IND Vs SL, 2nd T20I Highlights: India Beat Sri Lanka By Seven Wickets, Lead Series 2-0

The second India vs Sri Lanka T20I starts at 7 pm IST, with the toss scheduled at 6:30 pm. (Scorecard | Streaming)

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka,ꦗ Avishka Fernando, Binura Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Dunith Wellalage, Chamindu Wickramasinghe.

India: 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.

The toss has been delayed due to wet outfield because of the heavy rain before. The covers are off and umpires wil♕l announce the timings for th♋e toss soon.

The rain h🐈as stopped and players are out on the ground. The toss will happen at 7:15 pm IST and the match will start at 7:4🙈5 pm IST.

India won the toss and opt to bowl first

Playing XIs:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rishabh Pant(w), 🀅Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bi♛shnoi, Mohammed Siraj

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kuౠsal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Das๊un Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando

Both teams have one change from what playing XIs they played yesterday. For India, Shubman Gill has been rested due to a neck spasm and Sanju Samson will take his place. Sri Lanka have bench♒ed Dilshan Madushanka and Ramesh Mendis is playing in his place.

Mohammed Siraj opened the bowling attack of India as the Sri Lankan pair of Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis opened the batting. Siraj started with a wide, 🗹then⛎ conceded a boundary. He leaked 10 runs from the first over.

SL - 10/0 (1)

Af🥃ter conceding two boundaries in his first over, Siraj came to bowl the third over and he bowled beautiful deliveries and gave just three singles.

SL - 21/0 (3)

Arshdeep Singh continued his attack from one end and was hit for a boundary on the first deliv💙ery of his second over. Then he got rid of Kusal Mendis by getting him caught by Ravi Bishnoi. Kusal Perera is the new batter at the crease.

SL - 31/1 (4)

Axar Patel was introduced into the attack in the sixth over and he was welcomed with a couple of boundaries by Nissanka. Rishabh Pant was very excited during an LBW appeal which led to India losing one of their DRS. Nine runs came from the ♏over as Sri Lanka crossed the 50-run mark inside the powerplay.

SL - 54/1 (6)

Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera have managed to build a partnership after the early dismissal of Kusal Mendis. Both batters have🅠 managed to extract boundaries in most of the overs. India need a breakthrough here.

SL - 71/1 (8)

Ravi Bishnoi was called back 🔯into the attack and he dismissed Pathum Nissanka with a plumb LBW. Kamindu Mendis is the new batter at the crease.

SL - 80/2 (10)

After a successful over which got the wicket of Pathum Nissanka, Ravi Bishnoi came to bowl the 12th over and he leaked 11 runs the over. Kusal Perera hiඣt a couple of bou🐻ndaries in the over.

SL - 99/2 (12)

Hardik Pandya was introduced into the attack in the 14t🌌h over and he conceded 15 runs that included four wide deliveries and a six, with the help of which Kusal Perera completed his fifty.

SL - 123/2 (14)

Hardik Pandya continued his attack from one end and removed the set batter Kamindu Mendis on the first delivery of his second over. Charith Asalank꧒a came and smashed a six but Pandya dismissed the half-centurion Kusal Perera on the last delivery of the over.

SL - 139/4 (16)

Raviಌ Bishnoi came to bowl the 17th over and he dismissed Dasun Shanaka and Wanindu Hasaranga on successive deliveries to put Sri Lanka under pressure▨.

SL - 142/6 (17)

Arshdeep Singh came to bowl the 19th over and got rid of the Sri Lankan captain Charith Asalanka on the 4th delivery. He co𒀰nceded only six runs from the o🎉ver.

SL - 153/7 (19)

Axar Patel bowled the final over andﷺ conceded just eight runs including a six. He also grabbed a couple of wickets in the over. Now, India need 162 runs to win the match and clinch the series.

SL - 161/9 (20)

Brief Score: SL - 161/9 (20)

Kusal Perera - 53 (34), Pathum Nissanka - 32 (24) | Ravi Bishnoi -ﷺ (4-0-26-3)

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samsꦛon opened the batti✨ng for India and Dasun Shanaka came to bowl the first over.

Just after th🐭e third delivery of the first over which went for a boundary, it started raining. The players rushed to their pavilli♊ons stopping the match.

IND - 6/0 (0.3)

The rain has stopped completely and the covers have also been removed. Now, th👍e umpires will have to check the conditions. Stay tuned for further updates.

It has started raining heavily and the covers are called baᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚck again. The umpires are inspecting the fiel🐬d with both captains. Stay tuned for further updates.

Now, India need 78 runs to win in eight overs. Each bowler can bowl a maximum of two overs. Powerplay is of two overs. T🧜he match will resume soon.

The opening duo of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson restarted the batting and Jaiswal managed to get six runs to finish the over w🍎ith 12 runs from it.

IND - 12/0 (1)

Sanju Samson was bowled on the very first delivery he faced. Maheesh Theekshana bowled beautifully and conceded just two runs fro🎉m the over.

IND - 14/1 (2)

Yashasvi Jaiswal started with a six then a f♑our to collect 10 runs off the first two balls off Wanindu Hasaranga's over. SKY managed to hit another boundary in the over.

IND - 30/1 (3)

Ma𝓰heesh Theekshana came to bowlꦡ the 4th over and Suryakumar Yadav welcomed him with a hat-trick of fours.

IND - 45/1 (4)

Suryakumar Yadav started the over with a bang but lost his wicket on the next delivery. Hardik Pandya is the new batter at th▨e crease. India need 24 runs off 18 balls.

IND - 54/2 (5)

Hardik Pandya started the 6th over with a four and ended with a massive six. But Yashasvi Jaiswal lost hi🌃s wicket on the fourth delivery after he hit a six.

IND - 72/3 (6)

Hardik Pandya smashed back-to-back boundaries off Matheesha Pathirana's over to win the match with nine 🎃balls and seven wickets to spare.

IND - 81/3 (6.3)

The pitch was a little🌌 different from yesterday. It was turning a bit. Today, in the first innings it was helping the spinners. I stick to my plans. I j✱ust love bowling the wrong 'uns. It's a good responsibility to have (to bowl in the death), it means the captain and the management trust in me.

I am really disappointed with the way we batཧted at the death. We must really improve. This pitch, when the ball gets older, it gets tough to bat. As professional cricketers, we have to do better. We were behind by 15-18 runs. Weather also played its part. It's not easy to bowl 8 overs with a wet outfield.

We spoke about this before the start of the tournament - what brand of cricket we want to play. This is the template we want to go ahead with. With the weather around, anything below 160 would have been nice. Rain helped us. The way the boys batted was wonderful. We'll sit and de🌸cide (when asked if they'll test their bench 💛strength). Very happy for the boys. Showed a lot of character in tough situations.

India won the 2nd T20I where the second inning was reduced to eight overs with the target of 78 runs. Now,ജ the two teams face each other in the final T20I on Tuesday. Join us then. Until then, goodbye and take care!