A new era has begun for India on the soil of Sri Lanka. Suryakumar Yadav has come as the new captain; Gautam Gambhir has come as the new coach.
India started that beginning well. Batting at the beginning, they built a mountain of 213 runs. Then Sri Lanka was restricted to 170 runs. Convincingly won by 43 runs.
India's highest innings after losing the toss to bat at the Pallekele stadium was 58 runs. Surya did it with 26 balls, the strike rate is 223+! Before that, Shubman Gill and Yasswi Jaiswal also played in this style. Two made 34 and 40 respectively; their strike rate is 212 and 190!
Rishav Pant started with a little bit of restraint but in the end he made 48 off 33 balls. In the end, the batsmen lost wickets uselessly for scoring quick runs. Otherwise India's run could have been bigger. But still 213 runs with 7 wickets was good!
In reply, Sri Lanka didn't get off to a bad start either. 84 runs came from the opening pair. Kushal Mendis returned with 45 runs off 27 balls.
After that, Sri Lanka's hope survived with the bat of Pathum Nisanka. As long as he was there, the Lankans were at 10 runs per over. As Nisanka returned with 79 runs off 48 balls, Sri Lanka also fell flat.
After Kushal-Nisanka, the two reached double figures, Kushal Perera and Kamindu Mendis, both of those innings totaled 20 and 12 runs. After that, everyone else ran on the phone's digits, one digit. The result is what happened. Sri Lanka were eventually bowled out for 170 runs. India won the match by a huge margin of 43 runs.