Debutant Mavi stars in India’s two-run win over Sri Lanka

Shivam Mavi made a dream debut with a relentless show of fast-bowling as his four-wicket haul made the distinction in India’s slender two-run win over a spirited Sri Lanka within the first T20I right here on Tuesday.

India batters discovered the Sri Lankan spinners arduous to place away earlier than Deepak Hooda (41 not out off 23) and Axar Patel (31 not out off 20) took the hosts to 162 for 5.

The Sri Lankans absolutely had the firepower to chase down 163 however Mavi’s strikes at back and front finish of the innings tilted the sport in favour of the house workforce. The recreation went right down to the wire with spinner Axar Patel managing to defend 13 runs within the remaining over. Mavi ended with envious figures of 4 for 22 in 4 overs.

For his good bowling figures of 4/22 on his debut recreation, @ShivamMavi23 is our Top Performer from the second innings.

A have a look at his bowling abstract right here 👇👇#INDvSL @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/nkDyHeRLCo

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 3, 2023

The combating knocks from skipper Dasun Shanaka (45 off 27) and Chamika Karunaratne (23 not out off 16) went in useless as Sri Lanka ended 160 all out in 20 overs.

This is the bottom complete India defend at this stadium.

Skipper Hardik Pandya determined to bowl the primary over and the stress created by him helped debutant Mavi on the different finish. Hardik bowled full tilt and hardly gave something away, conceding solely 12 runs in his three-over spell.

Mavi’s second to cherish got here in his first over as he confirmed exceptional composure to strike again after being hit for 2 fours by Kusal Mendis.

Having already bought a life in Hardik’s first over, Pathum Nissanka had no clue about Mavi’s fantastic thing about a supply that jagged again in to shatter the stumps.

Surprised to see Axar bowling the ultimate over? Here’s Captain @hardikpandya7 revealing the rationale behind the transfer. #INDvSL #CrewIndia @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/dewHMr93Yi

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 3, 2023

In his second over too, Mavi bought hit for a few fours earlier than he had Dhanajaya de Silva caught at mid-on.

It grew to become 47 for 3 in eighth over when Ishan Kishan took a superb catch working backwards after Charith Asalanka mistimed a pull off Umran Malik.

Pacer Harshal Patel bought fortunate together with his first wicket as a harmful wanting Mendis discovered the deep level fielder earlier than eliminating Bhanuka Rajapaksa with a slower ball, leaving Sri Lanka struggling at 68 for 5 within the eleventh over. Hardik needed to depart the sphere briefly after taking Rajapaksa’s catch.

Hasaranga and skipper Shanaka made the sport attention-grabbing with a quickfire 40-run stand off 23 balls. Hasaranga put the stress again on the Indians by smashing Yuzvendra Chahal for back-to-back sixes over mid-wicket, decreasing the equation to a really gettable 56 runs off 36 balls.

Mavi was introduced again to interrupt the threatening partnership and that’s what he did by having Hasaranga caught at mid-off. Shanaka stored Sri Lanka within the recreation singlehandedly earlier than falling to Umran within the seventeenth over.

That’s that from the first T20I.#CrewIndia win by 2 runs and take a 1-0 lead within the collection.

Scorecard – https://t.co/uth38CaxaP #INDvSL @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/BEU4ICTc3Y

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 3, 2023

The recreation someway went right down to the final over with Chamika Karunratne offering a ray of hope for the guests. With Hardik unable to bowl his fourth over after a fall on the sphere, Axar was known as in to defend 13 within the remaining over.

Earlier, Hooda and Axar shared an unbeaten 68-run stand off 38 balls for the sixth wicket after India discovered themselves at a shaky 94 for 5 on the high-scoring Wankhede Stadium.

Playing his first worldwide innings for the reason that double hundred in Bangladesh, Kishan (37 off 29) went ballistic within the first over itself that yielded 17 runs.

Searching for some swing, right-arm pacer Kasun Rajitha pitched it up and Kishan was fast to flick it over deep sq. leg for a large six. Then a slower ball was hit down the bottom for 4 earlier than Kishan pulled Rajitha for one more boundary.

Shubman Gill (7), who made his T20 debut alongside Mavi, started his innings with a pleasant cowl driver off Dilshan Madhushanka.

Shanaka launched spin within the third over through Maheesh Theekshana and he delivered with the wicket of Gill who missed a straighter one from the thriller spinner to be trapped in entrance of the stumps. Hoping towards hope, Gill wasted a evaluation within the course of.

India’s greatest T20 batter Suryakumar Yadav (7) too perished cheaply, leaving the hosts at 41 for 2 within the powerplay. Playing his first recreation in entrance of his dwelling crowd, Surya went for his ordinary scoop shot however mistimed it to be caught at quick high-quality leg by Bhanuka Rajapaksa off Chamika Karunaratne.

WATCH – @ShivamMavi23’s magical first wicket in worldwide cricket 🙌🙌

📹📹https://t.co/zGxBuj9cBF #INDvSL @mastercardindia

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 3, 2023

Sanum Samson (5) wasted one other alternative by mistiming a slog off Dhananjaya de Silva.

The spinners stemmed the circulation of runs within the center overs with India amassing solely 26 in overs 10-15 with the lack of Kishan and skipper Hardik Pandya (29 off 27), who couldn’t discover his vary after beginning with a few beautiful stokes on the off facet.

Coming in at quantity six, Hooda tried to alter the course of the innings with back-to- again sixes over deep midwicket off Theekshana. He focused the identical space towards Hasaranga within the subsequent over, depositing him for a most.

He had good assist from Axar because the duo helped India get to a combating complete.