India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Highlights: IND beat SL by 43 runs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: A 149kph scorcher from Pathirana second ball of the 14th after SKY hits him for four off the first, full into the Indian captain's pads and he is gone for all money. The Indian captain reviews though Pathirana torpedoed that into SKY's front pad. It would have lasered into middle and leg. A great delivery to end a great innings

Suryakumar Yadav lbw b Pathirana 58 (26)

IND vs SL Live Score: India 150/3 in 13.2 overs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: This is effectively his debut match as full-time captain, he did lead India in seven T20Is before this but that was as a stop-gap. He has raced past his half-century in 22 balls. He brings that up with a four off the first ball of the 13th over by Theekshana. It was short from the spinner, SKY smashes it with his bottom wrist between deep mid and long on. Gets off strike next ball and then Pant gets a boundary Pant is dropped quite spectacularly by Asitha running towards the boundary from deep square leg. The ball goes past the boundary for a four as well. Two more runs from the last two balls, SKY on 54 off 24, Pant on 16 off 17.

IND vs SL Live Score: India 146/2 in 13 overs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: SKY hits fours off the fourth and fifth balls of that over from Hasaranga to make it a good one for India. He is on 38 off 16, this is turning out to be quite a knock from him. Pant? Not quite. He is on 10 off 13.

IND vs SL Live Score: India 122/2 in 11 overs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: The run rate has slowed down now. Rishabh Pant especially needs to get a move on. He is on nine off 11, SKY on 28 off 12.

IND vs SL Live Score: India 111/2 in 10 overs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Just four runs off the ninth over, SKY and Pant respecting Hasaranga there. All four from singles off the last four balls of the over. SKY on 21 off eight, Pant on seven off nine.

IND vs SL Live Score: Indian 102/2 in 9 overs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Madushanka bowls the eighth and the Indian captain sends his last three deliveries over the boundary. He has raced to 19 in six balls and India continue to put pressure on SL.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Googly first up from Hasaranga as he bowls the seventh over, Jaiswal plays down the wrong line entirely. Gets beaten completely and he had come down the pitch, keeper picks it up and whips off the bails.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Gill goes down swinging, although Sri Lanka almost made a comedic meal of that catch. Gill smashed two fours and a six in that over. He goes for a second consecutive six down the ground but mishits it. The mid-on fielder got there but then hesitated last second when he saw a teammate rushing towards him. Then he realised that the other guy is not interested and somehow, made the last millisecond catch and took it anyway.

Gill c Fernando b Madushanka 34 (16)

IND vs SL Live Score: India 74/1 in 6 overs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Usually Gill hangs back while Jaiswal tonks 'em everywhere but here, the boundaries are coming from both ends of the pitch. Asitha Fernando continues for his second over in the fourth. Sends in a slow one and Gill waits for it before cutting it past short third for a four. Fantastic roll of the wrists to whip the third away for another boundary and then Gill gets off strike. Jaiswal ends the over by clubbing the last ball over midwicket for another six. He is on 33 off 15, Gill on 18 off nine, India are flying.

IND vs SL Live Score: India 51/0 in 4 overs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: And survives a review for LBW as well. Sri Lanka bring in Theekshana in order to stem the flow of runs but the usually frugal spinner couldn't do much. Jaiswal steps out first ball of the third and lofts Theekshana over long off for the first six of the series. Then he sweeps the second ball up and over square leg for a four. Four runs off the next three balls and Theekshana strikes the lower part of Jaiswal's pads on the half volley. LBW appeal turned down and Asalanka takes the review. As it turns out, the noise that came was bat hitting ground and not ball. Ball tracking predicts that it would have missed off stump. Lucky break for Jaiswal. He is on 27 off 13, Gill on nine off five.

