Sharma-led India beat Sri Lanka

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Rishabh Pant made way for Lokesh Rahul.

Sri Lanka made just one change to their playing eleven – Dinesh Chandimal made way for Suranga Lakmal.

On winning the toss, Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts.

As a result of a wet ground before the start of play, the match was reduced to a 19-overs-a-side match.

The first Powerplay of Sri Lanka’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 53, and lost a couple of wickets.

Danushka Gunathilaka, whose eight-ball innings included a six, scored 17. Thirteen balls into the match, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Shardul Thakur, the player of the match, broke the 25-run stand.

Kusal Perera, who faced four balls, scored three. Half-a-dozen balls later, Washington Sundar broke the nine-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 50 off 5.1 overs (32 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Kusal Mendis’ contribution to the partnership was 28, Upul Tharanga’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

Tharanga, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 22. Forty-five balls after Kusal Perera’s dismissal, Vijay Shankar broke the 62-run partnership.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 10.5 overs (66 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Thisara Perera, Sri Lanka’s skipper, scored 15. His six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Eight balls after Tharanga’s dismissal, he was caught by Yuzvendra Chahal. Thakur broke the 17-run stand.

Jeevan Mendis, who faced three balls, scored a run. Eight balls later, Sundar broke the five-run stand.

Kusal Mendis, whose 38-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 55. Five balls later, he was caught by Sharma. Chahal broke the two-run stand.

Akila Dananjaya, who faced 11 balls, scored just five. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Rahul. Jaydev Unadkat broke the 26-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 150 off 18.1 overs (110 balls). India had conceded nine extras at that point.

Dasun Shanaka, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. Four balls later, he was caught by Dinesh Karthik. Thakur broke the five-run stand.

Lakmal, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was unbeaten.

The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Dushmantha Chameera, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Unadkat off the bowling of Thakur.

Nuwan Pradeep, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded 10 extras. Sri Lanka scored 152 for the loss of nine wickets off 19 overs. Raina, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded half-a-dozen.

Unadkat and Shankar bowled three overs each, conceding 33 and 30, respectively. They picked up a wicket apiece, as did Chahal, who bowled four overs, conceding 34.

Sundar, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up a couple of wickets. Thakur, who bowled four overs, conceded 27. He picked up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over.

Although his innings included a boundary and a six, Sharma had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 11. A couple of overs into the chase, he was caught by Kusal Mendis. Dananjaya broke the 13-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Seven balls later, he was caught by Thisara. Dananjaya broke the nine-run stand.

At the end of the Powerplay, India had scored 50, and lost a couple of wickets. Sri Lanka had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Raina, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 27. Twenty-two balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Thisara. Pradeep broke the 40-run stand.

Rahul, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. Eighteen balls later, he was dismissed hit wicket off the bowling of Jeevan, who broke the 23-run stand.

India scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Sri Lanka no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 38 balls. While Manish Pandey’s contribution to the partnership was 26, Karthik’s contribution to it was 24. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

India scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded eight extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Pandey, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 42. He was unbeaten, as was Karthik, who eventually scored 39. His 25-ball innings included five boundaries.

India, who scored 153 for the loss of four wickets off 17.3 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets off nine wickets.

Lakmal and Thisara bowled a couple of overs apiece. They conceded 19 and 17, respectively. They were wicketless, as was Chameera, who bowled three overs, conceding 33.

Pradeep, who bowled 2.3 overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket, as did Jeevan, who bowled four overs, conceding 34. Dananjaya, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He picked up a couple of scalps.