IND vs SL 1st T20I Highlights: Ishan shines with 89 as India earn huge win

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Ishan Kishan shine with 89 as India win the match by 62 runs and continue its winning run. The team has now 10 consecutive wins in T20Is

10:45 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 131-6 | Overs 20 | Target 200 | Rohit Sharma pleased with Kishan and Jadeja

 

Rohit Sharma on Ishan Kishan- I know the ability he has and it was just a matter of one good knock that came today and he more importantly constructed the innings after the first six overs that pleased me more 

 

Rohit Sharma on Ravindra Jadeja- We want more from him and I want him to bat up the order as much as possible. He has been an improved player over the years and that's why we want to utilise his abilities 

 

Rohit Sharma- We can't afford to make the finding mistakes that we made in this game 

10:41 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 131-6 | Overs 20 | Target 200 | Ishan Kishan Player of the Match

 

Ishan Kishan is the Player of the Match for his brilliant 89 off just 56 balls which helped India post a huge total of 199 runs. This match has also saved Kishan from a lot of criticism that came from all corners during the West Indies series recently. In his knock, Ishan hit three sixes as well

Ishan says, "I got to learn a lot from the West Indies series and I have changed my intent now I am working more on seeing the ball and hitting the ball and would want to play like that going forward."

10:37 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 131-6 | Overs 20 | Target 200 | 10th win in a row for India

10:35 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 131-6 | Overs 20 | Target 200 | India win- Match Summary

 

Ishan Kishan's dynamic knock of 89 helped India beat Sri Lanka by a handsome margin of 62 runs to lead the three-match T20I series by 1-0. With this win, India now also have stretched their consecutive wins run to 10 matches and are only two wins away from joining Afghanistan as the team with the most consecutive wins in T20Is amongst Test Playing nations. 

 

Along with Iyer, Shreyas Iyer and skipper Rohit Sharma did well too as they scored 44 and 57* each to get India to a very competitive score of 199 in the 20 overs. 

 

Sri Lanka on the other end never looked in the game after winning the toss and deciding to bowl first. Even in the chase, they lost a wicket in the very first ball and apart from Charith Asankala no other Lankan batter was able to get going. Asalnaka top-scored with 53*

 

The two teams will now face each other in the second T20I on February 26 at Dharamshala

10:20 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 131-6 | Overs 20 | Target 200- India win by 67 runs

 

And we are into the last over and Harshal Patel is here to bowl that

 

India, as they win this game, will achieve their best run of wins as they will complete their 10th consecutive win after losing two on a trot against Pakistan and New Zealand in the T20 World Cup 2021

 

And that's it, that's the victory for India as Sri Lanka got two runs off the last ball and India won by a huge margin of 62 runs. Sri Lanka could only manage to get 137-6

10:15 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 131-6 | Overs 19 | Target 200- Fifty for Asalanka

 

Jasprit Bumarah comes into the attack for the 19th over as Charith Asalanka aims for a fifty here 

 

And that's the fifty for Charith Asalanka. It is a very patient knock from the left-handed batter who played while the rest of the batters kept getting out. That's the third fifty in T20Is 

 

10:11 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 125-6 | Overs 18 | Target 200- 21 runs from the over

 

Four!! That's a brilliant shot from Charuith Asalnka as the ball goes for four 

 

Six!! That was smooth from Chameera as it was in his arc and pitched on the half-pitch and at Venky's peace it was going to go for a six without any doubt 

 

Four again!! Venkatesh Iyer's figures are getting a hammering here

 

Four once again, That was smart batting from Dushamnatha Chameera as he guides the ball past short third man for four runs 

10:05 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 104-6 | Overs 17 | Target 200- 100 comes up for Sri Lanka

 

100 comes up for Sri Lanka as the pair of Asalankaand Chameera are now planning to playout the overs 

 

Six runs come from the over 

10:02 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 98-6 | Overs 16 | Target 200

 

And a dot to finish the over and with that, Venkatesh Iyer gets one more wicket in one more over

 

Will Venky get a third over? Probably not 

10:00 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 97-6 | Overs 15.4 | Target 200- Venky strikes again

 

Venkatesh Iyer comes into the attack once again 

 

