Live Cricket Score: India vs Sri Lanka, 4th T20I, Colombo, Nidahas Trophy 2018 - India cruising in chase of 153

13.4: W Sundar to D Shanaka, Quicker and flatter through the air, Dasun comes forward to defend but it beats the outside edge of his bat.

13.3: W Sundar to D Shanaka, Slower one outside off, blocked.

Dasun Shanaka is the new man in.

13.2: W Sundar to J Mendis, OUT! Bowled 'em! Sundar is having a good outing as he picks up his second wicket of the game. In fact, my colleague reminds me that it's his first non-Kusal wicket in this format. Tosses it up bravely on the stumps, Jeevan Mendis makes room to drive it away, expecting it to turn away but this one doesn't and just goes straight on. Beats the inside edge and hits the middle stick.

13.1: W Sundar to K Mendis, Dipping full toss on middle and leg, milked down to long on for one.

Washington Sundar to bowl out.

12.6: Y Chahal to K Mendis, Works it through the gap at mid-wicket and will keep strike. Just 4 from this over, good one for India.

12.5: Y Chahal to K Mendis, Slower ball outside off, Mendis looks to cut but gets a bottom edge towards the off side.

12.4: Y Chahal to K Mendis, Good running, actually good game awareness as well! Kusal Mendis fetches this from outside off and sweeps it towards Sundar at deep mid-wicket who fumbles. Seeing this, he quickly calls for another and completes it with ease.

12.3: Y Chahal to K Mendis, Quicker and wider outside off, Kusal doesn't play at it thinking it to be called as a wide but nothing from the umpire.

12.2: Y Chahal to J Mendis, A bit short outside off, pulled towards long on for a single.

12.1: Y Chahal to J Mendis, Around middle and off, pushed towards cover.

Jeevan Mendis is the new man in. Sri Lanka looking to maintain the left hand-right hand combo? Anyway, Yuzvendra Chahal is back as well.

11.6: S Thakur to T Perera, OUT! Thisara's show is over! Well, you live by the sword and die by it, goes the saying here. Thakur bowls a slower full ball outside off, Perera swings wildly but is deceived by the lack of pace on it. Gets a big top edge which balloons high up in the air over extra cover. Chahal backtracks, keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a well-judged reverse cup catch.

11.5: S Thakur to K Mendis, Mistimed but doesn't cost anything! Kusal Mendis reaches his 4th T20I fifty and you know what? This is his 4th 50-plus score in the last five innings. That's some form. Gets across to a short ball and mistimes the pull towards deep mid-wicket and gets to the other end.

11.4: S Thakur to T Perera, Nudged towards the man at short fine leg for a single.

11.3: S Thakur to T Perera, Inside edge! Thakur knows that anything in the arc and he will be hit out of the park. So what he does is he smartly bowls it wider outside off, on a length. Thisara in this mood wants to have a go at everything. Ekes out a thick inside edge on the back pad as the ball rolls beside the pitch. Kusal wanted a single but Shardul is quick to get to the ball to deny them.

11.2: S Thakur to T Perera, Good length delivery on the stumps, Perera hits it over the bowler's head. Raina from long on hares across to his right and stops it with a slide. They take two.

11.1: S Thakur to K Mendis, Fuller on off, Kusal shuffles a bit and flicks it off his pads towards fine leg. Moves to 49 with that.

10.6: V Shankar to T Perera, SIX! Thisara Perera means business! Back-to-back maximums for him. Shankar pitches it up but in his arc, TP clears the front leg and just lifts it cleanly over long off. India break the stand but Sri Lanka still manage to get 14 from the over.

10.5: V Shankar to T Perera, SIX! What a start for Perera! He's not going to hold back and that is why he has promoted himself up the order! Stays put to a length delivery and swings it flat over deep backward square leg to open his account.

The skipper, Thisara Perera is the new man in, replacing Tharanga.

10.4: V Shankar to U Tharanga, OUT! You miss and I hit stuff! India finally have the breakthrough as they manage to break the 62-run stand! Rohit Sharma is all smiles! Shankar bowls another cross seam delivery, angling it in on middle, Tharanga comes down the track to slog across the line but misses and sees his furniture shattered. To be honest, Upul that wasn't needed. You just have to rotate the strike and let the man at the other end do the hitting job.

