Abject India suffer eight-wicket loss

Aug 18, 2008

India were rocked early in their innings when Gautam Gambhir fell for a second-ball duck to Chaminda Vaas •AFP

Rohit Sharma had to contend with the two-faced nature of the surface as India meandered towards 50 for 3 by the 16th over •AFP

India's situation worsened when Mendis dismissed Mahendra Singh Dhoni to leave them tottering at 87 for 6 •AFP

Sri Lanka didn't blaze away at the start as Munaf Patel removed the openers•AFP

Mahela Jayawardene ensured no further loss of wickets and managed to remain unbeaten on 61•AFP

They soon slipped to 23 for 2, with debutant Virat Kohli departing after scoring 12 •AFP

Ajantha Mendis continued his domination of India's batsmen when he cleaned up Yuvraj Singh •AFP

The plunge continued as Harbhajan Singh was caught behind off Muttiah Muralitharan •AFP

Sanath Jayasuriya scored 10•AFP

He was well supported by Chamara Kapugedera, who finished with an unbeaten 45. Sri Lanka dented India's confidence by winning with nearly 15 overs to spare•AFP

Just when it appeared that Rohit was getting a grip on things, he fell to Thilan Thushara for 19 •AFP

A semblance of resistance was offered by Pragyan Ojha, the No.10, who made an unbeaten 16 and added 29 for the last wicket with Munaf Patel. India were eventually bowled out for 146 •AFP

His partner Kumar Sangakkara managed 19 before falling to Munaf and the score read 45 for 2•AFP