In the air and it falls shorty of Jaspirt Bumrah at short fine leg 

 

Six!! This man can hit the long ball no doubt and KKR seems to have picked the right man in the Auction as he hits his fellow KKR member for a huge sis to mid-wicket 

 

Wicket !! And Venkatesh Iyer's wicket-taking run continues as Chamika Karunaratne chased a very wide ball and managed to get just an edge  to Ishan Kishan 

9:56 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 90-5 | Overs 15 | Target 200-Best over for Sri Lanka

 

Six!! That was a handsome hit by Karunaratne for a huge six over long-on 

 

Four!! After a six there is a four here as well. This time Asalanka goes inside out and gets a four 

 

Great running here from the Sri Lankans and 14 runs come from this over

9:52 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 76-5 | Overs 14 | Target 200-Jadeja completes his spell

 

Sri Lanka are going nowhere at all with this 

 

Four!! However, here is a reverse sweep from Charith Asalanka for four runs as Sanju Samson dives in vain 

 

And that would be it from Jadeja as he completes his four overs and gives away only 28 runs and picks up a wicket as well

9:49 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 67-5 | Overs 13 | Target 200-Deepak Hooda's first T20I over

 

Deepak Hooda has come into the attack on his debut 

 

And he goes around the wicket to left-hander Asalanka 

 

Good bowling from Hooda here as he gets some turn and low bounce is complimentary as always 

 

Four runs from the over 

9:45 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 63-5 | Overs 12 | Target 200- Karunaratne survives a direct hit

 

Ravindra Jadeja is once again completing his overs quickly here as Sri Lanka are unable to get going 

 

The wicket is gripping and Jadeja is lethal here 

 

Direct hit and is it the wicket? That bat is on the line it seems or maybe just over it. This is very tight here and the third umpire would have to take a very controversial call here as the difference between out and out is in millimetres here

 

And he has taken the right call does the umpire as he gives not out 

9:39 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 60-5 | Overs 11 | Target 200- Chahal leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is

 

Reverse sweep from Dasun Shanka and he fails to connect it well 

 

But he is able to connect the regular sweep and takes two runs 

 

Wicket !! Goes for the reverse once gain does Shanka and skies this in the air and is caught at Point by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and with this Chahal becomes India's leading wicket-taker in T20Is

9:36 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 57-4 | Overs 10 | Target 200- cheeky from Asalanka

 

In the air and had Jadeja dived, he might have got yet another wicket as the ball is gripping the surface like anything 

 

Four!! That's another cheeky shot from Asalanka as he cuts it from the keeper's gloves almost and guided it for four runs 

 

The captain and vice-captain are in the middle and now they need to show at least a bit of a fight here 

9:32 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 51-4 | Overs 9.2 | Target 200- Chandimal gone

 

Stumped !! And that's the wicket Ravindra Jadeja gets Dinesh Chandimal as the batter comes out of the crease and tries to hit over the bowler's head but misses the ball;l and Ishan Kishan does the rest. Ravindra Jadeja with the Pushpa celebration there 

9:29 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 50-3 | Overs 09 | Target 200- 50 comes up for Sri Lanka

 

Four runs and four of them singles have come from this over so far

 

And yet another single take Sri Lanka to their 50 at the end of the ninth over

9:26 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 45-3 | Overs 09 | Target 200- Six from Chandimal

 

Six !! Chandimal has hit that very long 82 meter six that is from the Sri Lankan 

 

And yet only eight runs come from this over

9:23 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 37-3 | Overs 07 | Target 200- Liyanage gone

 

Venkatesh Iyer comes into the attack, quite a different bowling change from the Indian captain 

 

So far seven runs have come from the over and Vnakatesh Iyer strikes

 

Venky keeps on picking wicket as it was a slower one and it was wide outside off and instead of going offside, Liyanage played all over it and managed to edge it to Point where Sanju Samson took it with ease 

9:19 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 29-2 | Overs 06 | Target 200- Asalnka survives a close call

 

Dropped !! Yuzvendara Chahal comes into the attack and gets Asalanka to come out of the crease and strike it hard but Iyer drops him here 

 

