8.40 pm MS Dhoni has been at the centre of a raging debate in Indian cricket, people questioning his ability to be a power-hitter, a man who could come out and hit fours and sixes straight away. And adding to that storm was a pitch that wasn't entirely straightforward to bat on, and a set of Sri Lankan bowlers who were doing rather well despite the dew. There was a five-over spell in the middle where only 30 runs was scored and two wickets was taken - one of them was the half-centurion KL Rahul. India have often fizzled out in such stages. But today they scored 61 runs in the last four overs. Manish Pandey, coming in despite Hardik Pandya in the shed, showed great composure and some pretty cool trick shots, including hitting a beamer outside off for six over third man. Sri Lanka executed their plan of bowling the yorkers quite well, but the odd ball slipped out of their hand because of the dew and Dhoni, playing shots he all but cut out of his game, along with his old hair, pounced on them all to give India a pretty good total

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"It wasn't the easiest conditions to bat. But the way we started was really good. To lose Rohit early wasn't great. If he had batted a bit longer, we could have got 20-30 runs extra," Rahul says. "Then the responsibility was on me to bat long. The wicket was a bit sticky. It was the spongy wicket, making it seem like there is extra bounce. But once you're settled, you can line up where to hit. It wasn't two paced. Once I got 15-20 balls, I knew where to hit it. When we played a few overs, we realised it wasn't a 200 wicket and the new ball was seaming around a bit too. We spoke about getting to 160-170 and I think it was an exceptional finish from MS And Manish to get where we are"

Dhoni takes a little time to pull the grass off his spikes so that he won't slip while running between the wickets

Purvesh: "These are extremely difficult fielding conditions. Where will India hide the weaker fielders like Kuldeep, Unadkat & Bumrah, I wonder?"

Mani J: "Why am I nervous every ball when Dhoni is on strike. Feel like Sachin in the 90s in the 90's"

India fighting back, Sri Lanka not letting them run away with it, two more overs of this duel left. Come on!