India’s newly-appointed T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav started his journey because the full-time skipper of the crew in emphatic style, profitable the primary match of the sequence fairly convincingly. Suryakuma’s Group India beat the Lankans by 43 runs after placing a whopping complete of 213/7 on the board, with the skipper main from the entrance. Surya scored 58 runs off 26 balls throughout his keep within the center, and was pivotal in dictating the tempo of the sport. Whilst a skipper Surya gave a high-quality instance of his strategic mindset, serving to the crew start the tour on a profitable observe. Consequently, Surya was named the Participant of the Match, with the honour enabling him to match Virat Kohli’s world file.
Suryakumar now has the joint-most Participant of the Match awards within the historical past of T20 internationals. He, nonetheless, matched Kohli’s file in about half the time, taking simply 69 matches to take action, whereas Virat wanted 125.
Virat’s remaining Participant of the Match got here within the T20 World Cup 2024 remaining, put up which he introduced his retirement from the shortest format in worldwide cricket.
Most POTM awards in T20Is:
Suryakumar Yadav (India) – 16 (in 69 matches)
Virat Kohli (India) – 16 (in 125 matches)
Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) – 15 (in 91 matches)
Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) – 14 (in 129 matches)
Rohit Sharma (India) – 14 (in 159 matches)
Talking on the post-match presentation ceremony, Surya additionally lauded the Sri Lankan crew for the trouble they put within the center.
“They had been enjoying a very good model of cricket from ball one. They had been protecting the tempo, credit score goes to them. We all know how the wicket performs within the night time. We had been lucky that there was no dew. The best way we performed within the World Cup, that reminded us that the sport was nonetheless too far. No matter works for the crew, we’ll take the decision,” Suryakumar mentioned after the sport.
Recapping the primary T20I, Sri Lanka skipper Charith Asalanka gained the toss and elected to bowl first.
Batting first, India scored 213/7 in 20 overs with knocks from Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Shubman Gill.
Matheesha Pathirana was the choose of the bowlers for Sri Lanka as he snapped 4 wickets in his spell of 4 overs the place he conceded 40 runs. One wicket every was taken by Dilshan Madhushanka, Asitha Fernando, and Haseanga of their respective spells.
Chasing a mammoth complete opf 214, the hosts had been bundled out for 170 runs in 19.2 overs. With this victory, the Males in Blue lead the three-match sequence 1-0.
The very best scorer for the facet was their opener Pathum Nissanka who performed a very good innings of 79 runs which got here on 48 balls which was laced with seven fours and 4 sixes.
The wicketkeeper-batter, Kushal Mendis additionally scored essential 45 runs from simply 27 balls with the assistance of seven fours and a six. No different batter than these two had been in a position to make the mark within the match.
For India, spinner Riyan Parag was the very best wicket-taker. He took three wickets in his spell of 1.2 overs the place he conceded simply 5 runs. Two wickets every had been bagged by Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel and one wicket every was taken by Mohammed Siraj, Ravi Bishnoi of their respective spells.
With ANI Inputs
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