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New Delhi, Delhi, India
Sri Lanka beat India by seven wickets in the first ODI.
The Sri Lankans took just 20.4 overs to get to 114, trotting past the Indian total of 112.
They lost three wickets along the way.
Earlier, India's batting line-up had crumbled against the Sri Lankan attack -- with the Indians being bowled out for a measly 112.
We lost the game with the bat, not with the ball. It will be completely unfair to single out an individual. We as a batting group failed to tackle that situation: Rohit Sharma #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/UdUYWu4kVQ
— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2017
Pitches like this will teach us a lot of things as a team. We take it in our stride and move forward. Just need to think that we have to respond better if put in such a situation again: Rohit Sharma #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/5a0YdHxZww
— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2017
The first ODI against Sri Lanka was being played at the picturesque HPCA cricket stadium in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
But the cold and the pitch conditions were too much for the Indians.
Former captain MS Dhoni fought a lone battle, scoring 65.
The rest of the batting lineup struggled to get to two figures.
Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma -- Virat Kohli is being rested -- was caught on 2.
There were four ducks -- Dhawan, Karthik, Kumar, and Bumrah.
Perhaps what summed it up best was the fact that after Dhoni, the second-highest scorer (19) was Kuldeep Yadav -- a bowler.
The only other person who got to two figures (10) was Pandya.