Ashwin gets the ball to turn as Asalanka trying to defend gets the outside edge which stays low.
The last ball spins in as Asalanka is deceived completely. He looks to leave, expecting the ball to turn away, but the ball turns in to strike him on the pads. The confident shout for leg before wicket is turned down and India decide against the review as the impact is way outside the line and the ball is unlikely to hit the stumps.
In the next over, Nissanka steers a wide delivery from Bumrah past gully for a four.
Bumrah bowls a good yorker which the right-hander keeps out before he edges the next but the edge falls well short of the wicketkeeper.
The last ball is another cracking yorker as Nissanka keeps it out.
Asalanka has had enough of the defending as he steps out to Ashwin and looks to hit over the top. But he doesn't time the lofted shot, and gets a couple of runs over the off-side.
Two balls later, he gets a thick outside edge which goes past the short gully fielder for one.
Nissanka takes a quick single to bring up his half-century form 108 balls as the duo continue to deny the Indians.
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