SL beat M S-led India

India made four changes to theiR Playing eleven – Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan and Singh made way for Virender Sehwag, a couple of Twenty20 International debutants (Ashish Nehra and Ashok Dinda) and Pragyan Ojha.

Sri Lanka made half-a-dozen Cha(mara)nges to the eleven that last played the Indians – Jehan Mubarak, Silva, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Thilan Thushara, Indika de Saram and Malinga Bandara made way for Kumar Sangakkara (who was leading the team and was the player of the match), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, a couple of Twenty20 International debutants (Chinthaka Jayasinghe and Muthumudalige Pushpakumara) and Nuwan Kulasekara.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, inserted the visitors.

Sanath Jayasuriya, whose 20-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 26. Forty balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Ishant. Dinda broke the 43-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 50 off 6.4 overs (42 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While Tillakaratne Dilshan’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Sangakkara’s contribution to it was 29. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 11.2 overs (70 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Sangakkara’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 21 balls.

Dilshan, whose 33-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 34. Thirty-seven balls after Jayasuriya’s dismissal, Rohit Sharma broke the 74-run partnership.

Jayawardene, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Half-a-dozen balls later, Yusuf Pathan broke the nine-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 150 off 15.5 overs (97 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While Sangakkara’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Chamara Kapugedera’s contribution to it was 29. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Kapugedera, whose 20-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, eventually scored 47. Thirty-three balls after Jayawardene’s dismissal, Nehra broke the 69-run partnership.

Sri Lanka scored 200 off 19.2 overs (118 balls).

The fifth-wicket pair put on 20. Sangakkara, whose 37-ball innings included 11 boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 78. An over after Kapugedera’s dismissal, Rohit and Pathan ran him out.

Mathews, whose four-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 15. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka scored 215 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs. Ojha, who bowled two overs, conceded 27. He was wicketless, as was Ishant, who bowled four overs, conceding 22.

Dinda and Rohit, who bowled three overs each, picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 22. Pathan and Nehra bowled four overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 54, the latter conceded 52.

Sehwag, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 26. Seventeen balls into the chase, he was caught by Mathews. Kulasekara broke the 32-run stand.

India scored 50 off 4.3 overs (28 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 22 balls. While Gautam Gambhir’s contribution to the partnership was 43, Dhoni’s contribution to it was half-a-dozen. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Gambhir’s half-century – which included 10 boundaries – came off 19 balls. He eventually scored 55 off 26 balls, which included 11 boundaries. Thirty-three balls later, Mathews broke the 61-run partnership.

Dhoni, who faced a dozen balls, scored nine. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Pushpakumara. Jayasuriya broke the run-a-ball stand.

India scored 100 off 9.3 overs (61 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded five extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on five. Rohit, who faced four balls, scored three. Lasith Malinga and Sangakkara had a reason to be in seventh heaven – they ran him out.

Yuvraj Singh, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Kulasekara. Mathews broke the one-run stand.

Pathan, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Malinga. Jayasuriya broke the 10-run stand.

Suresh Raina, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Dilshan. Pushpakumara broke the 14-run stand.

India scored 150 off 16 overs (100 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 38. Nehra, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 22. Twenty-five balls after Raina’s dismissal, Fernando (Dilha)ran him out.

Dinda, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. Nine balls later, Dilshan broke the six-run stand.

Ojha, whose six-ball innings included a six, was unbea‘ten’. Ishant, whose two-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka eventually conceded 10 extras. India, who scored 186 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by 29 runs.

Malinga bowled two overs, conceding 29. He was wicketless, as was Fernando, who bowled three overs, conceding 26.

Dilshan bowled an over, conceding 14. He picked up a wicket, as did Kulasekara and Pushpakumara, who bowled three overs apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 27.

Mathews and Jayasuriya bowled four overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 19.

Sri Lanka led the two-match series 1-0.