Sri Lanka Vs India 2017

Rohit Sharma's third ODI double ton powers India to 392/4 in Mohali

Rohit, who belted an unbeaten 153-ball 208, comprising 13 fours and 12 sixes, was engaged in two big partnerships - 115 runs for the opening wicket with Shikhar Dhawan and then 213 for the second wicket with rookie Shreyas Iyer.

Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI in Mohali: Hosts win by 141 runs, level series 1-1

Iyer begins with a nice tossed up delivery, very close to Lakmal's pads, he gets the bat down to chop it. Lakmal hits one down to long on for a single, Mathews takes another run to bring the 250 up for the Lankans to long off. Lakmal prods in front to defend last two balls, with Iyer interested in using the DRS, but a smiling Rohit decides against wasting time.

India vs Sri Lanka: MS Dhoni's feisty innings in Dharamsala should silence his critics once and for all

For all the Dhoni fans around the world, there have been those who have made it a habit to pounce on him at his slightest slip-up. But then, the champion that he is, Dhoni always finds a way to silence them with his performance.

India vs Sri Lanka: How hosts, sans Virat Kohli, came apart at Dharamsala to get bundled out for 112

A look at how India unravelled at Dharamsala to be bundled out for just 112 in the first ODI against Sri Lanka.

Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Dharamsala: Visitors win by 7 wickets

Bhuvneshwar to Mathews. Left alone. Gives the charge. Wild swing. Misses. The third ball is wide. One run less to get. Mathews then prods forward and off-drives. Off-drives well, past the fielder. Game over. Sri Lanka decimate India by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka proving in this tour that they are no more the meek set of individuals who got hammered in their own backyard by the same opposition a few months back. The series becomes interesting now. India will have to win the next two matches to prevent a home series loss after a long, long time. But rest assured, India will came back strongly. They were on the back foot, losing the first match in their last series, against New Zealand, but then turned it around. Can't rule such a comeback out here as well. But let's agree on one thing -- Perera read the pitch well when we opted to bowl, though the initial opinion among the experts was win the toss and bat first.

India vs Sri Lanka: Missing Dinesh Chandimal, Lasith Malinga, visitors face challenge to stay competitive in Dharamsala ODI

India and Sri Lanka face off in the first match of the three-ODI series at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Sunday, with Rohit Sharma and Thisara Perera leading the respective sides.

India vs Sri Lanka ODI stats preview: From hosts' virtual invincibility in their backyard to visitors' wretched form of late

Sri Lanka have so far played nine bilateral ODI series in India and lost eight, while drawing once, in 1997-98. Such has been their struggles in India that they have not won more than a match in a bilateral ODI series in the country.

India vs Sri Lanka: Dinesh Karthik needs to grab his chance and solve Men in Blue’s No 4 problem in ODIs

In the end then, it only remains to be seen if Karthik can deliver on that long-pending promise and become a pivotal cog for the Men in Blue.

India vs Sri Lanka series report card: Virat Kohli shines like a diamond, but Ajinkya Rahane fails miserably

Here's a look at how players from India and Sri Lanka fared in the entire series.

India vs Sri Lanka: Virat Kohli and Co can't achieve greatness till they address their finishing woes

India's inability to finish off a game that was theirs for the taking on the last day of the Delhi Test stands out as a jarring note amidst all the tom-tomming about this being the most assertive side in India's cricket history.