Visakhapatnam, Dec. 23 -- Fine bowling spells from Vaishnavi Sharma and Shree Charani helped India restrict Sri Lanka to 128/9 in 20 overs during their second T20I of the five-match series at Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.

India needs to chase down 129 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

India won the toss and elected to bowl first. Pacer Kranti Gaud gave Team India a fine start, dismissing SL opener Vishmi Gunaratne for a three-ball one, with a soft caught and bowled dismissal. SL was 2/1 in one over.

Following this, Hasini Perera and skipper Chamari Athapaththu showed some attacking intent, with Chamari unleashing a four and a six against Kranti in third over, looting 13 runs in total.

Chamari looked in a delicate touch against pacers...