IND vs SL

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20 Live Score: Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to field. A win at Pune will help India take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ...

India eventually won the game by 2 runs; but will he lose his place in the XI tonight? The pair added 68 runs in 35 balls, driving India to a respectable 162/5 in 20 overs. Shivam Mavi had a phenomenal outing in the first T20I, which was also his India debut. While the Indian bowlers did a decent job in the previous T20I, Yuzvendra Chahal was a rare exception. It was a high scoring encounter as piled over 200 and won the contest by a huge margin. Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis will open the innings for the tourists. Arshdeep Singh bowls it full and on the pads of Nissanka, which is flicked for a boundary. Mendis smashes the freehit on the leg side, which races away for a four towards the square leg region. The final delivery takes a leading edge of Mendis' bat and is caught, but it was a freehit. The freehit is also smashed in the same region but the timing was missing, hence it only results in a double. Excellent piece of fielding by Rahul Tripathi as Mendis whacks it straight over the bowler, which looked like a sure boundary. Spin introduced from both ends and it puts a brake on the brisk scoring.

India, set a daunting target of 207 by Sri Lanka and needing 33 runs off the last two overs, falls short by 16 runs; Kusal Mendis registers a half-century ...

He read the turn and flight to precision, literally hitting the ball out of the park whenever he wished. But Kasun Rajitha — who opened the floodgates early on — conceded 12 runs in the penultimate over. But on Thursday night, none of the 30,460 spectators moved from their seat at the Maharashta Cricket Association stadium, even when India was in doldrums at 57 for five in the 10th over, chasing an improbable 207-run mark.

Suryakumar, India's brightest spot in the shortest 2022, did his bit. But it was Axar Patel who brought India right back in the second T20I versus Sri ...

He read the turn and flight to precision, literally hitting the ball out of the park whenever he wished. But Kasun Rajitha - who opened the floodgates early on - conceded 12 runs in the penultimate over. The reason: Suryakumar Yadav was at the crease.

Sri Lanka won the second T20I against India in Pune by 16 runs to level the series three-match series 1-1. Despite twin fifties from Suryakumar Yadav and ...

New comer Shivam Mavi also slammed a few sixes but that weren't enough as Sri Lanka narrowly escaped late blitz from India to win the second match by 16 runs. India got off to a shaky start on the other hand losing four wickets inside the Powerplay including that of Hardik Pandya. Though three quick wickets in the middle overs did pull back their game, the Lankans remained determined to put up a handsome total on the board.

Sri Lanka bounced back to clinch the second T20I by 16 runs to level the series despite some late heroics by Axar Patel and Suryakumar Yadav.

Rajitha bowled a tight over in the 19th but conceded a boundary at the very end meaning India needed 21 off six balls. However, Shivam Mavi also joined in the fun with some lusty blows. In an attempt to up the ante, Deepak Hooda also fell to Wanindu Hasaranga. Indian bowlers had a bad day at the office as they struggled to find discipline. Kusal Mendis was smashing the Indian bowlers to all parts of Pune and quickly brought up his fifty and Sri Lanka raced to 80 runs in 8.2 overs. Pathum Nissanka and Dhananjaya de Silva also perished quickly as the visitors' innings lost some pace and found themselves 110 for four in 13.4 overs.