Sent in to bat, India recovered from a top-order collapse to publish a aggressive 162 for 5 driving on the unbeaten 68-run stand for the sixth wicket between Deepak Hooda (41 not out off 23 balls) and Axar Patel (31* off 20).
As it occurred: India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I
In reply, Sri Lanka have been bowled out for 160 in 20 overs with younger Mavi taking 4 wickets. Mavi returned figures of 4 for 22 and was properly supported by his fellow pacers Umran Malik (2 for 27) and Harshal Patel (2 for 41).
Hooda was adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his unbeaten 41, which took India to a par rating. India batters discovered the Sri Lankan spinners arduous to place away earlier than Hooda and Axar arrived within the center.
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The Sri Lankans absolutely had the firepower to chase down 163 however Mavi’s strikes at back and front finish of the innings tilted the sport in favour of the house group. The sport went right down to the wire with spinner Axar managing to defend 13 runs within the closing over.
The combating knocks from skipper Dasun Shanaka (45 off 27) and Chamika Karunaratne (23 not out off 16) went in useless for the guests in the long run.
This is the bottom complete India defended at this stadium.
Skipper Hardik Pandya determined to bowl the primary over and the stress created by him helped debutant Mavi on the different finish. Hardik bowled full tilt and hardly gave something away, conceding solely 12 runs in his three-over spell.
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Mavi’s second to cherish got here in his first over as he confirmed exceptional composure to strike again after being hit for 2 fours by Kusal Mendis. Having already received a life in Hardik’s first over, Pathum Nissanka had no clue about Mavi’s fantastic thing about a supply that jagged again in to shatter the stumps.
In his second over too, Mavi received hit for a few fours earlier than he had Dhanajaya de Silva caught at mid-on.
It turned 47 for 3 within the eighth over when Ishan Kishan took an excellent catch operating backwards after Charith Asalanka mistimed a pull off Umran Malik.
Pacer Harshal received fortunate together with his first wicket as a harmful wanting Mendis discovered the deep level fielder earlier than eliminating Bhanuka Rajapaksa with a slower ball, leaving Sri Lanka struggling at 68 for 5 within the eleventh over. Hardik needed to depart the sector briefly after taking Rajapaksa’s catch.
Hasaranga and skipper Shanaka made the sport attention-grabbing with a quickfire 40-run stand, off 23 balls. Hasaranga put the stress again on the Indians by smashing Yuzvendra Chahal for back-to-back sixes over mid-wicket, decreasing the equation to a really gettable 56 runs off 36 balls.
Mavi was introduced again to interrupt the threatening partnership and that’s what he did by having Hasaranga caught at mid-off. Shanaka stored Sri Lanka within the sport singlehandedly earlier than falling to Umran within the seventeenth over.
The sport one way or the other went right down to the final over with Chamika Karunratne offering a ray of hope for the guests. With Hardik unable to bowl his fourth over after a fall on the sector, Axar was referred to as in to defend 13 within the closing over.
Earlier, Hooda and Axar shared an unbeaten 68-run stand off 38 balls for the sixth wicket after India discovered themselves at a shaky 94 for 5 on the high-scoring Wankhede Stadium.
Playing his first worldwide innings because the double hundred in Bangladesh, Kishan (37 off 29) went ballistic within the first over itself that yielded 17 runs.
Searching for some swing, right-arm pacer Kasun Rajitha pitched it up and Kishan was fast to flick it over deep sq. leg for an enormous six. Then a slower ball was hit down the bottom for 4 earlier than Kishan pulled Rajitha for one more boundary.
Shubman Gill (7), who made his T20 debut alongside Mavi, started his innings with a pleasant cowl drive off Dilshan Madushanka.
Shanaka launched spin within the third over through Maheesh Theekshana and he delivered with the wicket of Gill who missed a straighter one from the thriller spinner to be trapped in entrance of the stumps. Hoping in opposition to hope, Gill wasted a evaluation within the course of.
India’s finest T20 batter Suryakumar Yadav (7) too perished cheaply, leaving the hosts at 41 for 2 within the powerplay. Playing his first sport in entrance of his dwelling crowd, Surya went for his common scoop shot however mistimed it to be caught at quick advantageous leg by Bhanuka Rajapaksa off Chamika Karunaratne.
Sanum Samson (5) wasted one other alternative by mistiming a slog off Dhananjaya de Silva.
The spinners stemmed the movement of runs within the center overs with India accumulating solely 26 in overs 10-15 with the lack of Kishan and skipper Hardik Pandya (29 off 27), who couldn’t discover his vary after beginning with a few beautiful strokes on the off aspect.
Coming in at quantity six, Hooda tried to alter the course of the innings with back-to- again sixes over deep midwicket off Theekshana. He focused the identical space in opposition to Hasaranga within the subsequent over, depositing him for a most. He had good help from Axar because the duo helped India get to a combating complete.
India and Sri Lanka will play the second match of the collection on Thursday in Pune.
(With inputs from PTI)