Sri Lanka vs India 2017: One-off T20I, 5 talking points

Kohli's sensational form paved way for yet another series win for the Indians
Kohli's sensational form paved the way for yet another series win for the Indians

#3 Yuzvendra Chahal's mixed day

Yuzvendra Chahal revelled after a disastrous start
Yuzvendra Chahal revelled after a disastrous start

India seem to be overloaded with options in the spinning front at the moment but two of them - Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal - are front-runners considering they are wrist spinners. Kuldeep seemed to be the main candidate before the ODIs but it was Chahal who got more opportunities.

At Colombo in the lone T20, Chahal started off poorly with Munaweera taking a special liking to the RCBian. He was thumped for consecutive sixes by Munaweera but returned to dismiss Angelo Mathews, who was stumped by Dhoni. Munaweera promptly looked for payback as he clubbed him for two more sixes and a four in the ninth over.

When Thisara Perera took him on for another six, the fifth he had conceded in the game, Chahal knew how to come back. He shortened the length and produced an inside-edge onto the stumps before trapping Dasun Shanaka with a googly to finish with figures of 3/43.

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