Thakur, Pandey fuel India's revenge against "S r i L a n k a"
Shardul Thakur's career-best four-27 and Manish Pandey mature 42 not out helped secure India's comprehensive 6-wicket victory against Sri Lan ka in their Twenty20 tri-series match on "M o n d a y".
Paceman Thakur led India's restrained exertion with the ball to limit Sri Lanka to a worse than average 152 for nine of every a rain-hit coordinate which was lessened to a 19-overs-a-side challenge.
Pan dey combined with Dinesh Karthik, who made 39 not out, in a 68-run organization to enable India to overpower the objective with nine balls to save.
Having retaliated for their misfortune to Sri Lanka in the competition opener, India top the focuses table with 2 wins from three matches and they go up against Bangladesh in the following match on Wednesday.
Driving the side without rested standard captain Virat Kohli, India skipper Rohit Sharma chose to field after light rain caused a 95-minute deferral to the beginning of the match.
Sri Lan ka got off to a bursting begin, draining 24 keeps running in the main couple of overs before Danushka Gunathilaka turned into the first of Thakur's four casualties in the match.
Ku sal Men dis, hit 3 sixes and the same number of limits in his hostile 55 to enlist his second progressive 50 years in the competition.
Sri Lanka, nonetheless, couldn't take advantage of the begin and lost wickets at general interims to waste the energy.
Upul Tharanga made 22 and Dasun Shanaka contributed 19. Thakur expelled Shanaka and Dushmantha Chameera off progressive conveyances in the last finished of the Sri Lankan innings.
Spinner Akila Dananjay denied India a strong start, rejecting the two openers, Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, economically.
Su resh Rai na hit 2 or 3 sixes in his windy 27 however India seemed to be stuck in an unfortunate situation at 85 for 4 in the tenth over.
P a n d e y and Karthik at that point assumed control, to a great extent disregarding dangers and playing with ascertained hostility to get India over the line.