- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.3 But he is gone now! Inside edge and on to the stumps, Kohli is very disappointed. It bounced from short of length, more pace than the other two bowlers so far, and Kohli tried to push it to cover point with an angled bat, well away from the body, but the ball collided with the inside edge and crashed on to the off stump. Enter Dhoni. 81/39.5 And he is gone now. He carved the short-of-length delivery angled well across him straight to backward point. 44/112.1 Vaasy gets his wicket no 400. He is lifted in the air by Kapugedera even as the rest of the team converge. The off cutter on the slow wicket has consumed Yuvraj. He is early into his whip across the line and the ball stopped on him, took the edge and went straight to short midwicket. Vaas saw the ball was taken, raised his arms, lifted his head up to the skies and shut his eyes. Blink. And his team-mates were there to congratulate him. 51/240.6 Holes out to long-off this time, though. He threatened to move outside leg, got in line and went down on his knee to time the lofted shot well but straight to the man. 76 very good runs from Suresh Raina. He kicked the ground as he walked off 224/442.4 Jayasuriya takes a very good catch at covers to end the captain's knock. It was full and well outside off, Dhoni crouched on a bent knee, reached out to drive and Jayasuriya timed his lunge to his left well and pouched it safely. Two new batsmen at the crease 232/548.5 Mendis tricks him with change of pace and length. Rohit went for the slog-sweep but it was slower and short in length and Rohit edged it high to midwicket. 256/845.3 flighted off break outside off stump, Badrinath leaned across, tried to wrist it to the on side for a single but was a touch early into his shot and ended up sending a dolly to short midwicket. 243/647.5 Harbhajan is run out. Rohit came down the track to whip a flighted off break to deep square leg region. Couple of fielders screamed, "Bowler's end .. .bowler's end" and that's exactly where the throw went. Murali collected it and flicked it on to the stumps. 253/749.1 The struggling Praveen Kumar is cleaned up finally. Full, straight, on the off stump, Praveen couldn't get his bat down in time and the off stump has been pegged back 257/949.4 Thushara gets a five-for. Zaheer backed away to the leg side and drove straight to covers. 258/10Extras11 (b 1, lb 5, w 5)TOTAL258 all out (49.4 Overs, RR: 5.19)Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Gautam Gambhir, 9.5 ov), 2-51 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.1 ov), 3-81 (Virat Kohli, 17.3 ov), 4-224 (Suresh Raina, 40.6 ov), 5-232 (MS Dhoni, 42.4 ov), 6-243 (S Badrinath, 45.3 ov), 7-253 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.5 ov), 8-256 (Rohit Sharma, 48.5 ov), 9-257 (Praveen Kumar, 49.1 ov), 10-258 (Zaheer Khan, 49.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 9 1 40 1 4.44 34 5 0 0 0 KMDN Kulasekara 8 0 38 1 4.75 31 4 0 0 0 T Thushara 8.4 0 47 5 5.42 28 4 0 5 0 BAW Mendis 10 1 43 1 4.30 29 2 0 0 0 M Muralidaran 10 0 56 1 5.60 23 2 1 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 4 0 28 0 7.00 4 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.3 Sharp catch by Raina at first slip and silence envelops the arena. Well-flighted off break around middle, full, Jayasuriya, who must have seen the sharp turn in the previous ball, some how decided to go across the line, trying to tap a single, gets the leading edge and Raina lunges to his left to take a sharp one-handed catch. Super innings comes to an end. He took his time, settled down before cutting loose. Just when Dhoni would have got worried, he falls, though. 74/36.3 He has been given out lbw. It landed on short of length around middle and off, cut in a touch to hit him high on the front thigh. It looked like it was going over the stumps. Virtual eye suggests the ball would have gone over the middle stump 28/110.6 Another failure for Sangakkara. He tried to force a length delivery outside off through covers but edged it to his leg stump. Kohli had fallen similarly earlier in the day. Munaf has been rewarded for some probing bowling. Sanga then suggests he should have let that one go through to the keeper. 38/223.6 Suicidal single and Mahela the big fish is gone. It was again turned to short fine leg and this time they decided to go for the single. Mahela was on the back foot when he played that shot and Kohli's throw came in one bounce to Harbhajan who broke the stumps. Mahela was far away. 106 for 4 and stuttering now. 106/432.2 Given out lbw; there was a thick inside nick. It skidded in with the arm, Kapugedera shaped to defend and got a thick inside edge on to the pad in front of middle. 140/629.4 Another one goes. The quicker one, slid in to middle and leg, he shuffled and was rapped on the flap of the pad. umpire took his time ... long thought ... bhajji and all really turned on the heat and given out finally. 131/536.3 trapped in front. No doubt about this one! It landed around off stump, full, turned in, Vaas tried to play across the line, missed and was struck in front. 157/741.1 stumped by the doosra. The batsman was well down the track, had no clue as the ball left him and was stranded. India edge towards the series win 190/846.3 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. 212/1044.3 Mendis is run out. It was pushed to backward point and didn't set off for the single. Thushara had rushed across and Mendis, late in responding, was never going to get to the other side to beat the throw to Zaheer from Rohit Sharma. India just a wicket away now. 206/9Extras16 (b 4, lb 2, w 10)TOTAL212 all out (46.3 Overs, RR: 4.55)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Malinda Warnapura, 6.3 ov), 2-38 (Kumar Sangakkara, 10.6 ov), 3-74 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 17.3 ov), 4-106 (Mahela Jayawardene, 23.6 ov), 5-131 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 29.4 ov), 6-140 (Chamara Kapugedera, 32.2 ov), 7-157 (Chaminda Vaas, 36.3 ov), 8-190 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 41.1 ov), 9-206 (Ajantha Mendis, 44.3 ov), 10-212 (Thilan Thushara, 46.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB P Kumar 4 0 25 0 6.25 15 5 0 1 0 Z Khan 9.3 3 27 1 2.84 42 2 0 2 0 MM Patel 9 0 48 2 5.33 32 4 2 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 40 3 4.00 35 1 0 4 0 Yuvraj Singh 10 0 53 2 5.30 28 2 2 0 0 RG Sharma 4 1 13 0 3.25 13 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
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)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- India: 50 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: India - 64/2 in 15.0 overs (V Kohli 41, SK Raina 4)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- V Kohli: 50 off 62 balls (6 x 4)
- India: 100 runs in 22.2 overs (134 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (SK Raina 27, MS Dhoni 22, Ex 1)
- India: 150 runs in 30.5 overs (187 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: India - 154/3 in 31.0 overs (SK Raina 46, MS Dhoni 31)
- SK Raina: 50 off 56 balls (5 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 108 balls (SK Raina 52, MS Dhoni 44, Ex 4)
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 60 balls (3 x 4)
- India: 200 runs in 37.6 overs (231 balls), Extras 9
- India: 250 runs in 47.3 overs (290 balls), Extras 11
- Innings Break: India - 258/10 in 49.4 overs (MM Patel 1)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 14.2 overs (89 balls), Extras 3
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 61/2 in 16.0 overs (ST Jayasuriya 49, DPMD Jayawardene 3)
- ST Jayasuriya: 50 off 47 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 22.4 overs (140 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 140/6 in 32.2 overs (WPUJC Vaas 7)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 34.6 overs (215 balls), Extras 9
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 42.4 overs (262 balls), Extras 14
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