IND vs SL 1st T20I Highlights: Mavi shines on debut as India win a thriller

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Highlights: India won a thrilling game by two runs as Shivam Mavi shone with a 4-22 effort on debut. Sri Lanka needed 13 off last 6 with two wickets in hand but got only 10

9:48 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Surya wears the captain’s hat

 

Suryakumar Yadav is the stand-in captain as Hardik Pandya has been sent off the pitch after he seemed visibly in pain on completing the catch

 

9:45 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Rajapaksa goes down, Harshal has another

 

Bhanuka Rajapaksa, probably the only man capable of chasing this total down, has departed as he tried to clear the in-field but holed out to Hardik Pandya just beyond the 30-yard circle at mid-off. Hardik seems to have cramped up while taking the catch 

 

9:33 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Kusal Mendis gets out on a good shot

 

On the ball prior to the one on which he lost his wicket, Kusal Menids dismissed Harshal Patel for a four down the ground. Even on the wicket delivery, he packed a solid punch and drove it with power but the ball went straight to Sanju Samson who was standing at deep extra cover. 

 

9:29 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Ishan Kishan takes a stunner to dismiss Asalanka

 

Umaran Malik has a wicket to his name but all the credit must go to Ishan Kishan as he encircled the ball that flew off the edge of Charith Asalanka’s bat who tried to pull a fast short ball 

 

9:23 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Chahal into the attack

 

Yuzvendra Chahal has come into the attack as the powerplay overs are done with 

 

Six!! Asalanka feels that Chahal should be treated with some ball hitting as he dances down the ground and hits him for a six off the very second ball

 

9:17 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Umran Malik into the attack

 

After a great start from Shivam Mavi, Umran Malik has been introduced into the attack and Hardik and the team would be expecting nothing less than a devastating pace from his side 

 

9:11 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: The second wicket falls, Mavi gets another one

9:02 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Great start from Mavi

 

Wicket!! This is one of the great deliveries that Shivam Mavi has bowled. Not because the ball hit the stumps, but rather because he bowled the first two balls to get the batter driving. The other batter at the non-striker’s end thought it was easy to drive and just then, Mavi dolls out a perfect in-swinger that rattles the defences of Nissanka and he is gone for all money. 

 

8:44 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Indian innings summary

 

India, who were asked to bat first after losing the toss, have set up a target of 163 for their opposition, Sri Lanka. The men in blue lost wickets at regular intervals and were down to 94-5 before Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel added 68* off just 35 balls for the sixth wicket to get them past 160. For Sri Lanka, spinners Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana and Dhananjaya de Silva picked a wicket each and were also economical. 

 

8:39 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: India finish their innings at 162-5

 

Kasun Rajitha comes in to bowl the last over and he has started well with a yorker. The first two balls get Hooda only two runs

 

Six!! Slower one and Hooda hits it down the ground for a six 

 

Four!! Huge swing from Hooda and he gets an edge and it goes over the short third-man for a four 

 

12 runs already from the last over and there is still a ball to go. Hooda is on 40 off 22 and yorker means only a single India would end their innings at 162-5. 

 

8:35 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: 50 partnership up between Hooda and Axar

 

15 runs come off the 19th over and with it comes up the 50 partnership for the sixth wicket between Hooda and Axar Patel. With just one over to go, they would eye to add at least 11 to the Indian total to take it to 160. 

 

8:32 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Hooda survives a close call

 

The Sri Lankans went for the review as the ball hit the pads of Deepak Hooda. The ball was pitching in line and there was no inside edge, yet the ball would go on to miss the stumps and that’s how Hooda lives on

 

8:29 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Good over from Kasun Rajitha

 

The umpire said no wide as Hooda moved towards the off side and then decided to leave the ball as it was going outside the blue line designated to be called wide. It has been good over as only six runs come off it 

 

8:26 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Hooda on a roll

 

Deepak Hooda is utilising his chance like has done all the time. Asked to bat up the order and he delivered, now asked to bat down the order and play the role of a finisher and he is up to the task this time around as well. So far, with three overs yet to go, he is already batting on 28 off 15 balls and India can now eye 160 easily. 

 

8:22 PM

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Hooda goes bang bang

 

Deepak Hooda has given the crowd at Wankhede something to cheer about as he has dismissed Maheesh Theekshana for back-to-back sixes over long-leg as both the balls were pitched a tad bit short and the Lucknow Super Giants batter didn’t bat an eyelid while hitting the big shots that reached the crowd.