India sweep Sri Lanka 9-0 on the tour & made a world record:
Virat
Kohli played a brilliant knock as he made match winning 82 against Sri Lanka in
only T20 match. India clean sweep Sri Lanka in all three formats including Tests,
ODIs & T20s.
Earlier
spinners put pressure on the Sri Lankan batsmen; Chahal & Kuldeep
restricted Sri Lanka to 170-7 in 20 overs. India scored 174-3 in 19.2 overs to
win by 7 wickets.
India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in only T20 match. Virat Kohli received the man of the match award
With
this victory, India sweep Sri Lanka 9-0 on the tour & made a world record.
Sri
Lanka put a big target of 171 for India to chase. India lost R Sharma early &
then the second batsman who left the crease soon was KL Rahul but then Kohli
made a 119 runs partnership for the third wicket with Pandey that put the
pressure back on the hosts.
The
partnership took the game away from the hosts. Both the batsmen hit boundaries to
entertain the Indian fans. The running b/w the wicket was amazing to watch.
Kohli
& Pandey reached their fifties & it was Pandey’s 3rd
important innings in a row that come handy for his team.
Virat
Kohli is the only player who scored 1000 runs with 50+ average in the shortest format
& it was another blistering innings from him (82 off 54 balls). Virat Kohli
also received the man of the match award.
Kohli
played a responsible inning when India was in huge trouble as they lost the
openers early & India were 42-2 when Pandey joined Kohli. Kohli & Pandey
hit several blazing shots to raise India from 47-2 in 7 overs to 118-2 after 13
overs. India scored 174-3 in 19.2 overs to win 9 out of 9 matches in
this tour.
India
also hold record of chasing 174-7, the highest at this venue in 2009.
The
story took another turn when the hosts batted first. Sri Lanka were 60-2 in their
first six overs. They ended the batting after conceding 52 in the last five
overs.
Sri
Lanka faltered in b/w, losing 4 wickets in those 9 overs with a scoring rate of
6.5 runs per over.
Earlier
during Sri Lanka batting, Dilshan Munaweera smashed his maiden fifty while
debutant Ashan Priyanjan played a handy knock to guide the hosts to 170-7.
During Dilshan’s 10th T20 match, he smashed 53 off 29 balls &
his innings include 5 boundaries.
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