Once again the batter comes out of the crease, but no timing from him 

 

Got him!! A loud appeal for LBW by Yuzvendara Chahal and the umpire after a long thought gave him out and very predictably Asalanka goes for the review

 

And the replays show that it might have hit the Sri Lankan on the hand and not the pads. Well it has hit him on the bat and thus he is saved 

9:12 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 25-2 | Overs 05 | Target 200- Quiet over

 

Harshal Patel has been introduced into the attack and starts with a slower ball 

 

Asalanka and Liyanage need to build a partnership here 

 

Misfield!! But that did not cost much as the Sri Lankan batters got only one run eventually 

 

So far only two runs have come from the fifth over and Sri Lanka are already getting behind 

 

Wow!! That could have been four easily as the batter managed to get it over the infield, but the ball volunteered not to travel and poor running from Sri Lanka resulted in just two runs 

9:08 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 22-2 | Overs 04 | Target 200- Cheeky from Asalanka

 

Charith Asalanka, one of the key batters of Sri Lanka come in as Jasprit Bumrah is in for his second over

 

Four!! And that's brilliant from Asalanka. What a proper upper cut that was he directed the bouncer over short third man for four runs 

9:03 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 15-2 | Overs 03 | Target 200- Mishara gone

 

Dropped!! It has been a day of drops and one more in that list now as Venkatesh Iyer circled the ball hit high by Kamil Mishara and in the end could only manage to drop it 

 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar could have got two

 

Gone!! Well he has two now though as Mishara once again goes for a fancy pull and manage to get it straight to short mid-wicket where Rohit Sharma plucked it easily 

9:00 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 12-1 | Overs 02 | Target 200- Bumrah Starts off well

 

Jasprit Bumarah started his spell well even as he was worked away for four by the youngster Kamil Mishara

 

Janith Liyanage and Mishara both are looking good and they must carry on if Sri Lanka are to have any chance in the game 

8:58 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | SL 6-1 | Overs 01 | Target 200- Bowled him

 

A wicket on the very first ball of the over and a four in the over as well as a leading-edge and the event full over still produced six runs as Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the wicket of Pathum Nissanka 

8:39 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | IND 199-2 | Overs 20- India finish on a high

 

Six!! Once again Shreyas fins the ball in the slot and a slower one at that from Chameera to Iyer and he just clobbered it for six runs. He is making good use of  dropped chance 

 

Four!! After bringing up his fifty with a double on the second ball, Iyer once again plays it fine and brings up four more 

 

Great shot once again, but only for two runs 

 

India need two runs to get to 200. Can they do it?

 

Jadeja gets a full toss, but could only get it as far as long-on and a single came of that and India finish exactly on 199

8:34 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | IND 183-2 | Overs 19- 18 runs from the over

 

Six!! That's gigantic from Iyer as he timed that ball to perfection. That was a huge six 

 

Four!! Chamika Karunaratne is having a very bad day at the office as he bowls a full toss which is sliced for four towards the third man

 

After two very ordinary balls, Chamika bowls a wide as well

 

Four!! Poor, very poor from Chamika Karunaratne as he gives away a lot of runs here 

8:29 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | IND 165-2 | Overs 18- Shreyas dropped

 

Ravindra Jadeja comes in to get the right and left combination going 

 

Single to start the innings here for Jadeja who is making a comeback 

 

Four!! Short from Chameera and Shreyas Iyer pulled that for four runs in the gap between mid-wicket and deep square leg 

 

And it is dropped again as the ball took the leading edge of Iyer's bat and swirled in the air which Jayawickerama was not able to take 

8:25 PM

IND vs SL | 1st T20I | IND 155-2 | Overs 17- Kishan gone

 

Dasunm Shanka, the Sri Lankan captain comes in for the 17th over of the innings. 

 

At 88, Ishan Kishan is nearing a century and he would become only the fourth Indian after Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Suresh Raina to reach that milestone

 

Four!! That's a brilliant shot from Shreyas Iyer 

 

Gone!! Ishan Kishan would not be able to bring up his hundred today, but no doubt that it was one of the top innings in T20Is for sure. He goes for 89 from 56 balls and Sri Lanka skipper gets his wicket