1st T20I: Suryakumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar assist India take 1-0 lead after 38-run win vs Sri Lanka in Colombo

Team India returned to profitable methods on Sunday as they beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs within the first T20 worldwide to take a 1-0 lead within the three-match on the R Premadasa stadium in Colombo.

Chasing a difficult 165 for victory, the guests bowled out the Lankans at 126 in 18.3 overs because of glorious bowling within the demise overs from the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar.Debutant Charith Asalanka performed a lone hand of 44 off 26 and had saved his group within the hunt until the time he was on the crease however Chahar put the competition past Lanka’s attain by eradicating the set batsman within the sixteenth over to tilt the scales in India’s favour.India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I: As it happenedVice-captain Bhuvi ended up because the choose of the bowlers with 4 wickets for 22 runs from his 3.3 overs whereas Chahar bagged a pair. Yuzvendra Chahal, debutant Varun Chakravarthy, Krunal and Hardik Pandya additionally chipped in with a wicket every.Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav scored one other enticing half-century however Sri Lanka bowlers fought again strongly to limit India to 164 for five after Dasun Shanaka received the toss and put the guests in to bat.It was Surya’s second T20I half-century. Skipper Shikhar Dhawan (46 off 38 balls), Ishan Kishan (20 not out off 14 balls), and Sanju Samson (27 off 20 balls) had been the opposite notable contributors for India.At the beginning, Prithvi Shaw had a forgettable T20 International debut as Dushmantha Chammera’s (2/24 in 4 overs) outswinger discovered the sting of his bat off the very first supply of the match.Sanju Samson hit his customary six whereas batting like a millionaire earlier than Wanindu Hasaranga (2/28) trapped him with a googly.Dhawan then added 62 with Surya in eight overs to supply a stable launch-pad however the latter’s dismissal certainly value India about 15-20 further runs.Surya as traditional was in his free-flowing parts, hitting these whiplash on-drives, cowl drives and ramp pictures which is a sight to look at each in opposition to pacers and spinners.However, what was much more exhilarating was how Surya picked all these back-of-the-hand slower deliveries from seamers Isuru Udana and Chamika Karunaratne.Udana was dispatched with a standard sweep shot for boundary whereas Karunaratne was slog swept for a six. It was Surya’s brisk cameo that actually helped Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya to launch the ultimate assault.The second match of the collection shall be performed on the identical venue on July 27.