Both the openers got here 50's and 100's in the same overs and building on this foundations and a quickfire 50 by Raina India set a daunting target on 364 for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka lost Kusal Perera in the 1st over and despite some aggressive batting from Dilshan and Sangakkara India were still able to keep the innings under control.

[11][13] Sri Lanka started the innings poorly, losing Kusal Perera to Umesh Yadav again in the 1st over.

however, three-wickets in three overs by Axar Patel during the powerplay resulted in Sri Lanka losing all the momentum.

Fifties from captain Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne only delayed the inevitable as India took a 4–0 lead in the series.

However a 128 run partnership between captain Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne lead to a recovery in the innings.