Colombo, July 26 -- India produced a clinical performance to beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs in 1st T20I and take 1-0 lead in the 3-match series, here on Sunday.

Suryakumar Yadav top-scored for India with 50 off 34 balls while skipper Shikhar Dhawan made 46 off 36 as India posted a total of 164/5 in 20 overs.

Ishan Kishan (20 not out off 14 balls), and Sanju Samson (27 off 20 balls) were the other notable contributors for India.

In reply, Sri Lanka were all out for 126 in 18.3 overs courtesy excellent bowling in the death overs by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar ended up as the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets for 22 runs from his 3.3 overs while Chahar picked a couple. Yuzvendra Chahal, debutant Varun Chakravarthy,...