India Beaten by Sri lanka in 1St T 20 match of bilateral series in 2016

Sri Lanka was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International Series in India in 2016. This series was important as both teams were preparing for the T 20 World Cup to be played later here in India in 2016. The 1st T 20 International Match was to be played on Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India on 9^th Feb, 2016.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Sri Lanka team and 11 was looking like in this 1st T 20International Match International match: Chamara Kapugedera, Thisara Perera, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Sachithra Senanayake, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Milinda Siriwardana, Seekkuge Prasanna, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dushmantha Chameera, Dasun Shanaka, Kasun Rajitha

And Indian team and 11 was looking like this in this 1stT 20International Match International match: Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ashish Nehra, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya

India started poorly and kept losing wickets at regular intervals and bowled out for only  101 runs in 18.5 over’s and top scored by R C ashwin who made unbeaten 31 runs in 24 balls with 5 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 129 runs in 100 balls.

And S Raina who made 20 runs in 20 balls with 1 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka was needed to score 102 runs in 20 over’s to won this 1st T 20 International Match and to take lead in the series 1-0.

Sri Lanka batted well and chases total of 135 runs in 18 over’s at the loss of 5 wicket and top scored by Skipper Dinesh C who made 35 runs in 35 balls with 1 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls Chamra K who made 25 runs in 26 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 96 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka won the match and lead the series as well 1-0.

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