- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 Welegedera takes out Sehwag. Quite similar delivery but he didn't leave this one alone. He went for the flashy cut, was cramped up for room and edged it behind. Sanga flew to his right to pouch a very good catch. The Big fish has been caught. 4/116.5 Mendis gets SRT stumped. It was the loopy two-fingered googly, turns in from a short of length and outside off. Tendulkar was down the track and went for the big heave-ho over the infield but wafted inside the line. Done in by the shortening of the length and by the fact that this one didn't break back in as much as a regular googly. He couldn't adjust quickly enough after he failed to reach the pitch of the ball. 81/34.1 Gambhir is run out Gambhir isn't too happy as he had collided with the bowler. But the bowler didn't do it deliberately. He was backing up, back pedaling away from the stumps, and Gambhir tried to go around him but bang.. clash and he couldn't get into the crease in time. The mid-on fielder fired in a direct hit. It was refered upstairs and the correct verdict has been given. 19/226.3 trapped in front. It turned in from outside off stump, Kohli walked across to try to work it to the on side for a single but missed it and was struck in line with the stumps. Hawk eye says it would have hit the top of the middle stump. 132/449.3 A tired looking Dhoni holes out to deep midwicket. He went down the track and heaved it straight to Dilshan. The crowd are up on their feet to applaud the Indian captain. 300/646.2 Another slow short delivery and Raina goes for the pull but sends it straight to deep midwicket. Fine innings comes to an end. 258/549.6 Harbhajan goes down the track, the bowler floats it further outside off and Harbhajan can't get bat to ball with his slog. Sangakkara does the rest 301/7Extras11 (lb 7, w 4)TOTAL301/7 (50 Overs, RR: 6.02)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Virender Sehwag, 0.4 ov), 2-19 (Gautam Gambhir, 4.1 ov), 3-81 (Sachin Tendulkar, 16.5 ov), 4-132 (Virat Kohli, 26.3 ov), 5-258 (Suresh Raina, 46.2 ov), 6-300 (MS Dhoni, 49.3 ov), 7-301 (Harbhajan Singh, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB UWMBCA Welegedara 9 0 53 1 5.88 31 7 1 1 0 AD Mathews 10 1 60 1 6.00 28 5 0 2 0 RAS Lakmal 8 0 57 0 7.12 18 8 0 0 0 BAW Mendis 10 0 57 1 5.70 27 4 1 1 0 S Randiv 10 0 51 3 5.10 29 2 2 0 0 TM Dilshan 3 0 16 0 5.33 8 0 1 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.6 Harbhajan strikes. He lures Tharanga forward with a flighted delivery on a good length, from round the stumps; it dips and turns away from Tharanga who was looking to tap it across the line. Sehwag lunges to his right at slip to take a neat catch 102/135.5 Clatter. A fine yorker ends a very fine innings. It was on the middle stump line, Dilshan tries to jab it away to the point region but no wood on leather. He has taken SL close but Nehra has taken him out to make things more interesting. 213/321.4 Sangakkara is run out What a mess. Indians celebrate. It was pushed to left of cover and Dilshan did take couple of steps that encouraged Sanga to rush down the track. DIlshan changed his mind. Too late, though. Raina lobbed the ball to Zak who breaks the stumps. 147/239.1 Big wicket. Mahela walks after edging. The game is hurting towards a thrilling climax. It was a length delivery in the channel, Mahela goes for the off drive but feathers a thin edge. Dhoni catches the ball and throws it high in the air, Mahela walks and Zaheer keeps appealing till some one tells him that the batsman has already walked 232/444.3 Kandamby falls close to the target. Again. It's a short of length delivery, Kandamby goes for the pull but mistimes it just behind mid-on where Kohli rushes back, reaches out to take a fine tumbling catch. The crowd clear their throat. 264/544.5 Clatter. The crowd go mad as they realise Zaheer Khan has cleaned up the new batsman with a full-length delivery. Kapugedera plays all around it, as he goes across the line, and loses his stumps. Zaheer and Nehra have brought India back into the game in some style. 267/647.2 Randiv is run out. Direct hit from Harbhajan. Randiv moved outside leg stump to punch to mid-off where Harbhajan rushed forward to fire a direct hit at the non striker's end. Yet another twist here. 285/7Extras9 (b 1, lb 5, w 3)TOTAL302/7 (49.1 Overs, RR: 6.14)Fall of wickets: 1-102 (Upul Tharanga, 13.6 ov), 2-147 (Kumar Sangakkara, 21.4 ov), 3-213 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 35.5 ov), 4-232 (Mahela Jayawardene, 39.1 ov), 5-264 (Thilina Kandamby, 44.3 ov), 6-267 (Chamara Kapugedera, 44.5 ov), 7-285 (Suraj Randiv, 47.2 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00 Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Match days
18 December 2009 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- India: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (72 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (SR Tendulkar 23, V Kohli 28, Ex 0)
- Drinks: India - 80/2 in 16.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 43, V Kohli 30)
- India: 100 runs in 19.2 overs (117 balls), Extras 1
- V Kohli: 50 off 57 balls (7 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (V Kohli 23, MS Dhoni 24, Ex 4)
- India: 150 runs in 29.5 overs (180 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: India - 164/4 in 33.0 overs (MS Dhoni 44, SK Raina 11)
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 70 balls (3 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (MS Dhoni 32, SK Raina 17, Ex 1)
- India: 200 runs in 40.1 overs (242 balls), Extras 7
- Power Play 3: Overs 40.1 - 45.0
- SK Raina: 50 off 44 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 103 balls (MS Dhoni 45, SK Raina 55, Ex 3)
- India: 250 runs in 45.0 overs (273 balls), Extras 9
- MS Dhoni: 100 off 106 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- India: 300 runs in 49.2 overs (300 balls), Extras 11
- Innings Break: India - 301/7 in 50.0 overs (RA Jadeja 12)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (40 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (WU Tharanga 26, TM Dilshan 25, Ex 2)
- TM Dilshan: 50 off 31 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (80 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 80 balls (WU Tharanga 36, TM Dilshan 62, Ex 2)
- Power Play 2: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 122/1 in 16.0 overs (TM Dilshan 78, KC Sangakkara 5)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 22.6 overs (139 balls), Extras 3
- TM Dilshan: 100 off 91 balls (10 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (TM Dilshan 28, DPMD Jayawardene 21, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 198/2 in 33.0 overs (TM Dilshan 114, DPMD Jayawardene 22)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 33.2 overs (201 balls), Extras 4
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 41.4 overs (251 balls), Extras 5
- Power Play 3: Overs 44.1 - 49.0
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 48.6 overs (297 balls), Extras 9
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