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2016 India Vs Sri Lanka First T20 International @ Pune Tuesday February 09,2016

 

India Squad: MS Dhoni (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pawan Negi.
Sri Lanka Squad: Dinesh Chandimal (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Seekuge Prasanna, Milinda Siriwardana, Danushka Gunathilaka, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Asela Gunaratne, Chamara Kapugedera, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilhara Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Binura Fernando, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeffrey Vandersay

3-Match T20 International Results

First T20 International @ Pune Tuesday February 09,2016 

Scorecard
India 101/10 in 18.5 Overs
Sri Lanka 105/5 in 18 Overs
Match Result - Sri Lanka won by 5 Wickets
MOM - Kasun Rajitha(Sri Lanka)for his 3/29(4 Overs)
Series Result - Sri Lanka lead the 3-Match T20 Series 1-0


Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella has been added to Sri Lanka's squad as cover for Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was ruled out of the first T20 against India with a hand injury. Dilshan did not travel with the team to India on Saturday. He will instead spend a few days recovering from injury at home, before joining the side mid-series. He is expected to be available for the second match, in Ranchi, on February 12,2016

Sri Lanka  won the toss and opted to field first

Squads

India
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra
Sri Lanka
 Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dasun Shanaka, Dinesh Chandimal (capt & wk), Milinda Siriwardana, Chamara Kapugedera, Thisara Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Sachithra Senanayake, Dilhara Fernando, Shaminga Eranga

Sri Lanka's seam bowlers Rajitha, Shanaka star in Sri Lanka's 5-wicket win over India

Image Credit: BCCI.


After the 3-0 win against Australia in the 3- Match T20 Series few days back, world No.1 India were outplayed at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune as Sri Lanka registered a comfortable five-wicket win in the first Twenty20 international.

Put into bat first on a green pitch, Indian batsmen fell like pack of cards from the word go. It all started when pacer Rajitha picked up in-form Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane in the first over.Rohit Sharma (0) miscued his shot and Dushmantha Chameera took a superb catch at mid-off. Rahane (4) fell on the last ball of the same over when he attempted to clip a ball to leg but only managed a leading edge to get caught at short extra-cover

India could have been three down inside three overs but Suresh Raina was dropped by Danushka Gunathilaka at third man.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan then tried to take the attack to the opposition and hit one out of the park but his stay did not last long as Rajitha got his third wicket when he forced a thick edge off the left-hander which flew to third man and Gunathilaka did not made any mistake this time.

With India three wickets down, Raina and Yuvraj Singh were looking to give some stability to the team but both were dismissed in the process.

Suresh Raina hit a six and a four in his innings but soon Shanaka cleaned him up for 20. Shanaka then picked up another one in the same over when he got better off skipper MS Dhoni (2) - who top edged one to the wicketkeeper trying to play a hook shot.

Things went from bad to worse for India when Yuvraj, after being hit on the side of the helmet off the previous ball, tried to heave it to leg but put up a tame return catch to Dushmantha Chameera. Yuvraj, who did not get to bat much in Australia, marked his entry with a step-out straight six against offspinner Sachithra Senanayake but was not able to make most of the chance he got and scored only 10 runs from 14 balls.

Shanaka scalped his third by trapping Hardik Pandya as India slumped to 58 for 7 after 11 overs. Allrounder Ravindra Jadeja was then trapped leg before by Senanayake and it was looking like India will beat their own record-low of 74 in T20Is.

R Ashwin kept a few runs coming for India lower down the order and scored 31 not out and helped India go past the 100-run mark. His ninth wicket stand off 28 balls with Ashish Nehra (6) was also the best partnership of the innings.

Debutant Kasun Rajitha and 24-year-old Dasun Shanaka picked up three wickets each and captain Dinesh Chandimal made a crucial run-a-ball 35 as Sri Lankans reached the target of 102 in 18 overs to take 1-0 lead in the 3-match T20 series

Chasing a low total for 102 runs to win, SL didn't have a good start as Ashish Nehra dismissed Niroshan Dickwella (4) in the first over and then Danushka Gunathilaka (9) in the fifth over to give India a slight hopw. However, Chamara Kapugedera (25)and Chandimal had a 39-run stand for the third wicket to steady the Sri Lankan innings.

For India, Ashish Nehra (2/21 in 3 overs) and Ashwin (2/13 in 3 overs) got a couple of wickets each

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field

T20 International Debutants - Niroshan Dickwella and Kasun RRajitha(Sri Lanka)

India scored 101/10 in 18.5 Overs
Fall of Wickets(India)
Rohit Sharma              00(2 Balls)
Ajiinkya Rahane           04(4 Balls 4x1)
Shikhar Dhawan          09(13 Balls 6x1)
Suresh Raina               20(20 Balls 4x1 and 6x1)
M S Dhoni                  02(2 Balls)
Yuvraj Singh                10(14 Balls 6x1)
Hardik Pandya             02(6 Balls)
Ravindra Jadeja            06(9 Balls)
Ashish Nehra               06(19 Balls)
Jasprit Bumrah             00(0 Ball) - Run-Out
Ravichandran Ashwin   31*(24 Balls 4x5)
R Ashwin counterattacked with an unbeaten 31, but India were bowled out for a measly 101 with seven balls to spare
Wicket Takers(Sri Lanka)
Dasun Shanaka             3/16(3 Overs)
Kasun Rajitha                3/29(4 Overs)
Dushmantha Chameera   2/14(3.5 Overs)
Sachithra Senanayake     1/18(3 Overs)
Sri Lanka scored 105/5 in 18 Overs
Fall of Wickets(SL)
Niroshan Dickwella        04(3 Balls 4x1)
Danushka Gunathilaka    09(18 Balls 6x1)
Chamara Kapugedera      25(26 Balls 4x4)
Dinesh Chandimal           35(35 Balls 4x1 and 6x2)
Dasun Shanaka               03(8 Balls)
Milinda Siriwardana         21*(18 Balls 4x2 and 6x1)
Seekkuge Prasanna          03*(4 Balls)
Wicket Takers(India)
R Ashwin               2/13(3 Overs)
Ashish Nehra          2/21(3 Overs)
Suresh Raina           1/13(2 Overs)

Milinda Siriwardana and Seekkuge Prasanna celebrate after taking Sri Lanka to victory, India v Sri Lanka, 1st T20, Pune, February 9, 2016
Scorecard
India 101/10 in 18.5 Overs
Sri Lanka 105/5 in 18 Overs
Match Result - Sri Lanka won by 5 Wickets
MOM - Kasun Rajitha(Sri Lanka)for his 3/29(4 Overs)
Series Result - Sri Lanka lead the 3-Match T20 Series 1-0

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