India beat Sri Lanka in 2nd T20I: Records broken
Team India on Saturday defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets to clinch the three-match T20I series. This is India's third consecutive series win in the format. Prior to this, India defeated West Indies 3-0 last week. Last year in November, India had blanked New Zealand in three-match series. India have also won their last 11 T20I games on a trot. Here are further details.
Iyer slams his second successive fifty
Indian middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer scored his second successive fifty. It is his 5th T20I fifty overall. He scored 74 runs off 44 balls. He hit six fours and four sixes. He had added 57* from 28 balls in the first T20I.
How did the match pan out?
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 183/5 in 20 overs. Pathum Nissanka top-scored (75) for SL. Dasun Shanaka contributed with 47. In reply, India won the match in 17.1 overs. Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 74 runs. Ravindra Jadeja scored a quickfire 45*. Sanju Samson added 39 runs off 25 balls.
Sri Lanka surpassed a decade-old record
Sri Lanka on Saturday smashed 72 runs in the death overs (17 to 20) and in the process surpassed a decade-old record. These are the most India have leaked against any side in T20Is during death overs in the last 10 years. The last team to score 70 plus runs against India between 17 to 20 overs was South Africa in 2012.
Captain Rohit Sharma scripts a record
With this win, captain Rohit Sharma scripted a unique record. He has now become the most successful T20I captain at home with 16 wins to his name. Since he became a full-time captain, India are unbeaten in this format.
Nissanka records his highest score in T20Is
Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka starred with the bat for tourists. He scored 75 runs off 53 balls with the help of 11 boundaries. It is also his highest score in the shortest format of the game. He surpassed the 500-run mark in T20Is as well. He batted with a sense of purpose. He found the gaps and dominated the show.
India extend the H2H record
The two teams have faced each other on 24 occasions in T20Is to date. India have won 16 matches. Sri Lanka have pocketed seven matches. One match didn't have a result. India have won the last two T20Is against Sri Lanka.
