India vs Sri Lanka LIVE: Cricket World Cup score as Shreyas Iyer tees off after Virat Kohli dismissed

KL Rahul appears to drive and drills the ball into the air to the fielder at cowl. Chameera has a deserved wicket however the hosts are nonetheless properly set to assault the ultimate stage of the innings.

India’s 250 comes up due to a few singles from the primary two deliveries of Theekshana’s seventh over. Shreyas mullers a flat-batted shot down the bottom however solely picks up one other one.

Four runs come from the primary 4 balls earlier than Shreyas ramps one all the way down to superb leg and collects a pair. A single retains Shreyas on strike for the ultimate over earlier than the subsequent powerplay.

Here’s Dushmantha Chameera. The right-arm seamer begins properly. He targets the off stump towards KL Rahul who pushes him away for a single.

Shreyas Iyer is extra aggressive and finds a thick exterior edge that needs to be taken. Kusal Mendis leaps throughout to his proper and simply misses the ball which flies all the way down to the boundary for 4!

A single for Shreyas brings up the fifty partnership between these two.

Eight runs an over from this level brings India over 350. They might simply attain that and doubtlessly extra if this partnership continues the best way it’s.

Theekshana is again on for a bowl and begins properly. Rahul takes him for one however Shreyas can’t beat the sector from the subsequent 4 deliveries.

The spinner is darting the ball into the stumps and the additional tempo is making Shreyas assume. Just the one run comes from the six balls. Good over for Sri Lanka.

Oh. Those two wickets don’t appear to have carried out a lot to halt India’s progress. If something, Shreyas Iyer is upping the run charge once more.

KL Rahul works the ball away for 4 earlier than rotating the strike, Shreyas then goes down the bottom for his third six of the innings. Two singles and a large comply with to make it 14 runs from the over.

KL Rahul is a settling presence within the center order and won’t be phased by the scenario of the sport. He’ll get himself in after which look to advance the score shortly.

Hemantha continues and the batters choose the gaps fantastically. Five singles come from the primary 5 balls earlier than a floaty supply from the spinner is nailed into the stands for six by Shreyas Iyer!

The stress is eased. Every time Rajitha has come into the assault his first ball has been poor. It’s the identical right here and Rahul turns him across the nook for 4!

A single takes him up the opposite finish of the pitch.

Bang! Shreyas goes after a supply that’s proper in his arc, he belts it down the bottom with the sector up and dispatches the ball over the ropes.

It received’t be straightforward to start out an innings for Rahul or Shreyas and if Sri Lanka can rattle by a number of overs of spin, the stress will proceed to mount.

India have a good platform although and a single from Shreyas brings up the 200.

KL Rahul is the brand new batter for India and instantly will get off the strike. Three runs come from the remainder of the over however Sri Lanka have modified the outlook of the innings.

The wickets of Kohli and Gill got here on the excellent time for them and now they should strangle India, improve the stress on the brand new batters and sluggish the run charge proper down.

That’s an enormous wicket for Sri Lanka as Virat Kohli has to depart. A slower ball from Dilshan Madushanka sticks within the wicket. Kohli checks his tried drive and chips the ball to cowl the place Pathum Nissanka takes the catch.