Live Cricket Score: India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20, Colombo, Nidahas Trophy 2018

Washington Sundar will share the new ball from the other end.

0.6: J Unadkat to D Gunathilaka, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. Six runs from the first over.

0.5: J Unadkat to K Mendis, Mendis gets this past covers for one.

0.4: J Unadkat to K Mendis, FOUR! ALMOST a wicket for India. Length ball moving away from Mendis. He looks to cut this but the ball flies off the edge past Raina at first slip for a boundary.

0.3: J Unadkat to K Mendis, Angles this away from Mendis who gets a bottom edge to it.

0.2: J Unadkat to D Gunathilaka, Length ball this time and Gunathilaka flicks it off his pads to pick up the first run of the innings.

0.1: J Unadkat to D Gunathilaka, Steams in and bowls it full. Gunathilaka stays in the crease and bunts this.

We are back for the chase. The umpires come out once again with the Indian players this time. Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka will face the new ball. Jaydev Unadkat will start proceedings for the Indian team. One slip in place. Here we go...

Sri Lanka's bowling was largely disciplined, something that is not associated with them generally. That means that they should feel pretty confident of chasing this down. However, India's bowlers would look to make use of the track that seems to be a bit two-paced. Join us for the chase, that'll get underway shortly.

Yes, such was the surface that Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka, the part-timers, were the two most economical bowlers on display. They put the brakes on the scoring after Shikhar Dhawan and Manish Pandey's stand, that threatened to take the score to a highly insurmountable stage. Once the pair was dismissed, India couldn't get going, with Rishabh Pant failing to get any momentum his way. Dhawan's fifty was the only talking point.

Meanwhile, Russel Arnold has a short chat with Jeevan Mendis, one of the pick of the bowlers. He states that his variations helped him on this surface. He reckons that the score is chaseable and backs his batters to gun it down. Is proud of his side's bowling efforts.

As per our stats person, this is India's highest score in Sri Lanka batting first. Well, they largely struggled and stuttered their way here. By the looks of it, it didn't seem an easy track to play your shots as the ball didn't come onto the bat as easily as the batters would have liked. That is writ large in the way Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina's innings panned out.

19.6: D Chameera to R Pant, OUT! That's all. Pant doesn't trouble the scorers much after hitting the previous boundary. Perhaps this signals his troubles in his innings. This is short down the leg side. He gets inside the line and pulls it straight down fine leg's throat. Pradeep there pockets it safely to RESTRICT INDIA TO 174/5!

19.5: D Chameera to R Pant, FOUR! Finally a boundary off Pant's blade. He last hit one in the 15th over and now here's another. He makes room and spanks it through covers. Succeeds in finding the gap in the deep.

19.4: D Chameera to D Karthik, Full on the stumps, flicked towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

19.3: D Chameera to D Karthik, FOUR! This is Dinesh Karthik's boundary all the way. Chameera takes a clue from Perera's previous over and spears it full on the stumps. Karthik is aware of that and flick-digs it over square leg. Once the man in the circle is cleared, the result is clear as well.

19.2: D Chameera to D Karthik, FOUR! It doesn't matter how the runs come as long as they do. This is a slower delivery on a length outside off, Karthik looks to smash it over the off side. Gets a thick outside edge and that enables the ball to run away to the third man fence in a flash. Despairing look on the bowler's face says it all.

19.1: D Chameera to R Pant, Hurled around off, Pant makes room but hits it down to long off for a single.

180 on the cards? Dushmantha Chameera to bowl the last over of the innings.

18.6: T Perera to R Pant, Another full one on off, Rishabh digs it out to long off for one. 5 singles and a double in this one. Very good one from Thisara.

18.5: T Perera to D Karthik, Full again on off, Karthik slogs it to deep mid-wicket to get to the other end.

18.4: T Perera to D Karthik, Perera has been good in this over so far. Another delivery just outside off on a fuller length. The batter cannot get under it and can only smash it through covers for a couple.

18.3: T Perera to R Pant, Full ball outside off, Pant can only drill this to long off for a single.

18.2: T Perera to D Karthik, Short in length, Karthik pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one. Nice way to get going.

18.1: T Perera to R Pant, Full on off, driven to long off for one.

Now after taking the catch, Thisara Perera is back on to bowl.

Dinesh Karthik walks in next.

17.6: D Gunathilaka to S Dhawan, OUT! Danushka Gunathilaka gets the big scalp! Dhawan falls 10 short of the triple-figure mark. Gets a nice full floated delivery on off, he looks to go over long off, mindful of the fielder there. Perera sees that the ball is coming straight to him and takes it by keeping his eyes on the ball. Hush! Perhaps Sri Lanka can now get a breather. Maybe with Pant not able to strike big, Dhawan had to take the onus upon himself and departs in the process.

17.5: D Gunathilaka to R Pant, Pant gets down on a knee and sweeps it through square leg for one.

17.4: D Gunathilaka to R Pant, Tossed up outside off, Pant looks to dismiss the ball from his presence but all he manages to do is make contact with thin air.

17.3: D Gunathilaka to S Dhawan, Dhawan wanted two after hitting it towards long on but it is not to be. Just one there.

17.2: D Gunathilaka to R Pant, Now he rotates strike by driving it through mid off.

17.1: D Gunathilaka to R Pant, Floated up on the stumps, Pant looks to play the reverse sweep but gets an inside edge onto the pad. The ball lobs to the off side and he isn't happy with the outcome.

16.6: D Chameera to S Dhawan, SIX! You don't give Dhawan many chances just for this reason. He slinks down the track in a flash and takes it on the full. Bludgeons it straight over the bowler's head for half a dozen. Brings up India's 150.

16.5: D Chameera to R Pant, Full on the pads, Pant just gets a tickle to the keeper on the bounce. They run one, beating Dinesh's throw.

16.4: D Chameera to S Dhawan, DROPPED! Dhawan is living a charmed life tonight. This is full and slanting away, Dhawan looks to play the drive without much feet movement. Gets a thick outside edge and Chandimal dives to his left but fails to grab that one. A single results.

16.3: D Chameera to R Pant, Full outside off, Pant slashes and gets a thick outside edge to third man for one.

16.2: D Chameera to S Dhawan, Fuller this time, driven to long off for one.

16.1: D Chameera to S Dhawan, SIX! Well... Do a Ctrl F and find Dhawan and fine leg. Too many runs there and most of them via top edges. This is short in length, Shikhar moves inside the line in a bid to pull it. The ball takes the top edge and clears fine leg to take Dhawan into the 80s.

Dushmantha Chameera is back into the attack.

15.6: D Gunathilaka to S Dhawan, Driven through covers for one to retain strike.

15.5: D Gunathilaka to S Dhawan, The batsman fails to get bat on that one and is hit on the pad.

15.4: D Gunathilaka to S Dhawan, SIX! BOOM! Dhawan is in a murderous mood here. Floated on the stumps, Dhawan gets down on a knee and slog sweeps it high and handsomely over mid-wicket.

15.3: D Gunathilaka to R Pant, Eased through covers to get to the other end.

15.2: D Gunathilaka to S Dhawan, Dhawan reverse sweeps this through point for one.

15.1: D Gunathilaka to R Pant, Pant misses, Chandimal misses. Tossed up outside off, Pant looks to slog but misses. The keeper, too, misses and lets it through for a bye. He applauds the bowler though.