India won the crucial 3rd ODI and went up in the series 2-1. Winning the toss and batting first, India made 237 in 50 overs. Once again, Dhoni played the skipper innings and built 54-run partnership with Raina for the 5th wicket and then 67-run partnershp with Rohit Sharma for the 6th wicket. Dhoni top scored with 76 in 80 balls with 8 fours. Raina scored 53 and handled Mendis very well. His run out was the crucial part in the Indian innings. Mendis picked 3 wickets while Kulasekara and Thushara picked 2 each.
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Sri Lanka lost quick wickets in the early part of the innings. At the end of all power play, Sri Lanka was struggling at 70 for 6. Once again Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan rattled the top order through their exceptional bowling.
Skipper Jayawardane scored 94 and was a threat, but losing 6 wickets and then winning with the tail-enders was a difficult task.
Match: 3rd ODI
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date: August 24, 2008
Teams: Sri Lanka and India
Captains: DPMD Jayawardene and MS Dhoni
Toss: India won the toss and decided to bat
Result: India won by 33 runs
Series: India lead the series 2-1
Man of the Match: MS Dhoni off India
Score:
India 237 for 9 in 50 overs (V Kohli 25, G Gambhir 8, Yuvraj Singh 12, SK Raina 53, S Badrinath 6, MS Dhoni 76, RG Sharma 32, Harbhajan Singh 2, P Kumar 2 not out, Z Khan 1, Extras-20 (b 2, lb 6, w 11, nb 1), WPUJC Vaas 10-2-33-0, KMDN Kulasekara 7-1-32-2, T Thushara 9-1-36-2, BAW Mendis 10-0-56-3, M Muralitharan 9-0-48-0, ST Jayasuriya 5-0-24-0) beat Sri Lanka204 all out in 49 overs (ST Jayasuriya 13, KC Sangakkara 9, CK Kapugedera 12, DPMD Jayawardene 94, LPC Silva 1, TM Dilshan 16, WPUJC Vaas 0, KMDN Kulasekara 11, T Thushara 30, BAW Mendis 6 not out, M Muralitharan 6, Extras-6 (lb 2, w 4), P Kumar 10-0-62-2, Z Khan 10-3-23-3, MM Patel 10-1-42-3, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-29-1, Yuvraj Singh 8-0-37-1, RG Sharma 1-0-9-0)
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