Dharamsala : A half-century from Pathum Nissanka and Dasun Shanaka’s 19-ball 47 not out powered Sri Lanka to 183/5 against India in the must-win second T20I match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (HPCA) here on Saturday.
Sri Lanka got off to a decent start, with openers Nissanka and Danushka Gunathilaka stitching a 67-run partnership after being put in to bat first.
With conditions favouring swing, the visitors passed the powerplay test without any loss of wicket. Gunathilaka smashed Ravindra Jadeja for two maximums and a boundary before the left-arm spinner got the much-needed breakthrough for India.
Jadeja snared Gunathilaka and the Sri Lankan was caught by Venkatesh Iyer at long-on for 38. A flurry of wickets put Sri Lanka on the back foot but not for too long. Nissanka found the support from the other end in his skipper Shanaka. The duo stepped on the accelerator at the right time, with Harshal Patel conceding 19 runs in the 17th over.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar finally got rid of Nissanka (75 off 53 balls), who was trapped in front on the last ball of the penultimate over. Towards the end, two back-to back maximums from Shanaka swelled Sri Lanka’s total even further.
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