India Vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Axar Patel’s Brilliance and Shivam Mavi’s dream debut left Dasun Shanaka & co shell shocked as Team India defeated the Asian Champions by the barest of margins in the first T20I. A topsy-Turvy game ended in favour of India on the last ball courtesy of an intelligent bowling performance under pressure in the last over from Axar Patel and brave gamble from Hardik Pandya.

Put into bat first, India dominated the first two overs as if it was the dream year for them, scoring 26 runs in two overs. Then came in the dream spoiler in form of Maheesh Theekshana who trapped Shubman Gill for LBW, and from thereon it was Sri Lanka’s brilliance until over number 15. At the end of innings, Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel shifted gears by raining fours and sixes over the ground. The duo together put on 68 runs for sixth wicket to post a defendable total of 162/5 in 20 overs

In reply, Sri Lankan top order batters fell cheaply to the Indian fast bowling dominance. No one really kept going until the first half. Sri Lanka lower order all-rounders were left with so much to be done in the last 54 balls with nearly 95 runs to get. Dasun Shanaka and Wannindu Hasaranga together showed some intent by putting 40 runs between them and kept the chase possible at some point. Dasun Shanaka was caught by Yuzvendra Chahal courtesy of a super-fast delivery from Umran Malik(155KPH). Chamika Karunaratne at the end tried to take the game as his responsibility by showing some intent with lusty maximums in 19^th and 20^th over but eventually, Sri Lanka lost by two runs. Shivam Mavi was the pick of bowlers with four wicket haul on his debut.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the 2^nd T20I between India and Sri Lanka:

Head- to-Head India and Sri Lanka have met on 27 occasions in which India have won 18 games and Sri Lanka have won 8 games with one game ending in no Result. In India, both teams have locked horns for 15 times with India being victorious in 12 games and Sri Lanka winning 2 games and one game endded in no result

85 – Suryakumar Yadav (1415) needs 85 runs to complete 1500 runs in T20Is.

4 – Yuzvendra Chahal (87) needs four wickets to surpass Bhuvneshwar Kumar (90) and become the leading wicket-taker for India in T20 internationals.

4 – Kusal Mendis (46) requires four sixes to get to 50 maximums in T20Is.

5 – Ishan Kishan (45) requires five sixes to complete 50 maximums across formats.

1 – India (18 against Sri Lanka) is one victory away from equaling England’s record (19 against Pakistan) for the most wins against an opponent in the shortest international format.

4 – Washington Sundar (46) is four scalps away from reaching 50 wickets in international cricket.

2 – Dasun Shanaka (48) needs two scalps to get to 50 wickets across formats.

6 – Wannindu Hasaranga needs 6 runs to complete 500 runs in T20Is and also to become the second Sri Lankan after Thisara Perera to score 500 runs and take 50 wickets in T20I

2 – Yuzvendra Chahal needs 2 wickets to surpass the tally of Adam Zmapa’s (21) wickets against Sri Lanka and to become leading wicket-taker against Sri Lanka in T20Is

43 -Suryakumar Yadav (5457) needs 43 more runs to complete 5500 T20 runs

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