10.3: V Shankar to U Tharanga, Back of a length delivery on middle and off, Tharanga has an ugly slog at it only to get beaten.

10.2: V Shankar to U Tharanga, Upul walks way across to play the scoop but Shankar keeps it full and outside leg. The batter misses his attempted shot and the umpire doesn't call it a wide and rightly so.

10.1: V Shankar to U Tharanga, Just over the bowler! Good length delivery, it's the cross seam, Tharanga looks to drive but gets it off the splice straight back from where it came. Shankar leaps and tries to catch it but the ball evades him. It rolls towards long off and the batsmen collect a double.

9.6: J Unadkat to K Mendis, SIX! THAT'S HUUUUUGGGEEEEE!!!! The boy is on fire tonight. Leaving nothing to chance, smashing everything so well. Short ball, Mendis moves across and swings hard. Hits it high into the night sky and then deep into the square leg stands. The man in the deep can only watch that go away.

9.5: J Unadkat to U Tharanga, Fraction straight in line, worked square on the leg side. One run to the total.

9.4: J Unadkat to U Tharanga, Jagging back in, just behind a length, Tharanga is taken a bit by surprise due to the extra bounce. Take a blow high on the thigh pads.

9.3: J Unadkat to U Tharanga, Beaten! Excellent delivery. Well bowled. Drops it on a length just outside off, makes it go away ever so slightly and beats the outside edge of Upul Tharanga's bat who tries to have a feel for it.

9.2: J Unadkat to K Mendis, Outside off on a length, opens the face of the bat before guiding it down to third man. Single taken.

9.1: J Unadkat to K Mendis, Slanting across on a good length, around off, Mendis looks to make connection and misses.

Jaydev Unadkat is brought back into the attack. India need a wicket, he could just be the man to provide that.

8.6: V Shankar to U Tharanga, Angling back in on middle and leg, worked in front of square on the leg side. The batsman run hard and come back for the second. Nicely done.

8.5: V Shankar to U Tharanga, FOUR! A juicy full toss outside off, Upul Tharanga accepts the freebie with delight as he smacks it over the covers. Beats the man in the deep, picks up a good boundary. With that, the 50-run stand between these two is up.

8.4: V Shankar to U Tharanga, 'Round the wicket, seeing Tharanga making room Shankar follows him. Cramps him for room and beats the outside edge.

8.4: V Shankar to K Mendis, Two Wides! Banged in short but it's too short, goes over Mendis and the keeper. The batsmen take a single.

8.3: V Shankar to K Mendis, Clever from Shankar. Takes the pace off it as he bowls this short. Mendis is early into the pull as the ball hits him on the body.

8.2: V Shankar to K Mendis, Innovative stuff from Mendis. Fuller well outside off, the right-hander moves a long way across and scoops it over the keeper's head. Thakur at fine leg moves to his right and makes a good diving stop. Just two runs taken.

8.1: V Shankar to U Tharanga, Driven through mid off by the batsman. One run added to the total.

A slight delay in play. Kusal Mendis is having a change of bats and there is some distraction in front of the sightscreen. Being sorted out now.

7.6: Y Chahal to K Mendis, Dot ball to end the over, but it's a big one for Sri Lanka. 17 off it. Kusal Mendis plays this full ball back to the bowler.

7.5: Y Chahal to K Mendis, SIX! Poor length and Kusal Mendis has punished that! Half-tracker on the stumps, Mendis uses the depth of the crease well before positioning himself for the big pull. Right off the meat, it goes sailing into the mid-wicket stands.

7.5: Y Chahal to U Tharanga, Wide! That kept quite low. Down the leg side, Karthik couldn't hold on to it and the batsmen take one as a result.

7.4: Y Chahal to K Mendis, On the stumps, shorter in length, Mendis helps it away through mid-wicket. One run added to the scorecard.

7.3: Y Chahal to U Tharanga, Quite full on middle and leg, Upul muscles this straight back down the ground. Timed it well, too well, as it goes to the fielder fast and he can manage only a single.