India vs Sri Lanka 2017, 1st ODI: Five things that went wrong for the hosts

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Sri Lanka dismantled the hosts at Dharamshala

#3 Jasprit 'no-ball' Bumrah

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Bumrah needs to fix his no-ball woes soon
Bumrah needs to fix his no-ball woes soon

Jasprit Bumrah's special ability to bowl yorkers consistently is an asset for Team India, however, he also has this habit of bowling no-balls at crucial junctures of a game.

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Chasing 113 to win, Sri Lanka were briefly on the backfoot when they lost 2 wickets for 19 runs in the 7th over. On the fifth delivery of the sixth over, Bumrah overstepped and gave Upul Tharanga, who was playing on 11 at that time, a new lease of life.

From there on Tharanga went on to top-score for his team with a 46-ball 49.

The master of no-balls found a new way to bowl illegitimate deliveries as well. On the first ball of the 10th over, Bumrah's back leg hit the bails and the umpire called it a no-ball. He gave away two 'free hits' to Sri Lanka in an innings of 20.4 overs and to add insult to injury, was hit for four on both occasions.

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