Dhoni and Bhuvai give India a fantastic win, Sri Lanka lose by 3 wickets
Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets in the second one-dayer played at Palekel and made 2-0 lead in the five-match ODI series. Earlier in the match, Sri Lanka lost 8 wickets in 50 overs and scored 236 runs. In this game interrupted by rain, Team India got a revised target of 231 runs in 47 overs. Chasing the target, Team India lost 7 wickets in 44.2 overs and scored 231 runs and won by 3 wickets in this match. At one time India lost only 7 wickets in 22 runs. But after that the precious partnership of 100 runs of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (45) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (53) gave away the victory to the team India.
From Team India, Rohit Sharma scored 54, Bhuvneshwar Kumar scored 53 runs. Sri Lankan youthful off-spinner Akila Dhananjay made his name in the list of 6 Indian wickets in just 10 runs in 10 overs. Akila Dhananjay was selected as the Man of the Match.
India’s wickets
Going to pursue the goal, Rohit and Dhawan gave a fantastic start to Team India. Both of them added 109 runs for the first wicket. At one stage, India’s score was 109 for no loss in the 15.2 overs, but after this 12 wickets fell for 6 wickets. India’s first blow was in 15.3 overs when Akila Dhananjay gave Rohit Sharma (54) to LBW .
After one over, Shikhar Dhawan (49) was also dismissed. Angelo Mathews caught on the ball of Sirvidhana in 16.3 overs. Three wickets fell in the 18th over Kedar Jadhav (1) was bowled by Akila Dhananjay on 114 in 17.1 overs. In the third ball of this over i.e. 17.3 overs, Captain Virat Kohli (4) was also bowled by Dhananjay.
Lokesh Rahul (4) also went on to score 119 in 17.5 overs. Dhananjay also bolded them too. Dhananjaya’s next hunting became Hardik Pandya (0). Duckwella stumped in 19.3 overs. The seventh wicket was of Akshar Patel (6). Dhananjay got LBW in 21.5 overs.
Sri Lanka made 236 runs in 50 overs
Losing the toss, the Sri Lankan team lost 8 wickets in 50 overs to set 236 runs and set India a target of 237 for victory. After this rain caused India to get the revised target of 231 runs in 47 overs. Sri Lanka’s Milinda Siriardana scored the highest 58 runs while Chamara Kapugedara scored 40 runs. For India, Jaspreet Bumrah hit a magnificent bowling attack with 4 for 43 in 10 overs. Apart from this, Chahal got 2 wickets.
Sri Lankan wickets
Earlier, the Sri Lankan team got the first blow in 7.4 overs when Jirpreet Bumrah was caught by Shikhar Dhawan on Nirosho Dikewela (31). The second wicket fell in 14.1 overs, when Dhoni was stumped off at Gunalilka (19) on Chahal’s bowling. The third shock was also found in the next over. When Upul Tharanga (9) caught on Virat Kohli on the ball of Hardik Pandey in the 15.6 overs.
Fourth wicket fell on 99, when Kuswal Mendis (19) in 23.3 overs, Yugavendra Chahal made LBW. In 28.3 overs, Patel scored Angelo Mathews (20) with a lbw and dropped five wickets. Sri Lanka’s score was 121 at that time. After this, Milinda Sirvardhane (58) dropped to the sixth wicket 212. Who was caught by Rohit Sharma at Bumrahah’s ball in 44.6 overs.
The seventh wicket was of Kapugedara (40), which was bowled by Bumrahah in 46.6 overs. Akila Dhananjay scored 9 runs and took the catch of Akram Patel on Bumrahah’s bowling. He was the eighth batsman to get out. After this, no wicket was dropped.
India’s Jaspreet Bumrah scored 4 for 43 in 10 overs. At the same time, Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets with so many runs. Yuswendra Chahal and Akshar Patel got 1-1 wickets.
Dhoni equals Sangakkara’s world record
Mahendra Singh Dhoni stuck Gunatilka on the ball of Yajuwendra Chahal in the 15th over and gave another blow to Sri Lanka, he also completed his 99th stumps in ODIs. MS Dhoni’s name now has 99 stumpings in ODIs. They need just 1 stumping for completing 100 stumpings. If he completes this feat, then he will become number one in ODI cricket. At this time Dhoni has equaled Kumar Sangakkara (99 stumpings).
Earlier, Team India captain Virat Kohli once again won the toss and decided to bowl first and invited the Sri Lankan team to bat. Virat Kohli did not make any changes to Team India and said, there is no change in our playing XI. Experiment means that players have to give different types of rolls. Well, there are three ODIs and three remaining matches. Virat Kohli also praised Shikhar Dhawan. Shikhar Dhawan is a very good player. Bowling and pitch do not matter when they play freely.
