LIVE: India thump Sri Lanka by 141 runs to level series

With an aim to seal the series, visiting Captain Thisara Perera won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat first at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Wednesday.

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Dharamsala, live scorecard

India win

That's it! The formalities are done. India have thumped Sri Lanka by 141 runs in the 2nd ODI at Mohali to level the series. It has been a complete performance by the Indians. One man who stood out from the rest was the captian Rohit Sharma, who took the game away from Sri Lanka by becoming the only cricketer to score three double centuries in ODIs.

Mathews fought a lone battle for Sri Lanka with a fighitng 111* but the task was too much for him. A disciplined bowling performance led leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (3/60) tied Sri Lanka down to 251 for 8 in 50 overs. 

Iyer gets the ball

Time for some, Shreyas Iyer gets ball in his hand. he will bowl the last over the match.

16th ton for Mathews

Aneglo Mathews gets to his 16th ODI ton. He has fought a lone battle here.

Eight down!

Dananjaya succumbs to Bumrah's smartness. After multiple toe crushers, Bumrah bangs it in short staright towards his ribcage and poor Dananjaya just fends it to Rohit Sharma at backward short-leg. Good captaincy by him. Sri Lanka have lost their eighth.

Bhuvi gets into the wickets column

Not happening. Not happening at all for Sri Lanka. With the asking rate rocketing every ball, Pathirana had no choice but go for it. He mistimes it and hands a straight forward catch to Dhawan at mid-off. Kumar strikes for India. SL: 180/7

What a catch

That's a real beauty from MS Dhoni. sprints towards his right and dives full length to take the catch. Chahal has his third and Sri Lanka are crumbling now.Sri Lanka Six down for 166.

That catch by Dhoni ! ♥️♥️#INDvSL #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/mSufl8F15t

— Ankita Bhat 👹 (@ankuleo) December 13, 2017

Gunaratne falls

The Chess master springs into action yet again. Flighted delivery enticing the batsman, Gunaratne accpets the inviation by chargind down the track but fails to make contact as the ball spins past his bat. All to easy for Dhoni behind the stumps. Sri Lanka are five down now.

Fifty for Mathews

That's fifty for Angelo Mathews. His 36th in ODI cricket. He has to do something out of the ordinary if Sri Lanka wishes to go anywhere near India's total.

Chahal breaks threatening stand

Short and wide, Dickwella (22) gets a thickish outside edge and Sundar makes no mistake at short third man. Chahal brings an end to a threatening stand. SL: 115/4

Got him!

BOWLED! First wicket in international cricket for 18-yr-old Washington Sundar. Thirimanne's (21) attempted reverse sweep goes horribly wrong. #SL: 62/3 pic.twitter.com/Kn2d2MC5T1

— Wah Cricket (@ABPCricketHindi) December 13, 2017

Sundar gets the ball in hand

What a moment for the 18-yr-old Sundar.He is all set to bowl his first delivery for India. It's a nice tossed up delivery around off stump and Thirimanne drives it through covers forna single. Good start!

Bumrah gets Gunathilaka

The front foot is behind the line and Bumrah has the last laugh. Gunathilaka gets cuaght down the leg side and India have removed both the Lankan openers cheaply. 

Pandya strikes

Not the start Sri Lanka would have wanted. One of their mainstays Upul Tharanga departs early. Pandya bowls it wide, Tharanga just throws his bat at it only provide to a simple catch to the cover-point fielder. SL: 16/1

Sri Lankan batsmen have a huge task on their hand. Their target is 393.

Boy what an innings from Rohit Sharma. He went from 100 to 200 in just 36 balls. Sri Lankan bowlers have to take a lot of blame for that. Suranga Lakmal and Nuwan Pradeep who were impeccable with their line and lengths in Dharamsala were guilty of bolwing full tosses during the death overs. They crumbled under pressure. But no one can take anything away from Rohit. He became the first captain to score a double ton in ODIs and aslo the first batsman to score three double hundreds.

Rohit Sharma takes India to massive total

What a player!

Rohit Sharma becomes first batsman to hit 3rd ODI double hundreds

Pandya is the next man in

Change of pace does the trick for Sri Lanka, Perera strikes on dismiss Dhoni. IND 354/3 (47.3 overs)

MS Dhoni hits one in the stands. IND 354/2

Can India reach the 400 mark?

MS Dhoni walks in to bat

OUT! Shreyas Iyer misses out on his maiden ODI hundred. A fantastic knock comes to an end on 88. IND 328/2

Its raining runs at the Punjab Cricket Association's IS Bindra stadium in Mohali. IND 321/1

150 comes up for the skipper as well

Rohit and Shreyas put up 200-run stand for the second wicket

Another 200 on cards?

Rohit Sharma on fire!

Rohit hits Lakmal for three maximums. What a game this is turning out to be for the Indian skipper

'Hit-man' slams century!

 

A captain's knock. @ImRo45 has looked in full flow and has marched on to a well-made century. ODI Century no. 16 #TeamIndia #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/qWtwNpp7dr

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 13, 2017

Rohit hits a magnificient hundred. IND 245/1 (40 overs)

Maiden fifty for Shreyas Iyer. IND 224/1 (37.5 overs)

Rohit marching towards another hundred. IND 222/1 (37 overs)

IND 134/1 (25 overs)

Skipper smashes a classy half-ton.

Rohit Sahrma completes 35th ODI fifty

Pathirana strikes for Lanka!

Shikhar Dhawan falls after a solid start. IND 116/1 (22 overs)

IND 108/0 ( 20 overs)

100 comes up for India, both openers going strong.

IND 85/0 (16 overs)

Dhawan quickly gets to his 23rd ODI fifty

Rohit and Dhawan stitch 50-run stand for the first wicket 

IND 33/0 (10 overs). Rohit Sharma 16(33), Shikhar Dhawan 17(28)

India off to a steady start in Mohali

A maiden to start with. IND 0/0 (1 over)

Players are out in the middle. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to open the Indian batting line-up. while, Angelo Mathews will start with the ball for the visitors

TOSS

With an aim to seal the series, visiting Captain Thisara Perera won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat first at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Wednesday.

After suffering a humiliating defeat to the visitors in Dharamsala, it will be a do-or-die encounter for the Indian team and win will keep their hopes alive of clinching the three-match ODI series

The hosts have included young and sensational all-rounder Washington Sundar and he set to replace chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav in the playing XI.

While, the Thisara Pererar led side has opted to go with same squad that emerged victorious in the opening encounter in Dharamsala.

SQUADS

IND XI: RG Sharma, S Dhawan, S Iyer, D Karthik, M Pandey, MS Dhoni, H Pandya, B Kumar, W Sundar, J Bumrah, Y Chahal

SL XI: Danushka Gunathilaka, Upul Tharanga, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (W), Asela Gunaratne, Thisara Perera (C), Sachith Pathirana, Suranga Lakmal, Akila Dananjaya, Nuwan Pradeep

WELCOME!

Welcome to the live coverage of the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali.