India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I Highlights: Dasun Shanaka levels series in Pune

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I Highlights: It was the all-round show of Dasun Shanaka coupled with fifty from Kusal Mendis and early strikes from Kasun Rajitha as Lanka powered over Axar Patel and Surya

9:48 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Six!! Axar not looking to play it easy

 

Axar Patel has hit the leg spinner out of the ground for a six. It was right in the slot and he went for the mighty slog sweep. 

 

9:43 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Hooda departs, looking difficult for India here

 

It was a leg spinner and not the googly and yet Hooda played against the turn and it cost him his wicket. India are now five down and the chase looks very difficult for them now 

 

9:41 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Spinners building pressure on India

 

India are struggling big time here as they now need 153 runs in the last 12 overs at more than 12 runs per over. The spinners are now on and Sri Lanka would need them to keep piling on the pressure. 

 

9:29 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Misfield by Shanaka

 

It is a rare misfield by the Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka as he let the ball slip through his hands, but recovers well in time to stop that from going for a four 

 

9:21 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Hardik Pandya departs

 

This is a brilliant catch by Kusal Mendis as Chamika Karunaratne bowled a floater outside off and Pandya went fo the big shot and knicked the ball which was flying to the wide slip, but Mendis jumped to his right and caught the ball with one hand. India are now four down for 34

 

9:19 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Big shots are required and Pandya provides

 

Hardik Pandya is breaking the shackles here as he has hit Chamika Karunaratne for a six over mid-on. If India are to remain in the game, they must keep hitting the big shots. 

 

9:15 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: The chorus for an IPL contract for Shanaka grows

9:11 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Madushanka removes debutant Tripathi

9:09 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Rajitha gets Shubman Gill

9:04 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Tripathi starts international career with a bang

 

Kasun Rajitha is the same bowler who picked up three wickets in Sri Lanka’s win over the hosts on the same ground in 2016. He has swung the first two balls here too

 

Four!! But Rahul Tripathi has other ideas as he counters the swing by coming down the ground and forces the bowler to go full on the next ball. And on the next ball, he plays the Dilscoop, without being in total control of the shot as it hits him on the helmet, but he gets back to back fours nonetheless. 

 

9:01 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Rajitha castles Ishan Kishan

 

Wicket!! After what would be a lucky first over where India got five wides and then a simple ball to be put away for a four by Shubmana Gill, Ishan Kishan has been castled by Kasun Rajitha off the first ball of the second over and India are one down for 12 

 

8:59 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: That’s where the Sri Lankan innings ended

8:43 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: 20-ball fifty for Shanaka, finishes it in style

 

It is strange why someone like Dasun Shanaka was not picked in the IPL auction as he has once again proved why he is one of the best when it comes to hitting the ball. He has now hit a fifty off just 20 balls here and taken his team past 200 after a long-long time in India. He might also end the 13-match-losing streak of the Sri Lankan side in India tonight for all you know.  

 

And he ends the innings with a six as well. Sri Lanka finish at 206-6 and India would need 207 to win the match and take the series. 

 

8:39 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Arshdeep bowls five no-balls in a 12-ball spell

 

This is one of the worst 12-ball spells that you would see by an Indian bowler in international cricket as Arshdeep Singh has now bowled five no-balls and conceded 37 runs off his two overs in this game 

 

8:35 PM

IND vs SL 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: No-ball costs Arshdeep a wicket

 

Arshdeep Singh and his problems of overstepping have now cost him and India an important wicket of Dasun Shanaka who was caught in the deep by Suryakumar Yadav. 

 

Six!! Shanaka takes full advantage of the free hit and hits one over the long-on fielder for a six. Sri Lanka are well past 180 and with an over to go, they would look to get 200