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

#5 Batting collapse

No fireworks from the two

India went into the match with six batsmen and an all-rounder, yet only three players on their batting list managed to get to double figures.

The Indian batting order meekly surrendered as Suranga Lakmal and Angelo Mathews were too hot to handle for openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan.

Manish Pandey, debutant Shreyas Iyer and Dinesh Karthik, who faced a record 18 balls before being dismissed for a duck, looked completely out of sync.

The only silver lining for India in their worst batting collapse of recent times was Mahendra Singh Dhoni's superhuman knock of 65.

Dhoni, with some help from the tailenders, anchored India's innings from an embarrassing 29/7 to 112 in 38.2 overs but Sri Lanka registered an easy seven-wicket win, their first against the Men in Blue since the ICC Champions Trophy in June 2017.