India Beat Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup Warm-Up Game

Indian pacer Irfan Pathan took five-wicket haul as India thrashed Sri Lanka by 26 runs in their first warm-up game of ICC T20 World Cup at the P Sara Oval in Colombo on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012.

For India, Blajai claimed three wickets, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan scalped one batsman each.

Earlier, Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored an unbeaten half-century as India overcame early jitters to post a respectable 146 for five against Sri Lanka. Dhoni's unbeaten 42-ball 55 runs, including four fours and three sixes, revived India's fortunes.