India vs Sri Lanka

India will field a new-look team under Hardik Pandya - much like they did in New Zealand - and plans could be afoot to identify players and try different ...

19.2 Axar to Karunaratne, no run, flatter and outside off, Karunaratne moves away and then allows it to pass. He thought it was a wide but it was clearly inside the marker. 19.4 Axar to Karunaratne, no run, this is turning into a cat and mouse contest. Ishan Kishan joins in and this must be about where to bowl because they can't do much about the field. 19.5 Axar to Karunaratne, out Rajitha Run Out!! I use the matchups really well and that's the reason we restricted India to 162. But Mavi, who had picked up the first two wickets, came back and broke the partnership and Umran followed it up with the big wicket of Shanaka a couple of overs later. I am coming on the back of domestic cricket and know how to target the spinners. If the same situation is there then yes, I have worked on my swing bowling and I have worked on that (inswinger), I am bowling in nets and I like bowling with the new ball. They lost a couple of wickets early and could not keep up with the asking rate, the impetus to the innings came when Shanaka walked out to the middle and started to send a few balls into the crowd, he was supported by Hasaranga and at that stage the visitors looked favorites. Hooda and Axar played a couple of cameos to get them to a par total and then the bowlers came to the party, led by debutant Shivam Mavi. Player of the Match: I try my best to practice according to the number I bat.

Team India's T20 is a fresh unit with top 3 players, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and K L Rahul, rested for the series. The Indian side is being led by ...

MOST READ BCCI in its update said that Arshdeep Singh wasn’t available for selection for the 1st T20I against Sri Lanka since he has still not fully recovered from his illness. The match will start after half an hour at 7.00 pm. this is a chasing ground but we want to put ourselves in more difficult situations generally in bilaterals." After the toss, Pandya said: "We were going to bat first. The Indian side is being led by all-rounder Hardik Pandya.

Hardik said he would have batted anyway because India wanted to challenge themselves in bilateral games.

It seemed all over with 29 required off the last two with two wickets in hand, but Harshal bowled an ordinary 19th over to let Sri Lanka back. When Hasaranga joined him with two successive slog-swept sixes off Yuzvendra Chahal in the 14th over, Sri Lanka were well and truly back with 56 needed off the last six. Kasun Rajitha and Madushanka closed out well but India managed 34 off the last three. Two curious events happened around the last ball of the 19th over. Hasaranga had one over at the death, and Hooda managed to pull one six off him too as he went flatter to get out of that over. Kishan got them off to a rollicking start, taking 26 off the first two overs, but then the masters went to work. Probably looking to get out of the spell, Theekshana dragged down an attempted wrong'un in the 16th over. Eventually Kishan, who had gone from 17 off 8 to 36 off 27, felt the need to slog-sweep everything. This seam-up delivery had come on slowly off the surface. Gill picked a carrom ball, but it landed on the leather to skid on with the angle to trap him lbw. Hooda and Axar then added 68 in 5.5 overs to take India to 162. On the same pitch, India found assistance for fast bowlers with Hardik Pandya joining debutant

India took a 1-0 lead in the series after defeating Sri Lanka by runs in the first T20I in Mumbai on Tuesday. Mavi impressed in his debut as he picked up ...

But Karunaratne couldn't get the job done as Rajitha and Madushanaka were run out to see Sri Lanka get all out for 160 runs and India took a 1-0 lead. Mavi would pick up his fourth wicket in the form of Theekshana as Sri Lanka's hopes started to fade. Kishan got to 37 runs but he was dismissed by Hasaranga with the score at 77 for four. However, Sri Lanka bounced back quickly as Mahesh Theekshana dismissed Shubman Gill, with just 27 runs on the board. Shivam Mavi impressed on his debut as he picked up four wickets for just 22 runs in his four overs. Sri Lanka won the toss in the match and put India to bat first.

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India, under Pandya, clinched a 1-0 series win against New Zealand in its last T20I assignment and the new-look squad will hope to keep the momentum going. After scraping through to the Super 12, it lost to Australia, New Zealand and England and crashed out of the tournament. The Men in Blue will be without its full-time skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul and will be led by Hardik Pandya.

India won their 1st T20I match against Sri Lanka in a final ball thriller. Captain Hardik Pandya gave a small injury scare in the second innings of the ...

[By India Today Web Desk](/author/india-today-web-desk): India captain Hardik Pandya gave a small injury in the 1st T20I match against South Africa in the three-match series, when he did not look comfortable while bowling his third over. "I want to put this team in difficult situations because it will help us in big games (on Axar bowling the last over). India won their 1st T20I match against Sri Lanka in a final ball thriller.

Match Details: Date: January 5, 2022. banner. Time: 7:00 PM IST. Venue: MCA Stadium, Pune. Ball-by-ball commentary: SportsTiger App. Match Preview:.

The Indian team is the favourite to win the second T20I against Sri Lanka in Pune. With a 1-0 lead in the series, the Men in Blue would hope to clinch the series in Pune. Then in the second innings, like the Sri Lankan bowlers, India also managed to produce a brilliant bowling display.

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He hopes to present a bird's eye view of the game, as he sees it, to the readers. Rohit is a cricket enthusiast striving to convey the finer details of the game in a capsule. Hasaranga has a terrific record in T20I cricket with 86 wickets in 52 matches at 6.67 rpo, striking every 13 balls. The men in blue are without Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer. Several reports suggest that the Indian cricket team could be moving away from the old guard under the leadership of Hardik Pandya, keeping in mind the next T20 World Cup. Edging Sri Lanka by two runs on a difficult wicket, India go into the second game with a 1-0 lead.

After a nail-biting win in a final ball thriller at the Wankhede Stadium, Hardik Pandya can seal his first series victory on home soil when he leads Team ...

The Lankan batting department though will have to find a way to convert their starts with only captain Dasun Shanaka (45 off 27 balls) capitalising in the first game. Sri Lanka’s spinners asked quite a few questions of the Indian batters and they’ll be hoping for more of the same when they meet at the MCA stadium which is known to offer some good turn. Ruturaj Gaikwad lies waiting in the flanks for his opportunity but it’s expected that Gill will be given a fair run to settle in the side. Shubman Gill (7 off 5 balls), another player who made his T20I debut in the game, looked tentative and will be eager to showcase his ability in this game. Shivam Mavi, making his T20I debut for India, picked up a wicket in every over he bowled, finishing with impressive figures of 4/22 to help reel in the visitors. However, Deepak Hooda (41 not-out off 23 balls) and Axar Patel (31 not-out off 20 balls) stitched together a vital 68-run partnership to give their bowlers something to defend.