India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I 2021 Highlights: IND Beat SL by 38 Runs

India win by 38 runs! Sri Lanka have been bowled out for 126 and with that India take 1-0 lead in the three-match series. A comprehensive performance by team India. Bhuvneshwar Kumar scalps four wickets and Deepak Chahar took two wickets. 

Two more overs to go now. Sri Lanka need 40 more runs to win and the game is slipping away from them. Dasun Shanaka departs as well and with that Sri Lanka are eight down now.

Deepak Chahar strikes twice! He has put India well and truly in control now. Sri Lanka with four wickets in hand need 52 more runs to win from 24 balls. Dasun Shanaka and Chamika Karunaratne are in the middle.

Yuzvendra Chahal has finished his quota of four overs. He gave away 19 runs and picked a wicket as well. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka need 58 more runs from 30 balls at required run-rate of 11.60 runs per over.

Hardik Pandya strikes! Sri Lanka four down now. Ashen Bandara's struggle comes to an end. Maybe it will be a blessing in disguise for the home side.

Halfway through and Sri Lanka need 101 more runs to win. The required run-rate for hosts is now worth runs per over. Shikhar Dhawan has used six bowlers thus far.

Avishka Fernando throws his wicket away. He is caught at deep backward square leg, picks the fielder to perfection. India well and truly in control now. Sanju Samson takes the catch.

Yuzvendra Chahal strikes in his first over. India are back in the contest. Superb delivery this as Dhananjaya de Silva is bowled. Sri Lanka two down now and this will spice things up.

End of Powerplay overs and Sri Lanka need 119 more runs to win from 14 overs. The required run-rate is around nine runs per over. Will this be a cakewalk or difficult?

Breakthrough for India. Krunal Pandya strikes in his first over. Minod Bhanuka hits it straight to cover and Suryakumar Yadav takes the catch. 

Breakthrough for India. Krunal Pandya strikes in his first over. Minod Bhanuka hits it straight to cover and Suryakumar Yadav takes the catch. 

Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka are the Sri Lankan openers. Avishka is lucky as he gets an outside edge that runs towards the boundary. Good start this for Sri Lanka.

So, India finish with 164 on board. At one stage it looked like the Men in Blue will go past 180-run mark but Sri Lankan bowlers did a fine job to restrict the visitors. Do join us back for Sri Lanka's chase.

Hardik Pandya is caught behind! Important wicket for Sri Lanka. The hosts are chipping away with wickets now. One over remaining and India need to finish with a big over. Krunal Pandya joins Ishan Kishan now.

Three more overs to go now and India will be looking to finish high. Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan are in the middle. Sri Lankan bowlers have done well to pull back things.

Just after completing his half-century, Surya Kumar Yadav departs. He is caught at long-off and departs for 50 off 34 balls. Important wicket this for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka chip away with a wicket and that too of Shikhar Dhawan. The Indian captain was looking to play a big shot and ended up being caught at deep backward square leg. India three down now with Hardik Pandya in the middle now.

Onus now on Shikhar Dhawan to up the ante and he has got an able partner in Suryakumar Yadav to do so. Dhawan is batting on 41 off 29 balls while Surya is on 30 off 22 balls. Eight more overs to go now as the current partnership is worth 50 runs.

Suryakumar Yadav has now joined captain Shikhar Dhawan in the middle now. And he is not wasting any time. Surya has already picked a boundary. Meanwhile, it has started to drizzle in Colombo.  

Wanindu Hasaranga strikes for Sri Lanka. He gets rid of Sanju Samson, who was looking dangerous. Samson is trapped in front of the wickets and the batsman didn't think about reviewing it.