India beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs in the first match of the three-match T20I series at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In this match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Team India scored 164 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. In reply, the Sri Lankan team managed to score just 126 runs in 18.3 overs.
Team India's experienced pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 4 wickets in this match, while Deepak Chahar got two wickets. Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal and Varun Chakraborty took 1-1 wicket each.
At the same time, Prithvi Shaw made his debut in T20 International cricket in this match. Unfortunately, Dushmantha Chameera dismissed Shaw for a golden duck on the very first ball of the first innings of the match. Team India's second wicket fell as Sanju Samson, who scored 27 runs in 20 balls. At the same time, Samson was out lbw off Wanindu Hasaranga's delivery. Meanwhile, Captain Shikhar Dhawan played a brilliant innings of 46 off 36 balls and was caught by Dimuth Karunaratne.
Suryakumar Yadav played an innings of 50 runs in 30 balls. Hardik Pandya played an innings of 10 runs and was dismissed by Chameera. Ishan Kishan scored 20 runs while Krunal Pandya remained unbeaten on 3 runs.
In the first T20 match against Sri Lanka, opener batsman Prithvi Shaw and spinner Varun Chakraborty made their debut for India. For this match, both Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson included in the playing XI, while the responsibility of wicketkeeping handed over to Sanju Samson. At the same time, Ishan Kishan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, dropped in the third ODI, returned to the team.
Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan. Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya. Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakraborty.
Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka, Dhananjay D'Silva, Charit Aslanka, Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Asheen Bandara, Vanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Akila Dhananjaya, Dushmantha Chamira.
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