Srilanka tour of India is a must-watch series for cricket fans. As the t20 world cup 2022 is just a few months away the preparations are at their peak. After winning the first T20 match against Srilanka the confidence are high and as a result, India dominant the second t20 match against Srilanka and made a comfortable victory, and gets an undefeatable lead of 2-0 in the three-match T20 series.
Shreyas Iyer is awarded Man of the Match for his match-winning knock of 74* off 44 deliveries 👏👏@Paytm #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/afaxCVClac
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 26, 2022
A remarkable inning has shown off from the team India’s star players Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja whose outstanding performances have guided the team towards a comfortable victory.
An incredible performance from Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja
.@ShreyasIyer15's 74* and @imjadeja’s 45* help the #MenInBlue coast past the 184-run target to HAND INDIA THE SERIES 2-0. 🧡#INDvSL #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/12Qt4X958J
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 26, 2022
The right-hand destructive batsman Shreyas Iyer and team India’s star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja have played exceptionally well against Srilanka in the 2nd t20 match. Iyer who has been given a chance to play at no.3 in this Srilanka series has proved how good is his batting skills whereas Ravindra Jadeja who has always done the magic with the ball has also been promoted up the order and he somehow proves what he is capable of.
Iyer and Jadeja are one of the reasons behind the dominance of the Indian team at the international level. Despite being lack of two important members Virat Kohli and Surya Kumar Yadav the Indian team has performed exceptionally well and proved that they are ready for the upcoming ICC tournaments.
Match Summary
Not the result we expected, India take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the T20I series. #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/4UmWbK2qpn
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) February 26, 2022
The second match of the T20 series between India and Srilanka has been played in the Dharamshala Cricket Stadium, Himachal Pradesh. India won the toss and elected to bowl first, the pitch is looking good and Srilankan openers Prathum Nissanka 75(53) and Gunatilaka 38(29) are in good touch and made a 58 runs stand for the first wicket. The first breakthrough of the match has been bought by Ravindra Jadeja after making Gunatilaka back to the pavilion. Then Indian bowlers started dominating the match by taking three important wickets of Asalanka 2(4), Kamil Mishra 1(4), and Dinesh Cahandimal 9(10). Srilankan Captain Shanaka 47(19) fought alone and take his team to a fighting total of 184.
India chased down 184
The chase started and India lose two early wickets in the face of Rohit Sharma 1(2) and Ishan Kishan 16(15), the Srilankan pacers Chammera and Kumara did pretty well but the remarkable innings of Shreyas Iyer 74(44) have completely changed the direction of the match. After the wicket of Sanju Samson 39(25), Ravindra Jadeja 45(18) joined Iyer and their partnership of 58 runs in 24 balls drive India towards a comfortable victory.
“It was important, for the middle-order to come and string together a partnership that was good to see. It’s happened quite a few times over the past few games” says Indian captain Rohit Sharma.
