Sri Lanka A vs India A, 1st Match, Tri Nation A Series in Sri Lanka 2026 - Player HighlightsSLA vs INDA, 1st Match, Tri Nation A Series in Sri Lanka 2026 - Player Highlights

Ayush Badoni to Dickwella, out Caught by Anukul Roy!! Second wicket for Badoni. Both openers back in the hut and India are right back in this contest. Once again slower through the air, drifting in and Dickwella decides to sweep, gets a top-edge and the ball balloons towards short fine, simple catch for Anukul. The part-timer is doing the job for India. Dickwella c Anukul Roy b Ayush Badoni 47(45) [4s-6]

Ayush Badoni to Dickwella, no run, in the air and short of Tilak. Flighted around off, the ball does not come on and Dickwella checks his shot, chips it to extra cover and the ball lands just in front of the captain

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 1 run, uses the away going drift and pats it with an open bat face square of the wicket

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 1 run, sliding across from round the wicket, Dickwella directs it to backward point

Ayush Badoni to Dickwella, no run, nice and slow, drifts in and Dickwella aims to drive, gets a thick inside-edge to mid-wicket

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, no run, reaches out and dabs this trying to access the third man fence but he picks out short third man

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 1 run, gentle tap to backward point

Suryansh Shedge to Dickwella, no run, full and angling in, Dickwella flicks to mid-wicket

Suryansh Shedge to Dickwella, 2 runs, short of length delivery outside off stump, Dickwella guides it past backward point and they get two more

Suryansh Shedge to Dickwella, FOUR, guides it fine past the keeper and it escapes off the edge in fact. Short delivery, Dickwella tried to play towards third man but the ball goes close to the fine leg region

Suryansh Shedge to Dickwella, 1 run, opens the bat face nicely and easily steers this short of length delivery to third man

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, no run, full and outside off stump, Dickwella ignores thinking it will be called a wide but it went inside the line

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 1 run, and again! Fine lap sweep but this time fine leg is able to keep it down to only one. Soft LBW check but it didn't hit the pad

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 2 runs, this is helped away to fine leg and they get two more

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 1 run, flatter delivery outside off stump, Dickwella cuts to deep backward point

Suryansh Shedge to Dickwella, 1 run, slogs across the line and sends it to deep square leg. Tried to use the angle into him and flay it to the deep

Suryansh Shedge to Dickwella, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, defended off the back foot. Suryansh Shedge bowling round the wicket to the left-hander

Suryansh Shedge to Dickwella, 1 run, full and angling in, Dickwella looks to flick, sends it behind square and finds long leg

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 1 run, brings out the reverse sweep now and sends it to deep backward square leg

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, no run, advances and nudges this flighted delivery to mid-wicket as Anukul Roy once again drags his length back after seeing the batter advance

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 1 run, worked away to the on-side

Suryansh Shedge to Dickwella, 1 run, worked away behind square and uppishly as well, fielded in the deep

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 1 run, Dickwella leans forward and flicks this flighted delivery to square leg

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, no run, make that four dots! Flat, quick, no time for feet. Just a nudge to mid-wicket

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, no run, now Dickwella backs away and Anukul Roy bowls a tight line to force a push straight to point

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, no run, well bowled! Saw the batter advance and dropped it short at the body to force a defensive push

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, no run, flatter delivery from round the wicket to the left-hander, Dickwella defends from the crease

Anshul Kamboj to Dickwella, 1 run, wristed for a run to the on-side

Anshul Kamboj to Dickwella, wide, slower ball tried by the bowler but sprayed down the leg-side

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, 1 run, late cut very late, almost played off the keeper's gloves. Short third man tidies up

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, no run, confident shout for LBW but not given. May have pitched outside leg. Flatter delivery on the stumps, Dickwella plays a lazy flick and misses. Impact wasn't an issue, pitching was the only question and the batter gets the benefit of doubt

Anukul Roy to Dickwella, no run, oh looks to go for a hard sweep fine behind square but the ball hits the arm and lobs in front of the keeper

Anshul Kamboj to Dickwella, FOUR, and he goes cheeky now by bending and scooping the ball over the keeper's end. Full and outside off stump, Dickwella moved across again, this time he got low enough to get under the ball and scooped it over Prabhsimran Singh for four more. The bowler tried to bowl wide of off, but Dickwella managed to time it so well despite taking his eyes off the ball last second

Anshul Kamboj to Dickwella, FOUR, whipped off the stumps with literally no feet movement. This was actually outside off stump, but Dickwella moved across the stumps to access the leg-side and he's timed the flick so well over square leg. This is smart batting

Anshul Kamboj to Dickwella, 3 runs, front foot push-drive to the left of cover. Tilak hunts it down brilliantly with a dive just in front of rope to flick it back. Saves one. Full ball from Anshul Kamboj and Dickwella placed that drive pretty well

Arshad Khan to Dickwella, no run, short of length delivery, Dickwella defends to the off-side and looks for a run and decides against it as it was too risky

Arshad Khan to Dickwella, no run, cuts and finds backward point

Arshad Khan to Dickwella, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, Dickwella defends off the back foot

Arshad Khan to Dickwella, FOUR, now he crashes the drive through the off-side. Length delivery outside off stump, Dickwella leans nicely into the shot and sends it away for four more

Arshad Khan to Dickwella, FOUR, tickled fine! Short of a length delivery on the pads, Dickwella gets inside the line and glances it to the fine leg fence

Arshad Khan to Dickwella, no run, fullish and on the leg stump, Dickwella works it to the on-side

Arshad Khan to Dickwella, wide, fires this down the leg-side

Arshad Khan to Dickwella, no run, gets hit on the pad as he misses the flick, hit on the pad but it was too high and maybe even missing leg. So the ump not keen on the LBW shout

Anshul Kamboj to Dickwella, no run, short of length delivery, cut to point

Anshul Kamboj to Dickwella, 1 run, oh under edge on the bounce and Prabhsimran Singh gets a hand on it. Could have stopped the ball but he fumbled while diving. Dickwella tried to cut, was half-hearted and he got the edge

Anshul Kamboj to Dickwella, 1 run, and again, Dickwella glances this to long leg off the back foot as it's slightly shorter this time

Anshul Kamboj to Dickwella, FOUR, that's a good shot! It's actually an inswinger well within the stumps but Dickwella has worked across the stumps and bravely glanced this to the fine leg fence. Anshul Kamboj had his hand on the mouth because he felt a minor error would have given him a wicket LBW or bowled