India has won the first ever series against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. Dhoni & Co. was able to achieve this extra-ordinary feat. Congratulations Guys, you have made India proud!
Winning the crucial toss and deciding to bat first, India made 258, which could have easily crossed 280 runs. They scored 43 runs in the last 10 overs losing 5 wickets. Once again skipper Dhoni played a crucial innings and lead by example. India were 81 for 3 in the 18th over when Dhoni joined Raina. Yuvaraj did not score once agian and got out for a duck.
Both Raina and Dhoni handled Mendis and Muralitharan well. It looked like Indians have found a way to handle the spin duo. They added 143 runs for the 4th wicket in 141 balls. Raina, man of the match award winner scored 76 and Dhoni scored 71.
Earlier, Kohli scored his first half century of his career. His 54 came off 66 balls with 7 fours. Thushara picked 5 wickets.
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Chasing 259, Sri Lanka once again failed in the top order except for Jayasuriya. He scored 60 off 52 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes. Waranapura (0), Sangakkara (6) and Jayawardane (16) fell cheaply. Munaf Patel provided the required break through by taking two quick wickets in his first spell.
Bhajji provided the break through when Jayasuriya was going all guns. He was caught in slips by Raina in the first over of Bhajji. After that, it was a piece of cake for Indians and they finished it with a 46-run victory.
Match: 4th ODI
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date: August 27, 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 46 runs
Series: India lead the series 3-1
Man of the Match: SK Rain off India
Score:
India 258 all out in 49.4 overs (V Kohli 54, G Gambhir 17, Yuvraj Singh 0, SK Raina 76, MS Dhoni 71, RG Sharma 18, S Badrinath 6, Harbhajan Singh 2, P Kumar 2, Z Khan 0, MM Patel 1 not out, Extras-11 (b 1, lb 5, w 5), WPUJC Vaas 9-1-40-1, KMDN Kulasekara 8-0-38-1, T Thushara 8.4-0-47-5, BAW Mendis 10-1-43-1, M Muralitharan 10-0-56-1, ST Jayasuriya 4-0-28-0) beat Sri Lanka 212 all out in 46.3 overs (ST Jayasuriya 60, BSM Warnapura 0, KC Sangakkara 6, DPMD Jayawardene 16, CK Kapugedera 30, TM Dilshan 12, WPUJC Vaas 17, KMDN Kulasekara 12, T Thushara 40, BAW Mendis 2, M Muralitharan 1 not out, Extras-16 (b 4, lb 2, w 10), P Kumar 4-0-25-0, Z Khan 9.3-3-27-1, MM Patel 9-0-48-2, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-40-3, Yuvraj Singh 10-0-53-2, RG Sharma 4-1-13-0)
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