lanka had scored 114 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Nissanka had scored 61, Perera had scored 52.

Perera, whose 32-ball innings included eight boundaries, in addition to the six, eventually scored 58. Seventy balls after Kusal Mendis’ dismissal, he was stumped by Samson. Chakravarthy broke the 127-(Va)run partnership.

Sri Lanka scored 150 off 14.1 overs (85 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

Asalanka, who faced nine balls, scored five. Seventeen balls after Perera’s dismissal, he was caught by Gill. Kuldeep Yadav broke the 23-run stand.

Kamindu Mendis, who faced three balls, scored as many. Nine balls later, he was caught by Axar. Arshdeep broke the six-run stand.

Nissanka’s ton – which included seven boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes – came off 52 balls.

He eventually scored 107 off 58 balls. Fifteen balls after Kamindu’s (Men)dismissal, he was caught by Varun. Harshit broke the 28-run stand.

Shanaka, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 22. He was unbeaten, as was Liyanage, who faced a couple of balls, scoring as many.

Sri Lanka scored 200 off 19.5 overs (119 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Sri Lanka scored 202 for five off 20 overs.

Hence, the match was tied.

Axar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 32.

Hardik, who bowled an over, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he picked up a wicket.

Harshit, who bowled four overs, conceded 52. He picked up a wicket.

Arshdeep, who bowled four overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket.

Kuldeep and Chakravarthy bowled four overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. They conceded 31 apiece.

Off the first ball of Sri Lanka’s Super Over, Arshdeep caught Perera off his own bowling.

Kamindu Mendis scored a single off the second.

The third, faced by Shanaka, was a dot ball.

The fourth was a wide, followed by a dot ball.

And Shanaka was caught by Arshdeep off his own bowling.

Hence, Sri Lanka were two for the loss of two wickets off five balls.

All it took India was one ball, bowled by Hasaranga, to get over the line – Suryakumar scored three.

Gill was at the non-striker’s end at that point.