SL vs IND Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, India vs Sri Lanka 2024

2nd T20I • Kandy

161/9 (20)

IND

81/3 (6.3)

IND won by 7 wickets (DLS method)

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

28 Jul, 07:00 PM IST

Venue

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

TV/Streaming

Sony LIV, Sony Sports Network

Match

2nd T20I,

India vs Sri Lanka 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Lyndon Hannibal (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

India elected to bowl

Pitch Report

Same pitch as yesterday, which produced a lot of runs. But the deck has been under the covers today. It could be a little raggedy and owing to the overcast conditions, there may not be a lot of dew. Not a bad thing to bat first then!

1st Innings

174Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

145.25Avg SR

2nd Innings

158Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

138.91Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 6

IND

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

IND

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Pathum Nissanka

SL . BAT

79 Runs

1 Match

Suryakumar Yadav

IND . BAT

58 Runs

1 Match

Rishabh Pant

IND . WK

49 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Matheesha Pathirana

SL . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

Riyan Parag

IND . BAT

3 Wkts

1 Match

Arshdeep Singh

IND . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

Y Jaiswal

M Pathirana

Expert Team 2

S Yadav

R Pant

Venue Details

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

1st Innings

174Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

145.25Avg SR

2nd Innings

158Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

138.91Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

57%Bat First Bowl First43%

Team Batting First

55%Wins Losses45%

Recent Matches on venue

1st T20I • Jul 27 • India tour of Sri Lanka

SL 170/10 (19.2)

IND 213/7 (20)

IND won by 43 runs

vs live score

3rd T20I • Jun 11 • Australia tour of Sri Lanka

SL 177/6 (19.5)

AUS 176/5 (20)

SL won by 4 wickets

vs live score

2nd T20I • Mar 6 • West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2020

SL 155/6 (20)

WI 158/3 (17)

WI won by 7 wkts (18b rem)

vs live score

1st T20I • Mar 4 • West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2020

SL 171/10 (19.1)

WI 196/4 (20)

WI won by 25 runs

vs live score

3rd T20I • Sep 6 • New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka

SL 125/8 (20)

NZ 88/10 (16)

SL won by 37 runs

2nd T20I • Sep 3 • New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka

SL 161/9 (20)

NZ 165/6 (19.4)

NZ won by 4 wkts (2b rem)

1st T20I • Sep 1 • New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka

SL 174/4 (20)

NZ 175/5 (19.3)

NZ won by 5 wkts (3b rem)

22nd Match, Group 1 • Oct 1 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup

SL 169/6 (20)

ENG 150/9 (20)

SL won by 19 runs

18th Match, Group 1 • Sep 29 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup

SL 130/1 (15.2)

WI 129/5 (20)

SL won by 9 wkts (28b rem)

13th Match, Group 1 • Sep 27 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup

SL 174/6 (20)

NZ 174/7 (20)

Match tied (Sri Lanka won the one-over eliminator)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

IND

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 6

IND

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

167

Average Score

180

206/3

Highest Score

234/2

77/10

Lowest Score

102/10

Player of the Match Ravi Bishnoi

3/26

Player of the Series Dunith Wellalage

IND

Info

Sri Lanka

161/9 (20)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

133.33

lbw b R Bishnoi

Kusal Mendis

90.91

c R Bishnoi b A Singh

Kusal Perera

155.88

c R Singh b H Pandya

Kamindu Mendis

113.04

c R Singh b H Pandya

Charith Asalanka

(C)

116.67

c S Samson b A Singh

Dasun Shanaka

0.00

b R Bishnoi

Wanindu Hasaranga

0.00

b R Bishnoi

Ramesh Mendis

120.00

st R Pant b A Patel

Maheesh Theekshana

66.67

b A Patel

Matheesha Pathirana

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.05)

161/9

Did not Bat

Asitha Fernando

Bowlers

EXT

9.00

8.00

7.50

6.50

7.50

11.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kusal Mendis

c R Bishnoi b A Singh

1-26

3.3

Pathum Nissanka

lbw b R Bishnoi

2-80

9.3

Kamindu Mendis

c R Singh b H Pandya

3-130

15.1

Kusal Perera

c R Singh b H Pandya

4-139

15.6

Dasun Shanaka

b R Bishnoi

5-140

16.3

Wanindu Hasaranga

b R Bishnoi

6-140

16.4

Charith Asalanka

c S Samson b A Singh

7-151

18.4

Maheesh Theekshana

b A Patel

8-154

19.2

Ramesh Mendis

st R Pant b A Patel

9-161

19.6

India

81/3 (6.3)

Batters

Yashasvi Jaiswal

200.00

c D Shanaka b W Hasaranga

Sanju Samson

0.00

b M Theekshana

Suryakumar Yadav

(C)

216.67

c D Shanaka b M Pathirana

Hardik Pandya *

244.44

Not out

Rishabh Pant

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(6.3 Ov, RR: 12.46)

