Sri Lanka Beat India By 8 Wickets in First ODI

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

Dambulla: Sri Lanka won the first match easily against Indian in One Day series start today. Another Indian no any answer of M&M (Mendis and Murali) share 6 wickets 3 each. Vaas and Kulasekara did the initial break through before Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan blew away the rest to bowl out India for 146. One time India at 87/7 in 27.2, but thanks for lower order batsmen India reach 146 runs.

In morning, Indian Captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first without special opening pair. Virat Kohli debut international career as an opener, but his fail against bad upmpiring and Gambhir out on second delivery of the match with open account. India's 146 is their lowest ODI score in a 50-over game against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka chasing 146-run target with eight wickets left. Skipper Mahela Jayawardene remained not out on 61 while Chamara Kapugedara kept him company. Munaf Patel only wicket taker for Indian, claimed both Sir Lankan wickets to fall

Another time Ajanta Mendis declared player of the match for 3/21 in 9 overs.

Brief Score: Sri Lanka 147 for 2 (Mahela 61*, Kapugedera 45) beat India 146 (Mendis 3-21, Murali 3-37) by eight wickets