India beat Sri Lanka by 43 runs, Lead the 03 match series 1 – 0

India Men’s Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 – 01st T20 International Pallekele, Kandy District, Central Province

India put into bat, 213 / 7 – ( 20 Overs ) Skipper Suryakumar Yadav 58 ( 2×6, 8×4, 26 balls ), Rishabh Pant 49 ( 1×6, 6×4, 33 balls ), Yashasvi Jaiswal 40 ( 2×6, 5×4, 21 balls ), Shubman Gill 34 – Yashasvi Jaiswal / Shubman Gill 74 run opening stand – lost the first 02 wickets without any addition to the total, Skipper Suryakumar Yadav / Rishabh Pant 76 runs for the 03rd wicket, Rishabh Pant / Hardik Pandya 26 runs for the 04th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 14 runs – Matheesha Pathirana 4 / 40.

Sri Lanka in reply, 170 all out – ( 19.2 Overs ) Pathum Nissanka 79 ( 4×6, 7×4, 48 balls ), Kusal Mendis 45 ( 1×6, 7×4, 27 balls ), Kusal Perera 20 – 03 batters dismissed without scoring – Pathum Nissanka / Kusal Mendis 84 run opening stand, Pathum Nissanka / Kusal Perera 56 runs for the 02nd wicket – lost the last 09 wickets for the addition of 30 runs – Riyan Parag 3 / 05 & 02 catches, Arshdeep Singh 2 / 24, Axar Patel 2 / 38, Yashasvi Jaiswal 02 catches.

Player of the Match : Suryakumar Yadav – India