Having found ways to squander the advantage more than once during the preceding Twenty20 International series, Sri Lanka displayed great heart in the first of three One-Day Internationals at the R Premadasa Stadium on Friday snatch a dramatic tie against India.

The impressive Dunith Wellalage led their charge with a career-best unbeaten 67, ensuring that the advantage of winning the toss wasn’t entirely squandered to haul his team to 230 for eight. It was a respectable total on a surface assisting the spinners, but Rohit Sharma threatened to finish the game in quick time with a 33-ball half-century.