India vs Sri Lanka LIVE Score, 3rd ODI: Mohammed Siraj Takes Fourth Wicket, Sri Lanka 5 Down vs India

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: OUT

OUT!!! Clean Bowled!! Siraj takes another one and this time it is Wanindu Hasaranga, who falls into his trap. Hasaranga completely fails to judge the fiery pace of Siraj and gets bowled out for 1. It is the fourth wicket for Siraj and fifth one for India.

SL 37/5 (9.3 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: OUT

OUT!!!! Siraj is on fire! The pacer removes Nuwanidu Fernando for 19. The young batter, who earlier smashed some boundaries on Siraj, gets completely bamboozled on this delivery and gets clean bowled. What a delivery from Siraj as he takes his third wicket of the day. 

SL 35/4 (7.3 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: OUT

OUT!!! Mohammad Shami provides India with another breakthrough as he scalps the wicket of Charith Asalanka for 1. Asalanka tries to get a boundary but Axar Patel stand in the middle and grabs a brilliant catch. Another blow for Sri Lanka as they lose their third wicket. 

SL 31/3 (6.3 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Back-to-back fours

Nuwanidu Fernando gets two back-to-back boundaries off Mohammed Siraj. He perfectly places the shot between the mid-wicket and the long-on as the ball simply crosses the boundary rope. The second one comes after he leans a cover drive. Sri Lanka eyeing a recovery after two quick wickets.

SL 31/2 (6 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: OUT

OUT!!! Mohammed Siraj strikes again and dismisses Kusal Mendis for 4. Mendis tries to play a defensive shot but the ball hits the edge and lands safely into the hands of wicketkeeper KL Rahul. What a spell from Siraj. 

SL 22/2 (4 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

Nuwanidu Fernando gets another boundary to his name as hit a brilliant four Mohammed Siraj’s delivery. The ball hits on the outside edge and goes between Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill and crosses the boundary line. 

SL 21/1 (3.3 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Back-to-back fours

Kusal Mendis gets off the mark in style with two back-to-back boundaries on Mohammad Shami’s deliveries. The first one comes after Mendis clips a shot towards the left of the deep mid-wicket. The other one is a result of sheer bad luck as the wide ball goes across the wicketkeeper and Sri Lanka get 5 runs. 

SL 17/1 (3 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: OUT

OUT!!! Mohammed Siraj provides India with an early breakthrough as he scalps the wicket of Avishka Fernando for 1. The ball hits the outside edge and Shubman Gill takes a brilliant catch at the slip. Sri Lanka lose an early wicket in the chase.

SL 7/1 (1.5 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

Nuwanidu Fernando gets off the mark in style with a brilliant boundary on Mohammad Shami’s delivery. Nuwanidu smashes it on the deep backward point as Axar Patel fails to stop it from crossing the boundary line.

SL 5/0 (0.3 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: We are back underway

Hello and welcome back to our live coverage of the 3rd and final ODI match between India and Sri Lanka, straight from the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. Sri Lanka need 391 runs to win from 50 overs. Stay tuned for more updates. 

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: India 390/5 in 50 overs

Virat Kohli smashes a six and a four back-to-back on Lahiru Kumara’s delivery. He ends up conceding 18 runs off the over as Team India finishes their innings at a whopping total of 390/5. Virat Kohli stands unbeaten at 166* while Shubman Gill also scores his second ODI ton. 

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: 150 for Kohli

Virat Kohli is just unstoppable today as he brings up his 150 off just 106 balls. He unleashes a powerful shot on Lahiru Kumara’s delivery as the ball goes straight into the crowd, despite a good effort from Avisha Fernando on the boundary line. What a moment for Virat!

IND 378/5 (49.1 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: OUT

OUT!!! After getting dropped by Lahiru Kumara, Suryakumar Yadav is finally caught by Avishka Fernando for 4. He tries to play a big shot on Kasun Rajitha’s delivery but Fernando takes a good catch at the deep extra cover. 

IND 370/5 (48.4 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: OUT

OUT!!! Lahiru Kumara scalps the wicket of KL Rahul for 7. Rahul, who was trying to play a big shot, ends up giving up a simple catch to Dunith Wellalage at the deep mid-wicket. Fourth wcket gone for India but Virat Kohli stands strong. 

IND 364/4 (47.5 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

After bringing up his 46th ODI century, Virat Kohli is now inching closer to the 150-run mark. He hits a brilliant boundary on Lahiru Kumara’s delivery as reaches 146 runs. India going strong as Kohli fearlessly hitting big shots.

IND 361/3 (47.1 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: SIX

Virat Kohli thrashes Kasun Rajitha and hits two sixes in his over. The first one came after Kohli swung it freely over the long-on and the ball easily went over the fence. The second one came after he cleared his front leg and places a drive into the long-on. 

IND 349/3 (46.4 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: OUT

OUT!!! Lahiru Kumara provides Sri Lanka with another relief as he scalps the wicket of Shreyas Iyer for 38. Iyer tries to play a big shot but Dhanajaya de Silva takes a good catch as Sri Lanka get their third wicket. KL Rahul is the new man in. 

IND 334/3 (45.3 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Back-to-back sixes

What a shot!!! Kohli brutally thrashes Chamika Karunratne as he hits two back-to-back sixes on him.  

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: SIX

Virat Kohli on fire!!! The star batter creates a rampage and hits a maximum on Kasun Rajitha’s delivery. He receives a slower delivery and places a shot straight into the long-off and sends the ball into the crowd.

IND 311/2 (43.4 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Century for Kohli

Virat Kohli again shows his mettle and slams his 74th international off 85 balls. Kohli takes a brilliant single and brought up his 46th ODI ton. What a proud moment for the Indian batter. 

