SL vs IND | Rahul sir's belief in my batting pushed me to perform: Deepak Chahar
Cricket | July 21, 2021 8:40 ISTChahar scored an unbeaten 69 to guide India to a three-wicket victory in the second ODI in Colombo.
Chahar scored an unbeaten 69 to guide India to a three-wicket victory in the second ODI in Colombo.
After Suryakumar Yadav's 44-ball 53, Deepak Chahar remained not out on 69 off 82 balls while Krunal Pandya chipped with 35.
The Jharkhand wicketkeeper-batsman ran Lakshan Sandakan out with an under-arm throw.
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India's limited-overs team, which won the first ODI against Sri Lanka comprehensively by seven wickets, will look to seal the three-game series in the second ODI.
India are unlikely to make changes as they would like to pocket the series before giving chances to other youngsters in the squad.
Kuldeep Yadav, who took two top-order wickets for 48 runs in the first ODI, has said that life in a bio-bubble without opportunities to play is tough and creates self-doubts.
Ishan also became the 16th Indian to score a half century and promised a six off the first ball, admitted the young batsman himself.
Kuldeep Yadav begs to differ from sceptics who were ready to write his cricketing epitaph after a few bad performances but feels self-doubt does creep in when a player is being overlooked for long periods.
India overhauled the target in 36.4 overs as they rode on Dhawan's unbeaten 86, debutant Ishan Kishan's blistering 59 and opener Prithvi Shaw's equally aggressive 43.
Prithvi Shaw, with his new found swagger in 50-over cricket, butchered the Sri Lankan pacers during his brief stay by hammering nine boundaries in a 24-ball 43.
In the 16th over of India's chase to 263, Dhawan became the fastest player to 1000 ODI runs against Sri Lanka, surpassing South Africa's Hashim Amla
With the half-century, Ishan also became the second Indian to score a half-century on both the ODI and T20I innings.
This was Kuldeep's first ODI wicket since December 2020, having gone wicketless in the two games he played in the ODI series against England at home earlier this year.
Sanju Samson has suffered with a knee ligament injury during a training session which forced him out of the first ODI of the series against Sri Lanka.
The duo last played together in a line-up against hosts and eventual champions England during group games of the 2019 World Cup.
Shikhar Dhawan became the oldest Indian to make his ODI captaincy debut during the 1st ODI against Sri Lanka.
Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan are making their ODI debuts in the first ODI against Sri Lanka.
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