Pathum Nissanka’s heroics went in vain due to a lack of contributions from other batters ending up with India taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka on Saturday at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele.
Earlier Half-century from skipper Suryakumar Yadav combined with cameos from Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal helped India to get to 213/7 from 20 overs with Matheesha Pathirana being the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka with four wickets after Charith Asalanka has put India to bat first.
India 213 for 7 (Suryakumar 58, Pant 49, Jaiswal 40, Pathirana 4-40) beat Sri Lanka 170 (Nissanka 79, Mendis 45, Parag 3-5, Arshdeep 2-24, Axar 2-38) by 43 runs
The second T20I is scheduled on Sunday at 7:00 PM at the same venue.
