IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live: Nissanka's knock in vain as Iyer wins it for India

India won the 2nd T20I vs Sri Lanka to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series courtesy of a brilliant showing from Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja and Sanju Samson. Catch the Highlights

7:21 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I Live Score Updates | SL 15-0 | Over 04- Sri Lanka in a mess

 

Two runs from the over and then comes that booming yorker from Bumrah but Nissanka does well to dig it out 

 

Nissanka makes room and drives the ball but straight to the mid of the fielder and therefore no runs 

 

This is not good cricket from Nissanka as he is not known for big shots which he is trying to play 

7:18 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I Live Score Updates | SL 13-0 | Over 03- Six runs from the over

 

Gunathilaka has so far played 12 balls and still, he only has six runs to his name

 

Takes a single does the Sri Lankan opener to get off strike 

 

And yet another single from Nissanka means only six runs came from the over

7:14 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I Live Score Updates | SL 11-0 | Over 03rd- Beautiful Cover Drive

 

And that is very wild from Gunathilaka who comes out of the crease swinging wildly and makes no connection at all 

 

Four !! Wow. if you can hit such cover drives, why would you go for wild swings Guna? That was just beautiful from the Sri Lankan opener 

 

7:09 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I Live Score Updates | SL 7-0 | Over 02- India lose review

 

Jasprit Bumrah comes in for the second over

 

Two wides from Bumnrah to start off with and a lot of outswing from, him but unfortunately to the left-hander and thereby going for wide 

 

Good cover drive for no run 

 

And a huge appeal for LBW from India and Jasprit Bumrah as the ball hits Gunathilaka on the full-on pads the only thing for the umpire to give not out was missing stumps and the replays show the same as the impact is outside and India lose their first review 

7:04 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I Live Score Updates | SL 2-0 | Over 01- Swing on offer

 

Wow, what movement from Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the very first ball, leaves the right-hander dangling on the fourth stump as the ball deviates further to be collected by Ishan Kishan 

 

Similar going away delivery to start to the left-hander as well from Bhuvi 

 

And only two runs from the first over

 

7:00 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I Live Score Updates | SL 0-0 | Over 01- Let's go

 

Danushka Gunathilaka and Pathum Nissanka are in the middle and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the ball in hand for India 

6:58 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I | Live Score Updates - No changes from India

 

India as expected didn't make any change in the Playing 11 even though Mayank Agarwal was added into the squad in place of Ruturaj Gaikwad 

6:53 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I | Live Score Updates- Changes made by Sri Lanka

The two changes that Sri Lanka have made are in line with the ground dimensions and conditions. Binura Fernando, the tall left-arm fast bowler in the lineup has been drafted to utilise the bounce of the wicket. He has replaced leg spinner Jeffery Vandersay as the Sri Lankans don't want to give easy run-scoring opportunities to the Indians. 

 

The second change in the Sri Lankan lineup is that of left-hander Dabnushka Gunathilaka who would add experience and can also strike at a good rate. He replaced Janith Liyanage

6:41 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I | Live Updates: India Playing 11

6:40 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I | Live Updates: Playing 11s are out

 

India Playing 11

 

Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Hooda, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

 

Sri Lanka Playing 11

 

Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Danushka Gunathilaka, Charith Asalanka, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrama, Binura Fernando, Lahiru Kumara

6:34 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I | Live Updates: Changes in the Playing 11

 

Danushka Gunathilaka and Binura Fernando come in for Janith Liyanage and Jeffery Vandersay for Sri Lanka and India are unchanged 

6:31 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I | Live Updates: India win toss, elect to bowl first

 

India captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and as predicted, have decided to bowl first at a cloudy Dharamsala 

6:30 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I | Live Updates: Beautiful Dharamsala is ready, are you?

6:29 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I | Live Updates: Pitch to support fast bowlers

 

In the official Pitch Report, Ajit Agarkar and Deep Das Gupta said that the pitch has been under covers for a long time and hence the grass under the covers might not have been trimmed and would most likely help the fast bowlers who will any benefit from the cloudy conditions at the venue. 

6:27 PM

IND vs SL | 2nd T20I | Live Updates: What could India do better?

 

The Indian team would want Ishan Kishan to continue his form while on the other end it would also want the other batters to get a hit in the middle, especially the likes of Deepak Hooda and Venkatesh Iyer who were not able to get to bat in the first T20I at Lucknow