India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I at Indore, IND v SL, Jan 07 2020 - Match Result

RESULT
2nd T20I (N), Indore, January 07, 2020, Sri Lanka tour of India
(17.3/20 ov, T:143) 144/3

India won by 7 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
2/18 & 2 catches
navdeep-saini
Match centre 
Scores: Chandan Duorah | Comms: Debayan Sen
Scorecard summary
Sri Lanka 142/9(20 overs)
India 144/3(17.3 overs)
45 (32)
34 (26)
1/30 (3.3)

10.37pm That's that then from Indore. India go 1-0 up in the series with an emphatic performance from just about everybody that pulled on the India blue today. The series gets decided in three days' time in Pune, and we hope you will join us for that. Fidel's report will be around on the site soon, and Deivarayan Muthu's analysis from Indore should follow soon after. For the moment, from Chandan Duorah, Shashank Kishore and the rest of us at ESPNcricinfo, this is Debayan Sen saying goodnight and goodbye!

Varun: "When anyone says that India should experiment than to win matches.... It reminds me of pre-2007 world cup phase under Greg when we were changing the team and the batting order left and right. Didn't go so well then"

Navdeep Saini is the Man of the Match! Speaks to Kartik: "I was back in the T20 team after such a long time, that's why I felt quite confident and eager. (On thinking in T20) The first thing is to be confident, and only then can you bring in variations. (More satisfactory wicket) I liked the yorker better because I nailed it better than expectations. (On how he sees himself as a bowler, whether in white-ball cricket or red-ball) I play both, and hence the more I play, the better I will get at them. (Pace) When I made my T20 debut, all I thought of was pace. But as I have played more, I have realised that variations are important too."

Virat Kohli: "This was a clinical performance, and that's how we want to build on each series. We have ticked a few more boxes this time. Brilliant from Navdeep. He has done well in ODI cricket, and he's bowling well in T20s, with experienced guys like Jasprit, Bhuvi and Shardul. It's a really good sign for the team. It's good to have Jasprit back again. He was really keen to bowl again, and his pace was up again. We have to choose who will be our best skills. I think there'll be one player who will be a surprise package. Prasidh Krishna is someone who has bowled really well in domestic cricket. (On picking Washington Sundar ahead of Jadeja) I think they have a lot of left-handers, and the idea was about match-ups. We need balance, and you need more than five bowlers in T20 cricket. It was a really good surface, and we pulled things back really well. We kept picking wickets, and we didn't let them to 170-175, which I thought would have been a par score. (On choice of number three) The thought process is simple - we need to see guys step up, win matches under pressure. Me going in at 4 helps us too, like I did at Wankhede [against West Indies]. At the same time, give young players a chance."

Lasith Malinga: "I thought we were lacking by about 25 runs. We were looking at 160 or so. The bowlers did a good job of sticking to their job. (On Udana) I think he's our main bowler, and just before bowling, he got injured. He's getting better, and let's see how he goes before that match. (Other players) We need to give opportunities to them. We know how experienced he [Angelo Mathews] is. We need the young players also to get into a winning way."

10.23pm The presentation is up next.

Paras Dua: "While largely a complete performance, India needs to really challenge itself - bat first and defend targets on flat decks, or assume they need to chase the score down in 15 overs. Risk of not experiment is much higher than risk of losing as preparation for world cup." --- Agree, but still a few games to go. I am sure they are looking to seal their best possible squad first of all

karthik : "Can anyone tell me why didn't Malinga gave an over to Udana. Is he considering him as a batsman?? Hoping this will be answered " --- Udana's had so many questions asked about him today, I suspect RCB fans outnumber those of the Sri Lankan team. He injured himself while fielding, during just the fourth over, unfortunately. That was the issue with him. Hopefully, he will recover in time for the series decider in Pune on January 10

Galvin Dhaliwal: "Shreyas showing time and time again on how poor the selectors were in picking the number 4 batsman going into the World Cup!"

KL Rahul talks to Murali Kartik: "We've been away from the game for a little time, and wanted to get some game time. We were able to play the way we did because of our bowlers. It was probably a 170/180 wicket, and the bowlers did really well. I have just been getting runs, and building my innings well. I've been getting runs, playing out in the middle, and that's been good. (On opening partners, Rohit and Dhawan) I don't think there's anything different. We all go out there with a simple plan - to win games for our country. Rohit just makes batting look so damn easy. Shikhar and I have opened together from the time I started my Test career. We have a job to do and we try to do it to the best of our ability."

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Navjot S Bhatia: "Navdeep Saini for MoM" --- Could be a tough choice, but his spell was quite something. Agreed. In fact, all bowlers picked wickets, and all the batsmen got some runs. Pant got a stumping, and even Dube took a catch! One of those days where you cannot complain about anything

10.10pm India get 2020 off in some style. A complete performance in many ways, right from the toss that they won and inserted Sri Lanka. A good effort from all the bowlers took them to a position from where it seemed unlikely to have any result other than an Indian win. That was backed up with some good contributions from every member of the top four

17.3
6
Lahiru Kumara to Kohli, SIX runs

ooh, finished in style! Kohli gets inside the line of a short ball, and then whips it on one leg over the long leg fence. Meeting fire with fire, in every respect. Punches gloves with the non-striker, and now acknowledges the congratulations from the opposition players

17.2
1
Lahiru Kumara to Pant, 1 run

greets him with a shortish ball, but not enough to go around his shoulder. Pant wafts it away, across the line, towards deep square leg

Slip comes in for Pant

AG: "@Ram - hold your horses, we have only seen him smack spinners out of the park, will be interesting how he fares against the likes of Starc and Cummins.. big fan BTW! "

