Highlights of first T20I match between India and Sri Lanka© AFP
India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I Highlights: India’s new T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav shone with a sensational fifty as the side beat Sri Lanka by 43 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Suryakumar scored 58 off 26 balls as India posted 213 for 7 in 20 overs. Rishabh Pant also helped the team’s cause with a fine knock of 49 off 33 balls. Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (40 off 21) and Shubman Gill (34 off 16) laid a solid platform before Surya and Pant capitalised on it as India had got an invitation to bat first. In reply, Sri Lanka fought well, thanks to Pathum Nissanka (79 off 48) and Kusal Mendis (45 off 27) but faltered towards the end. (Scorecard)
Here are the Highlights of the 1st T20I between India and Sri Lanka:
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23:04 (IST)
Suryakumar Yadav named Player of the Match
“They were playing a good brand of cricket from ball one. They were keeping the tempo, credit goes to them. We know how the wicket plays in the night. We were fortunate that there was no dew. The way we played in the World Cup, that remedied us that the game was still too far. (Left-right combination to be persisted?) Whatever works for the team, we’ll take the call,” said India captain Suryakumar Yadav, who was named the Player of the Match.
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23:03 (IST)
IND vs SL Live: Sri Lanka “were not up to the mark”
“We were not up to the mark in the powerplay, but in the latter part, we came back pretty strong. Some stage, we thought they might get to 240, we did well. Little disappointed with the way the middle-order batted, we could have done better. (On balance of his side) It’s an experiment, this is the way we should go in the future,” said Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka.
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23:03 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Here is what Gill said –
“Not really (panicked). We spoke about having good communication and we knew we just needed one wicket (when SL were 140/1). It is great batting with him (Jaiswal) and we complement each other. Our style is different, our plan is simple – assess the conditions and then take on the bowlers. When you are opening the innings, see how the pitch is behaving and play accordingly (that’s the plan),” said India opener Shubman Gill.
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22:46 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: India win!!!
India have bundled out Sri Lanka for 170 runs in 19.2 overs and seal this game by a margin of 43 runs. Sri Lanka fought well thanks to their openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis, but other batters from the side failed to play promising knocks.
IND 213/7 (20)
SL 170 (19.2)
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22:38 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Extra runs for Sri Lanka
There was chance to run out Maheesh Theekshana and Mohammed Siraj attempted to take it. His throw however missed the stumps and the ball ran away for a four. This match is well over as Sri Lanka need 44 runs in 8 balls.
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22:31 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Two quick wickets for India!
India are wrapping things up. They have got two wickets in the last four balls. Riyan Parag first dismissed Kamindu Mendis while Arshdeep Singh has removed Wanindu Hasaranga just now. Sri Lanka are seven down.
SL 163/7 (17.1)
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22:23 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!
Ravi Bishnoi has claimed the wicket of Charith Asalanka on the final delivery of his quota of four overs. He didn’t have a good day be it in bowling or in fielding. To make things worse, he got injured while going for a catch.
SL 158/4 (16)
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22:19 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Ravi Bishnoi injured
15.1 – Ravi Bishnoi has hurt himself while going for a return catch of Kamindu Mendis. The batter got a leading edge and Bishnoi jumped to his right to take the catch off his own bowing. He grabbed the ball in air but it popped out of his hands once his elbows hit the ground. It seemed like a serious injury but the good news is that Bishnoi is back on his feet after some primary treatment.
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22:14 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!
Axar Patel is doing the magic for India. He has turned this game on its head in just one over. Two wickets came in it with the latest one being of Kusal Perera. A total of 9 runs came off the over. Sri Lanka need 65 runs in 30 balls.
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22:11 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!
Axar Patel has cleaned up Pathum Nissanka. It was an arm ball that slid into Nissanka and rattled the stumps. India are back in the game. Sri Lanka need 74 runs in 35 balls. They need at least one batter to keep the scoring rate intact.
SL 140/2 (14.1)
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22:04 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Sri Lanka need 83 in 42
Hardik Pandya leaked 14 runs before Axar Patel bowled an 11-run over. The asking rate for Sri Lanka is 11.86. They need 83 runs in 42 balls. This match is clearly inclined in the hosts favour.
