IND vs SL: India beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets to take the unassailable series lead of 2-0 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Chasing the target of 216, Indian batters failed to deliver in the first half of the chase as they lost four wickets for just 86 runs. But later KL Rahul added 75 runs with Hardik Pandya for the fifth wicket and bailed the team out from the danger line.
Rahul ended up scoring 64 runs while Pandya got out at 36 runs after playing responsible innings in the middle. After vice-captain Pandya got out Axar Patel held the innings with Rahul towards the end.
For Sri Lanka, Lahiru Kumara and Chamika Karunaratne, picked two wickets apiece while Kasun Rajita picked one.
Talking about Indian bowlers, once again they stood up to the expectations. Mohammed Siraj was the pick of Indian bowlers with his figures of 3/30 while Kuldeep Yadav also got three wickets by giving away 50 runs in his 10-over quota. Umran Malik’s pace was yet again hard for the Sri Lanka batters to manage as the fast bowler scalped two wickets.
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