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India vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Match 1, Tri-Series in Sri Lanka 2018
Result · Mar 06 2018, Tue - 07:00 PM (IST)
INDIA174/5
SRI LANKA175/5
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
CRR:9.46
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Tri-Series in Sri Lanka 2018 |
| Date: | Mar 06 2018, Tue - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Toss: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal (c) (wk), Kusal Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep |
| India Playing XI: | Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal |
- 10 of the 14 previous T20 Internationals played out between these sides have been won by India (L4); including the last seven in succession.
- India have won both of their previous T20I fixtures against Sri Lanka at this venue in Colombo; they have claimed victory in six of their seven outings there overall, compared to Sri Lanka who have mustered only two victories in 14 prior attempts at R.Premadasa Stadium.
- Sri Lanka have slumped to defeat in five of their last six T20Is played on home soil whilst India come into this game having won six of their last seven outings in this format; Rohit Sharma has a 100% record as skipper for his nation (four matches).
- Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 24 wickets in T20Is since the start of 2017; the most of any bowler in that time, he's claimed four-wicket hauls in each of his last two appearances against Sri Lanka.
- Rohit Sharma's highest ever T20I score came against Sri Lanka; he posted 118 off just 43 balls during the 2nd T20I of the series played in December 2017.