SL 131/1 (13)
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21:55 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Fifty for Nissanka!
Pathum Nissanka has raced to his half-century in 34 balls. That is a superb knock from the right-handed opener but the work is not done yet. Sri Lanka need him to keep firing from one end, in order to stay alive in this chase.
SL 111/1 (11.1)
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21:43 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: WICKET!
Arshdeep Singh got the wicket of Kusal Mendis on the fourth ball but ended up leaking 14 runs in the over. Sri Lanka are one down but they are scoring at a really good pace. The are strong in the chase of 214 runs.
SL 91/1 (9)
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21:36 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Expensive over
12 runs came off Hardik Pandya’s first over in the game. The Sri Lankan openers are having some fun out there at the middle. Sri Lanka need 137 runs in 72 balls.
SL 77/0 (8)
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21:32 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Good review
On the fourth delivery of Ravi Bishnoi’s over, the spinner managed to hit the front pad of Kusal Mendis and appealed for an LBW. Umpire raised his finger but Mendis quickly took a review. UltraEdge revealed that Mendis had edged the ball before it hit his pad.
SL 65/0 (7)
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21:26 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: End of powerplay
Sri Lanka have got a good total of 55 runs in the powerplay. Their scoring rate is 9.17 while the asking rate for them is 11.36. Sri Lanka need 159 runs in 84 balls.
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21:19 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: SIX Again!
Pathum Nissanka is in some form tonight! That was bowled marginally short by Mohammed Siraj and Nissanka pulled it away for a superb six over deep mid-wicket. Sri Lanka’s start seems good at this stage.
SL 38/0 (4)
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21:17 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: SIX!
That is a sensational shot from Pathum Nisaanka for a six over the third man fence. He made room for himself by going on the leg side, Siraj smartly bowled short into the body of the batter but that was handsomely cut away for a biggie.
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21:15 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Axar leaks runs
12 runs came off Axar Patel’s first over. He was hit for two fours, one each by both the Sri Lanka openers. Mohammed Siraj continues from the other end. Can he provide India a breakthrough? Let’ see…
SL 25/0 (3)
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21:11 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Good bowling
That is a really good start for Mohammed Siraj. He bowled tight lengths and conceded only two couples in the over. There was even an LBW appeal on the fourth ball of the over for the wicket of Pathum Nissanka but umpire was unconvinced. India decided not to review it.
SL 13/0 (2)
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21:05 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Sri Lanka start chase
Pathum Nissanka smashed two fours to Arshdeep Singh in the first over. A total of 9 runs came off the over s Nissanka also took a single soon after smashing the boundaries.
SL 9/0 (1)
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20:54 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: India post 213/7!
India have got a really good total on the board. Jaiswal and Gill set the platform with a superb opening partnership of 74 runs off 35 balls, but Sri Lanka made a remarkable comebak with two wickets in two balls. Suryakumar’s 58 and Pant’s 49 however helped India get past 200.
IND 213/7 (20)
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20:42 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!
Rishabh Pant has been cleaned up. What an anti-climax for Pant this is! He was looking really good in this over but eventually perished to the Sri Lanka star. Pant is out for 49 off 33. He scored 29 off the last 13 balls he faced.
IND 201/5 (18.4)
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20:30 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!
Hardik Pandya is OUT! Sri Lanka are pulling things back. Riyan Parag is the next batter to come in to bat. It was a yorker bowled at a pace of 151kmph by Matheesha Pathirana. Hardik missed his shot and the ball hit his pad before crashing into the stumps.
IND 176/4 (16.3)
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20:21 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Good comeback from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka have conceded only 13 runs in the last two overs and also managed to take the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav. This is a remarkable comeback from the side. Rishabh Pant is batting at run-a-ball 20. He needs to put his foot on the accelerator.
IND 159/3 (15)
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20:16 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!
Suryakumar Yadav was caught plumb but he still decided to try his luck and wasted one review. He went across to play a flick shot on the bowling of Matheesha Pathirana but missed it completely. The ball hit the front pad and umpire raised his finger. SKY reviewed it but the ball was found to be on the middle stump line. Surya fell for 58 off 26 balls.