IND vs SL Live Score: India 36/0 in 3 overs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: And it is Shubman Gill who has scored more than Yashasvi Jaiswal. The first ball from Madushanka was short and angling down leg, Jaiswal is onto it like a rash. Pulls away to the deep backward square leg boundary. He gets off strike next ball and then two dot balls for Gill. He then sends the fifth ball past backward point for a four and then another boundary off the last as well.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Here they are. Indian fans saw Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma last month, now here are Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Another song of ice and fire for an Indian opening combination, just under two decades younger maybe. Dilshan Madushanka opens the bowling for Sri Lanka.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: SKY leads out India, Asalanka leads out Sri Lanka. Wide smiles on the faces of most players. The Indian national anthem comes first and then Sri Lanka's. A good crowd building up in the stadium.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Asalanka says that Sri Lanka are looking to give players specific roles, why is why they have chosen five bowlers.

Sri Lanka XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Suryakumar Yadav says that India are starting from scratch here.

India XI: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Sri Lanka have won the toss and chosen to bowl first. Asalanka says that they are playing as many as five bowlers today.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Suryakumar Yadav and Charith Asalanka are standing in readiness for the coin toss. There are covers in place beyond the boundary but that is just a precautionary measure, there are a few foreboding clouds rolling over the hills in the distance.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Khaleel Ahmed has been warming up for a long time and so chances are that he will play today. Suryakumar did a little pep talk to the group of players today before they broke off to begin the warm-ups.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: FIrst things first, the sky is gleaming blue in the evening sun in Pallekele. The players are warming up in the middle.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Sri Lanka's former ODI captain has a good record against fellow all-rounder Hardik Pandya, when it is Shanaka doing the bowling that is. He has dismissed Pandya thrice in 14 balls in T20Is, conceding only 13 runs against him.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Now while Gill may have been unimpressive in T20Is, he had a fairly good season in the IPL. Gill scored 426 runs at an average of 38.72 and a strike rate of 147.40 in his first season as captain of the Gujarat Titans. This and the talent that he has shown for all these years coupled with his incredible recent record in Tests and ODIs seem to have convinced selectors that he remains India's future all-format captain. Which is why he is still vice-captain in this series and in the ODIs and this possibly could be the case in Tests as well the next time India announced a squad for a red-ball mat

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Rahul Dravid was captain of the Indian team when Gautam Gambhir made his Test debut back in 2004 at the Wankhede Stadium against Australia. Now he replaces Dravid as the head coach of the Indian team and his former skipper left a pretty special voice note for him. Here is what he said in the note for Gambhir:

“Hello, Gautam, and welcome to the most exciting job in our world as coach of the Indian cricket team. It's been three weeks since I ended my stint with the Indian team in a manner that was beyond my dreams. Both in Barbados and then a few days later in that unforgettable evening in Mumbai. More than anything else, I will treasure the memories and friendships I made in my time with the squad. As you take over the role of India coach, it is what I wish for you as well.” READ MORE.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Gill himself has admitted that he hasn't been good enough in the format since August 2023. From that month till the T20 World Cup, Gill scored 133 runs in eight T20Is, at an average of 16.62 and a strike rate of 126.66.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: India were seemingly unaffected by Hardik Pandya being ruled out of the 2023 World Cup midway through the tournament due to a freak injury. But his all-round abilities were sorely missed in the final that they lost to Australia after dominating every team before that. Then, he was suddenly made captain of Mumbai Indians with longtime skipper Rohit Sharma, beloved by the fans, sacked. No explanation given by the franchise for anything and Pandya was not allowed the opportunity to address some of the more scandalous rumours around his new contract with MI. And so, he was booed to the horizon and back all around the country, he was a shadow of his usual self and MI finished rock bottom in his first year as their captain. At the T20 World Cup, he put all of that behind him and was the life of India's victorious campaign. Whatever reasons fans at the Wankhede found to boo him were forgotten as the city of Mumbai welcomed Pandya and the Indian team with open arms.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 1st T20I: Not against one bowler at least for both these sides. In T20Is, since January 2023, Arshdeep Singh and Maheesh Theekshana have conceded less than 7 runs and over in Powerplays