On a wicket that offered early assistance to fast bowlers and considering Sri Lanka’s low confidence coming in to the ODI series, it still can be anybody’s game. Lakmal was the pick of the bowlers who took four top order wickets to leave India reeling on a pitch that offered seam and bounce to the pacers. Surprisingly, Sri Lanka started with the experienced all-rounder and former captain Angelo Mathews alongside Lakmal. SL seamers forcing Indian batsmen to play virtually every delivery is also one reason why India is in dire straits. In the end, he took a risk too many and fell well short of dragging India beyond 150.

Source: Pakistan Today December 10, 2017 08:37 UTC