WATCH: Yuzvendra Chahal can’t control laughter after running out Wanidu Hasaranga in Pune T20I

Yuzvendra Chahal can’t control laughter: The Indian spinner seemed to have enjoyed his direct-hit to run-out his Sri Lankan counterpart.

During the third T20I of the ongoing Sri Lanka’s tour of India in Pune, India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal didn’t let an easy run-out opportunity go waste as he dismissed his counterpart in Wanidu Hasaranga after the latter called for a non-existent run.

It all happened on the penultimate delivery of the 14th over when Hasaranga hit a low full-toss from India pacer Shardul Thakur towards Chahal at mid-off.

It was the batsman’s poor judgement which saw him running in a careless manner despite the presence of a fielder at mid-off. Having picked the ball and hit the stumps, Chahal managed to find Hasaranga short of his crease as he walked back to the pavilion after scoring 0 (2).

It was at this point in time that Chahal appeared to have enjoyed his attempt as he was seen bursting into laughter after the batsman was given out.

Chasing a 202-run target, a below par batting performance from Sri Lanka saw them getting bundled out for 123 in 15.5 overs. Barring all-rounders in Dhananjaya de Silva (57) and Angelo Mathews (31), no other Sri Lankan batsman even reached double figures.

Having registered bowling figures of 3.5-0-28-3, India fast bowler Navdeep Saini was their highest wicket-taker followed by Shardul Thakur (2), Washington Sundar (2) and Jasprit Bumrah (1).

Yuzvendra Chahal can’t control laughter

How Twitterati reacted:

My Man of the match #shardulthakur #INDvsSLT20

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) January 10, 2020

Bulls-eye! 🎯
Yuzi absolutely enjoyed that one 😅

Sri Lanka are down to their last 3 wickets.#INDvSL #PlayBold

— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) January 10, 2020

India v Sri Lanka – last 19 series across all 3 formats:

India Won – 17
Sri Lanka Won – 0
Drawn – 2

Last time Sri Lanka won any series against India was the Test series at home in 2008. #IndvSL

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) January 10, 2020

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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