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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pune, Feb 9 (Cricketnmore):<\/strong> Sri Lanka rode on a strong bowling performance to defeat India by five wickets in their first Twenty20 International (T20I) at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Chasing a meagre target of 102 runs, the Lankans were boosted by a 39-run partnership by Dinesh Chandimal (35) and Chamara Kapugedera (25) to romp home with two overs to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, rookie pacers Kasun Rajitha (3\/29) and Dasun Shanaka (3\/16) played a crucial role for the visitors with a three-wicket haul each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rajitha enjoyed a memorable debut, bagging two wickets in his very first over in international cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera (2\/14) also bowled well, picking up a couple of wickets, including that of star batsman Yuvraj Singh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ravichandran Ashwin scored an unbeaten 31 to be the highest scorer for India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Asked to bat first on a green wicket, the Indian batsmen struggled to cope with the appreciable swing and off-the-pitch movement generated by the Lankan pacers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rajitha handed Sri Lanka the advantage right at the start by dismissing Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Raane in the opening over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sharma virtually gifted away his wicket, placing a lofted drive off Rajitha neatly into the hands of Chameera at long-off.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rahane also fell to a careless shot, offering and easy upper edge to Chandimal at short extra cover while attempting to play across the line.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The right-arm pacer should have bagged another wicket in his second over when Suresh Raina was surprised by the extra bounce of a short pitched delivery. The upper edge carried to third man where Danushka Gunathilaka dropped a sitter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shikhar Dhawan enjoyed no such luck a short while later when he attempted to smash a slightly outgoing delivery to the leg side. The ball took the flew off the top edge to third man where Gunathilaka made amends for his previous error.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>When Shanaka sent back Raina and India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni with a couple of beautiful deliveries in the ninth over, India were in deep trouble at 51\/5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ashwin tried to produce a late fight-back lower down the order, but rapidly ran out of partners as wickets continued to fall at the other end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Defending a small total, the hosts had a glimmer of hope when veteran pacer Ashish Nehra dismissed debutant opener Niroshan Dickwella in the third ball of the Sri Lankan innings. Gunathilaka -- the other opener -- went cheaply as well, miscueing a pull off a short pitched delivery by Nehra.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Chandimal and Kapugedera then took charge, ably negotiating the Indian bowling despite a couple of close calls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The introduction of Ashwin into the attack paid rich dividends for India as the off-spinner put Lankans in some trouble by bagging two wickets for just 13 runs in his three overs.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But Milinda Siriwardana (21 not out) played a spirited innings lower down the order to guide the visitors to victory with 12 balls to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agency<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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