Herath builds Sri Lanka's lead
November 19, 2017  11:02
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SL 238-7 (67 ovs) vs India 172 | Scorecard


Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack for the first time in the innings, after a long wait of 60 overs.

Herath tries to reverse sweep the first ball but misses before he defends the rest of the over and keeps strike with one from the last ball.

Herath keeps the scoreboard moving with another single from the next over by Umesh.

Interesting bowling chance as Kohli brings himself into the attack after just one over from Jadeja.

Easy runs for Sri Lanka as Herath flicks a full toss through square leg for a four before keeping strike with one from the last ball.

Sri Lanka are getting the scoreboard moving to slowly build their lead. Umesh helps their cause as he bowls a short ball down the leg side, which beats the wicketkeeper for four byes and he pulls the next ball for one.

The Kohli experiment ends after just one poor over as Shami is called back. Herath feeling quite confident now as he pulls a short ball from Shami through midwicket for a four and two balls drives one through the covers for another boundary.

Bhuvneshwar from the other end as India bring back both their best seamers to make a breakthrough.

Herath is scoring some useful with 31 from 51 balls, as Sri Lanka reach 238 for seven in 67 overs for a lead of 66 runs.
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