Thursday, March 28th, 2024

IND vs SL: KL Rahul became ‘troubleshooter’… Amazing work of Kuldeep-Siraj.. Team India’s big bang in Kolkata


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Kuldeep and Siraj took 3-3 wickets
India take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series
Sri Lankan team could not even play full 50 overs

New Delhi. After the excellent bowling of Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj, India defeated Sri Lanka by 4 wickets in the second ODI on the basis of KL Rahul’s half-century. Rohit Sharma & Co. also won the 3-match series with this. India has won the 10th consecutive and overall 15th bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Chasing the target of 216 runs set by Sri Lanka, the Indian team won by 6 wickets in 43.2 overs. KL Rahul played the role of ‘troubleshooter’ while batting at number 5 and played an unbeaten half-century. He completed Pachasa in 93 balls. Rahul scored the 12th century of ODI career. Rahul scored an unbeaten 64 off 103 balls with the help of 6 fours. Kuldeep Yadav returned unbeaten on 10 runs.

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Breaking records is not the goal… still a long way to go

Chasing the target, the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill got off to a cautious start. Both shared a 33-run partnership. Rohit Sharma, who scored a half-century in the Guwahati ODI, returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs in the second ODI. After this, Shubman Gill also went on to score 21 runs in the next over. Virat Kohli also disappointed. Virat was bowled by Lahiru Kumara on the score of 4.

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Shreyas Iyer got out after scoring 28 runs. After this, KL Rahul along with Hardik Pandya handled the innings. Both shared a 75-run partnership for the 5th wicket. Pandya was dismissed after scoring 36 runs in 53 balls. After Hardik’s dismissal, KL Rahul got the support of Akshar Patel. Both of them played an important role in getting India the match as well as the series by batting brilliantly.

Debutant Nuwanidu scored a half-century for Sri Lanka.

Dasun Shanaka won the toss and decided to bat first at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. India bundled out Sri Lanka for 215 runs in 40 overs with the sharp bowling of Kuldeep and Siraj. Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep, who was in and out of the Indian team, made 51 while Siraj took 3-3 wickets for 30 runs. Umran Malik took 2 wickets. Debutant Nuwanidu Fernando (50) and Kusal Mendis (34) innings, at one time the Sri Lankan team was dismissed in 39.4 overs despite being in a good position by scoring 102 runs for 1 wicket.

Kuldeep destroyed the Sri Lankan middle order

Kuldeep was dropped from the playing XI for the next Test despite taking 5 wickets in his innings in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong last month. He was given a chance in the playing XI on Thursday when leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was ruled out due to swelling in his right shoulder. Kuldeep demolished Sri Lanka’s middle order. He also bowled Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka (02), who scored an unbeaten century in the last match. The visiting team lost five wickets in 43 balls in the middle, which shattered their hopes of scoring a big score on a flat pitch. Nuwanidu looked in good touch and added 73 runs for the second wicket with Mendis.

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Tags: Hardik Pandya, IND vs SL, india vs sri lanka, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd Siraj, team india

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