The second T20 international between Sri Lanka and India takes place in Colombo on Tuesday and the India are 1-0 up with two to play
This is a 3 match series with all the games taking place at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and India drew first blood in the first T20 with a 38 run victory on Sunday.
Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl first on Sunday and Chameera removed Prithvi Shaw with the first ball of the innings. However India put on 50 for the next stick and their skipper Dhawan made 46 whilst Suryakumar Yadav top scored with 50 in their total of 164/5. India cleared the ropes 5 times and Chaameera (2/24) and Hasarange (2/28) were the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers.
Sri Lanka's reply was on 23 when they lost their first wicket and although Charith Asalanka made 44 no other batsmen made it to the 30's. Asalanka hit 3 of their 4 maximums and they were all out for 126 in 18.3 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled 3.3 overs and returned figures of 4/22 which earned him the Man of the Match award.
This was how the teams lined up on Sunday
Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Ashen Bandara, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera
India: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy
The Betting
Sri Lanka are currently trading at around 5/2 to win the game and India can be backed at around 3/10.
Sri Lanka are 16/10 to post the highest first 6 overs total with India 5/10 whilst the home side are 24/10 to hit the most sixes with India 9/20 and a tie at 15/2.
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The Verdict
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was easily the top Indian bowler on Sunday but Yuzvendra Chahal returned figures of 1/19 and if the hosts take chances against him in their bid to square the series he may welll collect more wickets this time around.
Nothing else really stands out in my book but I will chance Sanju Samson as top India bat after he got a start on Sunday with 27 off 20 balls, coming at number 3.
Bets: Top India wicket taker Yuzvendra Chahal at 28/10
Top India bat Sanju Samson at 7/2
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