India A vs Sri Lanka A highlights: SL-A suffer almighty collapse as IND-A win by 8 runs

Kamboj in to bowl the 48th and Wanuja pulls hard but only gets a single. Sahan on strike and HE'S GONE!!! Kamboj has the big fish. Expertly placed yorker and that's gone through Sahan's defence and rattled his stumps!!!

Sahan Arachchige b Anshul Kamboj 74(72)

Arshad Khan to bowl the 47th and there's an overthrow now for a single. Arya just misses the chance for adirect hit. Follows that up with another quick singles as the batters are putting on the pressure on the IND fielders. Wanuja with a pull and it just falls short of the fielder for 2 runs.

SL A: 261/6 in 47 overs

Last 5 overs and SL need 34 runs. Vipraj will bowl this one and Sahan with a single to start this one off. Wanuja on strike now and great running from the two batters to mine 2 runs. Great game awareness. Wanuja brings out the reverse sweep next for a four!! Follows that up with a brilliant placed shot by 4 more to third man!! Delicate touch. 12 from this one.

SL A: 256/6 in 46 overs

Vipraj continues and starts with back to back dots. Sahan now with a single to put Chamika on strike. He goes down on one knee and sweeps for a single. The SL batters are content to just deal in singles at the moment. But Chamika breaks the shackles and tries to go big to only find Ayush in the deep.

Karunaratne c Ayush Badoni b Vipraj Nigam 9(21)

Last 8 overs left nad SL need less than 50. Shedge to bowl this one and Chamika tries to hit one straight but is cut off for a dot. Manages a single to put Sahan on strike. India need a wicket here and nothing will please them more than the scalp of the SL skipper who looks a bit under pressure with the dots building up in this over. just 2 from this one.

SL A: 234/5 in 43 overs

Vipraj with the ball now and he yields two singles from the first couple of deliveries. Direct throw has hit the wickets now!! The umpire sends it upstairs and it looks like Chamika is safe. The keeper's gloves had dislodged the bails before the ball hit the stumps. The Indians don't look happy with the decision as Ruturaj has a word with the umpire. They probably wanted some other angle but are turned down.

SL A: 232/5 in 42 overs

Shedge in the attack now and he gets punished off the very first ball as Sahan pulls for a four!! Brigs out the cut next but there is protection in that area to keep it down to just a single. The bowler is now on the ground. looks like cramps as the physio is checking on him. He looks fine to continue and the over ends with 9 runs.

SL A: 228/5 in 41 overs

Anukul will continue and Sahan with a reverse sweep to get 4!!! Great cricket from the Sri Lanka skipper. They need 60 from 62 balls. Quite achieveable in the modern game.

SL A: 219/5 in 40 overs

After Anukul's last over yielded a maiden, skipper Sahan goes after Ayush from the very first ball with a SIX!!! That maximum is followed by two dots before Sahan sweeps the 4th delivery for a four and brings up his half century!!

SL A: 212/5 in 39 overs

Sahan is currently into his 40s and he takes a single to start Ayush's over away. Chamika is the new man in and he returns the favour with a single of his own. 200 comes up for SL. They just need a run a ball so they don't have to go for the big hits here.

SL A: 202/5 in 37 overs

Anukul starts the next over with 3 wides, followed by a single as the SL batters look to rebuild. Oh WOW!! Very soft dismissal as Ravindu has hit the ball straight into the welcoming hands of the bowler.

Ravindu Fernando c and b Anukul Roy 1(5)

Ayush in to bowl the 35th and Sahan with a single to start off proceedings. Ravindu with a single of his own to return the favour. Almost another down as Ravindu's inside-edge saves him from a sure-shot LBW. Just 4 from this over.

SL A: 191/4 in 35 overs

Anukul in the attack now. Sri Lanka look pretty comfortable. Sadeera tries a reverse sweep but it falls in no man's land. Very lucky. The next one is superbly timed for four!! Flawless excecution. Sadeera into the 40s now. Uff!! Deft touch next as he uses the pace of the delivery to just ramp it to the vacant third man region for another four!! AAAAND GONE!!!! Sadeera tries to come down the track and has holed out to Shedge at long on.

