COVID-19: BCCI calls off India's tours to Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
Cricket | Jun 12, 2020, 02:13 PM ISTIndia's limited-overs series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have been called off due to coronavirus pandemic.
India's limited-overs series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have been called off due to coronavirus pandemic.
Indian cricket team's tour of Sri Lanka, which was originally scheduled to take place in June, has now been called off.
The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had earlier written to BCCI to consider the possibility of touring the island nation for a three-match T20I and ODI series.
Sri Lanka Cricket has reportedly written a letter to BCCI to consider the possibility of touring the island nation for three-match T20I and ODI series in July.
After the first match was abandoned, Sri Lanka lost the Indore clash despite a good show from the batters and suffered a defeat in the third game as well when the batters failed to chase 170 runs.
Pandey played a crucial role in guiding India to 201/6 and later inflicted a run-out and picked up the important catch of Mathews in the second innings in the 3rd T20I aginst Sri Lanka
Pandey was also impressive on the field as he took a catch and was involved in a run-out.
Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga said lack of early wickets and partnerships were the main reasons behind their meek surrender.
Invited to bat, India scored 201 for six before crushing Sri Lanka by 78 runs in the third T20 International to take the series 2-1 on Friday.
Shikhar Dhawan, who was making a comeback after an injury layoff, scored 32 and 52 in the two games against Sri Lanka and is not fussed about the competition.
Shardul Thakur showed form with the bat against West Indies and Sri Lanka and said that scoring runs down the order is crucial for the team.
Saini, who was the Man of the Match in the Indore T20I, impressed everyone in Pune again with his raw pace and disciplined line and length.
Sri Lanka succumbed to a 78-run loss at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium here to lose the three-match series 0-2.
Dhawan was under some pressure before the third T20 International and a smashing half-century will keep him in the mix for the upcoming series where Rohit Sharma will be back from his break.
In terms of bilateral series between India and Sri Lanka, the Men in Blue maintained their unbeaten run - six series win and one draw.
Defending the total, the Indian bowlers, led by right-arm pacer Navdeep Saini (3/28) Shardul Thakur (2/19), dished out a disciplined effort to bundle out Sri Lanka for 123 in 15.5 overs.
Bumrah on Friday bagged a solitary wicket which he picked up in the first over of Sri Lanka's innings by dismissing Danushka Gunathilaka for 1 with a short-of-a-length delivery.
Dhawan scored 52 runs en route to India's 201 for six and following the knock, the left-handed batsman revealed that the three in competition for India's opening slot for World T20 is "beautiful".
Virat Kohli reached the milestone in his 169th international match as captain and is now the fastest to reach the figure in both terms of matches and innings.
Samson scored only six runs off two deliveries in the third T20I game against Sri Lanka in what was his first international appearance in four years.
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