India's feted openers exited too early, and the inexperienced middle order succumbed to old failings, but their bowling allrounders Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin showed admirable poise to steer a wobbly chase home
Mahela Jayawardene, in his first match back as Sri Lanka captain, made an interesting move in not picking a specialist spinner
MS Dhoni is not pleased that India's middle order let Sri Lanka back in with ill-advised strokes, but he doesn't want to be too harsh on Rohit Sharma
The contest between India and Sri Lanka in Perth ebbed and flowed, but lacked intensity and excellence. Both teams have much improving to do if they are going to challenge Australia
Plays of the Day from the second ODI of the CB series, between India and Sri Lanka at the WACA
Fighting adversity together is a great bond. With their sacked, intermediate and future captains all part of the set-up, Sri Lanka will look to do that over the coming weeks
Call it a lesson learned from the Test series or the importance of fielding in one-day cricket, but India are going to give their young batsmen a long run in the ODI series
