India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I:
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss, which was delayed by about 50 minutes due to rain, and chose to bowl first in their second T20I against Sri Lanka in Pallekele. The match was scheduled to start at 7pm IST but light showers led to the match having to be delayed to 7.45pm IST. Shubman Gill, who along with Yashasvi Jaiswal had got India off to a blistering start in the first T20I, is unavailable for this game and India have replaced him with Sanju Samson. …Read More
India had won the first T20I by 43 runs and are looking to seal a series win. Suryakumar Yadav started his time as India’s full-time T20I captain with a player-of-the-match performance in Pallekele. His 58 off 26 balls helped India beat Sri Lanka by 43 runs in the first T20I and the world champions now have a chance at sealing a win in the three-match series if they win today.
SKY’s half-century and a blistering opening stand from Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal helped India get to a score of 214 batting first. It looked like Sri Lanka were giving the chase a right hot go for the first 13 overs. Pathum Nissanka led their charge with a 48-ball 79. However, the hosts’s challenge fell apart entirely after Nissaknka was dismissed by Axar Patel in the 15th over. Sri Lanka went from being 140/1 at the start of the 15th over 163/7 by the 18th. Riyan Parag reeled off the last wickets off the first two balls of the last over and India won by 43 runs.
India had positives to take from the first T20I in almost all departments. While it is usually Yashasvi Jaiswal doing the attacking and Gill holding up the other end, runs came from both batters during the belligerent opening stand. Jaiswal scored 40 in 21 balls and Gill smashed 34 in 16 as they put up a partnership of 74 runs in just 36 balls. While India lost wickets quickly in the death overs, they also scored a lot of runs, testified by the fact that Matheesha Pathirana conceded 40 runs while taking four wickets.
With the ball, an unlikely wicket-taker emerged in the form of Riyan Parag. He got the wicket of Kamindu Mendis in the 17th over and then dismissed the last Sri Lankan batters off the first two balls of the last over. He finished with figures of 3/5 in 1.2 overs.
That was also Gautam Gambhir’s first match as head coach of the Indian team and he would be trying to make sure that there are no shocks today. Sri Lanka showed glimpses of the talent they possessed but India are a formidable side simply because of the calmness they seem to exhibit under pressure.
Highlights around India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I:
– Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to bowl first
– Toss was delayed by rain
– India won the first T20I by 43 runs
– Suryakumar Yadav won player of the match in his first match as T20I captain
– India are looking to seal their first series win with Gautam Gambhir as head coach
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July 28, 2024 8:26 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Perera continues to attack
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Ravi Bishnoi bowls the first over after powerplay. Nissanka off strike first ball and then Perera latches on to a dragged down third ball, sends it between deep mid and wide long-on for a four.
July 28, 2024 8:19 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Powerplay done, and the ground staff moving around
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: The ground staff are positioning themselves by the covers, which is never a good sign.
IND vs SL Live Score: Sri Lanka 54/1 in 6 overs
July 28, 2024 8:17 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: 14 runs in the fifth!
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Kusal Perera has the bit between his teeth. Four runs off the first three balls from the fifth, for which Siraj returns. Then Perera pulls the fourth ball over the square boundary. Then he hits the next ball past mid-on for a four. Perera is on 18 off eight, Nissanka is on 15 off 11.
IND vs SL Live Score: Sri Lanka 45/1 in 5 overs
July 28, 2024 8:05 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: OUT! Arshdeep gets the breakthrough!
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: He did it yesterday and he does it today as well. Kusal Mendis falls to Arshdeep Singh and there is the first wicket for India. Slower one from Arshdeep, back of a length off cutter wide outside off. Mendis miscues his shot and Bishnoi moves to his left from mid-on to take the catch.
Mendis c Ravi Bishnoi b Arshdeep Singh 10 (11)
IND vs SL Live Score: Sri Lanka 26/1 in 3.3 overs
July 28, 2024 7:55 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Kusal spoils what could’ve been a good over….
India vs. Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs. SL 2nd T20I: Arshdeep starts off with a wide as well but then follows that up with a good length delivery on the middle. Nissanka works it through point for a single. There are two more singles in that over and then two back-to-back dots to Kusal. Mendis then sends the last ball over mid-on to the boundary for a four, and that makes it eight off the over.
IND vs SL Live Score: Sri Lanka 18/0 in 2 overs
July 28, 2024 7:53 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: 10 runs in the first over
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Siraj starts off with a wide down the leg side. He then bowls short wide outside off and Nissanka sends it through the covers for a four. Siraj comes back two dots and then Nissanka gets off strike. Kusal then sends the first ball he faces to long leg for a four and then a dot.
July 28, 2024 7:44 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: The players walk out!
