India Vs Sri Lanka 2nd Odi 12 January 2023

2nd ODI • Eden Gardens • Kolkata

Sri Lanka

215 (39.4)

India

219/6 (43.2)

IND won by 4 wickets

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Player of the Match Kuldeep Yadav

3/51

SL s

IND s

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Sri Lanka s

215/10 (39.4)

Batters

Avishka Fernando

117.65

b Siraj

Nuwanidu Fernando

79.37

runout (Rahul / Gill)

Kusal Mendis

100.00

lbw b Yadav

Dhananjaya de Silva

0.00

b Patel

Charith Asalanka

71.43

c & b Yadav

Dasun Shanaka

50.00

b Yadav

Wanindu Hasaranga

123.53

c Patel b Malik

Dunith Wellalage

94.12

c Patel b Siraj

Chamika Karunaratne

68.00

c Patel b Malik

Kasun Rajitha

80.95

Not out

Lahiru Kumara

0.00

b Siraj

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(39.4 Ov, RR: 5.42)

215/10

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammad Shami

6.14

Mohammed Siraj

5.4

5.29

Hardik Pandya

5.20

Umran Malik

6.86

Kuldeep Yadav

5.10

Axar Patel

3.20

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Avishka Fernando

b Siraj

1-29

5.6

Kusal Mendis

lbw b Yadav

2-102

16.6

Dhananjaya de Silva

b Patel

3-103

17.2

Nuwanidu Fernando

runout (Rahul / Gill)

4-118

21.1

Dasun Shanaka

b Yadav

5-125

22.5

Charith Asalanka

c & b Yadav

6-126

24.2

Wanindu Hasaranga

c Patel b Malik

7-152

27.5

Chamika Karunaratne

c Patel b Malik

8-177

33.6

Dunith Wellalage

c Patel b Siraj

9-215

39.2

Lahiru Kumara

b Siraj

10-215

39.4

India s

219/6 (43.2)

Batters

Rohit Sharma

80.95

c Mendis b Karunaratne

Shubman Gill

175.00

c Fernando b Kumara

Virat Kohli

44.44

b Kumara

Shreyas Iyer

84.85

lbw b Rajitha

KL Rahul

103

62.14

Not out

Hardik Pandya

67.92

c Mendis b Karunaratne

Axar Patel

100.00

c Karunaratne b Silva

Kuldeep Yadav

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 2, W: 13)

TOTAL

(43.2 Ov, RR: 5.05)

219/6

Did not Bat

Mohammed Siraj, Mohammad Shami, Umran Malik

Bowlers

EXT

Kasun Rajitha

5.11

Lahiru Kumara

9.2

6.86

Chamika Karunaratne

6.38

Wanindu Hasaranga

2.80

Dunith Wellalage

6.00

Dasun Shanaka

3.00

Dhananjaya de Silva

3.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rohit Sharma

c Mendis b Karunaratne

1-33

4.6

Shubman Gill

c Fernando b Kumara

2-41

5.3

Virat Kohli

b Kumara

3-62

9.3

Shreyas Iyer

lbw b Rajitha

4-86

14.2

Hardik Pandya

c Mendis b Karunaratne

5-161

34.1

Axar Patel

c Karunaratne b Silva

6-191

39.5

Match Info

Date & Time

12 Jan, 01:30 PM IST

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Match

2nd ODI,

Sri Lanka tour of India

Umpires

KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India), Nitin Menon (India), Jayaraman Madanagopal (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bat

0 1nb 1wd 0 0 1 1 1lb

Over 41

Runs: 5

1 0 0 1 0 4

Over 42

Runs: 6

0 4 0 4 0 4

Over 43

Runs: 12

0 4

Over 44

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Kuldeep Yadav

3/51

Commentary

So that concludes our coverage of this contest but the final ODI will be played in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, January 15. Do join us for our coverage of the same right here on Sportskeeda, while also keeping yourselves updated with all the other cricketing news and action from around the globe until then. For the moment, wishing you a good weekend and taking your leave is the duo of Pradeep Somashekar and Sooryanarayanan Sesha. See you around soon - take care and good night!

