India vs Sri Lanka - 1st T20 Cricket at Pune
Sri Lanka seamers topple India on green track
| India | vs | Sri Lanka |
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| 101/10 (18.5) | 105/5 (18) | |
| Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Dasun Shanaka - Sri Lanka's lanky seam-bowling labour force - came upon a thoroughly surprising green Pune deck, and wound up delivering their team a surprisingly thorough victory. The three quicks took eight wickets for 59 between them, to blow India away for 101. Sri Lanka's inexperienced batsmen were rarely at ease in pursuit, but did well enough to get to the target with five wickets in hand and two overs to spare.
Chameera had provided glimpses at his penetrative potential during the recent tour of New Zealand, but Rajitha and Shanaka had gone unheralded until today. If Binura Fernando - the left-arm quick - had not injured a hamstring ahead of this match, Rajitha might not even have debuted. Instead, he claimed two wickets in a tone-setting first over and finished with 3 for 29. Shanaka is in the team largely for his batting, but bowled magic deliveries through the middle overs, uprooting Suresh Raina's leg stump with an in-dipper, and bouncing MS Dhoni second ball. He took 3 for 16.
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