India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 Highlights | Nagpur

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Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka, the 1st T20 played at Nagpur on December 9, 2009.

Scoreline: SL 215/5 Kumar Sangakkara 78 (37), Kapugedera 47 (20), Dilshan 34 (33), Jayasuriya 26 (20) | Ishanth 4-22-0
India 186/9 Gambhir 55 (26), Sehwag 26 (14) | Sanath 4-19-2, Angelo Mathews 4-30-2

Some gratifying returns to the Indian team in Ishanth, Rohit Sharma and Yusuf and an unexpected guest in Ashoke Dinda – the KKR guy with the crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon jump. Rohit didn’t have too much of a role in the game but considering he’s been recently having problems with his shoulder not sure how his runout might further jeopardize his hot-n-cold career.

Ishanth Sharma was fantastic – close to the 140s after a long time – and looked his former self until he came up against Sangakkara who from the moment he walked in appeared to be operating on a different plane today. Every 10 or so international matches you watch, you’ll see someone doing this – looking a cut above the rest. His dominance allowed the thrice-lucky Kapu to gorge on the bowling and eventually the target meant that when India came out to bat, you just sat back and tried to enjoy the Gambhir-Sehwag show while it lasted.

Not sure which was worse – Pakistan’s Day 4 vs NZ or this. I suppose this by India, because Pak at least went on to still win the test despite the fielding lapses.

Gambhir wasn’t too far behind Sanga with some hark backs to Ganguly splitting the offside but couldn’t find anyone to back him with Yusuf unable to repeat what he did in the T20 played in SL early this year.

Sanath has apparently been picked for this deadline-tour (for him) as an all rounder – the impotent selection committee decrees there is no reason why he can’t play longer in that role.