Team India’s Arshdeep Singh, who was ruled out of the lineup due to injury, did not start his spell in the second game of the ongoing three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Thursday. Pune. In the second over of the innings, Arshdeep overstepped three times in a row, becoming the first Indian bowler to claim a hat-trick of no-balls in T20Is. The umpire determined that the last ball of the fast bowler’s over was not a ball. The fast bowler holds the record for most no-balls bowled by an Indian bowler in a T20I match. In T20I cricket, Arshdeep took his total number of no-balls to 14.
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By bowling 5 no-balls, he has now become the second bowler from an ICC Full Member nation after Hamish Rutherford to bowl 5 no-balls in a T20I.
Making matters worse, Sri Lankan opener Kusal Mendis took advantage of the free hit to hit a four and a six. Arshdeep bowled only 2 overs, conceding 37 runs as Sri Lanka posted 206 runs on the board in the first innings.
Captain Dasun Shanaka, Charith Aslanka and Kusal Mendis displayed grit and determination with the bat to help Sri Lanka post 206/6 against India in the second T20I of the three-match series at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Thursday Shown. For Sri Lanka, Shanaka scored an unbeaten 56 off 22 balls, while Aslanka and Mendis scored 37 and 52 respectively. India bowled seven no balls in the match.