Sri Lanka vs India - India tour of Sri Lanka - Only T20I – India carry their victorious momentum – Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 116 (18.0/20 ov) - India won by 39 runs
On Tuesday, India carried their winning streak in the only T20I match of the tour on beating the hosts Sri Lanka by 39 runs, at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field first, aiming to avenge their one-day series debacle.
Team India had a terrible start to their innings, losing their first wicket with only seven runs on the board, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 had his stumps blown to bits by RMS Eranga on a score of six runs.
AM Rahane and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BMAJ-Mendis-c1175, after jabbing a knock of 21 runs off 25 deliveries.
Kohli was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539, as the young batsmen created enough problems for the bowlers to break their sweat.
The duo carried the side to tally of 129 runs, before Kohli departed after bulldozing a knock of 68 off 48 deliveries.
Raina and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 then smashed 34 and 16 runs to take the side to tally of 155 in 20 overs.
Sri Lanka required a steady start to their run chase, however, lost the flamboyant http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 on nil to Irfan Pathan with only seven runs on the board.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WU-Tharanga-c2802 then took the team tally to 14, before the home side suffered the demise of their second wicket with Tharanga perishing on a knock of five.
Then with 35 runs on the board, the batting side saw the departure of their skipper, who was trapped in front of stumps by Pathan after hammering 26 runs.
In the 10th over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HDRL-Thirimanne-c1542 became the fourth wicket to fall, leaving his side standing on a total of 68 runs.
The home supporters then saw their last hope go down when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 lost his wicket on a smashing total of 31 runs, after which it was total chaos for the Lankans, suffering a terrible batting collapse, reducing them on a total of 116 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601 with three wickets.
Pathan was later named as the Player of the Match, while Kohli was named as the Player of the Series.
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