7.6 sliced to extra cover, and Wasim does get on the board! Wasim had seen Perera dropped earlier in his spell, and this is some sort of redemption. Hard length just outside off. Perera looks to go inside-out while camped on the back foot but only gets height. Easy catch for Theekshana, and the Royals two down now! 68/2

2.2 straight to mid on, and the Sixers have a wicket now! Low full toss on middle and off, and shaping in very late. Halambage looks to go downtown but the late movement means he clinks it off the toe-end. Lakshan back-tracks a step or two and then takes it over his head to make amends! 13/1

13.3 clothed to long on, and the set batter departs! Hung up on a length outside off. Udara looks to go downtown but is not close enough to the ball. Has to reach out in front and that rids him of the power he needs. Long on circles under it, moves to his right slightly and does the rest. Big moment in the game! 124/4

10.6 Vishva has the last laugh! Bashed in on a hard length outside off. Moeen tries to fetch it and slap it over long off. But he fails to generate the requisite power. Straight down long off's throat, and the youngster ends a tough over with a vital wicket! 106/3

16.1 more catching practice, and Hasaranga departs too! Back of a length just outside off. Hasaranga gives himself room, trying to carve it over the off side. Not enough room to worn with, though, and Hasaranga picks out extra cover to absolute perfection. Royals five down now! 156/5

17.2 lbw shout, not given. Dambulla review! Pushed in on a length just outside off. Phillips has a tug across the line and seems to get a scratch on it before getting pinged on the back leg. If there is no bat involved, this could be curtains. No bat involved, says the third umpire. Ball Tracking comes up and it has the ball crashing into middle and leg. Phillips has to go! 163/6

11.3 sliced up and taken! Floated up full outside off and Farhan's eyes light up. He looks to smash it into next week but cuts across it too much. Only height and not enough distance, and Shaheen, running in from long off, makes no mistake! 108/2

5.3 plonked to mid on, and Chandimal's vigil is over! Bashed into the track outside off. Chandimal gets up on his toes and tries to muscle it over mid on. The ball gets too big on him, though, and all he can do is pick out Hasaranga. The Royals have a wicket in the final over of the powerplay! 57/1

13.2 big lbw appeal, not given! Leg-spinner on a back of a length on middle and off. Dickwella shapes for the reverse and seems to miss it. Royals convinced they have their man but the umpire is just as firm in his assessment. We go upstairs. Height could be an issue. Looked pretty adjacent otherwise. No bat involved, and Ball Tracking has the ball smashing into the middle of middle stump. Dickwella departs, and both set batters now back in the shed! 117/3

17.5 nicked and gone! And that might be the game too! Pushed across the batter on a length outside off. Hendricks has an ungainly swipe at it and only feathers it through to the keeper. Shaheen celebrates, and that might just be that for this Dambulla run-chase! 148/7

14.3 another miscue, and Hasaranga has 350 T20 wickets now! Carrot dangled on middle and off, and Lakshan bites. He has an almighty slog across the line but he is fighting against the googly. A tame shank in the end and deep mid wicket does the rest! 126/4

16.3 skied a mile up, and snared! Thushara leaning on his slower ball again. On a length on middle and off. Rathnayake does not quite pick it and swings way too early. Gets under it and Phillips gobbles up the chance at deep mid wicket. Sixers in a real spot of bother now! 138/5

16.4 Naib the latest batter dismissed! Easy as you like from Thushara. Speared in full on middle and off. Naib indulges in a cross-batted attempt to dig out this yorker and comes up second-best, quite comfortably. Off stump rattled, and Thushara on a hat-trick now! 138/6

18.1 timber again! Another excellent yorker and this seems of the slower variant again. Zoning into off stump and Wasim flays at it without really picking it. Swats away a few flies and then hears the rattling of his off stump. Thushara has four, and the Royals are almost there now! 148/8