IND vs SL, 2nd T20I LIVE: India Lose, Dhananjaya Helps SL Cross The Line In Colombo, Series Level 1-1
SL Vs IND 2nd T20I: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field in Colombo. India makes many changes in the side. Keep following this space for Live Updates.
Sanjay Manjrekar says Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakravarthy and Sakariya are the important bowlers for India.
133 runs is not a big score even considering the slow nature of today's pitch.
SL will be happy but India has a lot of bowlers and will be up for a challenge.
Nitish Rana perishes.
The young guns have failed to fire today in the 2nd T20I.
Colombo: The pitch at R Premadasa Stadium has played in favour of bowlers so far. The Indian batsmen failed to convert a good start into a decent score.
India has scored 128 runs in 19 overs which is pretty average.
The number of slower deliveries the bowlers have bowled in this match is unparalleled. It's been difficult to score runs on this slow pitch at Premadasa Stadium.
Colombo: Disappointing innings of 7 runs for Sanju Samson.
After 17 overs, IND - 107/4
Colombo: India is going just below a run a ball as of 9.1 overs.
IND VS SL T20I: Ruturaj Gaikwad gets out after giving a decent start. Although he struggled with the bat as the ball didn't come on very well.
Padikkal has walked into bat.
After 9 overs, India's score is 54/1
India going at run a ball. The run flow has gone down drastically.
After 4 overs, India has got a steady start.
Captain Dhawan has scored 16 while Gaikwad is on 13.
Colombo: Steady start for India in the 2nd T20I. Shikhar Dhawan and Ruturaj Gaikwad have scored 31 runs in 3.4 overs.
Colombo: India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I will be underway in some time now. 8 pm to be precise.
Welcome to the LIVE Updates of SL Vs IND
Background
Colombo: The second T20I that was postponed after Krunal Pandya was tested Covid-19 positive is taking place on 28 July from 8 pm IST. There were doubts about the game taking place after Krunal Pandya was found Covid-19 positive. Even though the match will take place as per schedule, seven Indian players will miss the match for being in close proximity with Krunal Pandya.
The seven players to miss the series are Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Chahar, Manish Pandey, Ishan Kishan, and K Gowtham.
Net bowlers Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh, have been included as regular members of the squad but none of them got selected in the playing XI.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field first. Shikhar Dhawan said that he would have batted first anyway. The India captain said, "There are four debutants. Lots of changes due to obvious reasons. We're all looking forward to this. We're street-fighters and ready to face the challenges."
"The second T20I between Sri Lanka and India originally scheduled to be played on July 27 has been pushed forward by a day and will now take place on Wednesday, July 28," the BCCI had said in a statement on Tuesday.
India Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w), Nitish Rana, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakravarthy
Sri Lanka Playing XI: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dasun Shanaka(c), Ramesh Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera
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