Pant in next

17.1
W
Lahiru Kumara to Shreyas Iyer, OUT

gets his man with a short ball! Smart bowling, as he digs this in short, but leaves it outside off, inviting Iyer to take him on. This was always going to be difficult to control, especially with the kind of pace Kumara generates, and that takes it to deep square leg's safe hands

Shreyas Iyer c Shanaka b Kumara 34 (26b 3x4 1x6) SR: 130.76

Kumara again

end of over 1716 runs
IND: 137/2CRR: 8.05 RRR: 2.00
Shreyas Iyer34 (25b 3x4 1x6)
Virat Kohli24 (16b 1x4 1x6)
Lasith Malinga 4-0-41-0
Wanindu Hasaranga 4-0-30-2

Ragha: "Malinga to Kohli reminds me of some good old match in Aus. That was the beginning of the Kohli Mania."

16.6
1
Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run

slower ball, and he goes back and drives this towards deep mid-wicket

15 off this already. In the meantime, Kohli has reached 1000 runs as T20I captain

16.5
1
Malinga to Kohli, 1 run

fuller ball, and driven towards deep mid-wicket

16.4
2
Malinga to Kohli, 2 runs

whips a fuller ball around middle disdainfully towards the deep mid-wicket fence. Two runs on offer

16.3
6
Malinga to Kohli, SIX runs

ooh, smacks a short ball over the long leg fence! Don't think he was in complete control, but he knew the fielder was much squarer, and hence made no effort to keep it down

Ram: "What a player Iyer is turning about to be? He playing a perfect partner to Kohli in chasing totals and that gives the captain a lot of confidence to chase any total. "

16.2
2
Malinga to Kohli, 2 runs

short, and he rocks back and swings this hard towards deep square leg. Gunathilaka gets down low to his left and cuts this off and saves two for his team

16.1
4
Malinga to Kohli, FOUR runs

slower ball, around leg stump, and he runs it down towards fine leg. Just a little nudge, and it keeps it to the right of short fine leg

DanielAlexander: "Tight bowling by SL, couple of wickets here will make it interesting. Malinga has taken 4 in 4 twice in Internationals "

end of over 1617 runs
IND: 121/2CRR: 7.56 RRR: 5.50
Shreyas Iyer33 (24b 3x4 1x6)
Virat Kohli9 (11b)
Wanindu Hasaranga 4-0-30-2
Dasun Shanaka 4-0-26-0
15.6
6
Hasaranga to Shreyas Iyer, SIX runs

ooh, hello THERE! A little shimmy brings him close to the ball, and he has sent this to the roof of the stadium. Smashed over long-on

15.5
4
Hasaranga to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR runs

length, and he slog sweeps this and gets it to the deep mid-wicket fence, What Kohli might have been looking to do off the first ball

15.4
1
Hasaranga to Kohli, 1 run

length, driven towards long-off

15.3
1
Hasaranga to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run

goes back to a slider, and plays it firmly towards long-on

15.2
4
Hasaranga to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR runs

Iyer is able to get under the ball, and flog it towards long-off. Raw power, once he got to the pitch of that with a little stretch forward

15.1
1
Hasaranga to Kohli, 1 run

Hasaranga's first ball back is met with a fierce swipe down towards deep mid-wicket. Would have wanted to get under that

end of over 155 runs
IND: 104/2CRR: 6.93 RRR: 7.80
Virat Kohli7 (9b)
Shreyas Iyer18 (20b 1x4)
Dasun Shanaka 4-0-26-0
Lahiru Kumara 3-0-23-0

Vinayak: "Debayan, you are missing the point. The crowd was obviously senseless. They can't hope for one of our own to be dismissed, even if it brings best player on to the field. That is not right in any era" --- I'd go further to suggest that the crowd should have the right to root for any player of any team. Most professionals tend to take the crowd out of the equation anyway. Don't worry about their feelings

14.6
1
Shanaka to Kohli, 1 run

slower ball, and he moves across to take it from around off, and whip it towards deep mid-wicket. Wants two for it, but the fielder is fast to converge on this

PrashB: "For most people, it's once in a lifetime opportunity watching Kohli bat live in a chase. I watched sachin bat just once and that feeling was ineffable. In india, cricket is a religion."

14.5
1
Shanaka to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run

slower ball, outside off, and he swings this towards deep mid-wicket

14.4
1
Shanaka to Kohli, 1 run

skips down the wicket to drive a length ball down to long-on

14.3
1
Shanaka to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run

fuller ball, and he looks to drive. Gets an inside edge, towards short fine leg. They take on the fielder there and get through for a single

14.2
1
Shanaka to Kohli, 1 run

short, slower ball, and he guides this down towards deep backward square leg

Zaid: "Any reason why isuru Udana is not bowling he. Has good variations. And can get wickets" --- Injured himself while fielding. Hasn't been on the field, since

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
KL Rahul
45 runs (32)
6 fours0 six
Productive shot
cover drive
23 runs
5 fours0 six
Control
75%
SS Iyer
34 runs (26)
3 fours1 six
Productive shot
straight drive
14 runs
2 fours1 six
Control
85%
Best performances - bowlers
SN Thakur
O
4
M
0
R
23
W
3
ECO
5.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
NA Saini
O
4
M
0
R
18
W
2
ECO
4.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
Match details
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
TossIndia, elected to field first
Series
Season2019/20
Player Of The Match
Series resultIndia led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberT20I no. 1026
Hours of play (local time)19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.25, Interval 20.25-20.45, Second Session 20.45-22.10
Match days7 January 2020 - night (20-over match)
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