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Venue : Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Toss : India won the toss and elect to field
Umpires : Mark Benson and AV Jayaprakash
Match Result : India won by 7 wickets to lead the 7 ODIs Series 5-1
Man of the Match : Rudra Pratap Singh
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Upul Tharanga c Dhoni b Rudra Pratap Singh 28 (42) 4 ‘4s’
Sanath Jayasuriya c Dhoni b Sreesanth 19 (17) 4 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c Tendulkar b Irfan Pathan 9 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene st Dhoni b Murali Kartik 14 (14) 2 ‘4s’
Marvan Atapattu (C) c Sehwag b Rudra Pratap Singh 9 (18) 2 ‘4s’
Tillakarathe Dilshan run out (Yuvraj Singh) 59 (63) 9 ‘4s’
Russel Arnold run out (Kaif/Dhoni) 8 (20)
Chaminda Vaas b Murali Kartik 9 (20) 1 ‘4s’
Upul Chandana b Rudra Pratap Singh 30 (32) 5 ‘4s’
Farveez Maharoof c Kaif b Rudra Pratap Singh 4 (10)
Dilhara Fernando not out 4 (9)
Extras: 3 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total: 196 all out (Overs: 42.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-44 (Jayasuriya, 7.4 ovs), 2-56 (Sangakkara, 10.5 ovs), 3-57 (Tharanga, 11.6 ovs), 4-79 (Jayawardene, 16.1 ovs), 5-83 (Atapattu, 17.5 ovs), 6-118 (Arnold, 26.1 ovs), 7-132 (Vaas, 30.4 ovs), 8-161 (Dilshan, 36.1 ovs), 9-182 (Maharoof, 40.3 ovs), 10-196 (Chandana, 42.5 ovs)
India Bowling
Irfan Pathan 7-0-31-1
S Sreesanth 8-0-50-1 (1w)
Rudra Pratap Singh 8.5-2-35-4 (1w)
Murali Kartik 10-1-42-2
Harbhajan Singh 9-1-38-0 (1nb)
India (Target : 197 from 50.0 Overs)
Gautam Gambhir b Dilhara Fernando 28 (27) 6 ‘4s’
Sachin Tendulkar c Maharoof b Dilhara Fernando 19 (30) 3 ‘4s’
V Sehwag (C) c Dilshan b Upul Chandana 22 (22) 4 ‘4s’
Mohammad Kaif not out 38 (71) 3 ‘4s’
Yuvraj Singh not out 79 (67) 9 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
M.S.Dhoni (WK)
Suresh Raina
Irfan Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Rudra Pratap Singh
S Sreesanth
Extras: 11 (Wides: 3 No Balls: 8 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total: 197/3 (Overs: 34.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-43 (Gambhir, 7.4 ovs), 2-57 (Tendulkar, 9.4 ovs), 3-92 (Sehwag, 16.5 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 7-0-38-0 (1nb)
Dilhara Fernando 10-1-58-2 (1w 7nb)
Farveez Maharoof 4-0-24-0
Sanath Jayasuriya 3.5-0-22-0 (1w)
Upul Chandana 5-0-32-1 (1w)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 5-0-23-0
- India Super Sub: Suresh Raina (replaced Murali Kartik after 37.0 overs of the Sri Lankan innings)
- Sri Lanka Super Sub : Farveez Maharoof (replaced Nuwan Zoysa after 36.1 overs of the Sri Lankan innings)