Nuwan Thushara to Axar, 1 run, I0$ full and outside off, Axar drills to long-on and settles with a single
Nuwan Thushara to Axar, FOUR, nicely done! I0$ very full and outside off, Axar bends down and opens the bat face, slices it wide of short third and the ball races away. He knew what Thushara was doing and set himself for that shot
Nuwan Thushara to Axar, no run, I0$ full and outside off, Axar shuffles across and toe-ends the heave back to Thushara
Nuwan Thushara to Axar, 2 runs, I0$ low full toss outside off, Axar jams it to short third and Chameera has a needless shy at the striker's end, concedes the extra run
Nuwan Thushara to Axar, wide, that was a bit harsh. Full and outside off, Axar lets it pass and umpire signals a wide. That was within the guideline
Nuwan Thushara to Tilak Varma, 1 run, full and angled across, Tilak looks to sweep and jams it onto the pad off an under-edge, the ball rolls down the pitch and the pair cross over
Nuwan Thushara to Axar, 1 run, I0$ full delivery on leg, Axar flicks to deep square leg
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, good length ball angled across, Abhishek punches it towards extra cover and retains strike
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, no run, slower ball with no room on offer, Abhishek gently knocks it back to Thushara
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, hat-trick of fifties for Abhishek. He's cementing his spot as the no.1 T20I batter. Takes off his glove and signals the "L" to someone in the stands like he usually does. Suryakumar walks across and congratulate him. Abhishek dances down and is met by a short of length delivery, but it does not matter to him and he nails the pull in front of square, one bounce and over the ropes
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, easy peasy! Nice juicy full toss outside off, Abhishek could have picked his spot and he goes over extra cover, not off the middle once again but the ball has enough to trickle into the rope. Thushara went for the yorker and didn't get it right
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, advances and is met by a I0$ off-pace delivery, does not quite middle the loft but clears mid-on comfortably, Asalanka chases it down and does well to save the boundary
Nuwan Thushara to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, I0$ slower ball on off, Suryakumar closes the bat face looking to flick and gets a leading edge to deep backward point
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, I0$ yorker around leg-stump, Abhishek digs it to mid-wicket and retains strike
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, streaky! I0$ full and swinging in, Abhishek clears his front leg and slogs across the line, gets a thick inside edge and the ball races past short fine
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, no ball, FOUR, that's poor. Thushara is searching for that yorker and ends up bowling a high full toss, well above the waist and Abhishek had the room, slashes it over point and picks up the boundary. Free-hit coming up..
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, I0$ inswinging yorker, Abhishek squeezes it off the inside edge past short fine and the second run was a bit tight. Abhishek had to hurry to make his ground
Nuwan Thushara to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, I0$ slower ball at the stumps, Suryakumar flicks wide of mid-on
Nuwan Thushara to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, full toss around off, Suryakumar was not expecting that and he knocks it to mid-on
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, leg byes, 1 run, full and swinging in, Abhishek misses the clip and the ball deflects off the pad to short fine, another fumble and the duo cross over
Nuwan Thushara to Gill, FOUR, shot! Thushara errs in line and pays the price. He goes for the magic ball - pitching leg and hitting off but ends up drifting onto the pads, Gill chips the flick over the vacant mid-wicket region and the ball races away
Nuwan Thushara to Gill, no run, I0$ fuller and shaping away, Gill prods across and defends to cover
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, I0$ inswinging yorker, Abhishek squeezes it off the inside edge to deep square leg
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, no run, I0$ another fullish inswinger, Abhishek walks down and flicks it to mid-wicket
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, I0$ full and swinging into the pads, clipped to deep square leg and there's a slight fumble, Abhishek races back for the second. They were settling for a single but as soon as they saw the fumble they went for the second run
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, wide, this time strays the inswinger down leg, Abhishek gets no contact on the glance and it is called a wide
Nuwan Thushara to Abhishek Sharma, no run, appeal for LBW. But Thushara and Kusal Mendis don't even discuss a possible review. Full and swinging in, started outside leg and was going further down, Abhishek misses the flick and is rapped on the pads