IND vs SL 2nd T20: India won the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. In the second match played at Pallekele, they won by 7 wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. This is the first series win for Team India under the new coach Gautam Gambhir. Suryakumar Yadav and Gautam Gambhir started off the chase brilliantly. By this victory India has take a lead of 2-0 in the series. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to field first. Sri Lanka scored 161 / 9 in 20 overs. India were set a target of 78 to win in 8 overs. India 81 / 3 in 6.3 overs.
India's dominance in T20Is
India are unbeaten in 6 consecutive bilateral series. They lost the series against West Indies in 2023. After this, Team India defeated Ireland and Australia in the T20 series. The series against South Africa ended in a draw. They then defeated Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. During the same period, India also ended their ICC trophy drought by losing a single match in the T20 World Cup in the United States-West Indies.
Sanju Samson is clean bowled in the second over.
For India, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets each. All three of them ensured India's victory. Sanju Samson, who replaced injured Shubman Gill, failed to open his account. He was clean bowled in the second over. After that, Surya supported Yashasvi to bat.
Hardik Pandya hits the winning runs
The duo took the team past the 50-run mark. Surya fell to Mathisha Pathirana on the second ball of the fifth over. Dasun Shanaka took him on. He returned to the pavilion on the fourth ball of the sixth over. Wanindu Hasaranga caught him by Shanaka. He scored 30 runs off 15 balls. He hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. Rishabh Pant scored 2 off 2 balls and Hardik Pandya scored 22 off 9 balls. Hardik Pandya hits a boundary off Pathan.
Sri Lanka 15 runs from the over.
Sri Lanka batted first. They scored 80 / 2 in 9.3 overs. Pathum Nissanka scored 32 runs and Kusal Mendis scored 10 runs. From there, Kusal Perera and Kamindu Mendis took charge of the innings and took the team to 130 for 2 in 15 overs. From here, the Lankan team was expected to reach close to 200 runs. The Indian bowlers came back strongly in the 16th over. Hardik Pandya dismissed Kamindu Mendis and Kusal Perera in the same over. Mendis scored 26 runs and Perera scored 53 runs.
Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets.
In the next over, Ravi Bishnoi cleaned up Dasun Shanaka and Wanindu Hasaranga off consecutive balls. Both the batsmen failed to open their account. Arshdeep dismissed captain Charith Asalanka (14 runs) in the 19th over. In the last over, Axar Patel dismissed Mahish Tikshina (2) and Ramesh Mendis (12). For India, Ravi Bishnoi took 3 wickets. Hardik, Arshdeep and Axar took 2 wickets each.