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Patna : India hammered Sri Lanka (SL) by runs in 1st T20I at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesg, on February 24, 2022, late night, to take a 1-0 lead in three-match series as fast medium bowler Bhuvneshear Kumar and medium fast bowler Venkatesh Iyer took 2 wickets each while spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket each.
Chasing a target of 200 runs, SL could score only 137/6 in 20 overs with Charith Asalanka scoring an unbeaten 53 in 47 balls with 5 fours, his 3rd T20I fifty. Venkatesh Iyer conceded 21 runs in 18th over as fast bowler Dushmatha Chameer hit him for 2 fours and 1 six and Charith Asalanka 1 four in that over.
SL had won the toss and opted to bowl.Batting first, India scored 199/2 in 20 overs with openers Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma ( captain) scoring 89 runs with 10 fours and 3 sixes and 44 with 2 fours and 1 six runs respectively. Shreyas Iyer scored an explosive unbeaten 57 in 28 balls hiiting 5 fours and 2 sixes. Rohit and Ishan added 111 runs for the first wicket.