India’s tempo sensation Umran Malik, marked his return within the blue colours firstly of the house season through the first of three T20Is in opposition to Sri Lanka. The 23-year-old picked two wickets in India’s two-run win at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
It was throughout this spell that Malik touched the fiery 155 kph mark on the velocity gun to dismiss Sri Lanka’s captain Dasun Shanaka, the quickest supply of the sport. The latter was picked by Yuzvendra Chahal within the try of attempting to pierce a boundary by covers.
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Malik additionally dismissed Charith Asalanka as India bundled Sri Lanka for 160. Shivam Mavi, who made his T20I debut for India, picked a 4-fer and was the decide of the bowlers.
Earlier, Sri Lanka received the toss and opted to bowl first. After dropping 5 wickets for 94 inside 14.1 overs, Deepak Hooda (41 off 23) and Axar Patel (31 off 20) constructed a 68-run partnership off 35 deliveries to take India to 162 of their quota of 20 overs.
With the win, India took a 1-0 lead within the three-match collection. The two groups will subsequent face off in Pune on Thursday, January 5.