Samarawickrama c Suryansh Shedge b Anukul Roy 46(51)

Shedge continues and India need a wicket here as these two SL batters are threatening to take the match away from them with this solid partnership. Easy pickings for Sahan as he smacks one through the front of midwicket for four!! 8 from this one.

SL A: 172/3 in 32 overs

Tilak with a full toss and Sahan with a big heave to get off strike with a single. Likewise, Sadeera with 2. And Sadeera smashes the third ball for a boundary with a well-placed slog. 10 from this over.

SL A: 164/3 in 31 overs

Shedge will bowl the 30th over and yields just a single from the first three deliveries. Sadeera with a swing and a miss as the ball just evades his outside edge. just 2 from this one.

SL A: 154/3 in 30 overs

Skipper Tilak Varma in the attack now. Loverly sweep by Sadeera off the first ball as it races towards the fine leg boundary!! wel stopped by an Indian fielder to keep at 3. 5 from this one.

SL A: 152/3 in 29 overs

Vipraj almost ends the partnership but Sadeera's shot falls just short of the fielder at point. The next one is edged fine for a four!! Very easy for Sadeera with no slips available.

SL A: 147/3 in 28 overs

Ayush Badoni in the attack now and Sadeera and Sahan are building a little partnership here for the Lankans. We also catch a glimpse of chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar enjoying the game. Just 2 from this one.

SL A: 142/3 in 27 overs

Fifth straight over for Ayush Badoni from the New Media Box end. A couple of easy singles before Samarawickrama snatches a risky single for which Sahan had to go for a full-stretched dive. SIX! Short ball, first poor delivery from Badoni in this spell, Sahan goes on the back foot and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a much-needed maximum. Productive over for the Lankans, 11 off it.

SL A: 130/3 in 25 overs

Vipraj Nigam builds on the pressure from the other end. Sahan and Sadeera Samarawickrama are experienced batters, but they need to be cautious here and play smartly, as the required rate has suddenly gone over 6 runs per over.

SL A: 119/3 in 24 overs

Ayush Badoni with his fourth over. Only three runs come from this over as Badoni has only given 11 from his four overs.

SL A: 114/3 in 23 overs

Vipraj Nigam continues. OUT! Flighted delivery, googly, Nuwanidu fails to read this as he leaves his crease for a front-foot defence but misses the line, and clean glovework by Prabhsimran Singh makes sure to send the batter back. Skipper Sahan Arachchige is the new man in. Just three off this over.

Nuwanidu Fernando st Prabhsimran Singh b Vipraj Nigam 8(17)

SL A: 110/3 in 22 overs

Third over for Ayush Badoni and he has been terrific till now. Bowls quickly, keeps the line into the wicket and does not give much room to the batters to play their shots freely. Just two off his over.

SL A: 107/2 in 21 overs

Change in attack as Vipraj Nigam comes now. A couple of dot deliveries to start. It ends with four singles.

SL A: 105/2 in 20 overs

WICKET! Two wickets for Ayush Badoni in two overs. He is turning the tide in India's favour with his bowling. First Avishka and now Dickwella, both set openers are back in the hut. A top edge while Dickwella looked for a sweep lobbed straight to Anukul Roy at short fine leg. Sadeera Samarawickrama joins Nuwanidu Fernando.

Dickwella c Anukul Roy b Ayush Badoni 47(45)

SL A: 101/2 in 19 over

A wide and four singles fetch Sri Lanka five from Anukul Roy's sixth over.

SL A: 99/1 in 18 overs

WICKET! Ayush Badoni comes into the attack in place of Shedge and strikes straightaway! The part-timer has provided India with the breakthrough at the right time. Avishka Fernando goes down on his knees, sweeps it straight to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi at square leg. Nuwandu Fernando joins Dickwella in the middle. A succesful over comes to an end with just three coming off it.

Earlier, Anukul gave three singles from his fifth over.

