IND vs SL / Team India started the year with a win defeating Sri Lanka by 2 runs

Team India has won the first match of the year 2023. He defeated Asian champions Sri Lanka by 2 runs. The team has won the first match of the year after 5 years. Earlier in 2017, he had defeated England by 3 wickets. With this victory, the Indian team has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. The second match of the series will be played on January 5 in Pune.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Jan 03, 2023, 10:57 PM

IND vs SL: Team India has won the first match of the year 2023. He defeated Asian champions Sri Lanka by 2 runs. The team has won the first match of the year after 5 years. Earlier in 2017, he had defeated England by 3 wickets. With this victory, the Indian team has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. The second match of the series will be played on January 5 in Pune.

Batting first after losing the toss at the Mumbai Wankhede Stadium, Team India scored a score of 162 runs. After that the visiting team was dismissed for 160 runs. Captain Dasun Shanaka contributed the maximum 45 runs from Sri Lanka. While opener Kusal Mendis added 28 runs. None of the remaining batsmen could perform well.

Sri Lankan wickets fell like this

1st: Pathum Nissanka bowled by Shivam Mavi.

Second: De Silva was caught by Mavi at the hands of Sanju Samson.

Third: Aslanka wants to hit, Umran Malik's ball stands up with the top edge of the bat. The wicket-keeper took a tremendous catch with a long run-up.

Fourth: Mendis wanted to cut Harshal's short wide ball, but the ball went into the hands of Sanju Samson standing at deep cover.

Fifth: Bhanuka Rajapakse wanted to play Harshal Patel's length ball towards mid-off, but the ball did not go that far and was caught by captain Pandya.

Sixth: Hasaranga caught Pandya standing at mid-off on Mavi's ball.

Seventh: Captain Dasun Shanaka was able to catch Chahal off the ball of Umran Malik.

Eighth: Fuller length ball to Mahesh Teekshana. On which Teekshana was caught by Suryakumar Yadav at long off.

India scored 162 runs, Hooda-Deepak added 68 runs on 35 balls

Batting first after losing the toss, the Indian team scored 162 runs. He had lost 5 wickets at the score of 94 runs in 14.1 overs. From here, Hooda-Deepak added an unbeaten 68 off 35 balls for the sixth wicket to take India to a challenging score. Hooda scored an unbeaten 41 off 23 balls with the help of 1 four and 4 sixes. At the same time, Akshar scored 31 runs in 20 balls with the help of three fours and 1 six.

Apart from these two, opener Ishaan Kishan (37 runs) and captain Hardik Pandya (29 runs) also played useful innings. Shubman Gill (7), Suryakumar Yadav (7) and Sanju Samson (5) flopped.

For Sri Lanka, Mahesh Teekshana, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjay de Silva, Vanindu Hasaranga and Dilshan Madushanka got one wicket each.

Leaving Ishaan...the top order did not work

India's top order flopped except for Ishaan. Sri Lankan bowlers did not give Gill, Surya and Samson a chance to play freely. Suryakumar Yadav, the highest run-scorer for India in 2022, got out after scoring 7 runs. Shubman Gill, who was debuting, also got LBW on the ball of Mahish Teekshana in the powerplay. At the same time, Sanju Samson, who is returning to the team, got out after scoring 6 runs in 5 balls.

See the playing XI of both countries

India: Hardik Pandya (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Deepak Hooda, Akshar Patel, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shivam Mavi and Umran Malik.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Kusal Mendis (Wicket-keeper), Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjay de Silva, Vanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka and Mahish Teekshana.