Spinners restrict India to 264

Fatullah/Bangladesh, Feb 28: Sent in to bat, India posted 264 for nine against Sri Lanka in their Asia Cup match in Fatullah on Friday.

Earlier, Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Matthews won the toss and elected to bowl.

India had made one change to the side which beat Bangladesh in the opening game bringing in Stuart Binny to replace pacer Varun Aaron.

Sri Lanka had included Ajantha Mendis in place of Suranga Lakmal.

Scoreboard:

India

Rohit Sharma lbw b Senanayake 13

Shikhar Dhawan b Mendis 94

Virat Kohli b Mendis 48

Ajinkya Rahane c Thirimanne b Senanayake 22

Ambati Rayudu c Kusal Perera b de Silva 18

Dinesh Karthik c de Silva b Mendis 4

Ravindra Jadeja not out 22

Stuart Binny lbw b Senanayake 0

R Ashwin b Malinga 18

Bhuvneshwar Kumar st Sangakkara b Mendis 0

Mohammed Shami not out 14

Extras (B—4, LB—1, W—6) 11

Total (for 9 wickets in 50 overs) 264

Fall of wickets: 1—33, 2—130, 3—175, 4—196, 5—200, 6—214, 7—215, 8—245, 9—247

Bowling: Lasith Malinga 10—0—58—1; Ajantha Mathews 3.2—1—9—0; Sachithra Senanayake 10—0—41—3; Thisara Perera 6.4—0—40—0; Ajantha Mendis 10—0—60—4; Chaturanga de Silva 10—0—51—1