IND vs SL Match Report: India has defeated Sri Lanka in the first match of the 3 T20 match series. The Indian team led by Suryakumar Yadav defeated host Sri Lanka by 43 runs. Sri Lanka had a target of 214 runs, but Sri Lanka, captained by Charith Aslanka, collapsed to 170 runs in 19.2 overs despite a good start. In this way, the Indian team is ahead 1-0 in the 3 T20 match series. Actually, at one time the Sri Lankan team was in a good position, but after that the bowlers of Team India made a strong comeback.
Sri Lankan openers Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nisanka added 84 runs in 8.3 overs for the first wicket. At one point, Sri Lanka’s score was 140 runs for 1 wicket in 14.1 overs, but after that, the host Sri Lanka’s batting collapsed like a pack of cards.
Pathum Nisanka played a stormy innings of 79 runs in 48 balls. He hit 7 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. Kusal Mendis scored 45 runs in 27 balls. He hit 7 fours and 1 six in his innings. Kusal Perera got out after scoring 20 runs in 14 balls. But after this, wickets started falling continuously. 4 batsmen of Sri Lanka could not open their account. Also, 7 batsmen of Sri Lanka could not cross the double digit mark.
For India, Riyan Parag took the maximum of 3 wickets. Apart from this, Akshar Patel and Arshdeep Singh took 2-2 wickets each. Mohammad Siraj and Ravi Bishnoi got 1-1 success.
Earlier, after losing the toss and coming to bat, captain Suryakumar Yadav played a good innings of 58 runs in 26 balls for the Indian team. Apart from this, India’s openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill presented a stormy batting display. Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 40 runs in 21 balls. He hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. At the same time, Shubman Gill contributed 34 runs in 16 balls.
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