Seamers and Dhoni script 33-run win
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's half-century laid the platform for Zaheer Khan and Praveen Kumar to deliver incisive blows as India, after a walloping in the first one-dayer, took a 2-1 lead in the series
24/08Result
3rd ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 24 2008
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![India]( "India")
237/9 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
204 (49/50 ov)
Player of the Match
24/08Result
3rd ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 24 2008
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![India]( "India")
237/9 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
204 (49/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Day
Sri Lanka v India, 3rd ODI, Colombo
Match home for the third one-dayer between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo
Playing the lead to perfection
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has adapted his game superbly, and it showed during a bristling 76 that helped leave India one win away from their first ODI series triumph in Sri Lanka
Orthodoxy is the best form of attack
The success of the bowlers in a low-scoring series has left the batsmen with plenty to do as the bandwagon moves back to Colombo for the last three matches