Suranga Lakmal bowled a hostile spell of fast bowling and picked up his career-best figures of 4/13 to restrict the hosts for a low score of 112 runs in 38.2 overs.
Chasing a paltry score of 113, the visitors rode on Upul Tharanga's crucial knock of 49 to scale the target in 20.4 overs to secure the one-sided victory and take the 1-0 lead in three-match series.
MS Dhoni was the lone Indian batsman who was up to the challenge, hitting a gritty 65.
It was an inauspicious start to Rohit Sharma's India captaincy as the home team were bowled out for 112 in 38.2 overs, a target which the Islanders crossed in 20.4 overs.
Bumrah's grandfather was reportedly in Ahmedabad to meet his grandson but went missing since Friday.
India vs Sri Lanka: Pacer Suranga Lakmal picked up a four-for and Upul Tharanga played a crucial knock of 49 as Sri Lanka steamroll India in the first ODI of the 3-match series in Dharamsala on Sunday.
The 18-year old Sundar has had an impressive outing at the Indian Premier League in the limited opportunities he got at Rising Pune Supergiants.
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Bumrah is considered as one of the most revered death bowlers in the world currently and his skipper feels it is his ability to come up with new strategies in a difficult situation that makes him so successful.
India will be without the services of regular skipper Virat Kohli in the limited overs series after he opted for rest, but Perera feels that his team would still have to put its best foot forward against the hosts.
Rohit has led Mumbai Indians to IPL triumph in 2013, 2015 and 2017 and for the first time would be leading the national team in the upcoming limited overs series against Sri Lanka.
After the Delhi Test between India and Sri Lanka, there could be a slight alteration in the clauses of the Playing Conditions in ICC guidelines, where the health hazard of players related to severe air pollution can be incorporated.
The primary objective for chief coach Ravi Shastri and stand-in captain Rohit Sharma will be to look at various combinations in both departments against an out-of-sorts Sri Lankan side.
Rohit Sharma will lead Team India against Sri Lanka in the limited-overs series starting on December 10 in the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli.
Centurion Dhananjaya came in for special praise from the Sri Lankan skipper.
When asked if the reason for the misses had been identified, Pujara said he didn't have a clue.
The Indian team, through the past one year, did not need to play much on the fifth day, but Pujara said it was not the reason.
Chandimal and his team work masks to combat pollution on day two at the Feroze Shah Kotla with some of them falling sick.
The 243 was Kohli's sixth double hundred and he became the first captain to score six Test double tons, eclipsing West Indies legend Brian Lara, who had five.
India defeated Sri Lanka in the Test series 1-0 which allows the hosts to equalise Pointing's record of nine successive wins.
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