When things don't work out, you seek luck and when luck defies, you just have to sit back and keep mum; hoping something superficial would happen. Only Sri Lanka understands that statement better than anyone else at the moment. In a week which saw Windies defeat England and Bangladesh record their first Test win against Australia, Sri Lanka are slipping disastrously; quite awfully at that. Can they pull off something special on Sunday? Do join us to find out. Until next time, this is Raju Peethala wishing you goodnight on behalf of my lovely colleagues; Akshay Maanay, Sagar Chawla, Abhishek Chaudhary, Krishna and Sreenivas.

Kohli, Man of the Match: It was one of the good games for us. We spoke about not getting complacent at any stage and today was a clinical performance. Today was about doing things the way we wanted to do and I think it is a very satisfying day. We wanted to bat first because we didn't get the chance to bat first in the first three games and the way the ball came onto the bat initially proved that the wicket was amazing to bat on. It was a good toss to win and it was very difficult for the opposition to maintain that required run rate throughout. We have given opportunities to three new guys and definitely they are going to get another opportunity. The batting order and everything can be flexible according to the situation of the game. We will experiment here and there a little bit, once the guys settle into their role in any given situation and given condition.

Malinga: 300 wickets is special. But, it is just a number. I feel these last few days, I'm not doing well for the team. Still lost the game and that doesn't feel good. We are still to get 250 in the series, I think the youngsters are too excited and couldn't perform well to their potential. Hopefully they will comeback strong and perform well in the coming games.

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Stats round-up



Heaviest home defeat for SL (by runs):

168 v Ind, RPS, 2017 *

147 v Ind, RPS, 2009

146 v Pak, RPS, 2009

135 v Pak, RPS, 2015



Heaviest defeat for SL vs Ind (by runs):

183 Joburg, 2003

169 Cuttack, 2014

168 RPS, 2017 *

157 Taunton, 1999

153 Kolkata, 2014

152 Nagpur, 2005



Most wkts in a bilateral series in SL:

14 C Woakes (7 ODIs)

13 A Mendis (5)

13 J BUMRAH (4)



Golden duck on captaincy debut:

Harilal Shah

Bob Willis

Richard Staple

Kevin O'Brein

Lasith Malinga



Most MoM awards for India in ODIs:

62 Tendulkar

31 Ganguly

27 Yuvraj

24 KOHLI

23 Sehwag

20 Dhoni

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21:51 local: Sri Lanka's chances of direct qualification into 2019 World Cup keeps getting grim with each passing game. They now have to anxiously wait for the England-Windies ODI series outcome. India, on the other hand, keep damaging Sri Lanka's ODI records. While Chasing 375, losing 3 wickets inside 10 overs is the last thing you want. Sri Lanka's batsmen didn't display any application. Except Mathews, no-one showed any intent to spend some time at the crease. A couple of run-outs didn't help their cause either, and as a result, they find themselves on the verge of a whitewash against India. Presentations in a while...

42.4 Kuldeep Yadav to Malinga, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. India win by 168 runs. Sri Lanka's biggest defeat - in terms of runs at home in ODIs. Malinga exposes all three and swings his bat in all possible directions. Only he must know where he was intending to hit. Misses by a country mile and sees his country stoop to its biggest defeat. Malinga b Kuldeep Yadav 0(1)

Kuldeep Yadav to Malinga, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Lasith Malinga, right handed bat, comes to the crease

chanakya: Do you think there is a place for Shardul Thakur in a team with umesh, bumrah, bhuvi and shami? I think there can be a time when 3 of them are injured or is this just a nod for his performance in ranji trophy? -- Always nice to have a big pool of talent

42.3 Kuldeep Yadav to Vishwa Fernando, out Caught&Bowled!! Tosses it up generously, invites the drive and takes a simple catch. Fernando shapes up for a biggie straight down the ground, couldn't get underneath and chips the simplest of catches back to the bowler. India, just one away. Vishwa Fernando c and b Kuldeep Yadav 5(4) [4s-1]

Kuldeep Yadav to Vishwa Fernando, THATS OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!

42.2 Kuldeep Yadav to Vishwa Fernando, no run, nudged into the on-side

42.1 Kuldeep Yadav to Vishwa Fernando, FOUR, right in the swinging zone, didn't come back enough, Fernando gets underneath the flight and lofts him inside out over extra cover

41.6 Bumrah to Dananjaya, 2 runs, plays the pick-up hoick, skews it off the bottom hand and gathers a couple over mid-wicket

41.5 Bumrah to Dananjaya, FOUR, clears his front leg and clobbers the ball straigh past the non-striker. Picked the length early and threw everything at it

41.4 Bumrah to Dananjaya, no run, a wild swing and a miss outside off

41.3 Bumrah to Vishwa Fernando, 1 run, he keeps unleashing those uncomfortable bouncers, shoots it straight into Fernando's helmet. He takes an evasive action and while doing so, gets some glove that lobs int the vacant short fine region

Vishwa Fernando, right handed bat, comes to the crease