IND beat SL Highlights – India win by 7 wickets: Shreyas Iyer (74) and Ravindra Jadeja (45) powered India to a 7-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the 2nd T20 at Dharamshala to seal the series 2-0. With the win, Rohit Sharma-led side has now won 11th consecutive T20Is to equal Afghanistan’s record. India are now just a win away from equalling Afghanistan’s 12 consecutive win record. It was also India’s 7th consecutive home series win T20Is. Follow INDIA vs Sri Lanka LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
Chasing 184, India got off to a bad start as the side lost skipper Rohit Sharma in the first over. Dushmantha Chameera removed Rohit as the batter edged the ball onto the stumps.
Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer stitched a 35-run stand but Lahiru Kumara removed the batter in the sixth over.
IND beat SL Highlights: Shreyas Iyer & Ravindra Jadeja power India to 11th consecutive win with 7 wicket win, take series 2-0
Shreyas and Sanju Samson then carried the innings and accelerated at the right time to get close to the target. Samson got out in the 13th over as Binura Fernando grabbed a one-handed catch to reduced India to 128/3.
That’s that from the 2nd T20I.
74* from @ShreyasIyer15, 39 from @IamSanjuSamson and a brilliant 18-ball 45* from @imjadeja as #TeamIndia seal the T20I series.
Scorecard – https://t.co/ImBxdhXjSc #INDvSL @Paytm pic.twitter.com/U1bKywdhnH
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 26, 2022
However, Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer (74) took India home with an easy win over Sri Lanka in the second T20I. Jadeja and Shreyas stitched an important 58-run stand in 25 balls.
Earlier, put into bat first, Sri Lanka got off to a decent start as the side scored 32 runs after the completion of powerplay.
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The visitors continued scoring runs at a brisk rate before Ravindra Jadeja removed opening batter Danushka Gunathilaka in the ninth over. In the next couple of overs, Sri Lanka lost two more wickets as Harshal Patel picked his first wicket of day.
Sri Lanka were 102/4 in the 15th over but Pathum Nissanka and skipper Dasun Shanaka played some lusty shots and took Sri Lanka over the 150-run mark in the 19th over.
Sri Lanka scored 183 runs in the allotted 20 overs as Shanaka smashed the last two balls for six to end the innings on a high.
IND beat SL Highlights: Shreyas Iyer & Ravindra Jadeja power India to 11th consecutive win with 7 wicket win, take series 2-0
India Innings: 186/3, won by 7 wickets
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (C) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Ishan Kishan (WK) | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 106.67 | |
| Shreyas Iyer | 74 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 168.18 | |
| Sanju Samson | 39 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 156.00 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 45 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 250.00 | |
| Extra | 11 (b 0, w 8, nb 1, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 186/3 (17.1) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Deepak Hooda, VR Iyer, HV Patel, B Kumar, JJ Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dushmantha Chameera | 3.1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 12.32 |
| Binura Fernando | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 11.75 |
| Lahiru Kumara | 3 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 10.33 |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 |
| Chamika Karunaratne | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 1-9 | 0.6 |
| Ishan Kishan | 2-44 | 5.1 |
| SV Samson | 3-128 | 12.6 |
IND beat SL Highlights: Shreyas Iyer & Ravindra Jadeja power India to 11th consecutive win with 7 wicket win, take series 2-0
IND beat SL Highlights: Shreyas Iyer & Ravindra Jadeja power India to 11th consecutive win with 7 wicket win, take series 2-0
Sri Lanka Innings: 183/5
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | 75 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 141.51 | |
| Danushka Gunathilaka | 38 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 131.03 | |
| Charith Asalanka | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Kamil Mishara | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Dinesh Chandimal (WK) | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.00 | |
| Dasun Shanaka (C) | 47 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 247.37 | |
| Chamika Karunaratne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 11 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 7) | |||||
| Total | 183/5 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | PVD Chameera, B Fernando, P Jayawickrama, L Kumara | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Harshal Patel | 4 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 13.00 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 9.25 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| D Gunathilaka | 1-67 | 8.4 |
| KIC Asalanka | 2-71 | 9.5 |
| Kamil Mishara | 3-76 | 10.6 |
| LD Chandimal | 4-102 | 14.4 |
| Pathum Nissanka | 5-160 | 18.6 |
IND beat SL Highlights: Shreyas Iyer & Ravindra Jadeja power India to 11th consecutive win with 7 wicket win, take series 2-0
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