IND VS SL XI: The two-Test series between India and Sri Lanka is scheduled to begin on August 15th. Before that, Team India began playing a three-day warm-up match today. The match between India and Sri Lanka XI is being played at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo. The match began at 10 am today. Due to injury, India’s captain, KL Rahul, was not allowed to play. In his place, KL Rahul was appointed as the Indian cricket team’s stand-in captain for the warm-up match. Before the start of the match, former captain KL Rahul and Sri Lanka XI captain Sonal Dinusha came to the field for the toss.
India lost the toss and Sri Lanka XI elected to bat first. The Indian bowlers were exposed, as they failed to take a wicket in 40 overs. However, India did get one wicket through a run-out. Ravindra Jadeja took the first wicket for India. He reduced Sri Lanka XI’s score to 171/2 in 40.4 overs. India lost their first wicket in the form of a run out at 110 in 20.4 overs, when KL Rahul gave India the first breakthrough with a run-out. By this time, the Indian cricket team had lost 4 wickets for 246 runs in 59.3 overs till tea.
Kuldeep Yadav’s video goes viral
A video from the warm-up match between India and Sri Lanka XI is rapidly going viral on social media. This video was shared on X by Sony Sports Network. In this video, Indian cricket team’s chinaman spin bowler Kuldeep Yadav is seen. He is seen getting angry and frustrated with India’s acting captain KL Rahul.
This video is from the third ball of the 26th over of the match being played between India and Sri Lanka XI. Kuldeep Yadav was bowling for India, while Rishabh Pant was keeping wickets. KL Rahul was standing next to him. Sri Lanka XI batsman Ravindu Rasantha played a shot, and the ball hit his bat and went straight into the hands of KL Rahul at slip, but he dropped an easy catch. Kuldeep Yadav was disappointed and expressed his anger. India needed a wicket, and he was unhappy with KL Rahul’s dropped catch. He expressed his anger during the live match.
How has the warm-up match been so far?
Nishan Madushanka, who opened for Sri Lanka, was run out after scoring 66 runs off 65 balls. He also hit 11 fours and 1 six. For Sri Lanka XI, Ravindu Rasantha scored 71 runs off 143 balls. Pasindu Suriyabandara scored 35 runs off 63 balls. Currently, Ahan Wickremesinghe is unbeaten on 31 and captain Sonal Dinusha is unbeaten on 0. For India, Gurnur Brar, Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja have taken 1 wicket each.