Stats: MS Dhoni goes past AB de Villiers' record for effecting most T20I dismissals sportskeeda.com

India carried on the momentum from their ODI series win by inflicting a huge loss on a hapless Sri Lankan unit in the first T20I at Cuttack. Driven by KL Rahul's quickfire knock, and helped along by cameos from MS Dhoni and Manish Pandey, India compiled a competitive total that was too much to handle for a misfiring Sri Lankan line-up, especially in the face of some tight bowling by the spinners.