Kuldeep Yadav doing well and picking up wickets is always going to hold India in good stead. They need a wicket-taker in the middle-overs and Kuldeep performing at his best is just what they need heading into that 50-over World Cup. A game that India would have wanted to win with more conviction but as Rohit Sharma said, this will help them and give them a lot of teachings for the long run. The series is wrapped up and it remains to be seen if they ring in the changes ahead of the final game in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. As for Sri Lanka, they would want to avoid a whitewash and show that they mean business in this format in a World Cup year. There surely remain a lot of issues to sort out with the bat and while Nuwanidu Fernando's display on debut was a big positive, some of the more experienced names simply must stand up to be counted.

Speaking of Kuldeep Yadav, he's the Player of the Match for his fine spell of 3/51. Here's what he has to say: I am very happy with my performances. When I get an opportunity, I try to do my best. I just want to bowl in the right areas. When you play, you have to focus a lot. I try to do well and whatever matches there have been, I have enjoyed my bowling. The team combination matters. I don't have a problem with that (not playing) - whenever I get a chance I try to do my best. You can't keep playing in the same areas. Hasaranga plays spin really well and the batters have no option when there are wickets falling. I always focus on practicing my batting in the nets. Over the last one year I've worked very hard. It's tough to bowl 10 overs due to my aggressive rhythm. (On his friendship with Yuzvendra Chahal) His support has always been there. He played the T20s and the last ODI so he told me about what the batters were trying to do.

Rohit Sharma (India captain): I thought it was a close game but having games like these teaches you a lot. We had to scrap and build an innings under pressure. It's something that we've been speaking about for a while now. KL has been batting at 5 for a long time now. It gives us the depth with experienced batters batting at 5 and 6. It gives us the confidence to bat freely at the top of the order as well. Both of them (KL and Hardik) have got a lot of experience of batting under pressure. In hindsight, yes it will be nice to have a left-hander. But again I don't believe too much in it because the guys who are given a chance at the moment have got a lot of runs behind them playing for the last year or so. A lot of us didn't play ODIs the last year. Ideally we would like to have a left-hander but we know the quality of the right-handed batters out there in the middle. It is something we are quite comfortable with at the moment. We haven't thought about it (changes) yet. Once we get to Trivandrum, we'll have a look at the pitch. We'll definitely have a look at some of the guys. There are three ODIs coming against New Zealand as well so we have to keep the guys fresh. (On Kuldeep) For him to come back and play the game he played today was fantastic. He brought us back into the game. Kusal and Fernando were batting really well and Kuldeep as we've seen so often found his way through. He's a very confident bowler right now and it definitely augurs well for the team.

Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka captain): We were there in the game till the end, not enough runs on the board and hence we lost the game. At the start, we discussed, it was a flat deck, with the kind of start we got, we were eying 300 but Kuldeep bowled brilliantly in the middle phase. Especially in these conditions, batters not getting starts is a big concern. We had a chance, the ball was moving, I told my seamers to stick to the basics and move the ball within the stump line.

KL Rahul: Won't say it was a flat wicket, can't say it was doing a lot, quite a sporty wicket as I kept on this wicket too and 220 on this wicket was good for us, spongy bounce from the back of a length, we thought 280 or 290 we would chase it down but I thought the bowlers did a commendable job, they made our life easier. Sri Lanka put up a fight initially, put us under pressure, good partnership with Shreyas, Hardik and Axar, challenging game and be proud the way we fought till the end, just pleasing to finish things off. (On how different the situation was compared to the first game) We were batting first in Guwahati, openers put the pressure on them and tried to get the extra 20-25 runs, took the bowlers on and always thinking to attack and bowlers often read the mind of the batter, when I went into bat last game, we were in a comfortable position and allowed myself to took the bowlers on, it was a different game today, important to soak in the pressure, see that the bowlers don't get into it and kill the game for us. (On batting at number 5) One thing I really enjoyed batting at number 5 is I don't have to rush back in, have some time to come back and assess the situation of the game and allow myself bat with the situation demands, if you can read that and you more often do the job for the team. Rohit's pretty clear on where he wants me to bat, I try and do my job.

