A case of hit and no run

When Shikhar Dhawan was cracked on the helmet by Nuwan Pradeep, just behind the right ear, one could have forgiven him for being a bit disorientated. Instead it was the umpire who seemed to lose his focus for a moment, stopping Dhawan from running and signalling dead ball despite this being a case of the batsman taking evasive action - and not not offering a shot.

India had lost two wickets in the previous four overs and could have lost Dhawan too, in the 78th over, had Lahiru Thirimanne's spectacular leap to his left from short extra cover been successful. Instead Sri Lanka had to wait ten more overs to scalp India's top scorer.

It was a strange shot, and a strange dismissal. Harbhajan Singh moved outside off facing up to Tharindu Kaushal and tried to sweep. The ball hit the stumps, the bail took ages to dislodge, no one quite knew if it was the ball or something else that dislodged it. Cue in TV replays.

Ishant Sharma frustrated Sri Lanka for 39 balls, and remained the not-out batsman in India's innings. He could have been sent on his way 32 balls earlier had the ball stuck for a diving Kumar Sangakkara at wide first slip.

Getting hit on the helmet can be painful enough, but things got worse for Wriddhiman Saha: he was given out caught behind after the ball pinged off his hard hat to Dinesh Chandimal. Talk about rubbing salt in wounds.

India might have piled up 375, but all those runs contained just one six. It came off the bat of Saha, a handsome strike that deposited the ball back over the bowler's head.