IND vs SL, 2nd T20I Match Updates: The Indian cricket team registered a dominating 43-run win while defending 213 runs in the first T20I match in Pallekele on Saturday. Suryakumar scored a brilliant fifty in his first match as a full-time T20I captain.
Suryakumar Yadav's 26-ball 58 proved to be the difference in the T20I series opener between the Men in Blue and Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. His knock came at a strike rate of 223.07.
IND vs SL: New captain Suryakumar Yadav smashed a cracking 22-ball fifty to help India post a big total of 213 while batting first and then bowlers made a late impact to restrict Sri Lanka to 170 in the first T20I match in Pallekele.
IND vs SL, 1st T20I Highlights: Suryakumar Yadav will be leading the Indian cricket team as a full-time captain for the first time in T20Is while Charith Asalanka takes charge for the hosts Sri Lanka in the three-match series in Pallekele.
India will take on Sri Lanka in a three-match T20 series, followed by as many ODIs. The series is also the start of a new chapter in India's T20I journey with a new captain given three veterans have bid the format adieu. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, will look for an improved show in the format.
Team India will be back in action from July 27 with the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. It is a new-look team with Suryakumar Yadav leading India in T20Is while Hardik Pandya will play under him in this series. Here's all you need to know about this series...
Suryakumar Yadav has led India in seven T20Is and only lost two games in his captaincy thus far. The right-handed batter finished as the leading run-getter for the Men in Blue in T20Is in 2022 and 2023.
Hardik Pandya was picked as Rohit Sharma's vice-captain for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. The star allrounder has more leadership experience compared to Suryakumar Yadav when it comes to leading Team India in the shortest format of the game.
Suryakumar Yadav has led India in seven T20I games. Team India has registered wins in five matches and lost two games under the leadership of Suryakumar thus far.
"Last few weeks have been nothing short of a dream and I am truly grateful. Playing for the country is the most special feeling that I will never be able to describe in words," Suryakumar Yadav said after becoming India's new T20I captain.
Senior cricketers Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdep Singh and Axar Patel returned to India's T20I squad for the Sri Lanka series after missing the recent Zimbabwe tour. Only nine players from the Zimbabwe tour made the T20I team with Suryakumar Yadav being named as new captain.
Veteran cricketers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been selected for three ODIs while Suryakumar Yadav is set to lead the T20I squad on the Sri Lanka tour starting on July 27. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are also included in the ODIs setup after missing the recent T20 World Cup 2024.
Shubman Gill led Indian cricket team to a 4-1 T20I series win against Zimbabwe and emerged as one of the candidates to become India's next T20 captain. Gill was not part of the India squad that triumphed in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 but is expected to get selected for the Sri Lanka series.
Hardik Pandya was the designated vice-captain of Team India and the deputy to Rohit Sharma during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. He has more leadership experience at the international level compared to Suryakumar Yadav.
Suryakumar Yadav has led India in eight T20Is after the ODI World Cup 2023 - in five games against Australia and in three against South Africa. Hardik Pandya was seen as a natural successor for Rohit Sharma in T20Is but now Surya is reportedly set to become the captain for the Sri Lanka T20Is.
The T20 World Cup triumphant Indian team finally arrived home in New Delhi after winning the trophy for the second time in nine editions. As the team reached the team hotel, ITC Maurya, dhols were ready and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav couldn't hold themselves back from dancing.
India won the toss and opted to bat first in the final of the T20 World Cup. But they lost three wickets in the powerplay itself with Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav getting out without getting to double digits. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson started trending soon after India collapsed.
India's best T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav has lost his top spot in the latest ICC rankings. With the T20 World Cup in progress, there have been a lot of changes in the rankings this month especially in the top 10 slots. Yashasvi Jaiswal is the only other Indian batter in top 10.
Virat Kohli looked close to getting back to form against Afghanistan at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados before an aerial shot led to his downfall. Kohli holed out at long off while trying to clear the boundary rider.
Team India began their Super 8 campaign in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup with a commanding win over Afghanistan in Barbados on Thursday, June 20. After choosing to bat first, India piled on 181 runs, which proved to be too much for Afghanistan to chase down in the end.
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