In reply to the challenge of 322 runs given by India Team, Sri Lanka’s team has recovered themselves from a poor start and has brought themselves in a strong position. And after a struggle, they bagged the win. Here is the proper Highlight of Sri Lanka vs India Champions Trophy Match in Group B.
Sri Lanka Vs India Match Highlights – 8th June 2017
In the 25 overs, Sri Lanka has made 158 runs at one wicket loss. Mendis (67 *) and Gunathilaka (71 *) are playing in the first innings for Sri Lanka. A 147-run partnership between the two batsmen has done.
Earlier, Niroshoan Dikewella (7) was out in the 5th over of Sri Lanka innings. At this time Sri Lanka’s innings was just 11 runs. He made Bhubaneswar Kumar his victim. After Dikewala, Kusala Mendis came to the crease to handle Sri Lanka’s innings. Together with both sides, the Sri Lankan team first started to pressurize and started playing their game after holding the ball on the ball. Gunnathilaka was fortunate enough to score 70 on his score that Rohit Sharma could not catch on his shot in the air on Long On. Rohit went ahead and made an effort, but the ball scratched by his hand.
In the ICC Champions Trophy Group B match, India scored 321 for 6 in 50 overs against Sri Lanka. After Shikhar (125) and Rohit (78), M.S. Dhoni made a significant contribution of 63 runs. Once again, after losing the toss, Rohit and Pikhar once again gave a fantastic start to the Indian team. Both together played a century partnership of 138 runs for the first wicket. Shikhar Dhawan scored his 10th century of ODI career.
Lasith Malinga got Rohit Sharma out and gave Sri Lanka the first breakthrough. After Rohit had dismissed, Sri Lanka tried to break into the Indian innings. The Sri Lankan team got Virat Kohli (0) and Yuvraj Singh (7) cheaply to score India’s score at 3 to 179. After both of these had dismissed, Dhoni contributed a magnificent 63 by taking responsibility for his Indian innings on his shoulders. MS faced 52 balls in this innings, including seven fours and two sixes. Dhoni was caught out of Lakmal’s ball near the boundary line in an attempt to pick quick runs in the last over.
Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga got 70 runs in 10 overs, and he took two wickets in his name. Kedar Jadhav also contributed 25 runs in the last over. In this small inning of 25 runs, Jadhav played only 13 balls, which included three fours and one six.
Before India’s fast start today, the Indian team has been consistently two shots. After the dismissal of Rohit Sharma (78), Captain Virat Kohli returned the pavilion without opening the account. Nuwan Pradeep caught out caught by wicketkeeper Dickella. Shortly after this, Yuvraj Singh (7), who was the hero of India’s victory against Pakistan, was also out.
With Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma gave a strong start to the Indian team. Together, the duo added 138 runs for the first wicket. Rohit Sharma looked more aggressive in this pair. Rohit completed his 31st half-century of ODI career with sixes. With this, India’s 100 runs also completed.
India got the first shock in the form of Rohit. He tried to pull down Lasith Malinga’s short ball and caught at deep fine leg. He scored 78 runs in 79 balls. He hit six fours and three sixes. Captain Kohli was not able to do much better, and without any runs, Juan Pradeep caught out of the wicket by Dikawala. Yuvraj Singh has come to the crease after Dhawan’s support.
Earlier on Sunday, India defeated Pakistan in their first match. South Africa beat Sri Lanka at the same time. If India wins the match today, then its prospects of reaching the semi-finals will prevail.
