- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 first blood! good length delivery, pitched outside the off stump and swinging in, Sehwag fails to make contact trying to turn it away on the leg side, off stumps is knocked back, Maharoof strikes early! 17/13.3 first ODI wicket! pitched up and angling in, Dhoni plays all over it and gets bowled, India in trouble here! 22/213.3 gone! short and outside the off stump, Yuvraj goes after it and ends up hitting it high up towards the mid-on region, Tharanga moves across and makes no mistake, India three down, Lokuhettige on debut picks up his second wicket! 44/332.5 bowled'm! what a delivery! tossed up, pitched outside the leg stump and turning in, Dravid fails to makes contact trying to sweep and the ball crashes into the stumps, big wicket! 122/619 slower delivery, Kaif ends up chipping it in the air towards the mid-on region, Murali moves in quickly, dives forward and takes a tumbling catch to give Fernando his first wicket of the match 63/419.3 oh dear! another one bites the dust! Rain never picked up the dosara, went back to cut and was hit on the pad plumb in front of the stumps, India five down! 64/544 gone! dosara does the trick, was fraction short and turning away, Rao looking to cut it away ends up with a thin edge, Sangakkara gloves it beautifully, Murali on a hat-trick here! 159/843.5 gone! Pathan tries to break the shackles by taking on the man at deep midwicket but fails miserably! Jayawardene fielding in the deep holds on beautifully to a fairly hard chance 159/749.3 RUN OUT! driven away to the long-off region, Zaheer fails to make it across even though he had enough time, was ball watching and the throw came in straight to Sangakkara who flicked it onto the stumps, third umpire confirms 202/9Extras14 (lb 6, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL205/9 (50 Overs, RR: 4.1)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Virender Sehwag, 2.1 ov), 2-22 (MS Dhoni, 3.3 ov), 3-44 (Yuvraj Singh, 13.3 ov), 4-63 (Mohammad Kaif, 18.6 ov), 5-64 (Suresh Raina, 19.3 ov), 6-122 (Rahul Dravid, 32.5 ov), 7-159 (Irfan Pathan, 43.5 ov), 8-159 (Venugopal Rao, 43.6 ov), 9-202 (Zaheer Khan, 49.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MF Maharoof 9 0 27 1 3 1 1 LHD Dilhara 10 2 31 2 3.1 1 0 CRD Fernando 10 1 61 1 6.1 1 1 M Muralidaran 10 1 33 3 3.3 3 0 UDU Chandana 5 0 26 1 5.2 0 0 TM Dilshan 3 0 14 0 4.66 0 0 RP Arnold 3 0 7 0 2.33 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 just the start that India needed! Pathan strikes early ! good length delivery, the one that pitches in line with the stumps and goes straight on, Sangakkara shuffles across to play and gets hit on the pad, loud appeal and up goes the finger 19/113.1 RUN OUT! turned away to the square leg region, quickly single called for, Raina moves across quickly from midwicket and scores a direct hit at the striker's end and Atapattu is short of his crease 55/215.2 bowled'm! right through! good length delivery, pitched in line with the off stump and shaping in, Jayawardene plays all over it and the ball goes right through the gap between the bat and the pad, Sri Lanka three down and in trouble 60/327.4 Harbhajan strikes! tossed up and turning in from outside the off stump, Dilshan gets hit on the pad trying to sweep it away, loud appeal and the finger of death goes up 104/429.4 Harbhajan strikes again! quicker delivery, the one that keeps its line after pitching, Arnold fails to make contact and the ball hits the off stump, Sri Lanka in deep trouble now 112/534.2 width outside the off stump and Dilhara goes after it, ball clips the inside edge and crashes into the stumps, bowling change works for India, Sri Lanka six down 140/640.3 bad shot given the situations!! having played so intelligently till now, Chandana tries to run the ball down to thirdman, gets only the outer edge of the bat which is easily pouched by wicket keeper Dhoni 172/7Extras14 (b 4, lb 3, w 7)TOTAL209/7 (48.2 Overs, RR: 4.32)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Kumar Sangakkara, 4.3 ov), 2-55 (Marvan Atapattu, 13.1 ov), 3-60 (Mahela Jayawardene, 15.2 ov), 4-104 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 27.4 ov), 5-112 (Russel Arnold, 29.4 ov), 6-140 (Dilhara Lokuhettige, 34.2 ov), 7-172 (Upul Chandana, 40.3 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
30 July 2005 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 5, India 1
Match Coverage
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