IND vs SL 1st T20I: Suryakumar Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar shine as India win by 38 runs, take 1-0 lead in three-match series

Chasing the target of 165 runs, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 126 in 18.3 overs.

India put up a commanding display to defeat Sri Lanka by 38 runs in the first T20 International here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. While India made 164/5 which looked within Sri Lanka's range, the bowlers led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4/22) and Deepak Chahar (2/24) ensured it was too much for the host. Though the Sri Lankans had got off to a flying start, losing wickets only intermittently, and were in the game at 107/4 after 15 overs, Chahar's wicket of Charith Asalanka (44 off 26 balls) started the slide for the home side who kept losing wickets at regular intervals as the pressure of a rising required run rate kept mounting. From 111/4 -- with 54 to get in 27 balls -- the Dasun Shanaka's side was all out for 126 in 18.3 overs.