India vs SL 2nd ODI: Deepak Chahar's fifty powers Shikhar Dhawan’s side to THIS world record

India had slipped to 193/7 with Krunal Pandya (35) getting bamboozled by Wanindu Hasaranga and it seemed then that Sri Lanka would level the series at 1-1. But brilliant back-to-the-walls performance by Deepak Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar meant India sealed a series win for first-time ODI skipper Dhawan and coach Rahul Dravid.

Indian paceman Deepak Chahar conjured up a brilliant maiden ODI fifty to power Team India to a 2-0 ODI series win over hosts Sri Lanka on Tuesday (July 20). Chahar smashed an unbeaten 69 off 82 balls to lift India from a near hopeless position in the second ODI, chasing 276 to win. The Chennai Super Kings speedster put on 84 runs for the eighth wicket with vice-captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19 not out) to power India to an unlikely three-wicket victory with five balls to spare. The win, India’s second in a row over the hosts, meant that Dhawan’s side had recorded 93 wins over Sri Lanka in their ODI history – the most by any nation against one particular opposition. India had slipped to 193/7 with Krunal Pandya (35) getting bamboozled by Wanindu Hasaranga and it seemed then that Sri Lanka would level the series at 1-1. But brilliant back-to-the-walls performance by Chahar and Bhuvneshwar meant India sealed a series win for first-time ODI skipper Dhawan and coach Rahul Dravid. Before Chahar’s heroics, Suryakumar Yadav had also notched up a maiden ODI fifty in only his second ODI. Yadav completed his fifty off only 42 balls before getting trapped leg-before by chinaman bowler Lakshan Sandakan for 53.