India vs Sri Lanka Live Score 2nd Test Day 4: India eye win against Sri Lanka. (Source: Reuters)
India are still 230 runs ahead and if they can bowl out Sri Lanka before the hosts those many runs, India can claim a win by an innings. After bowling out Sri Lanka for 183 in the first innings and taking a 439 runs, India asked Sri Lanka to follow-on but a 191-run second wicket stand between Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis built a stunning comeback on a pitch that looked like spitting venom. Mendis scored a century before being dismissed five overs before stumps on Day 3. But, Karunaratne remained unbeaten on 92 to see his team go to stumps at 209 for 2 and only 230 runs. Catch the Live Cricket Score India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Day 4 Live here.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score 4th Test Day 2: Live Cricket Score IND vs SL 4th Test Day 2:
2:05 pm: This is top class batting from Dickwella. Just like the first innings, he is hitting runs at will. Reverse sweeps and sweeps are getting him boundaries with ease.
1:59 pm: Ashwin with a decent over. His first since Lunch. Jadeja once again testing the batsmen. Sri Lanka hanging in there. Ashwin will bowl again
1:48 pm: WICKET! Jadeja has a five-wicket haul! Dhananjaya de Silva is caught at slips. Umpires are checking if that carried. Rahane has his fingers under the ball. This is out. Sri Lanka 8 down
1:37 pm: Dhananjaya de Silva picks up three boundaries in row off Jadeja. More aggressive cricket from Dickwella and him. India’s lead is below 100 runs now. Will they bat again?
1:31 pm: This time Jadeja doesn’t get the wicket. Sri Lanka need 108 more runs to make India bat again. Hardik Pandya to continue. Maybe Ashwin would be a better option here
1:22 pm: WICKET! This is stunning stuff from Jadeja and Saha. Beautiful bowling! Dilruwan comes down the pitch but Jadeja has flighted and thrown it wide. Dilruwan misses and Saha takes no time to remove the bails.
1:20 pm: Pandya finishes another over. India are four wickets away from win. Jadeja will continue. He has excellent so far after Lunch. Can he pick these wicket quickly?
1:11 pm: WICKET! It’s Jadeja again but this should be Wriddhiman Saha’s wicket. Brilliant catch by Saha as Mathews tried to cut. It bounced a little more than he expected. Edges it. Jadeja is delighted.
01:02 pm: WICKET! Jadeja strikes. Karunaratne gets an unplayable delivery and it balloons up after hitting him on the gloves. Rahane catches it behind the keeper. A puff of dust when it pitched. No answer to that from any batsman
12:57 pm: Pandya is running in and bowling those off-cutters. So far, no problems for Mathews and Karunaratne. Jadeja will continue for India with Sri Lanka trailing by 130 runs
12:50 pm: Hardik Pandya finishes his over! Sri Lanka have been steady to start this session. Jadeja again and he will bowl to Karunaratne.
12:41 pm: Jadeja will start the proceedings after Lunch. Sri Lanka are 302 for 4. India will look for those wickets, especially Karunaratne’s who is batting on 138*
Big session coming up. India need those six wickets before Sri Lanka score 137 more runs. If that doesn’t happen, India will have to bat again. Second session coming up!
12:01 pm: Lunch on Day 4! Whole lot of tricks in that over from Ashwin but no wickets. Mathews got a few edges. He survives and Sri Lanka go to Lunch at 302 for 4 and 137 runs behind. Five more sessions to go!
11:55 am: No success yet. Umesh Yadav finishes his over. Five minutes away from Lunch and Jadeja continues. Sri Lanka are 299 for the loss of four wickets.
11:48 am: So Jadeja back! Virat Kohli brought on the pacers but now the batsmen have to re-adjust to the spinners. Lunch is round the corner.
11:42 am: A 50-run stand between Karunaratne and Mathews. Sri Lanka’s resistance has been going good so far. They are 292 for 4 and India’s lead is below 150 now
* WICKET! One brings two and Dinesh Chandimal is gone! Jadeja is relieved that he has a wicket. Beautiful delivery to draw Chandimal forward. He pushes at it. Hard hands from the new batsman and it takes the edge to the slips.
* WICKET! First wicket of the day for India! But what was Pushpakumar doing there? Changes his stance to a left-hander as he tries to play a switch-hit but ends up playing an on-drive. The process has taken too much time. Ashwin’s delivery has gone through and bowled him
Playing XI for India: KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav
Playing XI for Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dilruwan Perera, Rangana Herath, Malinda Pushpakumara, Nuwan Pradeep
