India v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Dharamsala

India collapse to seam again

Dec 10, 2017

India's stand-in captain Rohit Sharma was asked to bat by Sri Lanka's new captain Thisara Perera in Dharamsala•BCCI

The pitch, a seamer's delight, helped Suranga Lakmal immensely as he dismissed captain Rohit in his third over•BCCI

It was MS Dhoni who came to India's rescue when they were reeling at 29 for 7, stitching a 41-run partnership with Kuldeep Yadav•BCCI

Jasprit Bumrah had Danushka Gunathilaka caught behind in the fourth over to give India some hope•BCCI

Angelo Mathews weathered a testing period, but found his fluency soon•BCCI

It was a bad start for the hosts as they lost Shikhar Dhawan for a duck to Angelo Mathews in the second over•BCCI

Lakmal sent Dinesh Karthik back for an 18-ball duck - the most balls faced by an Indian batsman in ODIs while making zero•AFP

Akila Dananjaya broke their resistance and sent Kuldeep back for 19•BCCI

That hope turned to belief when Lahiru Thirimanne chopped on off Bhuvneshwar Kumar •BCCI

Mathews and Niroshan Dickwella carried Sri Lanka home, ending their 12-game losing streak in ODIs•BCCI

Nuwan Pradeep claimed his first victim, dismissing debutant Shreyas Iyer for nine runs•BCCI

But Dhoni kept going, scoring an 87-ball 65 to give India 112•BCCI

But Upul Tharanga laced a quick 49 to put Sri Lanka on course•BCCI