A breezy Kusal Perera fifty contained enough torque in it to take Sri Lanka through a mid-innings meltdown and eventually to a five-wicket win over India in the opening T20I of the Nidahas Trophy 2018 at the R Premadasa Stadium. Sri Lanka will also be happy about the fact that at last they have managed to arrest the slide against India that started with a home series in August last year and continued through the away series in the neighbouring country. Here are the 5 reason for India's defeat in the match.