In the first T-20 match, India won the match by 62 runs with Sri Lanka due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning the first T-20 match, India leads the series by (1-0) in the three T-20 matches with Sri Lanka.

Earlier Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first thus India first batted and made a huge score of 199/2 due to great innings by Ishan Kishan 89 (56), Shreyas Iyer 57* (28), and Rohit Sharma 44 (32). Both Dasun Shanaka 1/19 (2), and Lahru Kumara 1/43 (4), took one wicket from the Sri Lankan side.

During chasing, Sri Lanka scored only 137/6 (20) and lose the match by 62 runs with India due to great bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/9 (2), Venkatesh Iyer 2/36 (3), and Yuzvendra Chahal 1/11 (3). Charith Asalanka 53* (47), Dushmantha Chameera 24* (14), and Chamika Karunaratne 21 (14) were good batted from the Sri Lankan side.

Due to his great performance in batting, Ishan Kishan (IND) 89 (56), was declared as the Player of the Match.