By BD Naraayannkar Bengaluru, March 12 : India got off to a poor start as they were reduced to 93 for 4 at tea after they lost top order batsmen, including Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli on Day 1 of the pink-ball Test against Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday. Rohit might not be too unhappy to have lost four wickets in the first session as there is plenty on offer for bowlers, especially the spinners. The pitch is having inconsistent bounce. Mayank Agarwal was unfortunately runout for 4 and Rohit (15) nicked one off Lasith Embuldeniya to gully where Dhananjaya de Silva held on to it. Hanuma Vihari (31) was undone by turn and bounce, while Kohli got out to a horrifying grubber. In between, there were some glorious shots on both sides of the square, some stout defending and some audacious blows, especially from Rishabh Pant (16 not out), who was let-off early by Suranga Lakmal of Praveen Jayawickrama. The Lankan spinners were decent, but they would be a bit disappointed at not having made the most of the help they have had from the track. With inconsistent bounce, anything around 250 could be a good first-innings total. Opting to bat, India started their innings in jittery fashion as Mayank tried to steal a single on an appeal for a leg-before that was turned down. He thought of sneaking in a run and ran down the pitch to some confusion from Rohit at the other end. The Sri Lankans took advantage and ran him out. Lanka got the big wicket of Rohit after Embuldeniya got the India captain’s outside edge as he feel for 15. He lunged into the forward defence to get an outside edge. De Silva stayed low at gully to take a good catch. Vihari survived a leg-before appeal as he opted for a review after Kohli urged him to review and the ball was found to be missing. Sri Lanka ultimately made the breakthrough as Jayawickrama landed one on a length that took Vihari’s edge for a catch to Niroshan Dickwella. Offspinner De Silva then was brought in to bowl at the left-handed Pant, but instead had one turn which kept low to trap Kohli leg-before. BDN ING