Pune: Three pace bowlers with the experience of four international T20 games between them. A lively pitch with some grass, and good pace and bounce. Still it shouldn’t have been the most difficult game for the star-studded Indian batting line-up. But as it turned out, it was an absolute disaster with MS Dhoni’s boys being bowled out for 101 in less than 19 overs.

It was a combination of a difficult pitch, some excellent pace bowling and some over-ambitious batting. No doubt the likes of Kasun Rajitha, Dasun Shanaka and Dushmantha Chameera bowled quick, got the ball to seam off the track, and used the shot ball to great effect. The visitors were consistently clocking above 140 kmph mark, which was impressive, and credit should be given to them for that.