The limited-overs leg of Sri Lanka’s tour to India could not have begun on a better note for the visitors as they reduced India to 112 all out in 38.2 overs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the top-scorer with 65 runs, provided the only resistance as a Virat Kohli-less India stumbled against the moving ball.
At on point, it didn’t look India could make it past their record lowest total of 54 runs, let alone 100 runs. But with the score on 29 for 7, Dhoni got into a stand with Kuldeep Yadav to stitch together a crucial partnership of 41 to steer India away from the ignominy.
However, India still broke a slew of unfortunate records with their miserable batting performance.
Here’s a look at all the numbers, the criticism and finally, the many jokes on India’s dramatic collapse at Dharamsala.
Records galore... but not of the good kind
Number of ODI matches before leading India:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) December 10, 2017
217 - Anil Kumble
171 - ROHIT SHARMA
138 - Rahul Dravid
129 - A Jadeja
119 - Sachin Tendulkar#INDvSL
112 is India's lowest total in ODIs in India in 21st century.
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) December 10, 2017
Prev. 144 v Pakistan at Delhi in 2005.#INDvSL
18-ball duck for Dinesh Karthik today - the longest by an India batsman in ODIs.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 10, 2017
Previous: 17 balls by Eknath Solkar v Eng, The Oval, 1974. #IndvSL
MS Dhoni in ODIs vs Sri Lanka this year (UPDATED):
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) December 10, 2017
63
45*
67*
49*
1* &
65
290 runs (avg 145.00)#INDvSL #SLvIND
Lowest scores for India at the fall of the 5th wicket in an ODI:
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) December 10, 2017
16 runs v SL, Dharamsala, Today
17 runs v ZIM, Tunbridge Wells, 1983
27 runs v AUS, Guwahati, 2009
27 runs v WI, Toronto, 1999
29 runs v PAK, Chennai, 2012#INDvSL
MS Dhoni 65 off 87 balls
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) December 10, 2017
Rest of India's batsmen 42 off 143 balls
Extras 5#INDvSL #Cricket
28 is now the lowest score at which India have lost their sixth wicket in an ODI. Prev. 39 v SL, Sharjah, 2000#INDvSL .
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) December 10, 2017
Lowest scores for India at the fall of the 7th wicket in an ODI:
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) December 10, 2017
29 runs v SL, Dharamsala, Today
43 runs v WI, Toronto, 1999
43 runs v NZ, Bulawayo, 2005
44 runs v SL, Sharjah, 2000#INDvSL
Kuldeep Yadav hit as many boundaries as the combined run-tally of Rohit, Dhawan, Karthik, Pandey and Bhuvneshwar#INDvSL
— Pratyush Sinha (@prat1204) December 10, 2017
India this innings:
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) December 10, 2017
Overs 01-10: 11/3
Overs 11-20: 18/4
Overs 21-30: 51/1 (Since Perera introduced himself)#INDvSL
13 maidens faced by India in this match - the most by them in any ODI.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 10, 2017
Previous: 12 v Eng, Lord's 1975 and v NZ, Auckland 1981. #IndvSL
India's fall of wickets:
— The Field (@thefield_in) December 10, 2017
1-0
2-2
3-8
4-16
5-16
6-28
7-29
8-70
9-87
10-112
Has Dhoni given India a sniff?#INDvSL Live updates: https://t.co/yEFYPfm0jK
Praise for Sri Lanka... But not so much for India
Indian in tatters when ball is swinging and seaming. Ominous with tour of SA just weeks away
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) December 10, 2017
SL seamers forcing Indian batsmen to play virtually every delivery is also one reason why India is in dire straits. Well done SL! 👏👏👏#IndvSL
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) December 10, 2017
Rohit 'said' he wanted to bat first, and India is playing two spinners. Shows how well this team management reads the pitches and conditions.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) December 10, 2017
Proper working over for the middle order that won’t play in South Africa for the series in South Africa #INDvSL
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) December 10, 2017
Jokes, so many jokes. Most involving Smog and Kohli
This is unfair. BCCI has given Sri Lanka undue advantage by playing in Dharamshala. Indian lungs are not used to so much oxygen.
— Rahul Fernandes (@newspaperwallah) December 10, 2017
11-3 off 10 overs. There hasn’t been an Indian batting effort this exciting since Gavaskar scored 36 not out from 174 balls at the 1975 World Cup.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) December 10, 2017
Virat Kohli running back to Join the Indian team #INDvSL #TheFlash pic.twitter.com/Dqk5lGdHZ2
— Anurag Rekhi (@Dravidict) December 10, 2017
Wheres the smog when you need it, eh...? #indvsl
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) December 10, 2017
Sri Lanka has become very aggressive and ruthless. That's what inhaling the Delhi air does to u.. #INDvSL
— Comedian Praveen (@Funny_Leone) December 10, 2017
Sources say BCCI is ready to airlift Virat Kohli from Italy. #INDvSL
— Silly Point 🏏 (@FarziCricketer) December 10, 2017
Virat Kohli right now. #IndvSL pic.twitter.com/zsiX3R4zpF
— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) December 10, 2017
Sanjay Manjarekar: Do you miss Virat when he's not in the team?
— Absurd Choudhary (@ABChoudhary007) December 10, 2017
Rohit Sharma: 24/7#INDvSL
Anushka Sharma: I can't live without you
— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed) December 10, 2017
Virat Kohli: Same here
Indian Team: Ditto
Meanwhile...
Life is beautiful because it doesn't last #Happiness #sundaymotivation ✌️👌✌️ pic.twitter.com/xwm9OUU2nK
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) December 10, 2017
