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India Vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20: Sri Lanka won the second T-20 match by 16 runs in a thrilling match, Rahul Tripathi made his international debut. India made an embarrassing record.
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Match Summary
India Vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20: The second T-20 match was played between India and Sri Lanka in which India won the toss and decided to bowl first and invited Sri Lanka to bat first. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 55 runs in the power play without losing any wicket. India used their 5 bowlers in the power play only, yet could not take any wicket in the power play. The first wicket from India was taken by Yajuvendra Chahal in the 9th over, who dismissed Kushal Mendis LBW. Kushal Mendis scored 52 runs in 31 balls. After taking the wicket, the run rate was restricted but Sri Lanka came back in the last over and scored 206 runs in 20 overs and set a target of 207 runs.
India Batting
India’s batting in the second innings did not start very well and lost the first wicket in the form of Ishaan Kishan on the score of just 12 runs and could make only 39 in the power play and lost 4 wickets. No batsman from India could even score 50 runs. After that there was excitement in the match when Axar Patel hit three sixes in three consecutive balls. Surya Kumar Yadav’s fiery innings also brought life to the match, but after some time he too got out after scoring 51 runs in 36 balls, then the hopes of the Indian team seemed to be over, but Shivam Mavi raised some hopes. But could not win. 21 runs were needed in the last over to win.
Rahul Tripathi Debut
Rahul Tripathi (Rahul Ajay Tripathi) made his international debut in the second T-20 match between India and Sri Lanka, played today on 5 January 2023. Meanwhile, a lot of happiness was visible on his face. This moment is a very pleasant moment for any player. Rahul Tripathi was given the cap of the Indian team by the current coach of the Indian team, Rahul Dravid. Let us tell you that Rahul Tripathi is an Indian first-class right-handed cricketer who plays for Maharashtra. Although he already plays IPL. Rahul started his IPL career in 2017 playing with Rising Pune Supergiant. In IPL 2017, Rahul played 14 matches in which he scored a total of 391 runs in which he scored the highest 93 runs. In which his average was 146.44. Talking about Rahul’s sixes and fours, so far he has hit a total of 68 sixes and 176 fours in IPL career history. Rahul played for Rajasthan Royals in 2018 and 2019, but his performance in the season was not good. Picked up by KKR for INR 60 lakhs in the 2020 IPL auction, since then Rahul has been KKR’s favorite at the top of the order, scoring 397 runs in the 2021 IPL season. Currently, Rahul plays for “Sunrisers Hyderabad”. He was born on 2 March 1991 in Ranchi. Rahul Tripathi took a tremendous catch of Pathum Nissanka at the boundary line in today’s match. But could not do anything special in batting.
Rahul Tripathi Career Stats
| Format | Matches | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 50s | 100s | Wickets |
| First Class | 52 | 2728 | 132 | 33.26 | 54.34 | 14 | 07 | 12 |
| List A | 53 | 1782 | 156* | 37.91 | 88.17 | 10 | 04 | 06 |
| T20 | 125 | 2801 | 93 | 26.93 | 134.14 | 17 | 00 | 12 |
Today Match Records
- 1- Record in today’s match Sri Lanka had the second free partnership in any match against India when they scored 80 runs without losing any wicket.
- 2-Higest No Ball In International Cricket: India made an embarrassing record, throwing 7 no balls in any single international match, in which 31 runs were given.
- 3-Dasun Shanaka: Fastest fifty of 50 runs in 20 balls. This record was earlier in the name of Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 50 runs in 21 balls.
- 4- Akshar Patel hit a hat-trick six and a quick inning of 50 runs in 20 balls. This was the best of his career.
- 5-Yajuvendra Chahal became the first Indian bowler to take the maximum 21 wickets against Sri Lanka. Chahal has so far taken 206 wickets in 142 matches. Chahal has taken a total of 945 wickets in his entire cricket career.
