India’s stand-in ODI captain Rohit Sharma said that the batsmen needed to play the situation after the humiliating seven-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in the first ODI in Dharamshala on Sunday.
The Indian batsmen put up a pathetic show to be dismissed for a low total of 112 runs.
Only three Indian players – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya – managed to reach double figures as Sri Lanka’s pacer Suranga Lakmal registered career best figures of 4/13.
The Sri Lankan batsmen then survived some initial hiccups to chase down the target with a massive 29.2 overs to spare, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Rohit Sharma urged his teammates to learn from the debacle and put up a better show in the rest of the series.
Praising Dhoni for his fighting knock, Rohit hoped that the other Indian players will learn a thing or two from the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman. Striding to the middle with the hosts struggling at 8/3, Dhoni scored 65 runs off 87 balls with 10 boundaries and sixes.
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(With inputs from IANS)
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