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Deepak chahar helps India to win 2nd ODI

Deepak Chahar’s wonderful knock of unbeaten 69 helped India to win the second ODI against Sri Lanka. Deepak chahar with the help of Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the other end chased down the target with a record partnership of unbroken 84 runs. .

India were struggling at 193 for 7 when Bhuvneshwar joined chahar , when 83 more runs runs were needed for India to win. Both produced an incredible Chase .Bhuvneshwar was also beaten on 19 off 28.

Sri Lanka again won the toss in the second ODI , and made a descent score of 275 , thanks to Karunaratne who contributed some important runs at the death overs, after a poor show of middle order. The total of 275 was not a match winning total, but a fighting total. and something to bowled to.

India again started very nicely, Prithvi Shaw started the innings with 3 consecutive fours in 1st overs. and made 14 runs in 1st over. Shikhar Dhawan was also looking comfortable in starting. but at 6th ball of 3rd over, leg spinner Hasaranga bowled Prithvi Shaw with the ball coming little bit in to the batsman.it was really a master stroke from Sri Lankan captain Shanaka to introduce spin so early because they knew if Prithvi Shaw had stayed 5-6 overs more , he would have drag Sri Lanka out of the context.

But it was not only one dent that India faced during the chase, soon after Prithvi Shaw was dismissed, Ishan Kishan soon followed him with just 1 off 4.Then the chase become little bit tricky for India . Captain Shikhar Dhawan was joined by Manish Pandey who was also wanting to score some runs after a poor show in 1st ODI,but at the score of 65, Indian captain Shikhar Dhawan was also dismissed by Hasaranga. than it became a tough challenge for Manish Pandey and Suryakumar Yadav to get India chased down the target they both were batting really good but than came an unfortunate run out of Manish Pandey. Surya’s straight drive was so straight that it hit the stumps at the bowlers end and Shanaka managed to touch the ball in the process.

Hardik Pandya was straightaway dismissed for 0 off 3 . Making condition more worse for India. Soon after scoring his maiden fifty , Suryakumar was dismissed by spinner Sandakan. Krunal Pandya showed some resistance but was gone with a beauty of Hasaranga. After that it became almost impossible for India to win from that situation.Then came India’s hero of the match . Deepak chahar along with Bhuvneshwar managed to make a match winning partnership of 84 runs.

The innings of chahar was a combination of patience and maturity. he knew that the asking rate was not much . if India managed to rotate strike , they would achieve the target. he took some calculated risk with some outstanding running between the wickets soon after he scored his maiden fifty, and hopes of Indian dugout and fans was again came again.

it was a masterstroke from Rahul Dravid to send chahar ahead of Bhuvneshwar because he knew about the capabilities of chahar. Chahar also contributed with ball taking 2 for 52 in 8 overs. It was an all round performance from chahar to contribute in India’s win. After the second ODI , the third match is on Friday.

India tour of Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Preview

Today ,Indian cricket team will play their 1st match of the tour to Sri Lanka.it will be held at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo(3 PM IST). This is going to be a very interesting series for cricket fans because the regular players of team are currently in England where they are preparing for 5 test match series against England.

Some key players including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma , Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant , Mohammed Shami will be unavailable for the series against Sri Lanka. Due to which , many youngsters have been selected for this tour. it is very exciting to see how these youngsters will perform in international cricket after showing their temperament in world’s biggest cricket league IPL, they would also want to target a spot for ICC T20 cricket world cup later this year.

India is starting this series as Favourites against Sri Lanka, who have many issues to solve before the series. With contract issues of players, injuries and many other things, Sri Lanka has a huge task to compete with Indian team. Sri Lanka would so want to silence their critics after a very poor show with bat and ball in recently concluded series against England , where they were not even able to give a descent fight. Sri Lanka has appointed all – rounder Dasun shanaka as their new captain for this series. And for India, Shikhar Dhawan is the new captain and Rahul Dravid, the new coach for this tour .

Team news- Sri Lanka

They have appointed Dasun shanaka as their new captain. Kusal Perera is already out from this series due to injury. They are also missing some fine players ,even Angelo Mathews in unavailable due to some personal reason. it will be a huge task to play against India, even after some of key Indian players are not here but the depth of Indian team is very strong.

Expected playing 11:- Aviska Fernando,Minod Bhanuka(wk),Patthum Nissanka,Dhananjay de-silva,Bhanuka Rajapaksha,Wanindu Hasaranga, Dasun shanaka,Chamila karunaratne, Akila Dhananjaya,Dusmantha chameera, Lakshan Sandakan

Team news-India

Its Shikhar Dhawan’s first opportunity to lead team India. He would also want to seal his t20 opening slot for world cup because he was dropped in last series against England. He is expected to open the innings with Prithvi Shaw. who is also making a come back in team . the major toss up will be for wicket keeper , there are 2 wicket keeperS, Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson. it will be very interesting to see who will be in final 11. kuldeep and Chahal are also expected to play together Indian fans are very excited to see how youngsters paly in this 6 match limited over series.

expected Playing 11:-Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw ,Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan kishan(wk),Manish Pandey, Hardik pandya, krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar , Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Weather forecast

Thunderstorms are predicted during the match which can interrupt the match. the temperature in expected to be around 29-26 degree Celsius.

Pitch conditions:-

the R Premedasa stadium is a high scoring ground. Team batting first should make at least 300 in this pitch.

stats :-

  1. India last played an ODI series back in 2017.where India won very convincingly .
  2. Shikhar Dhawan is 23 runs away from 6000 ODI runs.
  3. India has a good record of 91-56 head to head against Sri Lanka.