Rahul Chahar send-off: The Indian spinner dismissed his counterpart to pick his only wicket of the second T20I in Colombo.
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During the second T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of Sri Lanka in Colombo, India spinner Rahul Chahar sort of lost his cool to give a send-off to Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanidu Hasaranga.
It all happened on the last delivery of the 15th over when Hasaranga’s attempt of playing a lose drive saw him not being able to keep the ball down. As a result, Hasaranga hit the ball straight to India vice-captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar at backward point.
Having picked a wicket on the last ball of his spell, Chahar was uncontrollably excited as he was involved in giving a send-off to Hasaranga. Perhaps the dismissal meant an extra bit to the bowler as Hasaranga had hit him over his head for a boundary earlier in the over.
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Not responding to Chahar’s animated reactions with words, Hasaranga was seen applauding the bowler whilst walking back to the pavilion at the R Premdasa Stadium.
Chasing a 133-run target, the hosts registered a 4-wicket victory in the last over primarily due to vice-captain Dhananjaya de Silva scoring a match-winning 40* (34).
In the first innings, India scored a mediocre 132/5 in 20 overs after Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and chose to field first. Opening the batting with debutant Ruturaj Gaikwad (21), India captain Shikhar Dhawan top-scored for his team with his 40 (42) comprising of five fours.
Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya, who dismissed Dhawan and wicket-keeper batsman Sanju Samson (7), was the pick of the bowlers for his team with bowling figures of 4-0-29-2.
Rahul Chahar send-off to Wanidu Hasaranga
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