Watch: Sri Lanka Pacer Makes Rohit Sharma's Off Stump Cartwheel. Crowd Left Dumbstruck

The crowd at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai were left shell-shocked as Rohit Sharma was dismissed early during the Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Sri Lanka on Thursday. The Indian cricket team skipper has been enjoying a great run of form in the ongoing tournament but he was clean bowled by a superb delivery from Dilshan Madushanka. Rohit tried to guide the ball towards the covers but it held its line and completely breached his defense. As a result, his off-stump was left cartwheeling as the crowd fell silent in the very first over of the Indian innings.

Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis won the toss and elected to field.

India, the only team yet to lose a match at this Cricket World Cup, are unchanged with captain Rohit Sharma happy to bat first on his Wankhede Stadium home ground, where South Africa piled up 399 after being sent in by struggling champions England earlier in the tournament.

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"I would have batted first," said Rohit.

"It's a good pitch...Under lights, it will be nice for our seamers to bowl.

"It's a great honour to captain India at the World Cup (on a ground) where I've grown up playing.

"As a team, we thrive on getting better. Obviously, it's important for us to not get carried away and it's important to stay balanced."

Sri Lanka made one change from the side that suffered a seven-wicket defeat against Afghanistan, with leg-spinner Dushan Hemantha in for Dhananjaya de Silva.

Mendis's men have lost four of their six games in the 10-team tournament.

"I think batting second is better than batting first. The players have done well in a couple of matches and are giving their best. It's a very important three games (coming up) for us," said Mendis.

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