India, Nov. 2 -- It was a mere trundle, and a nice smooth release of the ball. It pitched just outside the off stump around good length, it did not seam, did not shape much yet did just enough to compliment the bounce and took the outside edge of Rohit Sharma's bat. Rohit was a tad lethargic in his feet movement but that takes nothing away from the delivery.

A few minutes later Shikhar Dhawan was beaten all ends up by a fuller length delivery that once again moved to perfection to sneak through gap between bat and pad. Unlike Rohit, Dhawan was guilty of playing a flashy shot that wasn't on. India's two famed white-ball openers were dismissed. This is not the scene of an ODI or a T20I on a green track. In fact, it didn't happen in a match...