India vs Sri Lanka Live: Fifty for SKY!

What a start for Suryakumar Yadav in the series as the T20I captain! He raced to his half-century in 22 balls. It happened on the first ball of the over. The India captain never let the Sri Lanka bowlers settle down. And the problem is still not over for the hosts as SKY is there with seven overs of play left.

IND 146/2 (13)

India vs Sri Lanka Live: Sri Lanka lose second review!

Sri Lanka have lost their second and last review as well. It was an LBW appeal against the wicket of Rishabh Pant on the first ball of Hasaranga over. Umpire was unconvinced but SL decided to go upstairs only to find out that the ball was pitching outside the leg stump. Two misfields from Sri Lanka later awarded two fours to India in the over.

IND 122/2 (11)  

India vs Sri Lanka Live: FOUR!

There was length on offer. It was a fuller delivery outside off from Kamindu Mendis and Suryakumar Yadav played a beautiful inside out shot for a four. Suryakumar is going really good. He is off to a terrific start in this game.

IND 106/2 (9.1)

India vs Sri Lanka Live: Catch dropped!

Suryakumar Yadav is lucky there! It was a perfect set up from Sri Lanka to trap Suryakumar Yadav but Fernando has dropped the chance at deep fine leg. It was a slower short ball from Dilshan Madushanka outside off stump and SKY got a top-edge on it but Fernando failed to hand on to the catch.

IND 98/2 (8)

India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!

Big WICKET! Wanindu Hasaranga has got the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal. The southpaw is out for 40 off 21 balls. It is a really good stumping from Kusal Mendis. Jaiswal missed to read Hasaranga’s googly and that missed his bat’s edge. By that time, Jaiswal was already off balance and out of his crease. Mendis comfortably knocked off the bails.

IND 74/2 (6.1)

India vs Sri Lanka Live: OUT!

After leaking a lot of runs, Dilshan Madushanka has finally managed to take the wicket of Shubman Gill. It was a slower ball and Asitha Fernando too a fine catch a couple of steps behind mid-on.

IND 74/1 (6)

India vs Sri Lanka Live: SIX!

That was a slower short ball from Asitha Fernando and Yashasvi Jaiswal dispatched it over deep mid-wicket for a six. He pulled it away for an effortless six. A total of 15 runs came off the over. 

IND 51/0 (4)

India vs Sri Lanka Live: Review lost!

Sri Lanka have lost a review here. It was an appeal for LBW as Yashasvi Jaiswal missed his sweep shot on the bowling of Maheesh Theekshana. The ball hit him on the front pad. Umpire was unconvinced and Theekshana decided to go upstairs. The ball tracker found that it would have missed the off stump.

IND 36/0 (3)

India vs Sri Lanka Live: India off to flying start

Asitha Fernando has started his spell with a nine-run over. Yashasvi Jaiswal hit two fours in the over. On the first occasion, Jaiswal was lucky as an inside edge went past the wicketkeeper for four, while the second one came on the off side after Jaiswal got width on offer. 

IND 22/0 (2)

India vs Sri Lanka Live: 3 Fours in first over

India have got three fours in the first over. Yashasvi Jaiswal kicked off the over of Dilshan Madushanka with a four before Shubman Gill too smashed two consecutive boundaries. 13 came off the over.

IND 13/0 (1)

India vs Sri Lanka Live: Here are the playing XIs –

India: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj

India vs Sri Lanka Live: Four players miss out on India XI

“It (the pitch) looks good and it is fine to bat first. The brand of cricket remains the same. The relationship between me and him (Gambhir) have had for so many years is special. Dube, Samson, Khaleel and Washington are the four players to miss out. That (World Cup) is history, we start from scratch and it is a new challenge,” said India captain Suryakumar Yadav.

India vs Sri Lanka Live: 6 batters, 5 bowlers for Sri Lanka

“We are going to bowl first. It looks like a pretty good pitch and we want to see how it goes. We are going with 6-5 (batters-bowlers) combination. I want to give every player a specific roles and that’s why we are going with 5 bowlers. You can expect more wins and more consistency,” said Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka.

IND vs SL Live: Sri Lanka opt to bowl

Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka has won the toss and opted to bowl against India in first T20I of three-match series.

IND vs SL Live: Gambhir’s role in focus

The performance of head coach Gautam Gambhir will also be in focus in India’s tour of Sri Lanka. Under Gambhir mentorship, KKR recently won IPL 2024. Team India and its fans also have high hopes from Gambhir.

IND vs SL Live: A Test of captaincy for SKY

Suryakumar Yadav has already led India for seven games in the format, winning 5 of them. But this captaincy test begins now as he has been preferred over Hardik Pandya for the role.

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Inda start their three-match T20I vs Sri Lanka today. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Indian side, while Charith Asalanka will be the host team captain. Stay connected for live updates.