Sri Lanka suffered a crushing defeat by 62 runs within the first T20I in opposition to India. In response to the goal of 200 runs, the visiting group might rating solely 137 runs for the lack of 6 wickets. Sri Lanka’s captain Dasoon Shanka was sad with this defeat. Shanka additionally praised the Indian group fiercely.

The Sri Lankan captain mentioned that at present we have been behind the Indian group in all three areas of bowling, batting and fielding. The opposition learn the sport very nicely and managed to dominate us. Aslanka batted very nicely at present. This has been a optimistic for us at present. We went out on the sphere with out our two main spin bowlers and it paid off.

Batting first, India scored 199 runs for the lack of 2 wickets in 20 overs, because of half-centuries from Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer. Captain Rohit Sharma’s 44 runs additionally contributed on this. In reply to India’s 199 runs, the Sri Lankan group might solely handle 137 runs in 20 overs for the lack of 6 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Venkatesh Iyer took 2-2 wickets within the bowling for India.