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The bowler draws the batsman to play the shot as the ball beats the defence of Nuwanidu. Runs are coming thick and fast and the partnership is inching towards the 50-run mark with both batsmen playing to the merit of the ball and punishing anything that is bowled on the pads and wide of the off-stump. Shami has been bowling consistently on the off-stump line, posing questions to the batsmen and is looking threatening. By the way, Sri Lanka has lost 5/22 in no time and Kuldeep has a chance to pick a five-wicket haul. Siraj has the ability to produce an early breakthrough and has once again given India the perfect start. Kuldeep to Rajitha and he slams it for four, with this Sri Lanka breaches the 200-run mark in the 38th over. A quick slider by Axar and de Silva misses it and the ball goes straight to the stumps. The runs aren’t coming thick and fast after the fall of Hasaranga and India will look to pick three more wickets and bowl out Sri Lanka below 200. First, he starts with a well-aimed short ball to Wellalage, who tries to punch it over point but Axar was well placed at the backward point to cover the ground and he does it by catching the ball to remove Wellalage. Top shot from Rohit and Sri Lanka needs wickets to stay alive in the series. There is plenty of luxury for the Indian batsmen as the target isn’t mammoth and they will look to chase down the total but presently they need a partnership. Gill isn’t far behind and is relying on pure timing as he gets his wrists into play and runs the ball through the square for a boundary.

Rahul scored an unbeaten 64 off 103 balls on a difficult track as India chased down a modest target of 216 in 43.2 overs.

He needed one good stand and in vice-captain Hardik Pandya (36) he got an able ally as they put up 75 runs. [KL Rahul](https://www.outlookindia.com/topic/kl-rahul) made amends for his poor run of form as he anchored India's series-clinching four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second ODI with a dogged 64 on a tricky Eden Gardens track. "The good thing about batting at No. When Sri Lanka started, I thought it was a 280-300 wicket," Rahul said after the match. Rohit took a faint edge behind the stumps to be dismissed by Karunaratne. 5 was never in tearing hurry as he anchored the chase to perfection.

India's Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj wreaked havoc with the ball as the hosts completed a four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka to triumph in the One-Day ...

Rahul and Hardik Pandya (36) put on 75 for the fifth wicket to see India get within sight of their target, with Rahul hanging on until the end to take them over the finish line. Kuldeep (3-51) wrecked Sri Lanka's top and middle order, taking the wickets of Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka and Dasun Shanaka before Siraj (3-30) joined the party to finish off the visitors. India's Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj wreaked havoc with the ball as the hosts completed a four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka to triumph in the One-Day International series with a game to spare at Eden Gardens on Thursday.

Sri Lanka paid the price for a batting collapse in the second ODI, as India wrapped up the series with one match to play.

Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav's inspired bowling and an unbeaten half-century by KL Rahul helped India down Sri Lanka by four wickets to clinch a series ...

It's different to what I do in other formats but it keeps me on my toes and I like the challenge." "Whatever opportunities I get, I try to do my best and back my abilities. They were batting run-a-ball and Kuldeep, as we've seen quite often, comes and gets the wicket. He said he needed "a little bit of work on my wicketkeeping and lot of work on batting in the middle order." I don't think too much about it," he said. "For him to come back and play the game he played today, it was fantastic," said Rohit of his man of the match performer.

KL Rahul's unbeaten 64 helped India down Sri Lanka by four wickets to clinch a series victory in the second one-day international in Kolkata on Thursday.

Karunaratne broke through with the wicket of Hardik, for 36, and Axar was dismissed for 21 to increase the tension. Nuwanidu put on 73 runs for the second wicket with Kusal Mendis before Kuldeep, replacing Yuzvendra Chahal as the only change in the team, broke through. The hosts took an unassailable 2-0 series lead, with the third match to be played on Sunday in Thiruvananthapuram.

Sensible batting from KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya ensured the hosts recovered from the early setback to complete the chase. The wicketkeeper batsmen scored 64* ...