India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI – As it happened...

New Delhi: Welcome to our Live cricket score and updates of second ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Pallekele stadium.

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Team India win by three wickets by the Duckworth-Lewis method, thereby taking a 2-0 lead in the series. 

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Revised playing conditions after the rain: 231 runs is the target. 47 overs to be bowled. Only two bowlers can bowl 10 overs while three can bowl nine overs. The first powerplay will be between one to 10. The second one, 11 to 38 with the third one between 38 and 47.

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UPDATE: Play to resume at 8 PM. Game reduced to 47 overs with 231as the revised target for India to chase #SLvIND — BCCI (@BCCI) August 24, 2017

UPDATE: The covers are coming off now. Stay tuned for further updates #SLvIND — BCCI (@BCCI) August 24, 2017

The entire ground is now covered #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/sokO88rwaz — BCCI (@BCCI) August 24, 2017

#TeamIndia need 237 runs to win the 2nd ODI #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/v2aDBlJGIg — BCCI (@BCCI) August 24, 2017

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17:40 IST: Bumrah bags his second; rips the important stand of Siriwardana and Kapugedera

44.6: WICKET! M Siriwardana (58) is out, c Rohit Sharma b Jasprit Bumrah, 212/6 — BCCI (@BCCI) August 24, 2017

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16:56 IST: DRINKS! Sri Lanka 5 down for a total of 149 after 34 overs.

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16: 12 IST: No help from DRS as Chahal gets Mendis LBW. Sri Lanka 4 down.

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15:08 IST: Bumrah bags first wicket.

7.4: WICKET! N Dickwella (31) is out, c Shikhar Dhawan b Jasprit Bumrah, 41/1 — BCCI (@BCCI) August 24, 2017

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14:56 IST: Stat Alert! This is Virat Kohli's 300th Internatioal match for Team India.

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14:03 IST: Virat Kohli wins toss, elects to field first.

Captain @imVkohli wins the toss and elects to bowl first #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/2q4Dov6s05 — BCCI (@BCCI) August 24, 2017

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13:32 IST: Players arrive ahead of the start of match at 2:30 PM.

The boys are here for the 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka at Kandy #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/uAFW1mvsFY — BCCI (@BCCI) August 24, 2017

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After securing a dominant 9-wicket victory at Dambulla, Virat Kohli and his men will be determined to produced a similar performance today, while also hoping their lesser-experienced players to step-up against Upul Tharanga's side, which has been branded as one of the weakest sides in the team's history. (FULL PREVIEW)

First ODI Review:

The visitors thrashed Sri Lanka in the first ODI thanks to left-arm spinner Axar Patel who returned figures of 3/34 to restrict the hosts to 216 runs which was comfortably chased down with the help of unbeaten knocks from opener Shikhar Dhawan (132 not out) and skipper Virat kohli (82 not out).

Sri Lanka will bank on their opening batsman Niroshan Dickwella who produced a half-century in the opening match of the five-match ODI series.

The hosts will also expect batsmen Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Angelo Mathews to contribute in the middle-order. All three were off to good starts but failed to build match winning knock in the first ODI.

In the bowling department, the island nation will rely on experienced pacer Lasith Malinga, who played his 200th ODI in the last match, to produce early breakthroughs. 

India will look to continue their form from the previous clash. In-form batsmen Dhawan and Kohli along with middle-order specialist Mahendra Singh Dhoni and all-rounder Hardik Pandya will look to outclass the hosts bowling which has not been up to the mark.

In the bowling department, pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah along with spinners Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal will look to trouble the Sri Lankan batting. 

(With IANS inputs)