Jiten Ramanandi to Dasun Shanaka, out Caught by Nadeem Khan!! Caught at wide long-off - Dasun Shanaka's impressive innings comes to an end. Was full and wide of off, Shanaka had to lean across on the lofted drive, doesn't quite get under it, hit flat and hard, but with no real elevation. Nadeem settled behind it at wide long-off, went reverse cupped and held on with ease. Dasun Shanaka c Nadeem Khan b Jiten Ramanandi 50(20) [4s-2 6s-5]
17.5
F
Sufyan Mehmood to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, yorker length delivery outside off - Shanaka backs away, opens the face of the bat and runs it down to deep square - brings up a 19-ball fifty, the fastest in T20Is by a Sri Lankan player and it's Dasun Shanaka with the record
17.3
Sufyan Mehmood to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, much better from Mehmood, very full and just outside off - squeezed backward of square on the off-side for a single
17.2
6
Sufyan Mehmood to Dasun Shanaka, SIX, this is carnage at Kandy, Shanaka comes down the pitch, makes room and then lifts it effortlessly over long-off - the timing is sweet and the ball sails away
17.1
6
Sufyan Mehmood to Dasun Shanaka, SIX, hammered, another full-toss and it's gone the distance - Shanaka backs away, frees his arms and then shovels the drive over wide long-on, brings up the 50-run stand
17
Nadeem Khan to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, flighted delivery on middle and leg, nudged wide of mid-wicket for a single. 20 off the over as Sri Lanka motor along
16.5
6
Nadeem Khan to Dasun Shanaka, SIX, back-to-back sixes for the Lankan captain, tossed up slower and wider of off - Shanaka backs away and then carves the drive over backward point, sails high and over the fielder in the deep for a maximum
16.4
6
Nadeem Khan to Dasun Shanaka, SIX, smashed, he's getting into overdrive now - flatter and quicker from Nadeem, but it sits up to be smacked. Dasun Shanaka backs away and powerfully swats it over long-on for a maximum
16.3
4
Nadeem Khan to Dasun Shanaka, FOUR, lovely, tossed up on middle and leg, Shanaka moves across, sinks down low and then places the sweep backward of square on the on-side - the ball runs away to the ropes
16.2
Nadeem Khan to Dasun Shanaka, 2 runs, pushed through and following Shanaka as he made room outside leg - jabbed straight of long-on and he's back for the second
15.5
Jiten Ramanandi to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, slower ball around off, pushed wide of cover-point for a single
15.4
6
Jiten Ramanandi to Dasun Shanaka, SIX, thumped, another full-toss from Ramanandi - Shanaka backs away and then carts it back over the bowler's head, landed right behind the sightscreen for a maximum
15.3
4
Jiten Ramanandi to Dasun Shanaka, FOUR, that's easy pickings for Shanaka - full-toss on the pads as Ramanandi tried following him, whipped backward of square on the on-side for a boundary
15.2
Jiten Ramanandi to Dasun Shanaka, 2 runs, a big leading edge and the ball drops in front of the keeper, who was running back. On a length and angling into the pads, Shanaka was early into the flick, closed the face of the bat and the leading edge popped up - Vinayak Shukla ran back, but the ball was always bouncing in front of him
15.1
Jiten Ramanandi to Dasun Shanaka, no run
15
Nadeem Khan to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, fuller length delivery at the stumps, pushed down to long-on for a single
14.2
Nadeem Khan to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, flatter and wider of off - cut away square on the off-side for a single
14.1
Nadeem Khan to Dasun Shanaka, no run, tossed up just outside off - stayed a tad low and goes under Shanaka's bat
14
Jiten Ramanandi to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, fraction fuller and just outside off - pushed down to mid-off for a single
13.4
Jiten Ramanandi to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - dropped in front of backward point - Shanaka stuttered after being called for a quick single, but he's off anyway