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India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20: The first match of the three-match T20 series between India and Sri Lanka was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday. In this match of extreme ups and downs, in the end, Team India won by two runs. In the last over of the match, Sri Lanka needed 13 runs to win. Then captain Hardik Pandya handed over the ball to Akshar Patel and he almost won India a lost match.

Full story of last 6 balls adventure

When Sri Lanka had to score 13 runs in the last 6 balls, captain Hardik Pandya handed over the ball to Akshar Patel. After this, Akshar bowled the first ball wide. Then a run came on the next ball. Now Sri Lanka had to score 11 runs in 5 balls. After this, Akshar got a ball dot, but then the very next ball was hit for a six.

5 runs were needed from the last three balls.

Sri Lanka had to score only five runs in the last three balls to win. It seemed as if the Sri Lankan team won the match, but then Akshar bowled with great understanding and won the match for his team. Akshar scored a dot in these three balls. Then in the process of taking two runs, there was a run out and then only one run was scored on the last ball.

That is from the first T20I.#TeamIndia Won by 2 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

Scorecard – https://t.co/uth38CaxaP #indvsl @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/BEU4ICTc3Y

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 3, 2023

The contribution of these players in the victory

Due to the deadly bowling of Shivam Mavi and the explosive batting of Deepak Hooda and Akshar Patel, Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 2 runs in the breath-taking first T20 played at the Wankhede in Mumbai. With this, India also took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

After playing first in this match, the Indian team had scored 162 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Sri Lankan team could only score 160 runs in the stipulated overs. For India, debutant Shivam Mavi took maximum four wickets. And speed star Umran Malik took two wickets.