India Beat Sri Lanka by 43 in 1st T20I: The first match of the three-match T20 series between India and Sri Lanka was played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Team India won this match by 43 runs. Chasing the score of 214 runs, the entire Sri Lankan team India was limited to 170 runs only. For India, Parag took three wickets and Akshar Patel took two wickets.

Earlier, batting first, India scored 213 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. Captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 58 runs in 26 balls for Team India. While Pant scored 49 runs in 33 balls. Pathirana took 4 wickets for 40 runs for Sri Lanka. Hasaranga also took 1 wicket.

In reply chasing huge total of 214 runs Lankan openers Pathum Nissanka (79) and Kusal Mendis (45) made a good start by adding 84 runs for the first wicket in eight overs, but when both of them went, the wickets started falling. After this, no batsman could play by staying on the wicket. It is true that the required run average was continuously increasing, but it was not like that his last eight batsmen could not even touch the double figure.

The positive with Sri Lanka was that they had wickets in hand. When Sri Lanka had to score 74 runs in the last six overs to win, it had 9 wickets left in its hands, but in the 15th over of the innings, Axar Patel took two wickets, from here the situation became in India's favour. And the entire Sri Lankan team was all out to 170 runs in 19.2 overs.

In the fall of wickets, Riyan Parag was also successful in taking 3 wickets within 8 balls bowled. Apart from them, Arshdeep and Axar took two wickets each, while Siraj and Bishnoi took one wicket each.

Earlier, the Indian batsmen showed their bat power and set a target of 214 runs for the victory against the host Sri Lanka. After getting the invitation to bat first against Sri Lanka, Shubman Gill (34) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (40) laid the foundation of Team India's huge score in a very good manner. Both of them gave such a great start to Team India by adding 72 runs in the first 6 overs, which was taken to the next level by captain Suryakumar Yadav (58). Top four batsmen including Rishabh Pant (49) showed good hands. With this India scored huge 213 runs in 20 over.

Player of the Match: Suryakumar Yadav (IND) 58 (26).

Today's Playing 11 of Both Teams

India: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka.

India will face Sri Lanka for the second T20 match at the same venue on 28 July.