Related Link : India in Sri Lanka 2008
Venue : Rangiri International Stadium, Dambulla
Toss : India won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Gamini Silva (SL) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Match Result : India won by 3 wickets to level the 5-ODI Series 1-1
Man of the Match : Zaheer Khan
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Zaheer Khan 13 (37) 1 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) b Zaheer Khan 2 (10)
Mahela Jayawardene (C) c Yuvraj Singh b Zaheer Khan 2 (10)
Chamara Kapugedera c Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 0 (2)
Chamara Silva c Kohli b Praveen Kumar 0 (2)
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Badrinath b Pathan 16 (33) 3 ‘4s’
Nuwan Kulasekara c Badrinath b Praveen Kumar 25 (62) 2 ‘4s’
Thilan Thushara c Kohli b Praveen Kumar 44 (46) 7 ‘4s’
Ajantha Mendis c&b Harbhajan Singh 0 (1)
Dilhara Fernando c Kohli b Harbhajan Singh 12 (12) 2 ‘4s’
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 11 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Extras: 17 (Wides : 11 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)
Total : 142 all out (Overs : 38.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-4 (Sangakkara, 1.6 ovs), 2-10 (Jayawardene, 5.4 ovs), 3-10 (Kapugedera, 5.6 ovs), 4-11 (Silva, 6.6 ovs), 5-33 (Jayasuriya, 13.5 ovs), 6-44 (Dilshan, 17.2 ovs), 7-118 (Thushara, 33.1 ovs), 8-118 (Kulasekara, 33.4 ovs), 9-122 (Mendis, 34.1 ovs), 10-142 (Fernando, 38.3 ovs)
India Bowling
Praveen Kumar 10-2-34-3
Zaheer Khan 9.5-3-21-4
Munaf Patel 6-1-24-0
Irfan Pathan 5-0-21-1 (3w)
Harbhajan Singh 5.4-0-26-2 (4w)
Yuvraj Singh 2-0-10-0 (1w)
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India (Target : 143 from 50 Overs)
Irfan Pathan c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 5 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Virat Kohli c Kapugedera b Thushara 37 (67) 6 ‘4s’
Suresh Raina lbw b Kulasekara 1 (4)
Yuvraj Singh lbw b Mendis 20 (32) 4 ‘4s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) b Fernando 39 (54) 3 ‘4s’
Rohit Sharma lbw b Thushara 0 (2)
S Badrinath not out 27 (57) 1 ‘4s’
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Mendis 1 (6)
Zaheer Khan not out 2 (10)
Praveen Kumar
Munaf Patel
Extras: 11 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 2 Byes: 3 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 143/7 (Overs : 39.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-8 (Pathan, 2.4 ovs), 2-16 (Raina, 4.2 ovs), 3-52 (Yuvraj Singh, 14.5 ovs), 4-75 (Kohli, 19.4 ovs), 5-75 (Rohit Sharma, 19.6 ovs), 6-135 (Dhoni, 35.5 ovs), 7-139 (Harbhajan Singh, 37.2 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Kulasekara 9-2-26-2
Thushara 7-1-32-2 (2w)
Mendis 10-1-22-2
Fernando 5-0-25-1 (2nb)
Muralitharan 8.4-0-31-0