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Patna : Sri Lanka (SL) defeated India by four wickets in 2nd T20I at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, SL, on July 28, 2021, late night, as Dhananjaya de Silva scored an unbeaten 40 runs in 34 balls with a four and a six to level the three-match series 1-1. Dhananjaya de Silva was declared Player Of The Match.
Chasing a target of 133 runs, SL scored 133/6 in 19.4 overs. Chamika Karunaratne remained unbeaten on 12 in 6 balls hitting a six. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar conceded 12 runs in 19th over, his 4th over. Opener Minod Bhanuka (wk) scored 36 runs in 31 balls with 4 fours. SL had won the toss and opted to bowl.
Batting first, India were off to a good start with openers Shikhar Dhawan (captain) and Ruturaj Gaikwad adding 49 runs in 7 overs for the first wicket, But, Srilankan bowlers particularly spinner Akila Dananjaya came back superbly and restricted India to just 132/5 in 20 overs. Dhawan scored 40 runs in 42 balls with 5 fours while debutant Devdutt Padikkal scored 29 runs in 23 balls hitting a four and a six. Gaikwad scored 21 runs. Akila Dananjaya took 2/29 in 4 overs.