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But Sri Lankan: Sairaj Bahutule, India’s interim bowling coach, said the visitors should have got that one run to end the first ODI against Sri Lanka on a winning note, instead of it resulting in a tie at the R Premadasa Stadium.

Chasing 231, India were primed for a win when they needed one run off 15 balls with two wickets left and had the well-set Shivam Dube on strike. But Sri Lankan skipper Charith Asalanka trapped Dube lbw, which meant it was down to Arshdeep Singh needing to make that one run to win the game.

But Asalanka beat Arshdeep's mighty hoick and trapped him lbw, as Sri Lanka clawed back to force a dramatic tie, much to the delight of their fans. For India, they experienced a roller-coaster of emotions – going with smiling faces to becoming shell-shocked at the end.