Finally Sri Lanka have won the last ODI and restored the pride! Sri Lanka scored 227 in the 50 overs. I would say that India missed a chance of making it 4-1. They were struggling at 104 for 5 with skipper Jayawardane also gone. When Kapugedera got out in the 37th over, they were 133 for 6. Mubarak (47 not out) and Thushara (54 not out) added 93 runs of for the 7th wicket which never fell. They scored this 93 in the last 13 overs, which I would say, a poor and lethargic captaincy by Dhoni.
Was the match already decided even before the start that SL should win? What was going on in Dhoni's mind? It was okay to given chance to less experienced players, but not literally giving away the match.
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How did Raina got out with a stupid shot especially after playing a superb and responsible innnings in the preivous match? He knows that it will rain and in fact, it has started raining. Why would anyone go against the bowler?
With rain intervening at the 15th over and India were 70 for 3, the target was revised to 216 from 44 overs. When play resumed, India needed 146 in 29.4 overs. Dhoni played a wrong line and lost his stumps.
Kulasekar and Mendis picked 4 wickets each while Muralitharan did not play in this match.
Kulasekara was awarded the man of the match and Dhoni was given the man of the series award.
Match: 5th ODI
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo,
Date: August 29, 2008
Teams: Sri Lanka and India
Captains: DPMD Jayawardene and MS Dhoni
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result: Sri Lanka won by 112 runs (D/L Method)
Series: India win the series 3-2
Man of the Match: KMDN Kulasekara off Sri Lanka
Man of the Series: MS Dhoni off India
Score:
Sri Lanka 227 for 6 in 50 overs (ST Jayasuriya 1, BSM Warnapura 30, ML Udawatte 43, KC Sangakkara 1, DPMD Jayawardene 12, CK Kapugedera 26, J Mubarak 47 not out, T Thushara 54 not out, Extras-13 (lb 6, w 6, nb 1), MM Patel 7-1-20-0, Z Khan 10-1-49-1, RP Singh 8-0-54-1, IK Pathan 10-0-52-2, PP Ojha 10-4-28-2, RG Sharma 2-0-7-0, Yuvraj Singh 3-0-11-0) beat India (revised target 216 in 44 overs) 104 all out in 26.3 overs (V Kohli 31, G Gambhir 11, Yuvraj Singh 17, SK Raina 10, RG Sharma 3, MS Dhoni 1, IK Pathan 7, Z Khan 3, RP Singh 4, PP Ojha 5, MM Patel 4 not out, Extras-7 (b 1, lb 2, w 4), KMDN Kulasekara 9-2-40-4, T Thushara 6-0-26-0, CRD Fernando 7-1-24-2, BAW Mendis 4.3-2-10-4)
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