Team India completely Sri Lanka in the second T20I of the three-match series at the Holkar Stadium in Indore after the first game being washed out in Guwahati and took an unassailable 1-0 lead. After winning the toss, the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli decided to bowl first citing the dew factor. Both teams announced unchanged XIs. 

Sri Lanka didn’t have the expected as their openers, Danushka Gunathikla and Avishka Fernando only managed to add 38 runs for the first wicket before the latter getting dismissed by Washington Sundar in the fifth over. After that, the Islanders never managed to stitch a partnership as they kept on losing the wicket at regular intervals.

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Surprisingly, Kohli handed the ball to Kuldeep in the 12th over of the innings when they were already reeling at 75/2. However, on the very first ball of his spell, Yadav was smashed by Kusal Perera for a six and he got the wicket of the Oshada Fernando on the third ball of the over as Rishabh Pant affected an easy stumping.

In his second over, Kuldeep again got smashed for a six on the very first ball by Perera but this time he managed to take the revenge by dismissing teh batsman on the very next ball which reduced the visitors to 97/4. Sri Lanka never managed to get back to the game after that as in the 19th over, Shardul Thakur got three wickets and they only managed to reach a total of 142/9 in their quota of 20 overs.

During the chase, the Indian openers, KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan came out all guns blazing as they added as many as 71 runs for the opening wicket. However, Rahul was dismissed by Wanindu Hasranga in the 10th over and Dhawan was dismissed by the same bowler in his next over.

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After Dhawan’s dismissal, Kohli along with Shreyas Iyer added 51 runs in just 35 balls, but the latter got out in the 18th ver with just 6 runs required. However, the Indian skipper finished the things off in style by smashing Lahiru Kumara for a six over the fine-leg boundary. India chased won the total with 7 wickets in hand and 15 balls to spare.

Brief scores:

India – 144/3 in 17.3 overs (KL Rahul: 45, S Iyer: 34; W Hasranga: 2/30)  defeated Sri Lanka – 142/9 in 20 overs (K Perera 34; S Thakur: 3/23, N Saini2/18) by 7 wickets and 15 balls to spare

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