India vs Sri Lanka Live Cricket Score 5th ODI: India pick quick wickets against Sri Lanka. (Source: Reuters)
India vs Sri Lanka Live Cricket Score 5th ODI: Sri Lanka 97/3 after 17 overs. India pacers picked up three quick and early wickets. Despite that, Sri Lanka were scoring quick runs because of Upul Tharanga before he was dismissed by Bumrah. The hosts had won the toss and elected to bat on a good batting pitch in Colombo. Opener Niroshan Dickwella was dismissed early by Bhuvneshwar Kumar who later removed Dilshan Munaweera as well. Rain had delayed the start of the match and the covers were on. Catch the live cricket score and live score of India vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI
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04:20 pm: India continue to keep Sri Lanka slow after the early blitz of Upul Tharanga. But the hosts have still maintained a healthy run-rate. After 17 overs, they are 97/3
04:12 pm: Drinks break in Colombo. India will be happy to have picked the three early wickets. Sri Lanka have been scoring at almost run-a-ball
03:51 pm: Bumrah has slowed this Sri Lanka innings down. The hosts need a lot of rebuilding here. Kuldeep Yadav is bowling from the other end
03:43 pm: WICKET! Tharanga’s innings comes to an end. It angled away from him and he had no option but to play it. Takes the edge off the shoulder of the bat. Caught behind off Bumrah
03:38 pm: Expensive from Shardul Thakur! 17 runs from his fourth over. Sri Lanka move on to 57 for 2 after eight overs. Tharanga has moved on to 44*
03:28 pm: WICKET! Bhuvneshwar has a second wicket. Dilshan Munaweera tries one shot too many and has mistimed it to mid-off. Kohli pedals back and takes a good catch.
03:20 pm: Tharanga is using his experience here. Punishing the lose deliveries and he has scored some quick runs so far in his innings
03:13 pm: WICKET! Bhuveshwar Kumar deceives Dickwella with a slower delivery. Probably a knuckle delivery. No change in the action and Dickwella could not guess it. Plays his shot early and he has chipped it back to Bhuvi. Caught and bowled.
03:10 pm: This pitch is looking a good one to bat on. Ball is coming nicely on to the bat and Sri Lanka have got two boundaries as well
03:00 pm: We have a game on. Upul Tharanga and Niroshan Dickwella are opening the batting for Sri Lanka. Bhuvneshwar to open the bowling
02:55 pm: Kohli says he would have batted first as well. Four changes to the Indian team as Rahul, Axar, Dhawan, Pandya are out while Jadhav, Chahal, Rahane and Bhuvi are back
02:36 pm: Sri Lanka win toss and elect to bat against India. Upul Tharanga is back as the captain of the side. He has no doubts.
02:30 pm: The toss is further delayed due to the slight drizzle that has returned in Colombo. The captains are ready with the team sheets at the boundary ropes so it won’t be a big delay
India have already inflicted a Test series whitewash on Sri Lanka and now they’re one match away from doing so in the 50-over format too. It has been an all-out brutal attack by India – despite the shuffling in the squad. Even when they haven’t been good, like the second and third ODI, Sri Lanka have let go of the control of the game with the Indian team drawing back. The series has started to look like an ego boost for the Indian side than a competitive series. Rohit Sharma has broken his poor run in Sri Lanka with two centuries, skipper Virat Kohli has added to his already impressive CV with a century, Jasprit Bumrah has a maiden five-wicket haul in his bag and Manish Pandey has made a strong return to the ODI side. The only blip for India in the four matches has been the collapse against Akila Dananjaya. The visitors would be without Shikhar Dhawan who has returned to be by his ailing mother’s side.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, needed to win two matches to qualify directly for the 2019 World Cup and they have failed to do so. The crowd has vented their annoyance with their team by delaying the team bus once and then stopped play for 35 minutes in the third ODI in Pallekele. The islanders will once again be led by Upul Tharanga having served out a two match ban for slow over rate. If Sri Lanka win this match in Colombo, West Indies will need to win all five of their ODIs against England, as well as the game against Ireland, to edge Sri Lanka in the rankings.