The Indian cricket team returned back to the winnings ways as they thrashed Sri Lanka in the first match of the ongoing 3-match T20I series to lead the series by 1-0. The game made us witness the golden run of Suryakumar Yadav which was beautifully complemented by the Indian bowling unit led by Bhuvneshar Kumar.
Chasing a challenging total of 165 runs for victory, the Sri Lankan cricketers were bowled out at 126 runs in 18.3 overs. Riding on the brilliant performance in the death overs by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar, team India was able to bounce back into the game and bundle up the Sri Lankans.
#TeamIndia win the 1st #SLvIND T20I by 38 runs ?
We go 1-0 in the series ? pic.twitter.com/9FfFbx2TTZ
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 25, 2021
Debutant Charith Asalanka was a lone warrior, who kept his team in the hunt till the time he was there in the middle. However, he was soon dismissed after he scoring 44 runs off 26 balls.
However, Deepak Chahar gave the much-needed breakthrough and put the contest beyond Lanka’s reach by removing Asalanka in the 16th over.
Vice-captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar turned out to be the hero of the match as he ended up as the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets for 22 runs from his 3.3 overs. Bhuvi didn’t allow the Sri Lankan batsmen to settle and displayed remarkable bowling.
Bhuvneshwar dismissed Avishka Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera and Isuru Udana as he bounced back to his form.
Meanwhile, fans on social media went berserk and flooded it with appreciation tweets for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. From cricketers, experts to fans, everyone took to their Twitter and hailed the pacer for his brilliant comeback into the game.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
Indians with 4+ wicket haul against a team in Tests, ODIs and T20Is:-
Harbhajan Singh v ENG
Bhuvneshwar Kumar v SL#SLvIND— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) July 25, 2021
India 1-0 up with a convincing win. For SL young Asalanka looked promising. Surya Kumar Yadav’s 50(34) was a top knock on this wicket. Chahal and Bhuvi were wonderful with the ball. #SLvsIND pic.twitter.com/iz5bIhGNJ3
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 25, 2021
That was a good game. India were tested, put under pressure but they came out trumps. @SDhawan25 @surya_14kumar @BhuviOfficial @deepak_chahar9 and @yuzi_chahal all excellent. Complete team performance???? #SLvsIND pic.twitter.com/EixnvQ4eaV
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 25, 2021
Bhuvneshwar Kumar becomes the first ever Indian pacer with 4+ wicket hauls on multiple occasions in T20I cricket.
5/24 vs SA at Johannesburg, 2018
4/22 vs SL at RPS Colombo, today#SLvIND— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) July 25, 2021
Bhuvneshwar Kumar ends Sri Lanka with figures of 4/22 as India win by 38 runs. #SLvIND #bhuvneshwarkumar #Bhuvi #SLvIND #SLvsIND pic.twitter.com/uuEmfEX2RF
— Extra Pace (@Extra_Pace) July 25, 2021
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was on an absolute roll. #notfinished
— rainn?️ (@ryanyourhomie) July 25, 2021
Think if Bhuvneshwar is fit, he will make it to the T20 World Cup squad. Might come down to Bhuvi vs Shardul for the 2nd pacer’s along side Bumrah. #SLvsIND
— Jigar Mehta (@jigsactin) July 25, 2021
clever one by bhuvi and cleverer one by dharamsena ?
— Neeche Se Topper (@NeecheSeTopper) July 25, 2021
Bhuvi led the way with 4⃣/2⃣2⃣ and every #TeamIndia bowler chipped in with at least one wicket to help register a comfortable victory in the 1st T20I ?
??1⃣-0⃣??#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/h5UYz5VVNt
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) July 25, 2021
Bhuvi got 4 wickets, will sleep peacefully now ??#INDvSL
— Laughter Corridor (@laughtercoridor) July 25, 2021
Me when Bhuvi got 4 wickets ?pic.twitter.com/uUIawzNvFe
— ganesh giri srt ? (@GaneshGiriSRT) July 25, 2021
