India have sealed the series with a game to go. SKY wasn't afraid to use the spinners in the death overs on a spin-friendly pitch and they didn't disappoint him. With the series in the bag, they might experiment a few things. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have to find a way to stop collapsing - 9/30 yesterday and 7/31 today! Let's see if they can come up with a better performance in the final match and avoid a series whitewash. After a day's break we'll be back for the third T20I on Tuesday. Until then, goodbye...
Remember, Dinesh Karthik will answer your questions after the 3rd T20I vs. Sri Lanka! Send them in using #heyCB on X to be featured in our next episode.
Suryakumar Yadav: We spoke about this before this tournament - what brand of cricket we want to play. Even if it's a shorter target or whatever target we are chasing, this is the template which we would like to go ahead with. With the weather around, anything below 160 would have been nice. The games which we have seen here before have always been tricky. Rain helped us. The way the boys batted, it was wonderful. We'll sit and decide what we want to do going forward (when asked if they'll test their bench strength). Very happy for the boys the way they showed their skill and talent and lot of character in tough situations.
Charith Asalanka: I am really disappointed with the way we batted at the death and about our middle order and lower middle order including me. We must really improve in our batting. On this pitch, when the ball gets older, it gets really hard to bat. As professional cricketers, we have to do well. We were behind by 15-18 runs. Unfortunately weather also played something, we can't control that. It's easy when it comes to an 8-over game with a wet outfield.
Ravi Bishnoi | Player of the Match: The pitch was a little different from yesterday. It was turning a bit. Today, in the first innings it was helping the spinners. What I bowl, that's good pace for me. I stick to my plans. I just love bowling the wrong 'uns. The things which work for me, I try to bowl that and wrong 'uns work for me against the left-handers. It's a good responsibility to have (to bowl at the death), it means that the management and captain trust in you. I would love to take that responsibility.
23:16 Local Time, 17:46 GMT, 23:16 IST:
6.3
Pathirana to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, 146kph, Pathirana pulls his length back
6.2
Pathirana to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, to long-off
6.1
Pathirana to Pant, 1 run, back of a length, tucked to backward square leg
India are just one hit away from winning the series!
5.6
Hasaranga to Hardik Pandya, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
5.5
Hasaranga to Pant, 1 run, 81kph, lopped up, Pant moves leg-side and wrists it to long-on
Rishabh Pant, left handed bat, comes to the crease
13 runs | 14 balls.
5.4
Hasaranga to Jaiswal, out Caught by Shanaka!! Jaiswal c Shanaka b Hasaranga 30(15) [4s-3 6s-2]
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