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Patna : India defeated Sri Lanka (SL) by 3 wickets in 2nd ODI at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, SL, on July 20, 2021, night, with medium fast bowler Deepak Chahar scoring a match winning unbeaten 69 in 82 balls hitting 7 fours and 1 six, his maiden ODI fifty, and Suryakumar Yadav scoring 53 run in 44 balls with 6 fours, his first ODI fifty. With this, India have now taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Deepak Chahar was declared Player Of The Match.
Sl had won the toss and opted to bat. SL scored 275/9 in 50 overs with Charith Asalanka scoring 65 in 68 balls with 6 fours. India scored 277/7 in 49.1 overs. Leg spinner Wanindu Hasaranga took 3/37 in 10 overs.
Chasing a target of 276 runs, India had lost their 6th wicket at 160 runs when Suryakumar Yadav fell to Sandakan. But, thereafter lower middle turned the table on Sri Lanka. Krunal Pandya and Deepak Chahar added 33 runs for the 7th wicket. Krunal fell to leg spinner Wanindu Hasaranga for 35 in 44 balls with 3 fours and it was 193/7. Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Prasad then added 84 runs in their unbroken partnership for the 8th wicket