Sri Lanka struggles against India's bowling attack as wickets fall on Day 4.
Live cricket commentary and updates from Day 4 of the match between India and Sri Lanka, featuring key bowling spells by Prasidh Krishna and Ravindra Jadeja.
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India and Sri Lanka face off on Day 4 of the cricket match, with India dominating the final session through effective bowling.
0 Overs17.1 Score36 - 3 Manav Suthar to Dhananjaya de Silva, Goes past the bat straight away. Spinning away from leg to middle, on a good length. Dhananjaya does not push out in front and opts to defend it under his eyes. Plays inside the line on the block and is beaten on the outside edge.
0 Overs16.6 Score36 - 3 Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Udara, A bit more effort behind this ball by Krishna as he hits the deck hard, on middle. Udara is squared up by the seam movement and it lifts off the deck to catch him by surprise. Fends it down eventually, does Lahiru.
1 Overs16.1 Score35 - 3 Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Udara, Needless throw. Pitched up, on middle. Udara pushes out in front, wide of mid on. Dhananjaya de Silva is almost halfway through before being sent back as Ravindra Jadeja mops it up. He fires in a wayward throw that goes down to deep fine leg, allowing the batters to pick up a single eventually.
1nb Overs15.6 Score34 - 3 Ravindra Jadeja to Dhananjaya de Silva, DRAMA! Ravindra Jadeja has found the edge, and it is taken as well at slip, only for him to turn back and realise that he has overstepped. A massive reprieve for the Sri Lankan skipper. Sonal Dinusha, who is the next man in, had put his helmet on and was about to walk out. This straightens off the deck, on a good length. It is angled in at the stumps and Dhananjaya has to play it. He presents a straight bat, but the ball turns away enough to catch the outside edge, and it is snaffled by KL Rahul to his left, but it all goes in vain.
DRINKS BREAK! It's been all India so far in this final session on Day 4. Mohammed Siraj and Manav Suthar did well to get early wickets, and now Prasidh Krishna is in the middle of a sublime spell. Sri Lanka have yet again been let down by their top order, but Lahiru Udara is still fighting it out there. A lot depends on him and skipper Dhananjaya de Silva as they look to take the game deep for the hosts. India would love at least 2-3 more wickets before the end of play today, and there's pelntt of time left to do that.
0 Overs14.5 Score32 - 3 Prasidh Krishna to Dhananjaya de Silva, Beaten. Krishna pushes the length up, outside off and draws the batter towards the ball. De Silva presses forward but is better off leaving this alone. Looks to play the line of the ball but is beaten past the outside edge.
0 Overs14.2 Score32 - 3 Prasidh Krishna to Dhananjaya de Silva, A prolonged appeal for LBW, but the finger stays down. It seemed to be sliding down leg and the height seemed a factor as well but Shubman Gill wants to take a chance. Angled into the right-hander, on a good length, on middle and leg. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes out in front with a straight bat. The ball nips back to go past the inside edge and thuds into the front pad. There is no bat involved but the Ball Tracking has the ball clipping the leg outer half of the leg stump. Closer than it looked initially, but the on-field decision is upheld. India keep their review, though.
1 Overs14.1 Score32 - 3 Prasidh Krishna to Lahiru Udara, At 137.1 kph, outside off, on a back of a length. Udara lets the ball come on and stands tall on top of the bounce. Punches it firmly towards extra cover, where Yashasvi Jaiswal gets low but the ball bounces awkwardly for him. It goes behind but Jaiswal recovers well and keeps the batters down to a single.
1nb Overs13.1 Score30 - 3 Ravindra Jadeja to Dhananjaya de Silva, Pushes it through, on a good length. Dhananjaya de Silva presses back and nudges it through square leg. They think about the second run but Prasidh Krishna attacks the ball and keeps it down to one. Oh, Jadeja has overstepped. No Ball called.
2 Overs11.6 Score23 - 3 Ravindra Jadeja to Lahiru Udara, Flighted delivery, fuller and outside off. Lahiru Udara leans on to drive but gets it more off the outer half of the blade and behind point for a couple of runs.
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