Rahane out for 17, India lose 4th wicket
August 12, 2017  15:45


India 264-4 (66 ovs) vs SL | Scorecard

Kohli breaks the shackles as he plays a beautiful cover drive for a four off Fernando, who not only overpitches but also offers some width.

Sandakan has a confident shout for LBW turned down against Rahane (13) as the ball came in and beat the frontfoot defensive push. Sri Lanka take the DRS review but the ball tracker shows that the ball was spinning too much and would have missed the stumps.

The next ball is short and Rahane has enough time to read the googly this time around as he pulls it through midwicket for a four.

He looks to sweep the last ball but misses and is lucky that the ball not on the stumps.

Spin from both ends as Pushapkumara comes into the attack. Kohli watchful against the veteran spinner as he blocks with caution before taking a single to long-off from the fourth delivery for the only run of the over.

Rahane's shaky knock finally ends with a poor shot against Pushpakumara. He plays all over a straight delivery from the left-arm spinner as he tries to whip it through the leg side but misses and is bowled for 17.

Sri Lanka have a good chance of bowling out India for under 400 with only the lower order to follow.

Kohli is batting on 27 and he will have to ensure he stays as long as possible. Ravichandran Ashwin has scored runs at No. 6 and he will need to stitch together a partnership with Kohli.
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