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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

2017 Sri Lanka Tour Of India - India beat Sri Lanka by 93 runs in the 1st T20 at Cuttack to go 1-0 up in the 3-matchT20 series Wednesday Dec 20,2017

India beat Sri Lanka by 93 Runs

First T20 @ Cuttack Wednesday Dec 20,2017

Scorecard
India 180/3 in 20 Overs
Rohit Sharma        17(13 Balls 4x2)
Shreyas Iyer          24(20 Balls 4x3)
Lokesh Rahul        61(48 Balls 4x7 and 6x1)
MS Dhoni              39*(22 Balls 4x4 and 6x1)
Manish Pandey      32*(18 Balls 4x2 and 6x2)
Sri Lanka 87/10 in 16 Overs
Yuzvendra Chahal   4/23(4 Overs)
Hardik Pandya         3/29(4 Overs)
Kuldeep Yadav         2/18(4 Overs)
Match Result -  India beat Sri Lanka by 93 Runs
MOM - Yuzvendra Chahal(India) for his 4/23(4 Overs)
Series Result - India lead the 3-Match T20 Series 1-0

A T20 victory by 93 runs tells its own story. En route KL Rahul, Manish Pandey and, to an extent, Jaydev Unadkat made a point about their India future. But perhaps the biggest bonus was the manner in which MS Dhoni showed why he is still indispensable to this team

M S Dhoni ended India’s innings with a six after adding 68 in an unbroken fourth-wicket stand with Pandey


KL Rahul got to his second T20 International half-century, making the most of a rare opportunity cauzed by Shikhar Dhawan’s absence for the Indian cricket team from this series against Sri Lanka.



KL Rahul  got to the landmark off 34 balls with six fours and a six.

The only time he looked in trouble on a wicket where the bounce didn’t look true but the dew seemed to be a factor from early in the evening was when Angelo Mathews rapped him on the pads with the first ball of the seventh over. The review judged that the ball would have missed leg-stump. Rahul was on 23 then.

On either side of that Rahul made the most of the Sri Lankan cricket team attack that looked ordinary barring Akila Dananjaya and Mathews.

With Rohit Sharma, he added 38 before Mathews got the India skipper with one that hit him high on the bat and at Dushmantha Chameera took a good catch at mind-on standing on the rim and diving in front.

Rahul went over the top on the off-side when Chameera gave him the latitude and wasn’t afraid to pull when Thisara Perera dropped it short. Rahul gave Mathews the same treatment when he tried some chin music and this time it went for six, taking him to 43 off 29 balls and India to 74/1 after 8.5 overs

Earlier, he had helped himself to an easy boundary when Dananjaya bowled a full toss on the leg-side.

Rahul’s strike rate of 149 is the highest among all the players here on Wednesday night and without really trying too hard, he did his reputation no harm on Wednesday night. Rahul, however, was bowled by Thisara Perera when he tried to slog a slower ball, but misread the delivery.

Biggest Margin of Victory for India in T20Is

93 Runs - Sri Lanka, 20th December 2017, Cuttack
90 Runs - England, 23rd September 2012, Colombo
75 Runs - England, 1st February 2017, Bengaluru
73 Runs - Australia, 30th March 2014, Dhaka
69 Runs - Sri Lanka, 12th February 2016, Ranchi

Biggest Margin of Defeat for Sri Lanka in T20Is

93 Runs - India, 20th December 2017, Cuttack
85 Runs - Australia, 6th September 2016, Pallekele
81 Runs - Australia, 9th May 2010, Bridgetown
69 Runs - India, 12th February 2016, Ranchi
52 Runs - Pakistan, 12th August 2009, Colombo

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