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Miss: Thisara Perera
Sri Lanka captain Thisara Perera's torrid run as a skipper continued to follow him in the shortest format of the game as well as his team lost the first T20I at Cuttack by a huge margin of 93 runs.
The T20I on Wednesday was Sri Lanka's 100th overall but their milestone match turned out to be an embarrassing affair for the touring party as they were outplayed by the hosts in all departments of the game.
As a captain, Perera, even after winning the toss, could not capitalise even after getting the initial advantage.
He kept relying on his pacers and let India score 180/3 in 20 overs, even though they lost two well-set batsmen in Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul in quick successions and were reduced to 112/3 in 14.3 overs.
While batting, Perera walked in when Sri Lanka were struggling at 58/5 but he could not play a captain's knock and a string of poor performances continue to haunt him.
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