- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR34.5 Sehwag's gone! run-out by a direct hit from Jayasuriya, Sehwag punches the ball towards mid-off, and sets off for a tight single, but is caught about a couple of feet short of his crease, he didn't bother waiting for the third umpire's decision 265/41.6 Tendulkar's gone! lbw, nips in towards the batsmen, pitched up by Fernando, hits the batsman on front of leg stump, that looked to be sliding down, another not-too-great decision ends Tendulkar's innings 9/13.6 Gambhir's gone, that was lucky for Sri Lanka, Sehwag pushes the ball back towards the bowler, who does well to get a hand onto the ball, it brushes his fingers and crashes into the stumps at the non-striker's end, where Gambhir is caught well out of his crease 24/231.5 the partnership finally ends, Yuvraj rocks back to cut an outside off delivery from Murali, not much power on that shot, it goes straight to Jayawardene at cover point, much-needed wicket for Sri Lanka 245/338.3 Raina's gone! good fightback by Sri Lanka, Mendis held the length back a bit sensing Raina may come down the track, the spin takes the ball away from Raina, he's stranded miles out of his crease and Sangakkara makes an easy stumping 278/5Extras10 (nb 3, w 7)TOTAL363/5 (50 Overs, RR: 7.26)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Sachin Tendulkar, 1.6 ov), 2-24 (Gautam Gambhir, 3.6 ov), 3-245 (Yuvraj Singh, 31.5 ov), 4-265 (Virender Sehwag, 34.5 ov), 5-278 (Suresh Raina, 38.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KMDN Kulasekara 10 0 68 0 6.80 29 10 0 1 0 CRD Fernando 8 0 63 1 7.87 21 8 1 0 3 MF Maharoof 7 0 68 0 9.71 16 10 1 2 0 BAW Mendis 9 0 64 1 7.11 19 6 1 1 0 M Muralidaran 10 0 60 1 6.00 23 6 0 2 0 ST Jayasuriya 6 1 40 0 6.66 13 2 2 0 0
03/02Result
3rd ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Feb 3 2009
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![India]( "India")
363/5 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
216 (41.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
03/02Result
3rd ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Feb 3 2009
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![India]( "India")
363/5 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
216 (41.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.4 Dilshan's gone! bowled by Zaheer, an offcutter from Zaheer, Dilshan goes for a huge swipe to midwicket, gets an inside edge and his stumps are shattered, that's not a replay he'd like to see 51/21.1 bowled'im!!! What a start! Short of a length outside off stump, not much room there for Jayasuriya who tries to cut that off the back foot, gets an inside edge and the ball crashes into the off stump. Big blow and the crowd has gone silent. 7/134.5 Sangakkara falls, and that's Ojha's third wicket, looking to pull it to square leg, gets a top edge which balloons towards Yuvraj at short fine leg 189/718.2 Jayawardene's gone, length ball from Praveen, Jayawardene comes down the track and looks to play it inside out, doesn't quite get hold of it, it swirls towards Sehwag at mid-off who completes the catch 118/321.2 Kandamby falls, Sehwag strikes with his second ball, Kandamby tries to play a reverse-sweep, edges it to Yuvraj at short third man 132/422.5 Kapugedera is cleaned up, lovely delivery from Ojha, pitched on leg, the batsman was looking to turn it to midwicket, it turns past the outside edge of the bat and knocks back middle stump 139/532.6 this time the outside edge carries to slip, Ojha has been getting the ball to turn sharply, Maharoof was looking to defend off the front foot, a healthy edge results and Gautam Gambhir takes a low catch at first slip 184/635.2 Yuvraj joins the party now, he strikes off his second ball just as Sehwag had, Kulasekara goes for the drive and is caught by Tendulkar at extra cover, one more wicket to go 189/934.6 golden duck for Murali, Ojha's dream spell continues, huge turn for Ojha after it pitched outside off, Murali tries to cut it, but gets a bottom edge through to Dhoni, that's two in two for Ojha 189/841.4 Mendis rocks back and slashes that towards cover again, straight to the fielder, Fernando had set off for a single, he's sent back, he slips as he turns, and Tendulkar fires the return to Yuvraj who deflects the ball onto the stumps, that seals the series for India 216/10Extras8 (lb 3, w 5)TOTAL216 all out (41.4 Overs, RR: 5.18)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 1.1 ov), 2-51 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 8.4 ov), 3-118 (Mahela Jayawardene, 18.2 ov), 4-132 (Thilina Kandamby, 21.2 ov), 5-139 (Chamara Kapugedera, 22.5 ov), 6-184 (Farveez Maharoof, 32.6 ov), 7-189 (Kumar Sangakkara, 34.5 ov), 8-189 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 34.6 ov), 9-189 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 35.2 ov), 10-216 (Dilhara Fernando, 41.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Z Khan 8 1 44 1 5.50 25 5 0 2 0 P Kumar 7 0 41 2 5.85 20 3 1 2 0 I Sharma 5 0 35 0 7.00 15 6 0 0 0 PP Ojha 10 0 38 4 3.80 38 5 0 0 0 V Sehwag 7 0 30 1 4.28 16 1 0 1 0 Yuvraj Singh 3.4 0 14 1 3.81 15 1 0 0 0 SR Tendulkar 1 0 11 0 11.00 3 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 5-match series 3-0
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
03 February 2009 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- India: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (50 balls), Extras 3
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (V Sehwag 27, Yuvraj Singh 22, Ex 1)
- Power Play 2: Overs 11.1 - 16.0
- Drinks: India - 96/2 in 14.0 overs (V Sehwag 33, Yuvraj Singh 40)
- India: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (93 balls), Extras 6
- Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 40 balls (10 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 75 balls (V Sehwag 30, Yuvraj Singh 66, Ex 4)
- Power Play 3: Overs 16.1 - 21.0
- India: 150 runs in 19.3 overs (124 balls), Extras 8
- V Sehwag: 50 off 44 balls (9 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 112 balls (V Sehwag 66, Yuvraj Singh 78, Ex 6)
- India: 200 runs in 26.5 overs (169 balls), Extras 9
- Yuvraj Singh: 100 off 82 balls (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 155 balls (V Sehwag 87, Yuvraj Singh 107, Ex 6)
- Drinks: India - 230/2 in 30.0 overs (V Sehwag 92, Yuvraj Singh 111)
- V Sehwag: 100 off 75 balls (15 x 4)
- India: 250 runs in 32.5 overs (206 balls), Extras 10
- India: 300 runs in 43.2 overs (269 balls), Extras 10
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (MS Dhoni 13, YK Pathan 37, Ex 0)
- India: 350 runs in 48.5 overs (302 balls), Extras 10
- YK Pathan: 50 off 33 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Innings Break: India - 363/5 in 50.0 overs (MS Dhoni 35, YK Pathan 59)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (51 balls), Extras 4
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 95/2 in 15.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 39, DPMD Jayawardene 21)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 15.2 overs (95 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (KC Sangakkara 28, DPMD Jayawardene 23, Ex 0)
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 48 balls (6 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 25.4 overs (158 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 182/5 in 32.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 81, MF Maharoof 20)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 39.1 overs (240 balls), Extras 8
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