After clean sweeping against West indies men in blue took charge against southern neighbors on 24 February at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. In the match visitors won the toss and invited host for batting first. The Indian opening pair counted 111 runs stand with some power hitting and gorgeous shots after dismissal of skipper on Lahiru Kumara's ball Ishan Kishan continued fireworks. Meanwhile Shreyas Iyer playing run a ball but after innings of Ishan Kishan of 89 off 56 Shreyas Iyer changed gear and added some extra quick runs on the board with the strike rate of 200 and above and remain not out on 57 runs in just 28 balls and India finishes innings on 199 for 2. Sri Lankan skipper was most successful bowler from the side. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Pathum Nissanka on very first ball of Chase due to imbalance of pitch and wickets fell in intervals. All Indian bowlers bowled well. Bhuvneshwar and Iyer gets 2 wickets each and Yuzi Chahal and R. Jadeja took 1 wicket. Charith Asalanka's 57 runs innings was not enough for Sri Lanka win and Indian continued 10 matches winning streak and beat Sri Lanka by huge margin of 62 runs. Ishan Kishan Awarded player of the match.
The 2nd match of series will play on 26th february till then Good bye! take care!
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