Speaking before the start of the match, Team India head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed that Pandya's immediate contacts were ruled out of Sri Lanka T20I series. The 2nd T20I between the two sides was rescheduled after India all-rounder Krunal Pandya had tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. JioNews is your one stop solution for Breaking News, Live TV, trending Videos, Magazines, Newspaper & much more from the top publications in English, Hindi & other regional languages. Besides Dhawan, the spinner also got the better of Sanju Samson in the 17th over. Read Daily Newspaper and Monthly Magazines in all the languages. Dananjaya bowled four overs and bagged two wickets including the dismissal of danger man Dhawan. The seasoned campaigner top-scored for India in the lowing scoring encounter as the visitors only managed to score 132-5 in 20 overs in the contest. Tune into Sony Six (ENG), Sony Ten 1 (ENG), Sony Ten 3 (HIN), Sony Ten 4 (TAM, TEL) & SonyLIV ( ) now! #SLvINDOnlyOnSonyTen #HungerToWin #JeetneKiZid /Ac3yQeLmkRĬaptain Dhawan departed after scoring 40 off 42 balls. The Sri Lankan outfoxed the Indian captain as Dhawan was cleaned up by the unconventional spinner in the 13th over.Īkila Dananjaya gets the big wicket of Shikhar Dhawan for 40 However, Dhawan was stopped in his tracks by spinner Dananjaya. While Gaikwad departed after 18-ball 21, Dhawan remained keen on switching gears by converting his start into a gritty half-century. Indian opener and captain Dhawan gave the visitors a promising start with debutant Ruturaj Gaikwad in the opening Powerplay. Making the most of the slow and sluggish pitch of the famous Premadasa Stadium, spin wizard Dananjaya thwarted India's bid of putting up a massive total in the penultimate clash of the T20I series.
Covid-hit Team India side led by seasoned opener Shikhar Dhawan was asked to bat first by the Islanders in the 2nd T20I of the three-match series at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Akila Dananjaya ended Shikhar Dhawan's innings in the 13th overĪkila Dananjaya emerged as the pick of the bowlers in India's low-scoring match against hosts Sri Lanka on Wednesday.The Tiruvanaikoil temple is situated on 19.5 acres and is a ‘pancha bootha sthalam’ representing one of the five elements - water. The elephant, born in May 2002 in Assam, was brought to the Tiruvanaikoil temple in December 2011 after the demise of its predecessor Shanthi. During the lockdown, 100 coconut tree saplings, 100 mango tree saplings and some jackfruit tree saplings were planted in the Nachiarthoppu so that there will be greenery around the pond.Īkila is used to be taken for a morning walk daily on the newly created mud track inside the Nachiarthoppu. Earlier it used to be given a bath using a shower system near its shelter.Ī borewell has been sunk to fill the pond with groundwater which will be pumped out and used for the temple garden after the bath, Mr.
There is a ramp for the elephant to get inside the pond.įrom now on, Akila, the darling of devotees, will have its daily bath in the pond, created with substantial contributions from donors, Mr.
The six-foot-deep pond is spacious so that the elephant can move about freely and relax itself in the pool of water, said the temple’s executive officer C. It was brought by its mahout and his assistant for the bath. Akila news is worlds high selling Gujarati news paper in India. Splashing water on itself with its trunk and moving about freely and sometimes lying in the pool of water to beat the heat, 19-year-old Akila - the elephant of Sri Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari Temple at Tiruvanaikoil here thoroughly enjoyed its bath in the pond built exclusively for the pachyderm on the huge temple complex.Īkila was in a joyous mood on Thursday afternoon during the nearly hour-long bath it had in the pond set up on the 1.5 acre Nachiarthoppu which is in close proximity to the elephant’s shelter.