It was Gunathilaka next who set about giving Sri lanka hope.
Danushka Gunathilaka, who replaced an injured Chamara Kapugedera, struck a fine 76 off 72 balls while Mendis made 89 as the duo shared 159 runs for the second wicket to lay the foundation for the run chase.
A brilliantly paced chase from Angelo Mathews' side saw them knock off 322 with eight balls to spare, the largest successful chase in The Oval's one-day global history.
Angelo Mathews steered his side to victory with an unbeaten 52 from 45 deliveries as the Champions Trophy came to life in London.
Virat Kohli says India will thrive under pressure in their make or break Champions Trophy clash with South Africa on Sunday.
Unheralded Sri Lanka sprung the highest successful run chase in Champions Trophy history by stunning India by seven wickets at The Oval on Thursday. "We have to forget it and move on because we're playing in three days, and we have to be fresh as a team, get back into the same mindset".
After losing the match against Sri Lanka, Kohli said a few more runs would have made the difference and these extra runs need to be scored in the middle-order.
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But Gunathilaka batted with the flair of Sangakkara and the fearlessness of Jayasuriya, cutting and pulling the Indian pace bowlers with elan to take the fight back to Kohli and his men.
After 25 overs, they were 143-1.
Dhawan was the main man in India's opening partnership against Pakistan, playing all the aggressive shots and taking the pressure off Rohit Sharma, who was just easing himself back into global cricket.
Sri Lanka's attack lacked sting and didn't ever look like they might bowl out the team in light blue and yellow (their "away" kit) but, once again, the match was played on a lovely flat batting surface and the ball refused to misbehave. "It was my first game against India and I'm happy to have contributed". You've got the top eight teams in the world and there's no guarantee that someone can't beat the other. The bowlers did brilliantly to restrict India to 321.it's a very chaseable target.
Chasing a huge total of 322, the islanders turned out with a marvelous batting execution and crossed the line with nine balls to spare. They just did not lose any wickets. Jadeja scored a half century with his first six. He and Dhoni combined for 82 before he hit out on 125 off 128 balls, including 15 boundaries and a six.
That is precisely what they did, with the 35-year-old MS Dhoni doing most of the heavy lifting, smashing nine boundaries in his 52-ball 63, with Hardik Pandya (nine) and Kedar Jadhav (25*) chipping in with some big hits as India finished their innings on 321-6.
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