IND vs SL 2nd Test: India complete 2-0 series sweep against Sri Lanka
Cricket | Mar 14, 2022, 06:10 PM ISTResuming the third day at 28 for one, Sri Lanka ended their second innings at 208 all out after captain Dimuth Karunaratne scored a fine 107.
Resuming the third day at 28 for one, Sri Lanka ended their second innings at 208 all out after captain Dimuth Karunaratne scored a fine 107.
New Zealand, who have dominated the Indians throughout this summer, didn't let anything change in a familiar script by first scoring a healthy 260 for 9.
The veteran spinner began the match with 430 scalps and claimed two wickets in the first innings before adding three more in the second essay to cross Kapil's mark.
When the spinner takes one more wicket, he will become India's second-highest wicket-taker in the longest format, only behind Anil Kumble.
Vinoo Mankad, Denis Atkinson, Polly Umrigar, Gary Sobers and Mushtaq Mohammad had achieved the feat.
With this victory over Sri Lanka, Team India registered their 12th consecutive win in the shortest format and they have now equalled Afghanistan's record for most consecutive T20I wins by a Test-playing nation.
Rohit Sharma knows that the Indian team was a bit conservative in their approach towards T20 cricket for some time but he expects that philosophy to undergo change as the youngsters have been told not to worry about odd failure.
He is likely to be rested from the third T20I against Sri Lanka.
If Bumrah is to be believed, then Rohit has played a crucial role in his development as one of the world's premier fast bowlers.
Dravid had earlier suggested retirement to Saha as he would not be considered for selection in the longest format.
The Indian middle-order duo of Suryakumar and Venkatesh Iyer climbed to 21st and 115th spots respectively in the batter's rankings.
Coming off a 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies, the in-form Indians will look to do an encore against the visiting Sri Lankans, and the Rohit Sharma-led squad has a realistic chance of achieving that.
In-form India batter Suryakumar Yadav was on Wednesday ruled out of the three-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka owing to a hairline fracture on his hand.
The in-form bowler had suffered the injury during the third T20 International against West Indies in Kolkata.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Saha said he will keep the journalist's name with himself on grounds of 'humanity'.
The CK Nayudu Trophy for U-25 cricketers and Women's Senior T20 event had to be postponed last month due to rising cases of COVID-19.
Wriddhiman also hit out at BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, whom he claimed had assured him that he shouldn't worry about his place in the team.
Edulji also wants to drop Shafali Verma for the next game with Smriti Mandhana expected to return after completing quarantine.
The touring West Indies side has been far from being at its best and has failed to trouble the hosts in any of the matches so far.
In the opening T20 against the West Indies here on Wednesday, India suffered a few hiccups after a flying start given by skipper Rohit Sharma (40) but Yadav revived their 158-run chase with an unbeaten 18-ball 34.
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