India vs Sri Lanka Highlights, 1st T20I at Colombo: India Win by 38 Runs
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st T20 at Colombo: India won the ODI series 2-1 and will look to continue their winning ways.
- Cricketnext Staff
- July 25, 2021, 23:40 IST
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka: India 51-2 in 6.1 overs. WICKET - Sanju Samson lbw Hasaranga 27 (20).
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka. INDIA WIN BY 38 RUNS. Sri Lanka 126 all out in 18.3 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar ends with four wickets, a few easy ones towards the end. Deepak Chahar got 2 while the other bowlers got one each. Only Asalanka made a fighting innings, otherwise it was a disappointing show by SL batsmen. India 1, Sri Lanka 0.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score. SL 124 for 8 in 17.4 overs. Dasun Shanaka st Ishan Kishan b Varun Chakravarthy. Beaten by one that bounces more, smart stumping by Ishan Kishan. Maiden international wicket for Varun.
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka. SL 122 for 7 in 17 overs. WICKET - Karunaratne b Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Slogs and gets an inside edge onto the stumps. 43 from 18 needed. Can they?
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India vs Sri Lanka live score. Sri Lanka 111 for 6 in 15.5 overs. WICKET - Hasaranga b Deepak Chahar 0 (2). Slogs and misses. Chahar has killed SL's hopes in this over. SL need a huge effort from here.
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka. SL 111 for 5 in 15.3 overs. Asalanka c Shaw b Chahar 44 (26). Slower ball, slogged to deep mid wicket. Long boundary and he can't clear it this time. Ends a top innings. India on top now.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score. SL 107 for 4 in 15 overs, chasing 165. SL need 58 in 30. Chahal has finished his spell of 4-0-19-1. Varun Chakravararthy was hit for 14 in his last over. Asalanka is keeping SL in the game, on 44 off 25 now.
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka. SL 90-4 in 13 overs, chasing 165. WICKET - Bandara b Hardik Pandya 9 (19). Bandara's struggle ends. Slower ball, he looks to slog across and misses it completely. Hardik has success finally.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score: SL 82 for 3 in 12 overs, chasing 165. Asalanka hits Varun Chakravarathy for a six in his second over, but he bounces back to bowl a good over. India still on top.
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Ind vs SL live score, India 64-3 in 10 overs. Hardik Pandya's first ball has been smashed for a six. He is having an off day. Sri Lanka are fighting, but Yuzi Chahal is bowling really well.
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Ind vs SL live score, India 50-3 in 7.1 overs. WICKET - Avishka Fernando c Samson b Bhuvneshwar 26 (23). Set batsman gone. Whips a delivery from middle stump straight to deep square leg. Easy catch. SL losing their way.
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka: SL 48 for 2 in 6.2 overs. WICKET - Dhananjaya de Silva b Chahal 9 (10). Terrific ball. Pitches middle and turns a little past the defensive shot, hits the top of the stumps. India pulling it back well.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score: SL 46-1 in 6 overs. Varun Chakravarathy bowls a good first over on debut, just two runs from it. India have kept SL in check.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score: SL 44 for 1 in 5 overs. Avishka Fernando is on song. He's giving Sri Lanka a quick start. And Dhananjaya joins in too; skips down and smashes Krunal down the ground for a four to end the fifth over.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score: SL 23-1 in 2.3 overs, chasing 165. WICKET - Bhanuka c Suryakumar b Krunal Pandya 10 (7). This time he's caught at cover. Krunal strikes in his first over. Good captaincy from Shikhar Dhawan to bring spin so early.
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka: SL 20-0 in 2 overs, chasing 165. CATCH DROPPED. Bhanuka dropped on 5 by Hardik Pandya off Deepak Chahar. Simple catch at extra cover. Nothing going Hardik's way. Next ball, Chahar thinks he has Fernando caught behind but he's saved on review. No edge.
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka, SL 10 - 0 in 1 over, India 164. Bhuvneshwar Kumar with a costly first over. India have a wayward start and Sri Lanka begin on a high. Aided by a boundary off the edge.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score: India 164 for 5 in 20 overs. Sri Lanka have done really well to restrict India. India looked poised for a lot more but Sri Lanka conceded only 43 in the last five. Still a decent total, so let's see how SL batters perform.
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Ind vs SL live score: India 155 for 5 in 19 overs. Hardik Pandya caught behind for 10 off 12. Is his form a concern for India now? He just couldn't get going. Ishan Kishan trying to power India towards 170.
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka. India 147 for 4 in 18 overs. Hardik Pandya is unable to get going but Ishan Kishan is doing a decent job. India aiming a strong finish.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score: India 127 for 4 in 15.2 overs. WICKET - Suryakumar Yadav c Mendis b Hasaranga 50 (34). Out immediately after fifty. He got to his fifty with a six and fell next ball, mistiming one to long off.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score: India 113 for 3 in 14.1 overs. WICKET - Shikhar Dhawan c Bandara b Karunaratna 46 (36). Slogs at a leg side ball and finds deep square leg. It's raining at the moment and Dhawan took the chance only to fall in the end. Good bowling from Sri Lanka. The pressure worked.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score: India 113 for 2 in 14 overs. India are keeping the scoreboard ticking but unable to connect the big ones properly. Sri Lanka mixing up the bowling well. Isuru Udana with a decent over in the 14th, only 8 runs.
