India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters Highlights, IML T20: IND win thriller in inaugural IML contest, beat SL by 4 runs

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Tall tall task for Sri Lanka from here. Required rate at nearly 13, and too many wickets down already. Something special needed now.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: HUGE MOMENT IN THIS MATCH! Sangakkara reaches his 50 with a nifty scoop over the keeper, but tries to keep going big against Irfan. Doesn't work this time as he pops it right up, and who else but Sachin Tendulkar to take the catch?

Chaturanga in next, and he's gone first ball as he nicks it behind for Rayudu to complete the catch.

Hat-trick ball for Irfan, but he is slapped through the covers for four. 99/4 after 10 overs, and it's India in control now.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Sri Lanka keeping up with India's score in the first innings, and Sanga looking in sublime touch. Plays the shot of the day so far against Shahbaz Nadeem: a simple clip off his legs, not hit hard, just pure timing and placement that pierces the gap between the fielders in the deep.

Phenomenal shot — class is permanent, and here's your evidence.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Irfan pathan from the other end, and Thirimanne departs trying to go big. Steps out to try and hit down the ground, but it's pitched too short. Not a good enough connection, and caught at long-on.

72/2, important wicket to interrupt SL's flow at this point of the innings.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: 13 run over now, as Yusuf Pathan brings on his off-spin against these two lefties. Sangakkara with a delightful slog for six on the last ball, looking dangerous now. The big fish for India Masters.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Just the response Sri Lanka needed here, three more boundaries and 15 more runs. Sri Lanka still not quite at the rate, but not falling too far behind. They will take 57/1 after the powerplay with Sangakkara still at the crease.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: A couple of boundaries to add on to that extra, and that's what Sri Lanka really need more of. Dot balls and standard strike rotation won't do the trick.

42/1 after 5, Sanga beginning to middle a couple.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Sri Lanka just not middling it, but Thirimanne finally connects. Clears his front leg and deposits the last ball of another quiet over for six over square leg. More of that needed to keep it competitive!

27/1 after 4. Make that 32 as Mithun sprays one well wide for 5 wides on the first ball of his over.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Just 3 runs from that Mithun over. Sri Lanka can't afford too many of those. 18/1 after 3, required rate will just keep rising. Already above 12 now.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Dhawal Kulkarni, this is just what he does! Tight, accurate, efficient. A short-ish ball that climbs up at Upul, and all the southpaw can do is get a glove on it. Catch completed by Rayudu, and Sri Lanka's innings been a mirror image of India's so far.

11/1.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Tell you what, Kumar Sangakkara looks like he should still be playing cricket at the highest level. As easy on the eyes as ever, looking like he has so much time to choose what he wants to do with the ball. India will want to get rid of him early.

11/0 after the first.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: First ball four with a pull over short fine, and second ball four as Tharanga thrashes it in front of square. They won't sit back here, will Sri Lanka.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: And the Indian fielders head out, plenty of runs behind them but aware that they will need to execute their plans well nevertheless.

Sri Lanka's openers: Kumar Sangakkara and Upul Tharanga. Two classy lefties to get us started, Stuart Binny with the new ball.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Just remarkable batting from Yusuf Pathan, who finishes on 56* off just 22 deliveries. Couldn't have asked for more from him in the depth, and a nice outing for Yuvraj as well, who looked good in his knock of 32*.

The chase up next.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Yusuf Pathan, take a bow! Adds on to that start with a couple of boundaries through the offside, before another towering six back over Udana's head.

200 and then some from India, 209 now with an over to spare. Can Yuvraj join the party?

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: This is what he did with such distinction for so long. It's not terrible bowling, keeping it out of the arc, but Yusuf can just reach out and hit it with such power to any part of the field.

Approaching 200 at a rate of knots here.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Having two hitters of this calibre is such a boon for any team, can't bowl to either of them.

180/4 after 18 now, as Yusuf muscles a maximum straight down, before Yuvraj with that lovely iconic flow of the bat to add six more off the last ball of the over.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: That's what the fans want to see from these hitters! Pure muscle from Yusuf and Yuvraj both, clearing the ropes.

157/4, three overs left to play. 200 on here?

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: That's that for this carnage from Stuart Binny. SL resort to bowling full and wide to him, and it works. It's sliced to the deep third fielder, and Udana has a wicket as Binny departs for a brilliant 68(30).

