The first match of the T20 series between India and Sri Lanka (IND vs SL) was played at Pallekele International Stadium last Saturday (27 July) in which India's wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant played a brilliant innings of 49 runs in 33 balls. In his stormy innings, Pant hit 6 fours and a six. Meanwhile, a strange shot was also seen from Pant's bat, seeing which Matheesha Pathirana's face fell.

The bat was in the air and the ball went beyond the boundary

Actually, this incident happened in the 19th over of the Indian innings. Rishabh Pant was constantly trying to hit big shots and wanted to score as many runs as possible quickly. In such a situation, he also played a powerful shot on the third ball of Pathirana's over. Here, while playing this shot, the bat slipped from Pant's hand and went very high in the air.

On the other hand, after hitting the bat, the ball also quickly crossed the boundary towards short fine leg for a four. This is why Mathisha Pathirana was completely stunned and his face fell after playing a strange shot of Pant. However, after this, the Sri Lankan gun bowler also made a comeback and clean bowled Rishabh Pant with his accurate yorker. Pant scored 49 runs for India, while on the other hand, Pathirana took four wickets for Sri Lanka.

India beats Sri Lanka

If we talk about this match, then the host team won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which the Indian team scored 213 runs in 20 overs.

In reply, Pathum Nissanka (79) and Kusal Mendis (45) played good innings for Sri Lanka, but after that Sri Lankan batsmen kept getting out one after the other and the entire team was all out after scoring 170 runs in 19.2 overs. Thus India won the match by 43 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.