Rahul Chahar takes a stunning catch on boundary line

IND vs SL 2nd T20: Rahul Chahar takes a shocking catch on boundary line to take away Avishka Fernando – Watch – Staff India leg spinner Rahul Chahar, who’s making his T20I debut, took a shocking catch on the boundary line to assist India get first breakthrough within the 2nd match towards Sri Lanka right here on the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Wednesday. Sri Lanka opening batsman Avishka Fernando performed an uppish flick shot towards Bhuvaneshwar Kumar which seemed like it should go for a six however Chahar jumped on the boundary line to take a blinder.

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Avishka Fernando has to depart for 11

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IND vs SL 2nd T20: The TV umpire checked if the catch was authorized and gave Fernando out.
Chahar was fielding at deep backward sq. leg. Chahar timed his soar to perfection to take the catch. As he lands Chahar realised that he may lose his stability and threw the ball within the air earlier than crossing the boundary line. He got here again to take a simple catch. Fernando was eliminated 11 from 13 balls with the assistance of two boundaries.

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Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan top-scored with a knock of 40 runs as India posted 132/5 within the allotted twenty overs towards Sri Lanka within the second T20I of the three-match collection right here on the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday.

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IND vs SL 2nd T20: Despatched into bat first, India bought off to a gentle begin as openers Shikhar Dhawan and Ruturaj Gaikwad placed on 45 runs inside the primary six overs. The primary-wicket stand of 49 runs lastly got here to an finish on the ultimate supply of the seventh over as Gaikwad (21) was despatched again to the pavilion by Dasun Shanaka.

Devdutt Padikkal then joined Dhawan within the center and each batters discovered it powerful to rotate the strike. Nevertheless, within the eleventh over, Padikkal broke the shackles as he dispatched Dhananjaya de Silva for a large six. Nevertheless, the 32-run stand between these two batters lastly ended within the thirteenth over as Akila Dananjaya clear bowled Dhawan (40), lowering India to 81/2.

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In making an attempt to search for an enormous shot, Padikkal (29) additionally perished within the sixteenth over, being clear bowled by Wanindu Hasaranga, lowering India to 99/3. Sanju Samson (7) additionally failed to go away a mark and India was struggling to publish a good rating on the board.

IND vs SL 2nd T20: Within the closing overs, India struggled to register boundaries, and in the long run, the guests had been restricted to underneath the run mark. For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Navdeep Saini remained unbeaten on 13 and 1 respectively.
Transient Scores: India 132/5 (Shikhar Dhawan 40, Devdutt Padikkal 29, Akila Dananjaya 2-29) vs Sri Lanka.