SL A: 94/1 in 17 overs

Suryansh Shedge continues. FOUR! Three singles to start before Dickwella places the short ball on off past the keeper. First boundary in six overs for Sri Lanka. Nine from this over.

SL A: 88/0 in 15 overs

What Anukul Roy and Suryansh Shedge have been able to do well is to stop the boundaries. Suddenly, the batters, who were hitting boundaries for fun, have slowed down now. They have now shifted their strategy to focus on strike rotation. India need a quick breakthrough before it gets too late.

SL A: 79/0 in 14 overs

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India A have pegged back in the last few overs. This time, Anukul Roy topped it up well after his last few tight overs and gave just two runs.

SL A: 70/0 in 12 overs

Change in attack, Suryansh Shedge comes in place of Anshul Kamboj. A single to start the over but Shedge bowls five dots to Avishka to give just a solitary run from his first over.

SL A: 67/0 in 11 overs

Finally some respite for the Indians as Anukul Roy gave just a single from this over. Nonetheless, Sri Lanka have had a really good PowerPlay, scoring 66 in the 10 overs.

SL A: 66/0 in 10 overs

Anshul Kamboj continues to be expensive in his first spell. His lines have been wayward, and he has been aptly punished for it as well. Fernando hit his sixth and seventh boundaries in this over as Kamboj has leaked 40 in his five overs.

SL A: 65/0 in 9 overs

First change brought in by Tilak Varma as he introduced left-arm spinner Anukul Roy. Roy bowled well but Fernando ruined a good over by scoring a boundary off the final over. 50 up for the host team.

SL A: 55/0 in 8 overs

Dickwella is turning out to be the aggressor in the partnership. He slams Anshul Kamboj for a FOUR with a flick over square leg before playing a scoop shot behind the wicket keeper for a second FOUR! Sri Lanka are off to a confident start in the 278-run chase.

SL A: 49/0 in 7 overs

Both openers have come with a free mind and have run-scoring intent. Dickwella cracked back-to-back FOURS off Arshad in the fourth over, before Avishka Fernando did the exact same thing to extract eight runs off two deliveries off Arshad in the sixth over. Fernando also got a boundary in the fifth over of the innings, a lucky outside edge.

SL A: 37/0 in 6 overs

Kamboj continues. FOUR! Avishka Fernando gets his first boundary now. Short ball outside off, width on offer and Fernando pounces on it to cut the short ball. Five dots and a boundary mean four runs come from this over.

SL A: 13/0 in 3 overs

Left-arm pacer Arshad Khan from the other end. He bowls a top over to give just one run.

SL A: 9/0 in 2 overs

Anshul Kamboj to start. Dickwella has the strike. FOUR! A boundary to start the innings. Inswinging delivery on legs and Dickwella glances it fine for a boundary to get off the mark. A single puts Avishka on strike, who is also off and running with a single. Two more singles make it an 8-run over.

SL A: 8/0 in 1 over

Alright, we are back! All set for the chase. Niroshan Dickwella and Avishka Fernando open for Sri Lanka A, whereas Anshul Kamboj has the new ball for India A.

Garuka Sanketh bowls the final over. He bowls two back-to-back wides to start the over. Badoni manages a two off the following delivery, effectively the first ball of the over. OUT! Pace off delivery from Sanketh, and he traps Badoni in front for LBW. He has to go back. Anukul Roy, the new batter, gets a single to get off the mark. Sanketh bowls another wide. Shedge manages a two and a single before Roy finds a risky single off the final delivery, taking India to 277/6 in 50 overs.

IND A: 277/6 in 50 overs

Chamika Karunaratne to bowl the penultimate over of the innings. A dot followed by a single for Badoni. SIX! Shedge with his first maximum. Short ball, pumped it over long-on for full six runs. SIX MORE! Poor delivery this time from Karunaratne, full toss dragging down the leg and Shedge helps himself by whipping it over deep backward square leg. FOUR NOW! Shedge on fire! Over the bowler's head now. A two to end the over. 19 off the second last over.

IND A 267/5 in 49 overs

Garuka Sanketh continues. He bowls a top over under pressure to give just four from his over.

