India looked in command when they got a steady start of 80 runs with no loss but once the openers departed, the batting lineup collapsed. India could put up only 213 runs in 49.1 overs.
Sri Lanka s envoy defended the nation s decision despite India s intermittent objections. He said the decision to allow the docking of the Chinese ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ was taken at the level of “officials” in the chaotic time when former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was leaving the country.