SL elect to bat; India include Rahul

Fri, 02 August 2024

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SL 7-0 (2 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Pathum Nissanka and Avishka Fernando are the two openers for Sri Lanka, while Mohammed Siraj will open the bowling for the visitors.

The first ball swings into right-hander Nissanka, who inside edges it on to his thigh pad before he is beaten on the outside edge next ball trying to defend.

Siraj bowls a half-tracker as Nissanka cuts it past point for a four to get Sri Lanka off the mark and he blocks the next.

The last ball swings into Nissanka, who is struck on the thigh pad.

Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh from the other end. Fernando taps the first ball into the leg side but is beaten next ball as Arshdeep gets it to move away and go past the outside edge.

Fernando clips the fourth ball off his pads for a single and Nissanka flicks the last ball through square leg for two runs.

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