Ashwin takes three as SL scores 153 for six

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin today gave a good account of himself with a three-wicket haul but two-time finalists Sri Lanka upped the ante in the end to score 153 for six against India in the first warm-up game, leading up to their ICC World T20 campaign.
Ashwin ended with impressive figures of three for 22 in his four-over spell as the batsmen had lot of trouble playing their strokes on a slowish track at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here today.
Amit Mishra (1/38) got some stick but also bowled a few good balls while Suresh Raina (1/12) was lucky to get a wicket.

Nuwan Kulasekara with 21 off 14 balls and Thisara Perera with 18 from 11 deliveries added 30 runs in the last three overs to take the score past 150.
Among the pacers, Varun Aaron worked up good pace in his three overs to end with one for 18 as Mahela Jayawardene (30) and skipper Dinesh Chandimal (29) were the only ones in the top-order, who looked like scoring a few runs after Mahendra Singh Dhoni put the opposition on to bat.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was taken for 17 runs in his final over as he finished with figures of none for 33 from three overs. Mohammed Shami's inspiring effort in the field definitely helped in lifting the spirit of the team.

Having bowled an over at full tilt, the speedster stationed at mid-off dived full stretched to take a brilliant one-handed catch that dismissed Kusal Janith Perera (21) off Varun Aaron's bowling. Kusal Janith was looking dangerous as he got three boundaries during his 15-ball stay at the crease.
Dilshan on the otherhand looked ill at ease against both against pacers as well as against the spinners as he simply couldn't get off the blocks. Mahela Jayawardene (30) however went into attacking mode straightaway but mistimed pull shot off Shami which went over Dhoni's head for a boundary.
But the very next shot was a beauty as he bisected the point and gully fielder to find a boundary.