Virat-led India beat the iSLanders

India (Shar)made (Cha)half-a-dozen changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami made way for Rohit, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Axar, Yuzvendra and Jasprit Bumrah.

Sri Lanka made eight Cha(mara)nges to the eleven that (Dickwel)last played the Indians – Dinesh Chandimal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shehan Jayasuriya, Kapugedera, Milinda Siriwardana, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dushmantha Chameera and Rangana Herath made way for Niroshan, Upul Tharanga (who was leading the team), Dilshan Munaweera, Angelo Mathews, T20 International debutant Ashan Priyanjan, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya and Lasith Malinga.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, the player of the match, and the player of the series, inserted the hosts.

Before the start of Sri Lanka’s innings, the ground was wet.

The first Powerplay of Sri Lanka’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 60, and lost a couple of wickets.

Tharanga, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Fourteen balls into the match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the 23-run stand.

Dickwella, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Thirteen balls later, Bumrah broke the 23-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

(Chah)Although his five-ball innings included a boundary, Mathews had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a dozen balls after Dickwella’s dismissal, he was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni off the bowling of the leggie, who broke the 16-run stand.

Munaweera’s half-century – which included five boundaries and four sixes – came off 26 balls. He eventually scored 53 off 29 balls. Twenty-nine balls later, Kuldeep Yadav broke the 37-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 11.3 overs (69 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Priyanjan, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 40. He was unbeaten.

Although his innings included a six, Thisara Perera had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 11. Thirteen balls later, Chahal broke the 14-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Dasun Shanaka, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chahal.

Seekkuge Prasanna, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Yadav broke the 21-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 150 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Isuru Udana, whose innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 19. He was unbea‘ten’.

Sri Lanka scored 170 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs. Patel, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Bumrah and Kumar bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 36. Yadav, who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up a couple of wickets. Chahal, who bowled four overs, conceded 43. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, and lost a couple of wickets.

Sharma, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Sixteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Perera. Malinga broke the 22-run stand.

Rahul, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Shanaka. Prasanna broke the 20-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded an extra at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 33 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 36, Pandey’s contribution to it was 14. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

India scored 100 off 11.3 overs (69 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Kohli’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a six – came off 30 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 62 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 63, Pandey’s contribution to it was 32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

India scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Kohli, whose 54-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, eventually scored 82. Seventy-seven balls after Rahul’s dismissal, he was caught by Shanaka. Udana broke the 119-run partnership.

Pandey’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a six – came off 36 balls. He eventually scored 51, and was unbeaten, as was Dhoni, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave Sri Lanka no reason to be in seventh heaven. India, who scored 174 for the loss of three wickets off 19.2 overs, won by seven wickets with four balls to spare.

Perera, who bowled eight wicketless balls, conceded 20. Mathews, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 33. Dananjaya, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 28.

Prasanna, who bowled three overs, conceded 25. He picked up a scalp, as did Udana and Malinga, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 31.