4. Sri Lankan Batting Lineup –
Despite the absence of the big names like Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan and Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka’s batting efforts were quite commendable. The 159 run partnership between Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis proved the be very crucial for Sri Lanka. However the two were dismissed by 2 quick wickets which helped India to gain the momentum. Kusal Mendis 89 and Angelo Mathews 52 not out helped to put some pressure on the Indian Team. Asela Gunaratne scored 34 runs of just 21 balls with 2 fours and 2 six. He was brutal on India’s death over specialists, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah. It was an overall batting performance by Sri Lanka.
