Cuttack, Dec 20 (IBNS): India defeated Sri Lanka in the first T20 match of the series by 93 runs here on Wednesday.
Yuzvendra Chahal picked up four wickets while Hardik Pandya took three which helped India bowl out Sri Lanka for 87 runs. India had posted 180 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs.
With nearly all the Sri Lankan batsmen surrendering before Indian attack, it was only
Upul Tharanga (23) who put up some amount of resistance.
Kuldeep Yadav picked up two wickets for the home side.
Earlier, India had posted 180 runs on the scorecard with KL Rahul top scoring with 61 runs off 48 balls.
He smashed seven boundaries and a six in his knock.
MS Dhoni (39) and Manish Pandey (32) made some important contributions with their willows.
India had earlier defeated Sri Lanka in the Test and ODI series.
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