Sri Lanka vs India 2017: One-off T20I, 5 talking points

#4 Priyanjan takes Lanka to par total

Ashan Priyanjan played a mature knock in the lower middle-order to help Sri Lanka to a fighting score

After Dilshan Munaweera's blitz, Sri Lanka lacked any direction as the spinners started to dominate proceedings. From 98/3 they succumbed to 113/6 and sorely needed one of their lower middle-order players to step up. It was Ashan Priyanjan, on his T20 debut, who put his hand up and played that decisive role.

He started with a smoking six off Kuldeep Yadav but resorted to rotating the strike as Sri Lanka kept losing wickets. With Isuru Udana slogging towards the end, Priyanjan joined the act with a four and a six and finished on a run a ball 40, hardly impressive in the T20 World but apt considering the team's situation.