Dhawan-led India disappointed; SL triumph

India made one change to their playing eleven – Navdeep Saini made way for Twenty20 International debutant Sandeep Warrier.

Sri Lanka made one change to their playing eleven – Isuru Udana made way for Pathum Nissanka.

On winning the toss, Shikhar Dhawan, India’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 29, and lost four wickets.

Dhawan, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls into the match, he was caught by Dhananjaya de Silva. Dushmantha Chameera broke the five-run stand.

The second-wicket pair put on 18. Devdutt Padikkal, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Twenty balls later, Minod Bhanuka ran him out.

Sanju Samson, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Wanindu Hasaranga, who was celebrating his 24^th birthday, and broke the one-run stand.

Five overs into the match, India sought a batting review. Ruturaj Gaikwad, the batsman, scored 14 off 10 balls, which included a couple of boundaries. It was struck down by Sri Lankan umpire Ruchira Palliyaguruge. He was trapped leg before wicket by Hasaranga, who broke the one-run stand.

Nitish Rana, who faced 15 balls, scored just half-a-dozen. Four overs later, he was caught by Dasun Shanaka, Sri Lanka’s skipper, who broke the 11-run stand.

India scored 50 off 13.3 overs (81 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded an extra at that point.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who faced 32 balls, scored 16. Thirty-five balls after Rana’s dismissal, he was caught by Shanaka. Hasaranga – the player of the match and the player of the series – broke the 19-run stand.

Rahul Chahar, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Seven balls later, he was caught by Bhanuka. Shanaka broke the run-a-ball stand.

Kuldeep Yadav, who faced 28 balls, scored 23. He was unbeaten.

Varun Chakravarthy, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, he was caught by Chamika Karunaratne. Hasaranga broke the one-run stand.

Chetan Sakariya, who faced three balls, scored five. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka eventually conceded three extras. India scored 81 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Karunaratne, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded a dozen. He was wicketless, as was Akila Dananjaya, who bowled four overs, conceding 11.

Mendis, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded a dozen. He picked up a wicket, as did Chameera, who bowled four overs, conceding 16.

Shanaka, who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Hasaranga, who bowled four overs, conceded nine. He picked up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of Sri Lanka’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 23, and lost a wicket.

Avishka, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored a (Fernan)dozen. Thirty-five balls into the chase, he was caught by Rahul, who broke the 23-run stand.

Eight overs into the chase, Sri Lanka sought a batting review. Bhanuka, the batsman, scored 18 off 27 balls, which included a boundary. It was struck down by Palliyaguruge. He was trapped leg before wicket by Rahul, who broke the 12-run stand.

Fifty-six balls into the chase, India sought a bowling review. Sadeera Samarwickrama was the batsman. It was struck down by Palliyaguruge.

Sri Lanka scored 50 off 11.2 overs (68 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Samarawickrama, who faced 13 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Four overs after Bhanuka’s dismissal, Rahul broke the 21-run stand.

Eighty-seven balls into the chase, Sri Lanka sought a batting review. De Silva, the batsman, scored 23 off 20 balls, which included a couple of boundaries. It was upheld by Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena. He was unbeaten, as was Hasaranga, who scored 14 off nine balls, including a maiden.

India eventually conceded nine extras. It was, incidentally, at that point that Sri Lanka, who scored 82 for the loss of three wickets, won by seven wickets with 33 balls to spare.

Kuldeep and Kumar bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter conceded nine.

Warrier bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 23.

Chakravarthy bowled 3.3 wicketless overs, conceding 15.

Rahul bowled four overs, conceding 15. He picked up all the three wickets that fell.

Sri Lanka won the three-match series 2-1.