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Allright then, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis open for Sri Lanka. Mohammed Siraj has the ball in his hands for India.
July 28, 2024 7:33 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Ramesh Mendis returns for SL
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: He last played a T20I three years ago. Sri Lanka have three players called “Mendis” today.
Sri Lanka XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando
July 28, 2024 7:22 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Gill has a niggle, Samson replaces him
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: SKY says that Gill woke up with a neck spasm and is sitting this one out.
India XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj
July 28, 2024 7:16 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: TOSS ALERT!
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Suryakumar Yadav wins the toss and India are bowling first
July 28, 2024 7:10 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Rishabh Pant’s troubles
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Rishabh Pant maybe the first choice wicketkeeper but no position can be taken for granted in Indian cricket. He had scored 49 off 33, struggling to connect for much of his innings. This comes after a tail off in his performances in the T20 World Cup after he had made a good start. There is the belligerent Sanju Samson waiting in the wings and so Pant would be very much on his toes.
July 28, 2024 6:54 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: TOSS AT 7.15PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: And the match will start at 7.45pm IST. The ground is bone dry, thanks to the famously efficient ground staff that we find in every ground of Sri Lanka.
July 28, 2024 6:53 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: The covers are off, the players are on
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Unfortunately, though, those players are in their training kits instead of their game jerseys. We can see some Indian playere jogging around the grounds, coaching staffs of both teams are out there as well. The ground is nice and alive.
July 28, 2024 6:45 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Rain has stopped
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: The outfield covers have been taken off as well. The square and the pitch remain covered but it does look like the ground staff is preparing to take them off as well. All looking good so far.
July 28, 2024 6:31 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: TOSS DELAYED DUE TO RAIN!
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Well it is drizzling in different parts of Kandy and it is the same at the stadium. It isn’t to bad though but the covers are yet to be taken off. Stay tuned for more updates.
July 28, 2024 6:24 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: India stunned in Dambula!
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: This is just in, it is not all good news for India in sports today. Sri Lanka have thrashed Harmanpreet Kaur’s India by eight wickets to win their maiden Women’s Asia Cup title. How about that for an unexpected result.
July 28, 2024 6:09 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Shubman Gill switches a gear
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Usually Shubman Gill is the man who hangs back while Yashasvi Jaiswal does the attacking while they open for India but not on Saturday. Gill finished his innigns with a strike rate of 212.50, while Jaiswal finished on 190.47. Gill hit six fours and an elegant six downtown in his 16-ball 34.
July 28, 2024 5:55 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Jaiswal and Gill’s powerplay bash
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill smashed 11 fours and three sixes between them. There was no respite for Sri Lanka as both batters made the most of any loose deliveries they got, and they got a lot of those.
July 28, 2024 5:32 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Nissanka vs Axar
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Axar Patel ending Pathum Nissanka’s innings was one of the turning points of the match yesterday. Another early duel between Pathum Nissanka and Axar Patel is on the cards. The left-arm spinner has dismissed the Sri Lankan opener twice in 23 balls in T20Is, including in the series opener. Nissanka did take him on in the PowerPlay in the first T20I on his way to a big score.
July 28, 2024 5:20 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Thunderstorms expected before the match
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: There are some thunderstorms expected to hit Pallekele before the match starts in the afternoon. They are all expected to clear out though. There were some foreboding clouds over the hills before the match yesterday, remember, but absolutely no trouble with the rain at all. Expect the same today.
July 28, 2024 5:08 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Siraj has the wood on Mendis
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Kusal Mendis may have fallen to Arshdeep Singh in the last match but it is Mohammed Siraj who has been his chief tormentor. Before yesterday, the Sri Lankan opener had been dismissed four times in 29 deliveries from Siraj. He faced just three balls from the pacer in the first T20I and came away unscathed, but Siraj will be gunning for another face-off on Sunday.
July 28, 2024 4:48 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Suryakumar’s incredible record vs Sri Lanka
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: His half-century yesterday was his third 50-plus score against Sri Lanka in T20Is. Suryakumar has 312 runs in six matches against Sri Lanka at a strike rate of 167.74 with three half-centuries and a century.
July 28, 2024 4:31 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Sri Lanka full squad
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka, Avishka Fernando, Binura Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Dunith Wellalage, Chamindu Wickramasinghe
July 28, 2024 4:27 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: India full squad
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Khaleel Ahmed, Shivam Dube
July 28, 2024 4:16 PM IST
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Hello and welcome!
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd T20I: There was good news for India from Paris with Manu Bhaker opening the medal account for the country at the 2024 Olympics. Good news also seems to be in store from Dambulla where the women’s team are dominating the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka. Upto the men’s cricket team now to keep up the so-far-so-good Sunday. Stay tuned for more updates.
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