India wins second ODI against Sri Lanka

Times of AthibAn Wednesday, July 21, 2021 0

India won the second ODI against Sri Lanka by 3 wickets and won the series thanks to a brilliant performance by Paul Deepak Saha and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the second ODI against India in Colombo on Tuesday. Heroes Charith Asalanga and Avishka Bonando scored fantastic fifties. For India, Bhuvneshwar and Sahal took 3 wickets each.

The one-day international between the two teams is being played in Colombo. India won the first ODI by 7 wickets. The second match was played at Premadasa Stadium. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

Avishka Bonando, M.Sc. Banuka gave a consistent start. Sahal dismissed Panuka for 36 for the first wicket. The Rajapaksa duck that came after him was out. Sahal and Saha sent Avishka 50, Tananjaya de Silva 32, Shanaka 16, Hasaranga 8 out of the pavilion.

Sri Lanka 275/9

Charith Asalanga-Karunaratne combined for 80 runs in the last 10 overs. Bhuvneshwar dismissed Asalanka for 65 with the first fifty. Sameera 2, Sandakan ducked out. Karunaratne was unbeaten on 44 and Rajitha on 1. Sri Lanka scored 275/9 in the allotted 50 overs. For India, Bhuvneshwar took 3-54, Sahal took 3-50 and Deepak Saha took 2-53.

The beginning is the decline:

The Indian team started with a target of 275 runs and got off to a sluggish start. Prithvisha 13, who played brilliantly in the first match, returned to the pavilion at the same pace as Ishant Kishan with 1 run. Prithvi was bowled by Hasaranga and Ishaan was bowled by Rajita. After that, captain Shikha Dhawan and Manish Pandey relaxed and scored runs. Captain Dhawan became the LPW off the Hazaranga ball with 29 runs. At that time, the Indian team was stumbling with 69/3 runs.

Suriyakuma first fifty:

In this situation, Manish Pandey-Suriyakumar Yadav rescued the team from the slump. However, Pandey, who had scored 37 runs, was run out by Shanaka.

All-rounder Hotik Pandya, who came to play after him, did not take any run and Shanaka caught Tananjaya off the ball and walked out. Then Suriyakumar Yadav-Krunal Pandya pair relaxed and scored the Audi score. Debutant Suriyakumar, who had scored 53 off 44 balls with 6 fours, was run out by Sandakan.

Deepak Saha Action 69:

With Krunal Pandya out for 35, the Bhuvneshwar-Deepak Saha pair put on an impressive Audi score. Deepak Saha, who bowled brilliantly against Sri Lanka, was unbeaten on 69 off 82 balls with 1 six, 7 fours and 19 off 2 balls with 2 fours.

With 5 balls to spare, India scored 277/7 in 49.1 overs. Hazaranga took 3 wickets for Sri Lanka.

India won the second ODI by 3 wickets to win the series 2-0.