81/3

Did not Bat

Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj

Bowlers

EXT

12.00

8.00

17.00

1.3

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sanju Samson

b M Theekshana

1-12

1.1

Suryakumar Yadav

c D Shanaka b M Pathirana

2-51

4.2

Yashasvi Jaiswal

c D Shanaka b W Hasaranga

3-65

5.4

Match Info

Date & Time

28 Jul, 07:00 PM IST

Venue

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

TV/Streaming

Sony LIV, Sony Sports Network

Match

2nd T20I,

India vs Sri Lanka 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Prageeth Rambukwella (Sri Lanka), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Lyndon Hannibal (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

India elected to bowl

4 4 4 1 1lb 1

Over 4

Runs: 15

6 W 0 0 2 1

Over 5

Runs: 9

4 1 6 W 1 6

Over 6

Runs: 18

1 4 4

Over 7

Runs: 9

All Overs

Player of the Match Ravi Bishnoi

3/26

Player of the Series Dunith Wellalage

Commentary

That's it from us for now. Do join us for the third and final T20I of the tour, scheduled on 30th July, Tuesday. For now, this is Arya and Bala signing off. Good night!

Well, then. India go 2-0 in the series and take an unassailable lead. Sri Lanka had their moments in both the T20Is, but would be disappointed in having given away all the advantage in the later part of their batting innings. They lost 9 wickets in just 6 overs yesterday, and lost 7 in 5 overs today. The middle-order collapses will be certainly something the team management will be going to analyze come the third T20I, which is just a couple of days away.

Suryakumar Yadav (India captain): We spoke about this, the brand of cricket we wanted to play. Whatever the target is, this is the template that we are going to follow. With the weather around, we thought anything below 160 would be nice. In the past, the matches here have always been a bit tricky. The rain certainly helped us. The way boys batted, it was wonderful to see. Very happy for them, showed a lot of character in tough situations.

Charith Asalanka (Sri Lankan captain): Definitely I am really disappointed with the way we have batted in the death. We should be improving our batting, especially for the middle order including me. Yeah there was a reason. This pitch when the ball gets older it gets hard to bat. As professional cricketers, we have to perform better. The way we have approached things in the last five years, we have to go back to the basics. We were atleast behind by 15-18 runs. The weather also played something. We cannot control that. The outfield became wet after the long break.

Ravi Bishnoi is the Player of the Match, here is what he had to say: It was a little different from yesterday. It was turning today even in the first innings. I stuck to the pace I feel comfortable with it and it worked. I love bowling wrong uns and that works for me against the left-handers. It's a good responsibility to have to bowl in the powerplay as you know the captain and the coach have trust in you.

India 81/3 (6.3 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 30 (15) | Suryakumar Yadav 26 (12)
Matheesh Theekshana 1/16 (2) | Matheesha Pathirana 1/18 (1.3)

It was a walk in the park for India in the end. The target always looked to be an under-par one, but the revised target of 78 runs from 8 overs after the rain was just too easy for the World Champions. The toss proved to be vital in the end, and so too the capitulation of the homeside in the final five overs with the bat. India have taken an unassailable lead in the series, hardly breaking a sweat in the process!

Yashasvi Jaiswal came out like a man possessed. He has relied on the swashbuckling style in the shortest format of the game. And the shortened game gave him an extra license, if he ever needed one. He was going after the bowlers right from the word go and destroyed the Sri Lankan attack. Though India lost Sanju Samson in the second over, Suryakumar Yadav complimented the onslaught from the other end. The game was out of the grasp for Sri Lanka before they realized it.

Sri Lanka still managed to send back both Jaiswal and Surya, but it was all too late. Hardik Pandya came out and enjoyed himself with a cameo at the end, taking India home comfortably.

Sri Lanka had placed high hopes on Wanindu Hasaranga, with the kind of spin that was on offer. But the rain negated it in the end and the Indian batters took him apart. Hasaranga going for 34 runs in his two overs made a big dent in the chase. Skipper Asalanka may also have to relook at the strategy of having a fixed entry point for Pathirana. When there wasn't enough to defend on the board, it might have been worth bringing him earlier in the innings rather than waiting for the tail-end.

India win by 7 wickets (DLS method)

6.3 Matheesha Pathirana to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Hardik finishes it off in style. On a length well wide outside off, width was on offer and it has been flayed away from the bottom half of the bat but the pace takes it away well wide of the deep third man fielder. India win by 7 wickets and takes an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series.

6.2 Matheesha Pathirana to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! That's the power which Hardik possesses. A slower fuller-length delivery around the off-stump, Hardik waits for it, uses the depth of the crease and smacks it with a straight bat over the mid-off fielder.

6.1 Matheesha Pathirana to Rishabh Pant, on a length around the hips of Pant, clipped away towards the backward square leg region and settles for a single.

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