India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20 Pune: The second match of the T20 series between India and Sri Lanka will be played in Pune on Thursday. India will enter the field with the intention of winning this match and capturing the series. On the other hand Sri Lankan team would like to equalize in the series. Team India batsmen Ishaan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav can break Shikhar Dhawan’s record in Pune.

Dhawan is the Indian batsman who scored the most T20 runs against Sri Lanka in Pune. He has played two matches here against Sri Lanka and scored a total of 61 runs in it. KL Rahul is in second place in this matter. Rahul has played one match and scored 54 runs. While Ravichandran Ashwin and Manish Pandey are jointly in third place after scoring 31-31 runs. Virat Kohli has scored 26 runs. He is at number four.

Ishaan Kishan is in form. He scored 37 runs facing 29 balls in the match played in Mumbai. During this, Kishan hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. If he scores more than 61 runs while batting fast in the match played on Thursday, then Dhawan’s record will be broken. Even Suryakumar Yadav can do this wonder. Surya is a veteran player of T20 format. But it will be interesting to see what is the strategy of Indian batsmen against Sri Lankan bowlers.

Significantly, two T20 matches have been played between India and Sri Lanka in Pune so far. During this, both the teams have won one match each. The first T20 match between India and Sri Lanka was played in February 2016 in Pune. Sri Lanka won it by 5 wickets. The second match was played in January 2020. India won it by 78 runs. Dhawan and Rahul had scored half-centuries in this match.

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