Sri Lanka cricket team is coming to India tour. Here T20 and Test series will be played between both the teams. The first match of the T20 series will be held in Lucknow. India has a good record against Sri Lanka in T20 format. India defeated Sri Lanka in 14 matches so far. One of these victories was very important for India. Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 93 runs in Cuttack under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. This was India’s biggest win over Sri Lanka in T20 matches.
Year 2017. Sri Lankan team came to India tour. Here Test, ODI and T20 series were played between the two teams. Regular captain Virat Kohli did not play in this series. So Rohit Sharma was given the captaincy in his place. The first match of the T20 series was held in Cuttack. The Indian team lost the toss and went to bat first. During this, Team India scored 180 runs in 20 overs losing just 3 wickets.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma was dismissed after scoring 17 runs in 13 balls. But KL Rahul persisted. He played an innings of 61 runs in 48 balls with the help of 7 fours and a six. Shreyas Iyer contributed 24 runs. In the end, wicketkeeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a stormy innings. Dhoni scored an unbeaten 39 off 22 balls. His innings included 4 fours and a six. Along with Dhoni, Manish Pandey also played a stormy innings. Manish scored an unbeaten 32 off 18 balls.
The Sri Lankan team, chasing the target given by India, was all out for just 87 runs. Upul Tharanga scored the highest 23 runs for Sri Lanka. He hit 2 sixes and a four in 16 balls. While bowling brilliantly for India, Yuzvendra Chahal took 4 wickets. Chahal gave 23 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Hardik Pandya took 3 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Two for Kuldeep Yadav and one for Jaydev Unadkat. In this way Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 93 runs in Cuttack T20 matches. This was India’s biggest win over Sri Lanka in terms of runs in T20 matches.
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