India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Highlights: Bhuvneshwar picks 4, Suryakumar hits fifty as India go 1-0 up

OUT! Wanindu Hasaranga strikes first ball, getting Samson out LBW for 27. Slightly loose from Samson who is rapped plumb in front of the pads. The finger is raised immediately and even though he looks up to Dhawan hoping for some respite, there isn't any. India 51/2 in 6.1 overs

Aerial but Samson has placed the ball perfectly and found the gap on the off side. Follows the six with a four with a wide in between. Moreover, a couple of doubles to go with it in the over. Great over for India as 16 come off it. India's score is 51/1 after 6 overs.

No half measures there. Samson comes down the wicket and hammers Akila Dananjaya for a massive six down the ground. Clean strike and it sails 91 meters away. Whoa, absolutely smoked it.

India 34/1 after 5 overs and it's been a good recovery from them after losing a wicket off the first ball. Runs have come at a decent rate but more importantly, both Dhawan and Samson are looking in fine nick, playing shots, hitting boundaries and running well between the wickets.

A crunching drive from Sanju Samson... but wait! Sri Lanka are celebrating. The fielder at cover has claimed a catch but it's been referred to the third umpire. And a good call that one from umpire Kumara Dharmasena to go up because the ball clearly hit the ground before entering the fielder's hands. Samson is safe.

Dropped after the first ODI, Isuru Udana is back and has been given the ball. Dhawan tries to go after him first ball but manages a top edge that manages to clear the in-field as the batsmen complete a single.

Second boundary of the over. Loses his line, Dananjaya as he drifts one down leg side. The batsman does the rest as he gets down on one knee and helps the ball with another cracking sweep shot. India 29/1 after 4 overs.

Akila Dananjaya already in the attack and Dhawan has welcomed him with a beautiful shot. Takes it on the full and Dhawan brings out the sweep shot to send the ball away for four. That's one way to put pressure on the spinner.

Not a bad start from India but Sri Lanka have ensured they haven't given away too many loose deliveries. Just a couple of boundaries for India so far but Samson and Dhawan have taken every opportunity that there is to run ones and twos.

Sanju Samson was hit on the helmet as the ball awkwardly climbed on to him. Doesn't look too serious but there will be a concussion test just to make sure everything is alright.

Consecutive fours for India as Samson hammers one on the up. Stunning shot as he gets on top of the ball from Chameera and slaps it over the in-field square of the boundary. Samson has made a career out of this shot in the IPL and here's his time to shine for India.

A boundary to finish the over as Indian reach 12/1 after 2 overs. Shikhar Dhawan comes down and carves the ball through off for a brilliant drive and it's four for the taking. First boundary for India as the ball gets rolling.

11 really tight balls from Sri Lanka first up. India yet to score a boundary here. Karunaratne knows the line to bowl to Dhawan. The India captain stroked a ball well in the previous over but did not quite get the timing right. Taking singles, Dhawan and Samson.

Four runs off the first over for India. It had a wicket, a couple of runs and five really amazing deliveries from Chameera. That's what T20 cricket is about. Before you realise, what happened two balls later almost has no significance anymore.

First runs for India and it's off the bat of Sanju Samson as he takes a single to get himself and his team off the mark. Dhawan takes a single first ball, followed by Samson and his captain running two off the next delivery.

Debutant Prithvi Shaw falls for golden-ball duck as Dushmantha Chameera strikes first ball. What a start for Sri Lanka. Full ball, and Shaw falls for the excessive movement as he offers a faint nick to the keeper.

Ajay Jadeja predicts 170 from India, but if Shaw and Dhawan get going, that could be the score at the end of the 15-over mark. Nonetheless, the first ball is coming up. And it's Chameera to Shaw to start things up.

In all three ODIs, Shaw got off to a blistering starts. In two of those matches, a big score was for the taking, but the youngster got out untimely on both occasions. Could he make it count tonight? Remember the six fours he hit against KKR in the IPL? What are the odds of that happening again tonight?

The two teams are out in the middle for their respective national anthems. And right after that, the first ball will be underway. By the looks of it, the pitch appears a lot drier and hard. Surely, the deck has to be strong given back-to-back games are coming up in alternate days.

Manish Pandey fans! We have some disappointing news for you. After throwing three chances, he has been left out of the Playing XI. Instead, India have give both wicketkeepers - Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson - a chance in this game. As Virender Sehwag said, has Pandey really played his final ODI for India?

Wow! The dynamic batting duo is back. If their partnerships for the Delhi Capitals in the IPL is any hint, Sri Lanka would be worrying. In IPL 2020 and 2021, Shaw and Dhawan put on some remarkable partnerships up top and gave DC a blazing start. They would be hoping to rekindle the same touch here for India. The ODIs showed a glimpse of what we can expect.

1 Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), 2 Prithvi Shaw, 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Sanju Samson (WK), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Varun Chakravarthy

1 Avishka Fernando, 2 Minod Bhanuka (WK), 3 Dhananjaya de Silva, 4 Charith Asalanka, 5 Dasun Shanaka (Captain), 6 Ashen Bandara, 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Chamika Karunaratne, 9 Isuru Udana, 10 Akila Dananjaya, 11 Dushmantha Chameera

Shikhar Dhawan: We wanted to have a bowl first as there's dampness in the pitch but we are capable of putting a good score on board. It's about giving opportunities to new players and see how they perform and have a good chance for the upcoming World Cup.

Sri Lanka won the toss and have decided they will bowl first and have a crack at the Indian batsmen. Dhawan called heads but tails is what it was. So there would be no thigh slap from Dhawan, not right away at least.