2024-07-27 17:29:00
Pallets: Indian team led by Suryakumar Yadav has won the first T20 match against Sri Lanka. Chasing a target of 214 runs, Sri Lanka lost in this match.
The Sri Lankan team won the toss and decided to bowl in this match which was held at Pallekale. First, the Indian team scored 213 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Jaiswal scored 40, Shubman Gill 34, Suryakumar Yadav 58 and Rishabh Pant 49. The Sri Lankan team continued to bat.
The team’s openers Kusal Mendis and Padum Nisanga got off to a good start. They put on a partnership of 84 runs for the first wicket. Mendis scored 47 off 27 balls. Kusal Perera and Nisanga put together a partnership of 56 runs. Padum Nisanga scored 79 off 48 balls. At that time, the Sri Lankan team had scored 140 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 14.1 overs. Axar Patel was fired. He defeated Kusal Perera in the same round.
After that, the Sri Lankan team kept losing wickets regularly. Sarith Asalanga, Dasan Shanaka, Kamindu Mendis, Vanindu Hazaranga, Pathirana, Deekshana and Dilshan Madhushanka were out. That was all out for 170 runs in 19.2 overs. With that, India won by 43 runs. With this, coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav have successfully started their journey.
Ryan Barracks of India got 3 wickets. Arshdeep and Akshar took 2 wickets each while Siraj and Bishnoi took 1 wicket each. Captain Suryakumar Yadav won the man of the match award. India are leading 1-0 in the three-match series. The second game of this series will be played tomorrow (Sunday).
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