Set batter gone, can SL claw back into it? 146/4 with 5 overs left.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Show off those muscles, Yuvi! His first two boundaries of the innings, and without a full swing. First through the cover gap, then straight past the bowler on a check-drive that is all timing and forearms to race along the floor to the boundary.

Has he got something special for us tonight?

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Sri Lanka with no answers for Stuart Binny at the minute. He's hitting it to all parts of the field and finding boundaries at ease — some misfields in the deep not helping.

134/3, 14 overs through.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: There's a much needed wicket for Sri Lanka. Gurkeerat steps out to try and hit, but can't connect against Chaturanga.

Sanga sharp as ever, quick feet and quick hands to whip the bails off. 113/3 now — time for Yuvraj Singh.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: That's how you get your eye in and then accelerate. Stuart Binny hitting it so cleanly at the minute, swivel-pull for six off the pacer before a delightful lofted straight-drive right over Pradeep's head for four more.

India also breach the 100 mark, and Gurkeerat adds on with another boundary as he approaches his own 50.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Gurkeerat joins the party by putting away a couple of ordinary deliveries by Gunaratne, and India speed to 97/2. They are looking at 200+ with plenty of firepower in the tank.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: It was a slow start for Binny on 3*(8), but he's suddenly whacked 35 off the next 10 deliveries.

Onto 87/2 off 9, spinners getting hit around.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Over to forget for Jeevan Mendis in the first 3 balls! First a drag-down for four. Binny then with a fine stroke over cover for six more, and then the third six of his innings as he deposits a full toss over midwicket.

Clears that boundary again two balls later with a slog-sweep, flat and hard.

A strategic timeout called right after, 23 off that over.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Sri Lanka not letting India get out off the blocks despite the pair of boundaries in the first over from the bat of Sachin. SL's pacers keeping it tidy.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Gurkeerat Singh Mann keeps the scoring going. A couple of lovely shots to find the boundary in the fifth over.

Stuart Binny with a promotion, still not off the mark after 5 deliveries.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Crowd goes silent as Sachin is dismissed! Lakmal's delivery stays a touch low, and Sachin's swivel-pull is not the right shot. SLight under-edge, and his stumps are knocked over.

26/2, Sri Lanka will be ecstatic.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Good second over by Lakmal, only conceding 6 runs and getting a big wicket as well. Very interesting start to the game.

Gurkeerat begins the next over by creaming an overpitched delivery from Nuwan Pradeep through the cover gap.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Rayudu falls! Lakmal into the action, and Rayudu finds the fence before chipping it right towards mid-on.

Gurkeerat Mann next one in to bat.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Just a classic from the Sachin playbook. Leans into a full delivery, simple as you like, and pierces the gap with ease for 4.

Next delivery, it's a pull shot which races for four as well. Sachin hasn't lost a step. Cracking start, 12/0 after 1.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: There's our answer. Ambati Rayudu takes the strike, Sachin at the non-strikers. Isuru Udana opens the bowling, and starts with a wayward one down leg. Poor start for Sanga as he lets it slip through for an extra run as well.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: The two teams walk out for the national anthems, the batters on the Indian team padded up.

Only seconds away from that start.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025:

Sachin Tendulkar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Ambati Rayudu, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Stuart Binny, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shahbaz Nadeem

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: The DY Patil Stadium, still filling in, erupts as it's announced that India will bat first. Sounds like a chasing pitch, with Sachin stating he would have bowled as well.

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Just half an hour away from the match beginning, which means the captains will be ready for the toss. News from the middle next…

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: A clip that made the rounds in this week on the internet, as Sachin deployed some of his iconic shots while readying himself for this tournament. He hasn't lost that elegant touch at all, has he?

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: Will be interesting to see what batting order India use. Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh are tailor-made batters for 3 and 4, but who opens alongside the Master? Someone like Naman Ojha?

India Masters vs Sri Lanka Masters LIVE Score, IML 2025: A throwback to the last vestiges of Sri Lanka's great teams of the previous generation. Sangakkara naturally the standard-bearer, but plenty of batting talent with Tharanga, Thirimanne, and Kaluwitharana.

Seam bowling also there, with the likes of Lakmal and Udana, well-versed in plying their trade in T20 leagues.