SL spinners restrict India to 132

July 28, 2021 21:30

India 132-5 (20 ovs) vs SL | Scorecard

Pacer Chameera is back into the attack. Bhuvneshwar hits a full toss down to long-on for one before the pacer bowls a wide.

Rana clips the next off his hips to deep square leg for one as the fielder at deep square leg comes across quickly to stop the second run and Bhuvneshwar manages just one off the next.

Rana upper cuts the fourth ball over the wicketkeeper for two runs and then blocks out the full delivery.

He keeps strike with a single from the last ball on the off-side, as just seven runs come from the 18th over.

Leg-spinner Hasaranga comes into the attack. Rana sweeps the first ball for one before Bhuvneshwar hits the next wide of long-on for two runs.

He has another swing off the fourth ball for another couple of runs and then inside edges the fifth ball which narrowly misses the stumps and gets India three runs with the fielder putting in the dive to keep it inside the ropes.

Hasaranga bowls a big wide down the leg side to gift India five wides as Rana attempts the reverse sweep but offers no shot seeing the ball going down.

Rana sweeps the last ball for a single to deep square leg as 14 runs come from the over.

Chameera to bowl the final over. Rana hits the first ball through the covers for a single before Bhuvneshwar is beaten trying to run the next to thirdman.

Bhuvneshwar is beaten again but he manages to take a quick bye this time around.

Rana comes down and makes room but mistimes the slower ball and is caught in the covers for nine.

Two singles from the last two balls as India finish on 132/5 in their 20 overs.

Sri Lanka did well to keep Indian batsmen in check with their spinners doing well in the middle overs. Akila Dananjaya took 2/29, while Hasaranga, Shanaka and Chameera took one wicket each.

Captain Dhawan top-scored with 40, while debutants Padikkal and Gaikwad scored 29 and 21 respectively.

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