New Delhi: India defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the second T20 match. With this victory, India has taken a 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. In the second T20 match against India, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 161 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Then when India's innings started, it rained. In the end, India got a target of 78 runs in 8 overs to win. India won the match by losing 3 wickets in 6.3 overs.
Batting for India
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the most runs for India. Young opener Yashasvi scored 30 runs in 15 balls with the help of 3 fours and two sixes. Sanju Samson was out on zero runs. Apart from this, captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 26 runs in 12 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten on 22 runs off 9 balls and Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten on 2 runs.
Superb performance by Indian bowlers
At one point, the Sri Lankan team had scored 130 runs for two wickets in 15 overs. Then the Indian bowlers made a brilliant comeback and restricted the host team to a score of 161 runs. For India, Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Arshdeep Singh, Akshar Patel and Hardik Pandya got two wickets each.
For Sri Lanka, Kusal Perera scored a half-century of 53 runs in 34 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Pathum Nissanka contributed 32 runs in 24 balls. Kamindu Mendis scored 26, Aslanka scored 14 runs. Apart from this, no Sri Lankan batsman could play a big innings.