IND vs SL 2nd T20 Live: Varun Chakravarthy removes Sadeera, India get another breakthrough; SL 39/2 (7); Follow LIVE Updates- Despite 40 runs from skipper Shikhar Dhawan, India could only manage 132 against Dasun Shanaka’s Sri Lanka in the 2nd T20 at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
India batsmen struggled against spin on a slow and sluggish pitch.Earlier, Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and opted to bowl first against Shikhar Dhawan’s India. The good news is that Shikhar Dhawan is fit and available along with 3 other batsmen in Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson, and Nitish Rana. The rest of the team will only have bowlers.
As for Playing XI, India are left with only five batsmen for the entire series with Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad and bowler Chetan Sakariya making debuts. In all, India have been forced to make 7 changes to their Playing XI.
IND vs SL 2nd T20 Live: Sri Lanka Innings
Over 7:
Over 6: Rahul Chahar comes into attack and gets smashed for a 4; End of powerplay and Sri Lanka are on target for 133 chase. SL 36/1
Over 4: Bit expensive from Chetan Sakariya today. Concedes 10 runs. SL 23/1
Over 3: WICKET! India have a breakthrough. A brilliant catch from Rahul Chahar sends Avishka back. SL 13/1
Over 2: Avishka Fernando smashes Chetan Sakariya for two consecutive 4s. SL 10/0
Over 1: Good start from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, just 1 run from it. SL 1/0
Sri Lanka Innings: 29/1 (5 ovs); Need 133 in 20 overs
| Avishka Fernando | c RD Chahar b B Kumar | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 84.62 |
| Minod Bhanuka (WK) | Not out | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 120.00 |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | Not out | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
| Extra | 0 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 29/1 (5) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | D de Silva, D Shanaka, RTM Mendis, W Hasaranga, C Karunaratne, I Udana, A Dananjaya, PVD Chameera | |||||
IND vs SL 2nd T20 Live: India Innings: 132/5
Over 20: WICKET! Nitish Rana departs and India have only managed 132 in 20 overs.
Over 19: India getting some important runs but batsmen continue to struggle against spin. IND 128/4
Over 17: WICKET! India lose another, Sanju Samson departs. IND 107/4
Over 16: WICKET! Hasaranga sends Devdutt Padikkal back. The youngster had an unimpressive debut but showed glimpses of his talent.
Over 15: India struggling to attack against spin. IND 94/2
Over 13: WICKET! Akila Dananjaya cleans up Shikhar Dhawan’s stumps. IND 81/2
Over 11: Padikkal smashes Akila Dananjaya for a 6. IND 71/1
Over 10: Shikhar Dhawan steps out and smashes Mendis for a 4. IND 59/3
Over 8: Devdutt Padikkal comes on the crease. IND 51/1
Over 7: WICKET! Ruturaj Gaikwad departs, Dasun Shanaka gives SL the breakthrough. IND 49/1
Over 6: End of powerplay and India are off to a fine start. IND 45/0
Over 5: Shikhar Dhawan smashes Udana for a 4. IND 38/0
Over 4: Good over from Chameera, only 4 runs from it. IND 31/0
Over 3: Ruturaj Gaikwad makes room and smashes Akila Dananjaya for a 4. Shikhar Dhawan punishes with a fine cut for a 4. IND 27/0
Over 1: Shikhar Dhawan opens with Ruturaj Gaikwad to keep left hand-right hand combination intact. IND 9/0
India Innings 132/5 (20 ovs)
IND vs SL 2nd T20 Live:
Playing XI: India: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (wk), Nitish Rana, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakravarthy.
Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya de Silva, Ramesh Mendis, Dasun Shanaka (capt), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya.
The ongoing India Tour of Sri Lanka has been hit by Covid-19 & their are still doubts if the rescheduled 2nd T20 match will be held today. According to the information available – Krunal Pandya who had tested positive on Tuesday has now been shifted to a different hotel & 8 of his close contacts are completely isolated.
