Best performances - Batsmen
RG Sharma
70(64) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %81%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot on back foot
- 16 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
TM Dilshan
62(59) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %68%
- Productive Shot
- pull/hook on back foot
- 21 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
11/02Result
5th Match, Commonwealth Bank Series at Canberra, Feb 12 2008
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![India]( "India")
195/5 (29/29 ov) -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
154/2 (19/21 ov, target 154)
Player of the Match
11/02Result
5th Match, Commonwealth Bank Series at Canberra, Feb 12 2008
-
![India]( "India")
195/5 (29/29 ov) -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
154/2 (19/21 ov, target 154)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
India - Innings
Sri Lanka - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
All Match NewsTwo shades of a plan
Tillakaratne Dilshan's match-winning 62 was more important in the match context than Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 70, which had the aesthetic value; while Rohit set up the contest, Dilshan ended it
India v Sri Lanka, CB Series, 5th ODI, Canberra
Match home for the fifth match between India and Sri Lanka of the CB Series in Canberra
In the Army now
The Appu Army, the latest addition to the existing bunch that includes the Barmy Army (England), Wave the Flag (Australia) and Bharat Army (India), were here to follow their side closely
The lion roars, finally
Sri Lanka's first win of any significance on this tour couldn't have come at a better moment: it will lift the morale of a side that was seemed to be on the slide with one resounding defeat after another
Learn the art of improvisation from the master
Plays of the day for the match between India and Sri Lanka at the Manuka Oval, Canberra, February 12, 2008