Dhawan-led India trounce Sri Lanka

India (Shar)made seven changes to their playing eleven – Rohit, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Lokesh Rahul, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna and Thangarasu Natarajan made way for and a couple of Twenty20 International debutants (Prithvi Shaw and Varun Chakravarthy), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Deepak Chahar and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Sri Lanka made seven Cha(meera)nges to the eleven that last played the Indians – Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Perera, Oshada Fernando, Angelo Mathews, Lakshan Sandakan, Lasith Malinga and Lahiru Kumara made way for Minod Bhanuka, a couple of Twenty20 International debutants (Charith Asalanka and Chamika Karunaratne), Ashen Bandara, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya and Dushmantha.

On winning the toss, Dasun Shanaka, Sri Lanka’s skipper, inserted the visitors.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 51, and lost a wicket.

India’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Shaw, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the match, he was caught by Bhanuka off the bowling of Chameera.

India scored 50 off 5.4 overs (34 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 33 balls. While the contribution of Shikhar Dhawan, India’s skipper, to the partnership was 22, Samson’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Samson, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 27. Thirty-six balls after Shaw’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Wanindu Hasaranga, who broke the 51-run partnership.

India scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded three extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 19, Yadav’s contribution to it was 30. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Dhawan, whose 36-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 46. Forty-eight balls after Samson’s dismissal, he was caught by Bandara. Karunaratne broke the 62-run partnership.

Yadav’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 33 balls.

He eventually faced 34 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Seven balls after Dhawan’s (Men)dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Ramesh. Hasaranga broke the 13-run stand.

India scored 150 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Sri Lanka no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Hardik Pandya, who faced 12 balls, scored 10. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Bhanuka. Chameera broke the 26-run stand.

Kishan, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 20. He was unbeaten, as was Krunal Pandya, who faced three balls, scoring as many.

Sri Lanka eventually conceded eight extras. India scored 164 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Shanaka, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded four.

Dananjaya, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 40.

Udana, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 32.

Karunaratne, who bowled four overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket.

Hasaranga and Chameera bowled four overs each, picked up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 24.

The first Powerplay of Sri Lanka’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 46, and lost a wicket.

Ten balls into the chase, Sri Lanka sought a batting review. Avishka Fernando was the batsman. It was upheld by Sri Lankan umpire Raveendra Wimalasiri.

Although his innings included a couple of boundaries, Bhanuka had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 10. Fifteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Yadav. Krunal broke the 23-run stand.

Dhananjaya de Silva, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Twenty-three balls later, Chahal broke the 25-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 50 off 6.4 overs (40 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

Fernando, whose 23-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 26. Five balls after de Silva’s dismissal, he was caught by Samson. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the player of the match, broke the two-run stand.

Bandara, who faced 19 balls, scored just nine. Thirty-five balls later, Hardik broke the 40-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Asalanka, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 44. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Shaw. Deepak Chahar broke the 21-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Hasaranga, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was dismissed by Chahar.

Karunaratne, who faced four balls, scored three. Kumar had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the 11-run stand.

Shanaka, whose 14-ball innings included a six, scored 16. Four balls later, he was stumped by Kishan. Chakravarthy broke the two-run stand.

The next ball, Chameera was a run short.

Udana, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls after Shanaka’s dismissal, he was caught by Yadav. Kumar broke the one-run stand.

Chameera, who faced three balls, scored a run. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Krunal. Kumar broke the one-run stand.

Dananjaya, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. Sri Lanka, who were dismissed for 126 off 18.3 overs, lost by 38 runs.

The Pandya brothers bowled a couple of overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While Hardik conceded 17, Krunal conceded 16.

Chakravarthy and Chahal bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 19.

Chahar, who bowled three overs, conceded 24. He picked up two wickets.

Kumar, who bowled 3.3 overs, conceded 22. He picked up four scalps.

India led the three-match series 1-0.