Watch: Ravindra Jadeja whips out Pushpa celebration after taking wicket

Cricket and cinema crossed paths as soon as extra on Thursday when Indian participant Ravindra Jadeja introduced out a well-known gesture from Allu Arjun-starrer Pushpa as a part of his celebration after he dismissed Dinesh Chandimal throughout the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka in Lucknow on Thursday.

Chandimal had stepped out of his crease and Jadeja’s ball turned and beat the skin edge earlier than wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan took off the bails because the Sri Lankan was stumped.

Earlier, Ishan Kishan sizzled with a blistering 56-ball 89 earlier than Shreyas Iyer blazed his method to a whirlwind unbeaten 57 as India posted a difficult 199 for two towards Sri Lanka.

The left-handed batter, who did not capitalise on his begins within the previous white-ball collection towards West Indies, lastly lived as much as his multi-million greenback IPL tag with a whirlwind innings studded with 10 hits to the fence and three sixes.

The 23-year-old from Jharkhand cast a 111-run innings for the opening wicket along with his skipper Rohit Sharma (44 off 32) to place India heading in the right direction for a formidable whole after being invited to bat first.

Iyer then grabbed the chance with each palms, smashing 5 fours and two sixes in 28 balls to take India to an enormous whole.

Ishan Kishan was the aggressor among the many two openers as he exploded within the third over, making Chamika Karunaratne pay for erring in his line and size with three boundaries as India amassed 15 runs from the over.

Lahiru Kumara bowled with lots of tempo however Ishan got here up with two handsome photographs — one a pull on the entrance foot which went over the ropes and the opposite one a flick throughout the mid-wicket boundary.

Left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama was subsequent hammered for a 4, whereas a brief ball from Chameera was deposited into the stands as Kishan continued his demolition act which yielded 58 within the powerplay.

Sri Lanka was additionally responsible of dropping Ishan with spinner Jeffrey Vandersay spilling him on his personal bowling within the seventh over.

The left-hander quickly went on to attain his second T20 fifty as India amassed 98 off 10 overs.

(With PTI inputs)