Kuldeep & Rahul helps India to seal the series on their home soil
Kuldeep Yadav vanished from Sri Lanka’s batting with his brilliant bowling performance. Kl Rahul also performed well with his magnificent batting performance. Hardik also played a crucial knock by scoring 36 runs off 56 balls. Kuldeep also showed his real skills by scoring crucial 10 runs off 10 balls. Axar, Shreyas and Rohit also played their cameos very well by scoring 21,28 and 17 runs respectively.
Sri Lankan batters are Unable to hold their nerves
Despite an outstanding knock by debutant Nuwanidu Fernando who scored a brilliant 50 runs in the Match and was looking in a great touch. Unfortunately he ran out. No other Batter scored more than 50 runs in the whole Sri Lankan batting lineup. K Mendis and D Wellalage scored 34 and 32 runs respectively. But they both couldn’t capitalize on their innings well.
Indian Bowlers Blow away Sri Lankan Batters Out within 40 Overs
Both the spinners Kuldeep and Axar played their parts well to keep Sri Lankan batters out of flow despite having a good 2nd wicket partnership. Hardik also bowled handy spells of 5 overs and Shami, Siraj and Umran also played their parts well.
Sri Lankan bowlers Bowled well but were unable to cross the winning line
Despite brilliant bowling by L Kumara and C Karunaratne, Indian batters managed to cross the line as the target was very short of runs. Kl who was out of form in the recent last year’s world cup, but now he was looking in fine shape of scoring runs.