Mendis gets a thick putside edge as he tries to drive Arshdeep with the ball going wide of the slips to thirdman for a single.
Arshdeep bowls a high bouncer which is ruled a wide for height before he flicks the fourth ball uppishly as Siraj rushes in from fine leg and puts in the forward dive and gets his fingers to the ball but is unable to hold on.
Arshdeep again gets some bounce and movement to beat Mendis, who is caught in two minds whether to defend or leave.
Spin introduced as Axar Patel comes into the attack, to bowl the ninth over.
Nissanka defends the first two balls before he pounces on a short ball, pulling it over midwicket for a four.
Axar gets the ball to turn and bounce sharply as Nissanka looking to defend is beaten all ends up.
Another change as Shivam Dube comes into the attack. The first ball is on the stumps as Mendis flicks in the gap through midwicket for two runs before he leaves the next ball.
Dube bowls two wides in a row before Mendis takes a single and Nissanka keeps out the last ball.
Sri Lanka have made a slow start to reach 37/1 in 10 overs, with Nissanka on 25 and Mendis on seven.
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