“The BCCI medical team has confirmed that opening batsman Mr. Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the remaining part of India’s tour of Sri Lanka – 2015″, the BCCI said in a release. Credit goes to Sangakkara, Mathews, Thirimanne and Mubarak as well. It was a slow start from overnight batsmen, with Dhawan looking to get his eye in while Ishant looking to spend as much time at the wicket as possible.
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He said India lost the match because they brought pressure on themselves and it was just a matter of winning one match to get the team rolling. We don’t have to justify anything to anybody as to the kind of cricket you are going to play. “It was a great effort to come back from where we were”.
“It was a hard wicket and I thought Chandimal was sensible and he single-handedly gave us a preventing rating”.
The humiliating defeat also served as a huge mood dampener for Indian fans who were keen to celebrate the Independence day with a win.
Asked if the team was under pressure, the former captain responded in negative. Lot of left-handers, I know for a fact, really look up to him and the way he plays, his technique and you know the way he scored runs all over the world. It’s something we need to improve on.
“Everyone in the squad is disappointed”. We have been let down by our batting today. There are no excuses.
India’s total of 112 all out was its lowest against Sri Lanka, down from 138 at Sinhalese Sports Club in 2008. India suffered two successive blows thereafter in the space of three overs as Rohit Sharma (4) and skipper Virat Kohli (3) were also sent back to the pavilion by the Lankan spin duo.
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday climbed three places to the ninth spot in the worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) Test bowlers rankings after claiming match figures of 10 for 160 against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Galle.
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Stuart Binny is expected to play the second Test at the Oval in Colombo, starting August 20.
