The rustic wicket keeper Mahendra Singh announced himself on the world stage with a whirlwind innings of 183 not out off just 145 balls overhauling the Sri Lankan score of 299 with 23 balls reaming. The onslaught from Mahi was probably the first of its kind from an Indian keeper and coming at No.3, he had a simple strategy to hit the ball though the line and over the top. He smashed the wily old fox Chaminda Vass for plenty then played out Muttiah Muralidharan’s over cleverly to guide India to a memorable victory against the islanders at Jaipur overshadowing a classy effort of 138 by Kumar Sangakkara.