IND vs SL: Guests warmed by Suryakumar Yadav’s sizzling century, India’s first series of the new year
India defeated Sri Lanka by 91 runs in the T20 series decider. With this, India also won the series 2-1. In the last match, Suryakumar Yadav surprised everyone with the thunder of his bat.
Highlights
- India beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in the T20 series.
- Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 91 runs in the deciding match.
New Delhi. There was a close fight in the T20 series between India and Sri Lanka. At the same time, the decisive match of the series was played at Rajkot ground. In this match also the coin fell in favor of India and captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bat first. The beginning was not in favor of India, but Mr. 360, who scored a brilliant half-century in the second T20, remanded the Sri Lankan bowlers.
Sky tasted its fire even to the Asia Cup champions. They fired in all four directions, leaving the fielders as mere spectators. He completed his century in just 45 balls. Sky played an unbeaten inning of 112 runs in 52 balls which included 9 skyscraper sixes and 7 fours. At the same time, opener Shubman Gill also played a brilliant inning of 44 runs. At the same time, Rahul Tripathi, the debutant of this series, also washed his hands in the flowing Ganges. He played a quick inning of 35 runs in just 16 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. Due to these sharp innings, Team India made a massive score of 229 runs in front of the guests.
Bowlers also wreaked havoc
The batsmen had put pressure on the visiting team by raining fours and sixes. Indian bowlers took full advantage of this. Team India’s bowlers dominated Sri Lanka from the very beginning. The host team had shown the way to the pavilion to 5 Sri Lankan batsmen even before 100 runs. In this match, India registered a resounding victory over the Sri Lankan team by a considerable margin of 91 runs.
India named the series
Team India won the second T20 series under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. After the T20 World Cup, India won the series 1-0 against New Zealand. At the same time, in 2023, Hardik Pandya & Co. made a grand debut. India won the 2-1 T20 series against Sri Lanka. The ODI series between the two teams will start on January 10. Now it has to be seen whether the visiting team is able to heal its wounds in the ODI series or not.
