Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

SK Raina
SK Raina
76(78) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 27 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
3 6 6 2 10 10 9 30
MS Dhoni
71(80) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 17 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
6 7 8 9 22 9 5 5

Best performances - Bowlers

T Thushara
T Thushara
O8.4
M0
R47
W5
Eco5.42
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Harbhajan Singh
O10
M0
R40
W3
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India led the 5-match series 3-1

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

27 August 2008 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Dhoni walks away with a stump in hand, hugs Kirsten, who has now entered the arena, before being congratulated by the other members of the squad.

Hang on for the quotes from the post-match ceremony.

Mahela: We shouldn't take anything from India. After winning the toss, they put the runs on board. We made few errors on the way. The spinners are getting more turn in the end of the innings. But even today, after losing wickets, we were 40 runs away. You need to put in more disciplined effort while chasing. Jayasuriya gave us a good start but we didn't back it up. Thushara has done very well with the ball and the bat.

Dhoni: It was a good toss to win. It does a bit under the lights and later spinners get help. Zaheer bowled well, Praveen was ok and Munaf was there. We are a good fielding side and that is a plus point. Suresh [Raina] played well; it was disappointing that we both got out together and we couldn't get runs in the end. I had fever yesterday and hence I was struggling in the end.

Man of the Match Suresh Raina: "I enjoyed batting with Dhoni. We put lots of pressure on them. The wicket was turning and Harbhajan bowled very well. I did a good job here. Really happy for the team; we are going home with the Cup.

Vaas gets a award for taking 400 ODI wickets.

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46.3
W
Khan to Thushara, OUT, And India have won the series. First time they have beaten Sri Lanka in a bilateral series of ODIs in Sri Lanka. Thushara swung the full delivery straight to Raina at deep midwicket. The players get into a huddle of joy. Beyond the boundary, the chairman of selectors Vengsarkar shakes hands with Gary Kirsten.

T Thushara c Raina b Khan 40 (44m 29b 2x4 2x6) SR: 137.93

Manoj: "Things would have been very different had SL won the toss.... But still a laudable effort!"

46.2
1
Khan to Muralidaran, 1 run, full toss on the off stump line, pushed to deep cover
46.1
1
Khan to Thushara, 1 run, backs outside leg stump and tries to biff the full delivery through covers but edges it to fine leg

END OF OVER:
46 | 3 Runs | SL: 210/9 (49 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.56, RRR: 12.25)

  • Muthiah Muralidaran0 (6b)
  • Thilan Thushara39 (27b)
  • Munaf Patel9-0-48-2
  • Zaheer Khan9-3-25-0
45.6
0
Patel to Muralidaran, no run, another low full toss, just outside off stump, beats the swing across the line and Dhoni collects
45.5
0
Patel to Muralidaran, no run, low full toss, swatted to Zaheer at midwicket
45.4
0
Patel to Muralidaran, no run, leans forward to drive to Yuvraj at covers

India tour of Sri Lanka 2008 News

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st28ST JayasuriyaSM Warnapura
2nd10ST JayasuriyaKC Sangakkara
3rd36ST JayasuriyaDPMD Jayawardene
4th32DPMD JayawardeneCK Kapugedera
5th25TM DilshanCK Kapugedera
6th9WPUJC VaasCK Kapugedera
7th17WPUJC VaasKMDN Kulasekara
8th33T ThusharaKMDN Kulasekara
9th16T ThusharaBAW Mendis
10th6M MuralidaranT Thushara