India leave Sri Lanka D(hon)isheartened

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Ajinkya Rahane made way for Shikhar Dhawan.

Sri Lanka made five Cha(mara)nges to the eleven that (Dickwel)last played the Indians – Niroshan, Asela Gunaratne, Seekkuge Prasanna, Sachithra Senanayake and Dilhara Fernando made way for Shehan Jayasuriya, Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews (who was leading the team), Nuwan Kulasekara and Rangana Herath.

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

The Powerplay of Sri Lanka’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 31, and lost a couple of wickets.

Dinesh Chandimal, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored four. Fourteen balls into the match, he was caught by Dhoni. Ashish Nehra broke the six-run stand.

Jayasuriya, who faced five balls, scored three. Eight balls later, he was caught by man from Ranchi. Jasprit Bumrah broke the (Dho)nine-run stand.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, who faced 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin. Hardik Pandya broke the 16-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 50 off 10.1 overs (61 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Mathews, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. Twenty-nine balls later, Pandya broke the 26-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 16 overs (96 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Milinda Siriwardana, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 22. Thirty-one balls after Mathews’ dismissal, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Ashwin broke the 43-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on four. Dasun Shanaka, who faced four balls, scored a run. Five balls later, Rohit Sharma and Ashwin ran him out.

Kapugedera, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 30. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Pandya. Bumrah broke the one-run stand.

Thisara Perera, whose six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 17. Eight balls later, he was stumped by Dhoni. Ashwin broke the 20-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on 13. Kulasekara, whose (Dho)nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Eight balls later, Virat Kohli, the player of the match, and the man from Ranchi ran him out.

Dushmantha Chameera, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded 10 extras. Sri Lanka scored 138 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Raina and Yuvraj Singh bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded nine, the latter conceded three. Ravindra Jadeja, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Nehra, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket. Bumrah, who bowled four overs, conceded 27. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Pandya and Ashwin, who bowled four overs each, conceding 26 apiece.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 37, and lost a couple of wickets.

Dhawan, who faced three balls, scored a run. A couple of overs into the chase, he was caught by Chandimal. Kulasekara broke the 11-run stand.

Sharma, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 15. Nine balls later, he was caught by Kapugedera. Kulasekara broke the five-run stand.

India scored 50 off eight overs (48 balls). Sri Lanka hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 27, Raina’s contribution to it was 23. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Raina, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 25. Forty-seven after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Kulasekara. Shanaka broke the 54-run partnership.

India scored 100 off 14.3 overs (87 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded an extra at that point. That was, incidentally, the only extra they eventually conceded.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 33 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 15, Yuvraj’s contribution to it was 35. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Yuvraj, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Thirty-four balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was caught by Kulasekara. Perera broke the 51-run partnership.

Kohli’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 44 balls. He eventually scored 56 off 47 balls, which included seven boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Pandya, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Half-a-dozen balls later, Herath broke the four-run stand.

Dhoni, whose four-ball innings included a six, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.

India, who scored 142 for the loss of five wickets off 19.2 overs, won by five wickets with four balls to spare.

Siriwardana, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 13. Mathews, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 16. Chameera, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 27.

Although he picked up a wicket, Shanaka, who bowled an over, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Herath, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket. Perera, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket. Kulasekara, who bowled three overs, conceded 21. He picked up a couple of scalps.