Brief scorecard: Sri Lanka 206/6 (Dasun Shanka 56*, Kusal Mendis 52; Umran Malik 3/48, Axar Patel 2/24) beat India 190/8 (Axar Patel 65, Suryakumar Yadav 51; Shanaka 2/4, Kasun Rajitha 2/22) by 16 runs

Statistical highlights of India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I 2023

• Captain Dasun Shanaka’s all-round performance with bat (56 not out) and ball (two for 4) led Sri Lanka to a series-leveling win against India at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
• It is Sri Lanka’s ninth T20I win against India.
• Batting first, Sri Lanka made 206 for six, with Shanaka and Kusal Mendis (52) making crucial fifties that set the tone for the innings.
• Shanaka’s fifty, which came off 20 balls, is now the fastest in T20Is by a Sri Lankan batsman.
• Sri Lanka bowlers backed up the strong batting performance by blowing away India’s top order at getting a stranglehold of the match. The home team were reduced to 34 for four before being 57 for five, at which point Axar Patel and Suryakumar Yadav combined for a 91-run sixth-wicket partnership that delayed the inevitable and helped reduce Sri Lanka’s margin of victory.
• It is India’s first T20I defeat under Hardik Pandya’s captaincy.

Related