India vs Sri Lanka LIVE: Cricket World Cup rating as Virat Kohli reaches 50 after early lack of Rohit Sharma

100 up for India! Dushan Hemantha over strides the mark and bowls a no ball as Virat Kohli works him away to the legside for a few runs.

The subsequent supply is a free hit and Kohli whips the ball over to deep midwicket boundary. He calls Gill again for a second run and brings up a really wonderful half-century.

4 singles come from the remainder of the over, 9 in whole and there was little or no danger there.

Oh my! Madushanka goals for the stumps and Kohli goes down the bottom. He steps to the ball and whacks it previous the bowler, drilling it shortly alongside the deck for 4 runs.

Kohli then turns the ball into the legside for one.

Bang! Shubman Gill dances down the monitor and unleashes on a brief ball, nailing over cowl for a boundary! What a shot. These Indian batters appear very settled now.

Class from Kohli, energy from Gill.

It’s time for one more spin choice as Dushan Hemantha is launched to have a bowl. His first ball is brief and huge permitting Virat Kohli to spank the leg spinner away to the offside boundary. There’s cowl there although and it solely brings a single.

Shut! After Shubman Gill will get off strike, Hemantha will get one to grip and spin previous the skin of Kohli’s bat as he feels of the ball. The Sri Lankans the place for some time but it surely’s completely performed because the ball lacking the skin edge.

Three runs come from the over.

Kusal Mendis brings the wicket-taker, Dilshan Madushanka, again into the assault as Sri Lanka go looking for wickets. The left-arm seamer has a barely slingy motion and can carry the ball into the right-handed batters pads.

Virat Kohli pushes the ball to mid off and scrambles by means of for a good single. Gill is hit on the pads bringing a mushy however not severe attraction out of the bowler as it’s clear the ball is lacking leg stump.

Two extra singles come from the remainder of the over. First rate return for the bowler.

The mild offspin of Theekshana doesn’t appear to be troubling the batters on the minute however he’s maintaining his strains simply hovering across the off stump making it tough to work the ball away to the boundary.

A couple of of singles come from the primary three deliveries earlier than Theekshana straightens his line and is flicked away to the backward sq. leg boundary for 4!

Two extra come from the final ball and, together with a large earlier within the over, that’s 10 runs extra runs for India.

Shubman Gill nails a lower shot however finds the fielder on the boundary and solely will get one. A misfield at midwicket then permits Kohli to name Gill by means of for one more single.

The batters are milking Mathews for runs. They recognise that he is without doubt one of the extra harmful bowlers so are taking no dangers in opposition to him.

4 runs come from the over.

Time for a little bit of spin as Maheesh Theekshana is introduced into the assault. He’s very full together with his first supply and barely huge of the off stump. Virat Kohli whips his wrists over the ball and drills a drive down the bottom, beating the fielder at lengthy off and bringing himself 4.

The batters then rotate the strike from the subsequent 4 balls and take eight from the over. Sri Lanka have to get a grip on this partnership or else it would begin to take the sport away from them.

Mathews continues and so does Kohli. He turns the ball into midwicket and takes one. Gill then offers the strike again to him with a push to the fielder at huge mid on.

There’s a touch of swing away from the batter and Kohli dangles his bat out huge. The ball passes the sting and will get the bowler excited for half a second.

Kohli performs the subsequent supply late and pushes it into the hole at level for another. 10 overs gone, India are flying at six runs per over.

India carry up their 50! Rajitha targets a leg stump line when bowling at Gill and pins the opener on the thigh pad. The tempo of the supply carries the ball all the way down to wonderful leg and brings 4 leg byes.

Crunch! When the bowler pulls his size again barely, Gill punches a sq. drive by means of the offside and provides 4 extra to the full. That’s a beautiful shot.

The Indian batters are sturdy by means of the legside and each time Rajitha goals for the pads the ball is whipped away. Gill takes two extra from the final ball.

India have rallied brilliantly since Rohit’s early wicket.

All through the event Angelo Mathews has been a go-to for Sri Lanka. He’s stored issues beneath management and brought wickets in the course of the innings.

Kusal Mendis turns to him now in an try to interrupt this partnership.

Shubman Gill is in now hurry although. A few wonderful ahead defensive strokes offers him a have a look at the bowling earlier than he leans onto the again foot and cuts the ball away for 4!

He eases the ultimate ball of the over into the legside and scrambles by means of for one to maintain the strike.