Sri Lanka pummel India to gain bonus point

Jul 02, 2013

With MS Dhoni ruled out of the West Indies tri-series due to an injury, the India captaincy was handed to Virat Kohli•Associated Press

Upul Tharanga remained solid too, as the openers pushed past the fifty-run mark•AFP

Jayawardene reached his first century in two years, off 107 balls•AFP

Tharanga stayed unbeaten on 174 as Sri Lanka posted a mammoth 348 for 1•AFP

The big wicket, however, was Virat Kohli, who has been prolific against Sri Lanka in the past. This time, he could score only 2 before hooking an Angelo Mathews bouncer straight to fine leg•AFP

Mahela Jayawardene, opening for the second time in the tournament, started cautiously against India's new-ball bowlers•AFP

Jayawardene began to open up, as the pair brought up their 100-run partnership in 127 balls•AFP

India finally got a breakthrough in the 39th over with the dismissal of Jayawardene•AFP

India's hopes of making a match of it received an early blow when Nuwan Kulasekara removed Rohit Sharma in the fifth over•AFP

Sri Lanka continued to stifle the batsmen with tight bowling and agile fielding...•AFP

They eventually put on 213 for the first wicket, Sri Lanka's highest opening stand against India•AFP

However, Tharanga upped the scoring and paired with Angelo Mathews to plunder 135 runs in 11.2 overs•AFP

Shikhar Dhawan tried to increase the scoring rate, but lofted Rangana Herath straight to the fielder at deep midwicket•AFP

...and the wickets kept falling. Suresh Raina was run out after scoring 33. Sri Lanka cleaned up the tail soon, inflicting a humiliating 161-run defeat on India•AFP