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@19:05: Shikhar Dhawan, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana, Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad only batsmen available.
@19:05: “If you’re selected to play for India, whether it’s 15 players or 20 players, you should be good enough to play in the XI. Each one of them has got in through sheer weight of performances,” Rahul Dravid told the broadcaster.
@18:00 PM: Team India have added net bowlers Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh to the squad after nine players ruled out of series.
@16:30 PM: 2nd T20 match to go on as per ANI but close contacts will remain unavailable for the series.
@16:00 PM: India are finding it hard to field a balanced Playing XI with only three batsmen available with the team.
@15:00 PM: Skipper Shikhar Dhawan and Manish Pandey are also amongst the close contacts as per reports and are not available for the match.
@13:00 – India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20 – Krunal Pandya shifted to Different Hotel: Krunal Pandya shifted to different hotel which is an intermediate care hotel Mount Lavinia accoridng to Sri Lanka Cricket officials. Rest of the 8 members have tested negative but are isolated and will not be part of the 2nd & 3rd T20.
@7:00AM – India vs Sri Lanka T20 Series – Big Breaking NEWS: InsideSport.co is revealing names of 9 Players who are in complete isolation and will not feature in 2nd & 3rd T20.
- Krunal Pandy – Positive
- Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav amongst the eight players who have been identified as Krunal’s close contacts. Shaw and Yadav were on Monday named as replacements to fly from Colombo to England, to join the Indian team gearing up for the five Test matches against England.
- Allrounder Hardik Pandya, wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan, opener Devdutt Padikkal and off-spinner Krishnappa Gowtham. The identity of the eighth player is yet to be ascertained. The eight players were isolated on Tuesday.
6:00AM on Wednesday – India Tour of Sri Lanka: All the eight people identified as the immediate contacts of India allrounder Krunal Pandya have tested negative for Covid-19 in the fresh round of RT-PCR tests carried out on Tuesday. BCCI hasn’t revealed the identity of these players but as per the information available – none of these 9 players will travel to the ground for the final two T20Is of the Sri Lanka series.
11:05 PM: 8 close contacts of Krunal Pandya tested negative but they will not be allowed to travel to the ground as per protocols for 72 hours.
11:00 PM: Krunal Pandya is ruled out of the T20 series as he has to spend a minimum of 7 days in isolation and provide three negative RT-PCR tests.
10:00 PM: All Indian players are currently placed in room isolation pending RT-PCR test result, a player from the contingent told PTI.
9:45 PM: Sri Lankan players will get another RT-PCR COVID test on Wednesday morning.
@8:50 PM: Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw, both of whom are set to fly to England, are amongst the close contacts of Krunal Pandya.
@8:00 PM: As per reports, Krunal Pandya has tested positive in the RT-PCR test as well as per ESPNcricinfo. He tested positive in the Rapid Antigen test on Tuesday morning after complaining of a sore throat.
@7:30 PM: Both SLC & BCCI are confused how Krunal Pandya contract the virus as they were in a bio-secure bubble with no reports of the breach. Furthermore, the hotel staff of Taj Samudra hotel are also in a bio-secure bubble.
Also Read: IND vs SL 2nd T20 postponed: Entire Taj Samudra booked for Team India, BCCI & SLC confused how Krunal Pandya tested COVID positive
@6:15PM: Covid-19 hits Indian Camp – BCCI, SLC completely clueless how Covid-19 entered BIO-BUBBLE of the Indian team – Everyone we have been informed is waiting for the RT-PCR test reports of the Indian Cricketers. There are apprehensions that some more players could have caught virus.
Also Read: IND vs SL 2nd T20 postponed: Entire Taj Samudra booked for Team India, BCCI & SLC confused how Krunal Pandya tested COVID positive
Meanwhile, according to a report by Cricinfo, Arjuna de Silva, who overseas SLC’s bubble protocols for international tours says it is a mystery as to how Pandya could have contracted Covid-19?
