Sri Lanka cricket team received a massive boost with the return of Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, and Asela Gunaratne for their India tour after the team suffered a whitewash against Pakistan. Interim coach Nic Pothas believes that a change of faces in the squad could overturn their poor form.

Led by Tillakaratne Dilshan’s 83 off 56 balls, Sri Lanka registered a six-wicket victory over Afghanistan in their opening game of the World T20. Despite Afghanistan putting up a challenging total of 153/7, Sri Lanka chased it down with seven balls to spare to announce their title defence.