Irfan Pathan struck early to get rid of Tillakaratne Dilshan in the first over, Upal Tharanga in the third over and Mahela Jayawardene in the fifth over of the match. Ashok Dinda picked up four wickets at the end to wrap up the Sri Lankan innings.
In the fourth over Jayawardene had hit Umesh Yadav for four fours in the over to increase the tempo of the innings.
Virat Kohli’s 48-ball 68 took India to 155 against Sri Lanka in the one-off T20 International at Pallekele on Tuesday.
Kohli’s knock included 11 fours and one six.
After winning the toss, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene put India to bat.
Sri Lanka got off to a good start as they got Gautam Gambhir out for six runs in the second over of the match.
However, Virat Kohli stitched a valuable partnership of 74 runs from 59 balls with Ajinkya Rahane for the second wicket to put India in command. Jeevan Mendis dismissed Rahane for 21 to put breaks to the Indian innings.
Nonetheless, Suresh Raina carried on from where Rahane left in the company of Kohli and added 48 runs in 30 balls for third wicket. Raina scored 34 runs from 25 balls.
Shaminda Eranga, playing his debut match for Sri Lanka, accounted for the crucial wickets of Gambhir and Kohli.
Brief Scores: India 155 for 3 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 68, Suresh Raina ; Shaminda Eranga 2 for 30) bt Sri Lanka 116 all-out (Angelo Mathews 31, Mahela Jayawardene 26; Ashok Dinda 4 for 19 Irfan Pathan 3 for 27) by 39 runs
Man of the Match: Irfan Pathan
Man of the Series: Virat Kohli
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