Match Summary: India win by 4 wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

KL Rahul 64* (103) | Mohammed Siraj 3/30 (5.4)
Nuwanidu Fernando 50 (63) | Chamika Karunaratne 2/51 (8)

Sri Lanka's bowlers gave it absolutely everything. They showed that fighting spirit archetypal of their team but eventually, the lack of enough runs told on them towards the end. Even 50 runs more would have spiced this contest brilliantly but an appalling collapse meant that they had only 215 runs to play with.

A number of freebies in the first four overs seemed to indicate that India would get the job done in a canter. More so, with both Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill off the blocks in a trice. Soft dismissals on their part brought the game to life though with Lahiru Kumara and Chamika Karunaratne posing questions aplenty by getting the ball to seam around. Virat Kohli looked to take his time but was castled by a sharp in-decker, leaving the game firmly in the balance.

Shreyas Iyer was positive from the outset but played all around a straight one which he would have flicked to the fence on most days. That brought two good friends, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya together, as they went about absorbing the pressure and playing the situation without getting carried away. Having treated Wanindu Hasaranga's overs with utmost respect, they tapped the ball around and rotated strike to get a stand going.

There was a period of 10.1 overs without a boundary but Pandya then started to flex his arms with some delectable strokes. Rahul continued to motor along too but the game sprung to life again when Pandya wafted at a harmless delivery and nicked behind. Axar Patel came out looking really confident again, but he perished to a stroke he would not want to look back at, picking out long off to perfection.

Dhananjaya de Silva might have dismissed Axar, but Dasun Shanaka simply had to bowl his frontline pacers a lot earlier. Eventually, that was the last roll of the dice but Kuldeep Yadav hung around and even unleashed a fabulous slash over backward point with Rahul notching up a mature half-century at the other end. Fittingly, Kuldeep hit the winning runs having started it off himself with the ball and India have started 2023 on the right note in the ODI format. Stick around for the presentation...

And that is that! India were stretched, but they've managed to hold on and take the series with a game to spare. Eden Gardens roars in delight as they see the Men in Blue wrap things up!

43.2 Lahiru Kumara to Kuldeep Yadav, THAT'S IT! FOUR! India win and seal the series 2-0 with one game to go! Got to give it to Sri Lanka for their effort to make a match out of this one..Short delivery on the fourth stump, Kuldeep on the backfoot on top of the bounce, bunted it down the ground to long-off as Kuldeep seals the game for India.

Kumara pulls out of his run-up. Don't worry though - Rahul's bat was firmly grounded at the non-striker's end.

43.1 Lahiru Kumara to Kuldeep Yadav, back of a length and over the stumps, Kuldeep backed away to cut but gets beaten, through to the keeper.

Given runs off the blade and in rather poetic fashion, Kuldeep has the chance to hit the winning runs, having orchestrated Sri Lanka's batting collapse earlier. India need just 1 run to clinch the series!

overs

215 /6 score

runs

KL Rahul *

64 (103)

Kuldeep Yadav

6 (8)

Kasun Rajitha

1 /46

42.6 Kasun Rajitha to KL Rahul, FOUR! Scores are level. Short into Rahul, he looked to finish things off as he swivels to pull but gets a top edge, goes just over Mendis who times his jump, runs down to fine-leg for yet another boundary.

42.5 Kasun Rajitha to KL Rahul, short delivery, takes the pace off too as Rahul ducks under it, the ball dies at the keeper.

Ah some French cricket if you don't mind. Will Rahul look to finish it with one blow?

42.4 Kasun Rajitha to KL Rahul, FOUR MORE! That jags back in sharply, Rahul on the backfoot goes to cut but gets the inside edge and over the stumps by just, down to fine-leg for another boundary. Just 5 needed now!

42.3 Kasun Rajitha to KL Rahul, length delivery on the fourth stump, Rahul drives on the up but straight to mid-off for no run.

A stunning tumble attempted by Bandara but alas, it sums things up for Sri Lanka. India are just 9 runs away...