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Ind vs SL live: India 101 - 2 in 12 overs. Shikhar Dhawan has decided to take the attack to Sri Lanka. A six and a four in that over from Akila Dananjaya. The partnership between these two is now 50.
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Ind vs SL live score: India 78-2 in 10 overs. Suryakumar Yadav with a couple of boundaries against Hasaranga, winning the battle for now. India have a decent platform now. Can they kick on?
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka: India 59-2 in 8 overs. Sri Lanka slipping in a couple of quiet overs. Only 8 runs in the two overs after Power Play. Hasaranga has been a star, has three overs left. Him vs SKY is the contest to watch.
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka: India 51-2 in 6.1 overs. WICKET - Sanju Samson lbw Hasaranga 27 (20). Plays all around this off-spinner and misses it. Looked to flick but didn't connect. Plumb in front. Hasaranga strikes first ball. Samson out after a start again.
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India vs Sri Lanka live score: India 51-1 in 6 overs. 16 runs from Akila Dananjaya's over. Samson with a monstrous straight six in the first ball. India have got to a decent score at the end of the Power Play.
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Live score India vs Sri Lanka: India 35-1 in 5 overs. A confident catch appeal from Sri Lanka in the first ball of the fifth over. Samson had smashed it to extra cover, but it went on the bounce. The fielder thought he had taken it, but replays showed he hadn't.
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Ind vs SL live score: India 29-1 in 4 overs. Almost a wicket in the fourth over. Sanju Samson survives a run out chance on 10. The keeper ran across swiftly and picked up the ball but couldn't hit direct to prevent the quick single. Sri Lanka have already got spin on, Akila Dananjaya bowled that over and conceded two boundaries to Dhawan.
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Ind vs SL live: India 16-1 in 2.1 overs. Shikhar Dhawan with a boundary in the second over to take on the bowling. Sanju Samson does the same in the first ball of the third over. Intent.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st T20 at Colombo: Suryakumar Yadav made a half century as India posted 164 for 5 in their 20 overs after being put in to bat. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 126 in 18.3 overs.
Shikhar Dhawan speaks ahead of the match (PTI)
India captain Shikhar Dhawan said the team management will try out new faces but only if they fit into the best playing XI during the upcoming three-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka, starting here on Sunday. Like India blooded as many as five newcomers in the final ODI, Dhawan indicated on Saturday that he is not averse to experimenting with new men like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Varun Chakravarthy and Devdutt Padikkal in the coming games, but series win will remain a priority.
“New guys definitely have the opportunity to play. We have to win the series. In the last ODI, there was a good opportunity to give some youngsters a chance and give them a taste of international cricket, because we had already won the series,” Dhawan told mediapersons ahead of the first game.
“Now it’s a new series, so we will of course go in with our best XI first. We will try to win the first two matches, and then according to the situation, we can experiment in the last game if needed,” Dhawan said.
However, he agreed that the IPL has made these youngsters ready for international cricket.
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“Of course they are ready, that’s why they are here. As you saw, youngsters have performed so well in the ODI series, so they’ll be taking that confidence ahead in the T20I series. You will see them perform really well.
“As a team, we have created an amazing environment over here. Really looking forward to do well as a team. Not just the youngsters, even the senior players are looking forward to it.”
The changes in the team will be as per the situation.
“It’s going to be decided according to the situation. As I said, if we win two matches, then we have options to play any combination we want to. Otherwise, our main goal is to play the best XI to win the series.
“That’s our first priority. After that, if we can seal it like we did in the ODIs, we can think of experimenting.”
He also feels that the current Sri Lankan team has shown a marked improvement through the ODI series.
“I think the competition will be good. You saw the Sri Lankan team improve a lot in the last two matches. They played really well and they are a good team, with a lot of youngsters.
“So I think it will make for a good contest between the two teams. We have both already played three matches now, so both teams know each others’ strengths and weaknesses. That’s a good thing, and it will add to the challenge (of the series).”
On a personal note, Dhawan knows that even he is auditioning for a place in the T20 World Cup side.
“It is very important. Of course, any international match has its own impact, and whenever you perform internationally it makes a huge impact.
“So, on a personal note, I am really looking forward to perform over here and make my place more stronger for the World Cup. Then we’ll see how it goes in the future.”
We haven’t been intimated yet about players leaving for UK
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The skipper said that the team’s strategy will be prepared keeping both Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav in mind as they haven’t received any formal intimation from the BCCI about their leaving the team.
“We haven’t received any news like that yet. If the BCCI, or the management tell us this, then we’ll know. So far, we haven’t received any news about this, so we don’t need to think of changing our strategy,” Dhawan said.
But he did agree that Suryakumar could be an useful player in red ball format, too, if he gets a chance.
“He’s batting very well, whether it’s ODIs or T20Is. He has vast experience of domestic cricket too, and he’s a very mature player.
“Of course if he gets an opportunity, if the selectors think he should be in the Test team, he’s a very well-equipped technical batsman. He’s a smart batsman, smart thinker of the game. So I’m sure he’ll do very well in any format.”
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