IND A: 248/5 in 48 overs

Shiraz again. FOUR to start the over! A full toss outside off, and Badoni smartly places it towards backward point to start the over on a high. A couple of twos and singles make this a 10-run over.

IND A: 244/5 in 47 overs

Garuka Sanketh returns to the attack. He begins with a couple of wides, both outside off. A couple of dots and then a couple of singles to follow. FOUR! Inside edge, but Badoni wouldn't mind it. A wide yorker which invites Badoni to shuffle across, he goes on his knees for a lap shot, but an inside edge runs to the fence. 9 off the over.

IND A: 234/5 in 46 overs

Mohamed Shiraz continues. A couple of singles to start the over. Badoni pulls the short ball to get two on his occasion. He returns the strike to Varma. OUT! One brings two for the second time in this innings. Both set batters fall in two overs. Varma shuffles across a bit, looks to sweep the ball on leg but completely misses it to be cleaned bowled. Suryansh Shedge is the new batter.

Tilak Varma b Mohamed Shiraz 60(97)

IND A: 225/5 in 45 overs

Wanuja Sahan with his final over. Gaikwad brings up his 21st List A century with a single off the first delivery. This has been a knock of the highest calibre from the technically sound Gaikwad. Three singles off the next three deliveries. OUT! Sahan drags one outside off for a wide, but he gets his man on the following delivery after Gaikwad goes for a slog but finds Fernando at deep mid-wicket. A fine knock comes to an end. Ayush Badoni joins Varma in the middle.

Ruturaj Gaikwad c Avishka Fernando b Wanuja Sahan 101(114)

IND A: 220/4 in 44 overs

Shiraz returns to the attack FOUR! Outside off ball, Gaikwad peppers the offside boundary, slamming this one through the covers. A boundary takes Gaikwad closer to the coveted three-figure mark. He takes a single off the final delivery to move to 99.

IND A: 214/3 in 43 overs

Wanuja Sahan has been the most impressive bowler for Sri Lanka. He has done tremendous work to contain runs. His ninth over cost only four runs. But India A are past 200 now.

IND A: 202/3 in 42 overs

Tilak Varma starts the slog overs with a SIX to bring up his well-fought but slow fifty in 85 deliveries. He uses the line of the delivery and whips it over backward square for his first maximum. Four singles to follow. 10 off the 41st over.

IND A: 198/3 in 41 overs

Another top over from Sahan. Just four singles off it. After 40 overs, India A are 188. They will be eyeing anything over 250-260 from here with two set batters in the middle.

IND A: 188/3 in 40 overs

No boundaries in the last two overs. Sahan continues to be impressive and has given only 21 runs in his seven overs. The last one cost only three. Sanketh follows it up with a five-run over all courtesy of singles.

IND A: 184/3 in 39 overs

Ruturaj Gaikwad moves to 80s after hitting Fernando's full toss for a SIX over the bowler's head down the ground. The hunt for quick runs is on.

IND A: 176/3 in 37 overs

150 up for India. Still early to say, but Ruturaj is slowly moving to the three-figure mark. He pockets another boundary, this time off Chamika Karunaratne, as 11 come off the 33rd over.

IND A: 159/3 in 33 overs

So the flow of runs has gotten better for India. The run rate, which had gone down to 4, now has jumped to 4.62. Gaikwad slams a FOUR off Vijaykumar Viyaskanth.

IND: 148/3 in 32 overs

IND A: 148/3 in 32 overs

Keeper Niroshan Dickwella misses a stumping chance, and Ruturaj Gaikwad rubs salt into the wound by slamming a SIX off the next delivery to bring up his gritty half-century.

IND A: 137/3 in 30 overs

Looks like not only Tilak Varma but Ruturaj Gaikwad also heard my wish. Both batters are showing way more intent to score runs quickly. Gaikwad breaks the streak first by hitting the first boundary in nearly 12 overs. Varma then slams back-to-back FOURS to get into the thick of things as well.

IND A: 130/3 in 29 overs