Series Level; Dhawan-led India disappointed

India made seven changes to their playing eleven – Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, the Pandya brothers (Hardik and Krunal), Ishan Kishan, Deepak Chahar and Yuzvendra Chahal made way for four Twenty20 International debutants (Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana and Chetan Sakariya), Kuldeep Yadav, Rahul Chahar and Navdeep Saini.

Sri Lanka made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Charith Asalanka and Ashen Bandara made way for Sadeera Samarawickrama and Twenty20 International debutant Ramesh Mendis.

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 45, without the loss of a wicket.

Gaikwad, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. Seven overs into the match, he was caught by Minod Bhanuka. Shanaka broke the 49-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.4 overs (46 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Shikhar Dhawan, India’s skipper, scored 40. His 42-ball innings included five boundaries. Thirty-one balls after Gaikwad’s dismissal, Akila Dananjaya broke the 32-run stand.

Padikkal, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 29. Twenty balls later, Wanindu Hasaranga broke the 18-run stand.

India scored 100 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded three extras at that point.

Sanju Samson, who faced 13 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – seven balls after Padikkal’s dismissal, Dananjaya broke the five-run stand.

Rana, who faced a dozen balls, scored nine. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Dhananjaya de Silva, the player of the match. Dushmantha Chameera broke the 26-run stand.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who faced 11 balls, scored 13. He was unbeaten, as was Saini, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

Sri Lanka eventually conceded a dozen extras. India scored 132 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Isuru Udana and Chamika Karunaratne bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former had no reason to be in seventh heaven, the latter conceded half-a-dozen.

De Silva and Mendis bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 13, the latter conceded nine.

Shanaka, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 14. He picked up a wicket, as did Hasaranga and Chameera, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 23.

Dananjaya, who bowled four overs, conceded 29. He picked up a couple of wickets.

The first Powerplay of Sri Lanka’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 36, and lost a wicket.

Avishka Fernando, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Sixteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Rahul. Kumar broke the 12-run stand.

Samarawickrama, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Twenty-six balls later, Varun Chakravarthy broke the 27-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 50 off 8.5 overs (53 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Shanaka, who faced half-a-dozen overs, conceded three. Thirteen balls after Samarawickrama’s dismissal, he was stumped by Samson. Kuldeep broke the 16-run stand.

Bhanuka, whose 31-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 36. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Rahul. Kuldeep broke the 11-run stand.

De Silva, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 40. He picked up a wicket.

Hasaranga, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Kumar. Rahul broke the 28-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 16.2 overs (98 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

Mendis, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Fourteen balls after Hasaranga’s dismissal, he was caught by Gaikwad. Sakariya broke the 11-run stand.

Karunaratne, whose six-ball innings included six, scored 12. He was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. Sri Lanka, who scored 133 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19.4 overs, won by four wickets with a couple of balls to spare.

Sakariya bowled 3.4 overs, conceding 34. He picked up a wicket.

Rahul, Kumar and Chakravarthy bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 27, 21, and 18, respectively.

Kuldeep bowled four overs, conceding 30. He picked up two scalps.