The India team we must tell you has a complete hotel – the Taj Samudra – to themselves. Entire hotel staff is staying in a bio-bubble and SLC is now completely clueless on how Covid19 breached Indian Bio-bubble?
@6:00PM: Covid-19 hits Indian Camp – Test reports for the isolated Indian Cricketers will be coming at 6PM according to the BCCI
@5:30PM – Covid-19 hits Indian Camp – Will the development impact Surya & Parthiv’s trip to England? Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw, who are currently in Sri Lanka, were set to fly to England to join the Test squad. But Tuesday’s developments within the Indian squad in Sri Lanka, it remains to be seen if they continue as per earlier plans.
@5:20PM – India Tour of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed to InsideSport.co that none of the Sri Lanka Cricketers are suspected of Covid-19 and unlikely Indians, they will only be tested on Wednesday morning.
@5:01PM: Covid-19 hits India VS Sri Lanka Series – BCCI Sec says – Reports at 6PM – BCCI secretary, was quoted by PTI as saying that most of these contacts were players. “The reports will come in the evening (around 6 pm) and if everyone is in the clear, we can have the match on Wednesday. Maximum among the eight close contacts who are also in mandatory isolation are players.”
@4:58PM: Covid-19 hits India VS Sri Lanka Series: BCCI Sec Jay Shah says “The entire contingent is undergoing RT-PCR tests today to ascertain any further outbreak in the squad,”
The players will undergo further tests and if all results are clear, the second T20I is expected to be played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday.
This is the second time that the fixtures had to be rescheduled. Ahead of the series opener, two support staff of Sri Lankan team – including batting coach Grant Flower – tested positive for the virus, leading to the series being postponed by a few days.
@4:48PM: Covid-19 hits India VS Sri Lanka Series: SLC says 2nd & 3rd T20 match of the series will still be played on Wednesday & Thursday
@4:45PM: Covid-19 hits India VS Sri Lanka Series: Both the teams will now undergo more RT PCR Test. The entire contingent is undergoing RT-PCR tests today to ascertain any further outbreak in the squad.
@4:30PM: Covid-19 hits India VS Sri Lanka Series: According to the information coming in from BCCI sources, Parthiv Shaw & Surya Kumar YADAV are part of those 8 players and will now not leave for England anytime soon.
@4:00PM: Covid-19 hits India VS Sri Lanka Series: BCCI Confirms postponement of the match, The Medical Teams have identified eight members as close contacts as per the BCCI
@3:40PM: Covid-19 hits India VS Sri Lanka Series: Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed to InsideSport.co that both teams currently in Colombo are in complete isolation
@3:30PM: Krunal Pandya tests positive, India vs Sri Lanka T20 Series postponed
IND vs SL 2nd T20 Postponed: Covid-19 hits India-Sri Lanka series, Krunal Pandya positive, both team under isolation – Follow LIVE Updates
India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20 postponed – Covid-19 hits India Camp:Following the Rapid Antigen Tests conducted ahead of the match on Tuesday morning, Team India all-rounder Krunal Pandya was found to be positive.
The entire contingent is undergoing RT-PCR tests today to ascertain any further outbreak in the squad.
The revised schedule is as below
| India’s tour of Sri Lanka, 2021 – T20I series | |||
| S.No. | Date | Match | Venue |
| 1 | 28th July | 2nd T20I | Colombo |
| 2 | 29th July | 3rd T20I | Colombo |
India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I: Bad news for India, Krunal Pandya tests positive for COVID-19; second T20I postponed
This puts a question mark on opener Prithvi Shaw as well as Suryakumar Yadav as they were set to travel to England as replacement for the Test series against England. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday informed that the All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav as replacements for the upcoming Test series against England as all-rounder Washington Sundar, batsman Shubman Gill and pacer Avesh Khan have been ruled out of the tour due to injuries.
IND vs SL 2nd T20 Postponed: Covid-19 hits India-Sri Lanka series, Krunal Pandya positive, both team under isolation – Follow LIVE Updates
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