IND 303/2 (46 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Game on halt

The game has been put on a brief halt after Vandersay and Ashen Bandara picks up an injury as they collided with each other. Stretchers have been brought in by the medical staff and both the players have been taken out of the ground. 

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

Virat Kohli gets another boundary on Karunaratne after the fielder on the deep mid-wicket and deep square leg, collides while trying to get the ball. The ball crosses the boundary line and the Vandersay and Ashen Bandara end up hurting themselves. Kohli stands unbeaten at 99. 

IND 302/2 (42.5 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

Shreyas Iyer gives a strong support to Kohli with a brilliant boundary on Chamika Karunaratne’s delivery. He hits a shot towards the long-on as the fielder to stop the ball from going across the boundary line. 

IND 295/2 (42.1 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: SIX

SIX!!! Virat Kohli hits another maximum on Lahiru Kumara’s delivery. Kohli simply pulls a shot towards the long-on as Jeffrey Vandersay completely fails to judge the timing of the ball and misses out on a golden chance of taking a chance. The ball goes straight into the crowd. 

IND 280/2 (40.1 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

Virat Kohli is inching closer towards his century as he hits another boundary on Salman Butt’s delivery. Kohli lofts a straight down to the ground shot as the ball easily beats the fielder at the long-on and goes for a four.

IND 271/2 (39.3 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: SIX

SIX!!! What a shot!! Shreyas Iyer opens his arms and hits a brilliant maximum on Wanindu Hasaranga’s delivery. He tosses it over the deep mid-wicket as the ball goes straight into the crowd. Both the batters standing strong for India.

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

Shreyas Iyer joins the party and hits a boundary on Chamika Karunaratne’s delivery. Iyer turns out to be lucky as he tries to play a pull-shot on a short-delivery, which goes over the head of the wicketkeeper and fetches four runs for Iyer.

IND 249/2 (36.3 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Kohli surpasses Jayawardena

Virat Kohli (66*) becomes the fifth highest run-scorer in the ODI cricket. He has surpassed Sri Lanka batting legend Mahela Jayawardena’s record of 12650 runs. Another achievement unlocked by the star India batter. 

IND 235/2 (35 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

Virat Kohli keeps the momentum alive for India as he hits a brilliant boundary on Chamika Karunaratne’s delivery. He perfectly places a shot into the long-off as the ball comfortably crosses the boundary line. Beautiful piece of batting. 

IND 232/2 (34.1 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: OUT

OUT!!! Sri Lanka finally take a sigh of relief after Kasun Rajitha dismisses Shubman Gill for 116. Gill gets clean bowled after he fails to judge Rajitha’s delivery. Shreyas Iyer is the new batter who walks in and joins Virat Kohli. 

IND 226/2 (33.4 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Expensive over

Jeffrey Vandersay, what have you done!! The Sri Lanka bowler ends up conceding 18 runs off the previous over. After bringing up his century, Shubman Gill smashes two back-to-back four, which were followed by Virat Kohli hitting another boundary. Later, Gill completes the over with one more four.  India going at a good pace.

IND 220/1 (32 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Century for Gill

Shubman Gill completes his century off 89 balls. He brilliantly takes a single on Fernando’s delivery to reach his second ODI ton. What a brilliant batting from the young batter. India standing strong at a loss of just one wicket as they eye a big target. 

SL 202/1 (31 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Fifty for Virat

Virat Kohli brings up his half-century in style as he smashes a boundary on Nuwanido Fernando’s delivery. He takes 48 balls to reach the 50-run mark as Gill on the other end waits for his second ODI ton.

IND 201/1 (30.5 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: Century for Shubman Gill!

A single and Shubman Gill races to his century. What a composed knock this has been from the Indian opener! He started slow then paced his innings really well after that. He had scored his fifty in 52 balls, but took only 37 balls for the next 50 runs.

IND 202/1 (31)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: SIX

SIX!!! Such a huge shot that was. Gill thrashes a brilliant maximum on Nuwanido Fernando’s delivery. Gill moves forward and leans a shot towards the long-off as the ball goes sailing over the fence. Gill unbeaten at 94.

IND 187/1 (29 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

Lucks plays an important role for Gill as his miss-hit also goes for a boundary. The ball hits the outside-edge and goes through the third man for a four. Great batting from Gill.

IND 181/1 (28.5 overs)

India vs Sri Lanka, Live: FOUR

Gill continues his carnage as he hits another boundary om Dasun Shanaka’s delivery. He gets on his front foot and places shot into the long-off and gets four runs. What a piece of batting from the young opener.

IND 157/1 (24.1 overs)

IND vs SL, Live: FOUR

What a shot!!! Gill simply pulls it over the long-off and steals a boundary from Dasun Shanaka. The ball comfortably crosses the boundary rope and India get four runs. This also brings up the fifty-run partnership between Gill and Virat Kohli.

IND 146/1 (22.3 overs)

IND vs SL, Live: Fifty for Shubman Gill!

This is a really fine knock from Shubman Gill. He has played well in this series so far after getting a nod ahead of Ishan Kishan. The right-handed batter scored 70 in the first game, 21 in the second and now unbeaten on fifty. He must convert it into three digits.

IND 118/1 (19)

IND vs SL, Live: Back-to-back FOURS!

16.3 – Wow! This is classical Virat Kohli at his very best. It was a fuller ball from Jeffrey Vandersay and Virat Kohli drove it to perfection for a four.

16.4 – Kohli hits it from the back foot this time. This is good anticipation as he knew that this was going to be a short ball. He waited inside his crease and then cut the ball away for a four towards the backward point region.

IND 110/1 (16.4)