IND 150/3 (13.2)
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20:09 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Fifty for SKY!
What a start for Suryakumar Yadav in the series as the T20I captain! He raced to his half-century in 22 balls. It happened on the first ball of the over. The India captain never let the Sri Lanka bowlers settle down. And the problem is still not over for the hosts as SKY is there with seven overs of play left.
IND 146/2 (13)
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19:57 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Sri Lanka lose second review!
Sri Lanka have lost their second and last review as well. It was an LBW appeal against the wicket of Rishabh Pant on the first ball of Hasaranga over. Umpire was unconvinced but SL decided to go upstairs only to find out that the ball was pitching outside the leg stump. Two misfields from Sri Lanka later awarded two fours to India in the over.
IND 122/2 (11)
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19:49 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: FOUR!
There was length on offer. It was a fuller delivery outside off from Kamindu Mendis and Suryakumar Yadav played a beautiful inside out shot for a four. Suryakumar is going really good. He is off to a terrific start in this game.
IND 106/2 (9.1)
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19:45 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Catch dropped!
Suryakumar Yadav is lucky there! It was a perfect set up from Sri Lanka to trap Suryakumar Yadav but Fernando has dropped the chance at deep fine leg. It was a slower short ball from Dilshan Madushanka outside off stump and SKY got a top-edge on it but Fernando failed to hand on to the catch.
IND 98/2 (8)
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19:32 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!
Big WICKET! Wanindu Hasaranga has got the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal. The southpaw is out for 40 off 21 balls. It is a really good stumping from Kusal Mendis. Jaiswal missed to read Hasaranga’s googly and that missed his bat’s edge. By that time, Jaiswal was already off balance and out of his crease. Mendis comfortably knocked off the bails.
IND 74/2 (6.1)
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19:29 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!
After leaking a lot of runs, Dilshan Madushanka has finally managed to take the wicket of Shubman Gill. It was a slower ball and Asitha Fernando too a fine catch a couple of steps behind mid-on.
IND 74/1 (6)
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19:22 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: SIX!
That was a slower short ball from Asitha Fernando and Yashasvi Jaiswal dispatched it over deep mid-wicket for a six. He pulled it away for an effortless six. A total of 15 runs came off the over.
IND 51/0 (4)
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19:17 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Review lost!
Sri Lanka have lost a review here. It was an appeal for LBW as Yashasvi Jaiswal missed his sweep shot on the bowling of Maheesh Theekshana. The ball hit him on the front pad. Umpire was unconvinced and Theekshana decided to go upstairs. The ball tracker found that it would have missed the off stump.
IND 36/0 (3)
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19:12 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: India off to flying start
Asitha Fernando has started his spell with a nine-run over. Yashasvi Jaiswal hit two fours in the over. On the first occasion, Jaiswal was lucky as an inside edge went past the wicketkeeper for four, while the second one came on the off side after Jaiswal got width on offer.
IND 22/0 (2)
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19:06 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: 3 Fours in first over
India have got three fours in the first over. Yashasvi Jaiswal kicked off the over of Dilshan Madushanka with a four before Shubman Gill too smashed two consecutive boundaries. 13 came off the over.
IND 13/0 (1)
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18:39 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Here are the playing XIs –
India: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka
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18:38 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: Four players miss out on India XI
“It (the pitch) looks good and it is fine to bat first. The brand of cricket remains the same. The relationship between me and him (Gambhir) have had for so many years is special. Dube, Samson, Khaleel and Washington are the four players to miss out. That (World Cup) is history, we start from scratch and it is a new challenge,” said India captain Suryakumar Yadav.
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18:37 (IST)
India vs Sri Lanka Live: 6 batters, 5 bowlers for Sri Lanka
“We are going to bowl first. It looks like a pretty good pitch and we want to see how it goes. We are going with 6-5 (batters-bowlers) combination. I want to give every player a specific roles and that’s why we are going with 5 bowlers. You can expect more wins and more consistency,” said Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka.
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18:34 (IST)
IND vs SL Live: Sri Lanka opt to bowl
Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka has won the toss and opted to bowl against India in first T20I of three-match series.
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