Deepak Chahar saves India from jaws of defeat
India and sri lanka faced each other in the second ODI at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and once again dhawan lost the toss and Dasun Shanaka opted to bat first. Just like the previous ODI, sri lanka got off to a flyer by scoring runs at a fast pace for the first wicket and India's quest for a wicket in Power Play continues as sri lanka scored 59/0 in the first ten overs.
In the end, sri lanka managed 275/9 on a slow sluggish surface, and india who came to bat next suffered an array of wickets and india tottered by losing 5 wickets within 20 overs. Also, none of India's top 3 batsmen scored 50+ runs and it was completely Sri Lanka's game when krunal pandya also got bowled when Hasaranga bowled a perfect leg-break delivery.
But, deepak chahar and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar had other ideas as they clearly targeted other bowlers and played out Hasaranga without scoring any runs and deepak chahar milked runs towards the end in free flow and Sri Lankan fielders also gave away easy runs by misfields and poor fielding setups without any third man for Chameera's pace and bounce. In the end, india won the match by 3 wickets and Chahar saved the team and with this india registered the most wins against an opponent by winning 93 matches against sri lanka so far.