India vs Sri Lanka 2017: 3rd ODI, 5 things we learnt from the match

#2 Finally a way to get the Hitman?

He was dismissed in a similar fashion in the IPL as wellA game after Rohit Sharma smashed his third ODI double hundred, Sri Lanka - at the receiving end of two of them - might have rekindled a way to counter the rampant opener. They opened the bowling with Akila Dananjaya, that tricky mystery leg-spinner and reaped immediate returns as the Mumbaikar struggled to get going.

Dananjaya eventually tossed up a wicked googly, and Rohit pushing forward, left a gaping hole between bat and pad. The ball spun between and knocked off the timber much to the dismay of Indian fans. It wasn't the first time, though, that a googly had deceived Sharma. It had happened in the ODIs against Lanka three months back and in the 2017 IPL season (on three occasions).