India vs Sri Lanka: Yuzvendra Chahal stars as IND record biggest T20 win

Riding on KL Rahul’s 61 and Yuzvendra Chahal’s 4/23, India thrashed Sri Lanka by 93 runs to go 1-0 up in the three-T20 series. (BCCI )

Updated on: Dec 20, 2017 11:17 PM IST

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Riding on KL Rahul’s 61 and Yuzvendra Chahal’s 4/23, India thrashed Sri Lanka by 93 runs to go 1-0 up in the three-T20 series. (BCCI )

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Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl. (BCCI )

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Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul got India off to a good start before the stand-in captain fell to Angelo Mathews in the fifth over. (BCCI )

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Rahul played some good shots and continued to pile on the runs. (BCCI )

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The Indian opener put on a 63-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer before Nuwan Pradeep removed the Mumbai batsman for 24. (BCCI )

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KL Rahul completed his half-century, second overall and first vs Sri Lanka. (BCCI )

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After Rahul’s departure (for 61), MS Dhoni and Manish Pandey put on a quickfire 68-run stand to power the hosts to 180/3. (BCCI )

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In reply, Sri Lanka got off to a poor start as they lost Niroshan Dickwella early, courtesy Jaydev Unadkat. (BCCI )

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Coming in to bowl inside the powerplay, Chahal showed exemplary control with a slippery ball, owing to the dew on the ground, and got Upul Tharanga -- who looked set to score a big one. (BCCI )

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Kuldeep Yadav kept things tight and took two important wickets of Kusal Perera and Dasun Shanaka. (BCCI )

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Chahal returned in the eight over and dismissed former Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews, caught and bowled. (BCCI )

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The leggie took his third after Asela Gunaratne (4) was stumped by Dhoni before finishing his quota with the wicket of Sri Lanka skipper Thisara Perera. (BCCI )

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Hardik Pandya finished with three wickets as India bundled out Sri Lanka for 87. This was India’s biggest victory in terms of runs in T20s. (BCCI )

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The second T20 will be held in Indore on December 22. (BCCI )