Twitter Reactions: Ishan Kishan leads India to a stunning victory in T20I opener

India keep their unbeaten run in the shortest format intact with a convincing 62-run win over Sri Lanka in the first T20I at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on February 24. By the virtue of this win, the Men In Blue have won seven straight T20Is including back-to-back series victories over New Zealand and the West Indies respectively.

After a batting masterclass from skipper Rohit Sharma, his opening partner Ishan Kishan and the middle-order sensation Shreyas Iyer in the first innings, the Indian bowlers provided breakthroughs at regular intervals in the second as the Sri Lankans lost the plot in their stiff chase of 200 runs and could never recover once they started losing wickets from the word ‘go’.

Ishan Kishan falls short of a deserving century

After being put in to bat by the Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka, Ishan Kishan along with captain Rohit Sharma ensured a brisk start for India as the duo added 111 runs for the opening stand before the latter’s dismissal in the 12th over scoring 44 runs off 32 deliveries. The southpaw took the Sri Lankan bowlers to the cleaners at regular intervals and scored an excellent half-century off only 30 balls.

Unfortunately, Kishan missed out on his maiden ton by just 11 runs as he walked back to the dugout having scored 89 runs off 59 deliveries. A quickfire 57 off 28 balls by Shreyas Iyer towards the backend of the innings propelled India to 199/2 from their 20 overs. In reply, the visitors never got going once they lost in-form opener Pathum Nissanka for a golden duck as the Indian bowlers kept on striking with accurate bowling. At 97/6, it seemed to be all over for them but, middle-order batter Charith Asalanka soldiered with a valiant knock and remained unbeaten on 53 off 47 deliveries.

Nonetheless, he was the lone warrior for Sri Lanka and no support from the other end meant that the 2014 T20 world champions were eventually restricted to 137/6 from their 20 overs.

Here are the Twitter Reactions after India’s well-deserved win in 1st T20I

Rohit is now the top scorer in Men's T20Is! 😎👑#INDvSL #INDvsSL #HITMAN #RohithSharma #RohitSharma @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/Js0jcjHl4Z

— ɪ s ᴍ ᴀ ɪ ʟ ᴴⁱᵗᵐᵃⁿ `´ ᵀʰᵃˡᵃᵖᵃᵗʰʸ ༒ (@imIsmail45) February 24, 2022

It was always impossible for Lankan team to chase that total but the way they surrendered was a bit surprising. #cricketwitter #INDvSL

— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) February 24, 2022

10 Consecutive wins for #TeamIndia in T20Is. Great going👏 #INDvSL

— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) February 24, 2022

India too good for this Sri Lanka side. #CricketTwitter #INDvSL

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) February 24, 2022

SL: No KL, Virat, Pant, Sky. Ind total won't be that high.
Meanwhile Indian total: #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/anMUUgcVRX

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 24, 2022

POV: you’re looking at the leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is 🇮🇳#INDvSL | @yuzi_chahal pic.twitter.com/HoeCcqmuGD

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) February 24, 2022

MOST RUN IN T20Is:

3307 – Rohit Sharma
3299 – Martin Guptill
3296 – Virat Kohli
2776 – Paul Stirling
2686 – Aaron Finch#INDvSL #TeamIndia #RohitSharma𓃵 @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/FYBtlHA5aw

— Aneesh (@Aneesh_98) February 24, 2022

Rohit Sharma has been unbeaten after taking charge as India's full-time captain in limited-overs cricket.#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/0uptYaoZfV

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) February 24, 2022

People are criticising SL a bit too much. They are playing without 3 regulars – Kusal Mendis, Hasaranga & Theekshana. Camp is hit by covid & injuries. They're just here to honour the FTP pre-decided. #INDvSL

— 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙮𝙪𝙨𝙝 (@ps26_11) February 24, 2022

Congrats Rohit ❣️ for becoming most runs scorer in T20I cricket 🤩

#RohitSharma𓃵 | #INDvSL | #Cricket#RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/ITCjPOZdF6

— आशीष सिंह (@realashish7) February 24, 2022

#TeamIndia 🇮🇳 on a supreme mode… amazing start on a new series 👏 1 up 💪 #INDvSL @BCCI

— Swapnil Khopkar 🇮🇳 (@777swapnil777) February 24, 2022

India have now won their last 10 T20Is and it is the largest winning streak for India in T20Is 🇮🇳.
Congratulations #TeamIndia #INDvSL #INDvsSL #BCCI #Cricket #cricketwitter

— PRASHANT SINGH (@CRICKETPKSINGH) February 24, 2022