- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.3 Kulasekara has the breakthrough, banging in a short one outside off, Sehwag waits and opens the face to steer up and over to third man for a straightforward catch 45/18.2 a huge wicket, Tendulkar looks to aerial drive over long-on, the ball pinging up off the base of the bat and instead flying wide to deep third man, the fielder running round and taking a high catch at collar-bone height 49/219.6 a mix-up there, and the dangerous Gambhir is run out at the non-striker's end after the ball was dabbed to point, thrown back to Malinga who helps onto the stumps with a reverse flick 113/327.4 a very tight run-out decision coming back for the second from the drive to mid-on and given out on the line with the throw back to Sangakkara who crashes the ball on to the stumps in the nick of time 181/428.3 yorker outside off, backs away and stabs at it with an aerial pop up to wide mid-off 192/5Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL195/5 (29 Overs, RR: 6.72)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Virender Sehwag, 7.3 ov), 2-49 (Sachin Tendulkar, 8.2 ov), 3-113 (Gautam Gambhir, 19.6 ov), 4-181 (MS Dhoni, 27.4 ov), 5-192 (Yuvraj Singh, 28.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 6 1 39 0 6.50 16 6 0 0 0 SL Malinga 6 0 45 1 7.50 14 5 0 0 0 MF Maharoof 6 0 33 1 5.50 17 4 0 0 0 KMDN Kulasekara 6 0 41 1 6.83 11 3 0 0 0 M Muralidaran 5 0 36 0 7.20 12 1 1 2 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.5 gone now and Ishant celebrates hard as Jayasuriya turns a delivery outside leg down through fine, the bounce at an awkward angle and taken behind 45/17.1 he strikes first ball! Sangakkara down the track and doesn't get hold of the aerial drive to wide mid-on 69/2Extras19 (lb 6, nb 3, w 10)TOTAL154/2 (19 Overs, RR: 8.1)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 3.5 ov), 2-69 (Kumar Sangakkara, 7.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB S Sreesanth 3 0 48 0 16.00 5 3 3 2 1 I Sharma 4 0 27 1 6.75 11 3 0 0 2 IK Pathan 4 0 29 0 7.25 10 3 0 1 0 Harbhajan Singh 4 0 15 1 3.75 9 0 0 0 0 SR Tendulkar 2 0 15 0 7.50 5 0 0 3 0 V Sehwag 2 0 14 0 7.00 2 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
Match days
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Match Notes
- Match reduced to 29 overs per side
- India: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: India - 64/2 in 13.0 overs (G Gambhir 8, RG Sharma 10)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (G Gambhir 23, RG Sharma 21, Ex 6)
- India: 100 runs in 17.6 overs (110 balls), Extras 6
- India: 150 runs in 24.6 overs (152 balls), Extras 7
- RG Sharma: 50 off 53 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (RG Sharma 25, MS Dhoni 25, Ex 1)
- Innings Break: India - 195/5 in 29.0 overs (RG Sharma 70, RV Uthappa 0)
- 9 overs of Sri Lanka innings were lost in the break due to rain
- Revised target is 154 off 21 overs
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (37 balls), Extras 8
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 12.6 overs (86 balls), Extras 16
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (TM Dilshan 25, DPMD Jayawardene 21, Ex 7)
- TM Dilshan: 50 off 47 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (120 balls), Extras 19
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