IND vs SL, 1st T20I: Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka acknowledged the fact that his team was performing poorly in the first match of the T20I series against India.
The choice to bowl first didn’t go very well for Sri Lanka as the bowlers were taken to the cleaners by India’s batsmen, led by Ishan Kishan (89 off 56 balls) and Shreyas Iyer (57 not out from 28 balls).
After a daunting target of 200 runs, Sri Lanka was never quite in shape as they lost Pathum Nissaka in the very first ball and lost half of their side in 12 overs.
IND vs SL 1st T20I
At the post-match presentation ceremony, Shanaka said, “We were really bad in all three departments. He batted beautifully, read the game and the conditions well. I could have bowled more.”
Shanaka admitted that spinners Praveen Jayavikrama and Jeffrey Vandersay didn’t have more experience than Mahesh Thekshana (nursing hamstring injury) and Vanindu Hasaranga (still in isolation in Australia due to COVID-19). Shanaka expected top-order batsman Charit Aslanka to do well in the series.
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With the three-match series going 1-0 down, Sri Lanka has a lot of work to do to level the series in the second match in Dharamsala on Saturday.
Virat Kohli also left behind
Apart from this, Rohit has also left behind Virat Kohli and Martin Guptill in terms of scoring the most runs in T20 Internationals.
The names of Virat and Martin Guptill are also included in the list of highest run-getters in T20 Internationals.
But Rohit Sharma has left behind Virat and Martin Guptill in terms of scoring runs. Guptill and Kohli have scored 3299 and 3296 while Rohit has scored many more runs in 115 innings.