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Pallekele (Sri Lanka): India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in a rain-affected second T20I of the three-match series to take an unassailable 2-0 lead here on Sunday.
Chasing a revised target of 78 in eight overs, skipper Suryakumar Yadav (26, 12b, 4×4, 1×6) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (30, 15b, 3×4, 2×6) batted well as India romped home in 6.3 overs under DLS method.
Earlier, Kusal Perera made an aggressive fifty but leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi struck three crucial blows as India restricted Sri Lanka to a below-par 161 for nine before rain interrupted India’s chase at 6 for no loss in 0.3 overs.
Perera (53, 34b, 6×4, 2×6) led Lanka’s charge in the company of Pathum Nissanka (32, 24b, 5×4).
But Bishnoi (3/26) took three wickets, two in as many balls, as India snapped the hosts’ charge in the middle and end overs.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka: 161/9 in 20 overs (Kusal Perera 53, Pathum Nissanka 32; Ravi Bishnoi 3/26, Hardik Pandya 2/24, Arshdeep Singh 2/24) lost to India: 81/3 in 6.3 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 26, Yashasvi Jaiswal 30).
