India vs Srilanka live in ICC T 20 World cup, will start in a few days from now. But as of now there is a warm match going on at the P Sara Oval stadium in Colombo. India take on the home team after winning the toss. However the warm match started on a disastrous note with Gambhir hit by ball by Lasith Mallinga and had to return hurt. He was rushed to the hospital for medical care.
But later the game proceeded with a dismal performance from the teams top order and in India was stuck at 51/4 after losing all the top guns. But it was Skipper M S Dhoni and Rohit Sharma who took a stand and made 78 runs for the seventh wicket partnership. Finally India made a decent 146/5 before winding up to the stipulated 20 overs. Among the bowlers Lasith attacked the Indian top order in two ways one by injuring Gambhir second by his impeccable line and length. However it was Nuwan Kulasekera who did the maximum damage by claiming two wickets for Sri Lanka.
India: Ravichandran Ashwin, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk), Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Lakshmipathy Balaji.
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (c), Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Kumar Sangakkara (Wk), Ajantha Mendis, Sildhan Munaweera, Lahiru Thirimanne. (With inputs from internet-AW AarKay)
