Live Cricket Score, India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I at Cuttack: India thrash Sri Lanka 93 runs

Hello and welcome to the live blog of the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. I, Kaustubh Mayekar, will bring all the intriguing statistics as well funny posts from the social media universe relating to the first match.

India won the ODI series 2-1 after Sri Lanka took a 1-0 lead. It was Rohit Sharma who surged India’s hopes after smashing an unbeaten 208* during India’s win at Mohali. The T20I series will feature a lot of new names for both India and Sri Lanka.

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Beginning with India, we will see the likes of Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda, Jaydev Undadkat and Mohammed Siraj take field. Sri Lanka too have roped in young blood with the inclusion of Janith Perera, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando and Chaturanga de Silva.

Marquee players from both sides are missing, namely Virat Kohli and Lasith Malinga. Kohli is currently on his honeymoon, while Malinga was dropped from the national side.

It will be interesting to see how newcomers from both sides play under pressure situation and evolve into better players for times to come.