SL VS IND - 4th ODI, India tour of Sri Lanka, 2017

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...

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

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!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bumrah to Pushpakumara, out Caught by Hardik Pandya!! Another one, dug hard into the pitch, the extra bounce always creates problems. As it did in this case; Pushpakumara was on his heels, looking to ramp it over third man, but instead he sends it straight down to that fielder. Pandya barely moved an inch. Pushpakumara c Hardik Pandya b Bumrah 3(18)