India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in rain-hit match, bag T20I series 2-0
Pallekele (Sri Lanka), Jul 28: India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in a rain-affected second T20I of the three-match series to take an unassailable 2-0 lead here on Sunday.
Chasing a revised target of 78 in eight overs, skipper Suryakumar Yadav (26, 12b, 4x4, 1x6) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (30, 15b, 3x4, 2x6) batted well as India romped home in 6.3 overs under DLS method.
Earlier, Kusal Perera made an aggressive fifty but leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi struck three crucial blows as India restricted Sri Lanka to a below-par 161 for nine before rain interrupted India’s chase at 6 for no loss in 0.3 overs.
Perera (53, 34b, 6x4, 2x6) led Lanka's charge in the company of Pathum Nissanka (32, 24b, 5x4).
But Bishnoi (3/26) took three wickets, two in as many balls, as India snapped the hosts' charge in the middle and end overs.
Brief scores:
Sri Lanka: 161/9 in 20 overs (Kusal Perera 53, Pathum Nissanka 32; Ravi Bishnoi 3/26, Hardik Pandya 2/24, Arshdeep Singh 2/24)
India: 81/3 in 6.3 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 26, Yashasvi Jaiswal 30).
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Woman sustains burns after live electric wire falls on her in Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Dec 23: A woman sustained burn injuries after an overhead live wire snapped and fell on her in the district headquarters town of Kalaburagi on Monday.
The woman has been admitted to a private hospital with injuries to her hands, legs and stomach.
According to police, the electric wire fell on the school bus carrying intellectually disabled children and then landed on the woman.
The incident comes close on the heels of a 14-year-old boy dying of electrocution in the town on December 13.
