India's famed batsmen unleashed a stunning exhibition of strokeplay to achieve the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 history as the hosts defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second game and level the two-match series 1-1 here today.

A buttered-finger India paid a heavy price for a sloppy fielding display to allow Sri Lanka to clinch the first Twenty20 international with a comfortable 29-run run victory and take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series here today.

Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar on Thursday said it was wrong to blame the Indian Premier League, held in South Africa in April-May, for defending champion India's early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup in England.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a cash award of Rs 2.5 million for each member of squad that clinched the Twenty20 World Cup title in England.

The event technical committee of the ICC World Twenty20 has approved names of Tim Gruijters and Danielle Hazell as replacements of Ruud Nijman in Netherlands men's squad and Anya Shrubsole in England women's squad respectively.