India in easy 4-1 win over Lanka
Sri Lanka's Chandana Deshapriya sweeps - Pix by Priyantha Wickramaarachchi
World champions India made amends for their 1-2 ODI defeat in the Indo-Sri Lanka bilateral Cricket series by pulling off an easy 4-1 victory in the T20 series concluded at the BRC grounds last Tuesday.
In the T-20 5-match series, India started off with a 7-wicket win in the 1st match and went on to dominate the series as World champs. Sri Lanka managed to win the 3rd match by 9 runs. India’s batting strength was exhibited by Sunil Ramesh (B3), Durga Rao (B3) and skipper Ajay Reddy (B2) while their bowling was spearheaded by Naresh Tumda (B1), Sunil Ramesh and Amol Karche (B1).
For Sri Lanka, Chandana Deshapriya (B3), Ajit Silva (B1) and Chandana Sooriyarachchi (B3) were outstanding with the bat, while the local bowlers failed to contain the fast scoring Indians.
Sri Lanka’s World Cup winning Captain Arjuna Ranatunga was the Chief Guest and distributed the awards.
Sri Lanka team will travel to India in October to play a Triangular series of 5 ODIs and 5 T20 involving India and England.
Results
- 1st T20: India won by 7 wickets
Sri Lanka 168/9 (20 overs) (Ruwan Wasantha 39 (B2), Chandana Deshapriya 24; Naresh Tumda (B1) 1/22;
India 169/3 (19.1 overs) (Sunil Ramesh 52 n.o., Ganesh Mudhkar (B2) 34
Man of the Match: Sunil Ramesh
- 2nd T20: India won by 3 runs
India 180/8 (20 overs) (Sunil Ramesh 42, Ajay Reddy 31, Ganesh Mudhkar 27, Dimuthu Ravindra (B1) 1/29
Sri Lanka 177/8 (20 overs) (Ajit Silva 64, Chandana Deshapriya 41; Amol Karche 2/18, Naresh Tumda 1/27)
Man of the Match: Sunil Ramesh
- 3rd T20: Sri Lanka won by 9 runs
Ajith Silva in action
Sri Lanka 190/9 (20 overs) (Ajit Silva 74, Chandana Deshapriya 43, Sunil Ramesh 2/37)
India 181/6 (20 overs) (Sunil Ramesh 51 n.o., Deepak Malik (B3) 30, Saman Thushara (B2) 2/38, Ajit Silva 2/42)
Man of the Match: Ajit Silva
- 4th T20: India won by 8 wickets
Sri Lanka 148/9 (20 overs) (Chandana Sooriyarachchi 30; Ajay Reddy/20, Amol Karche 2/27)
India 152/2 (15.4 overs) (Durga Rao 68 n.o., Ajay Reddy 37, Naresh Tumda 30)
Man of the Match: Durga Rao
- 5th T20: India won by 10 wickets
Sri Lanka 189/5 (20 overs) (Ajit Silva 64, Chandana Deshapriya 80; Akbar Ansari 1/19)
India 190/0 (17 overs) (Sunil Ramesh 107 n.o., Ajay Reddy 66 n.o.)
Man of the Match: Sunil Ramesh
Men of the Series of each category: B1- Ajit Silva, B2 – Ajay Reddy, B3 – Sunil Ramesh
(B1- Totally Blind, B2 – Semi Blind, B3 – Better view with slight defect)