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Asia Cup, 2008 / Scorecard

Asia Cup - 11th match, Super Four

India v Sri Lanka

India won by 6 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)

ODI no. 2732 | 2008 season
Played at National Stadium, Karachi (neutral venue)
3 July 2008 - day/night (50-over match)


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ST Jayasuriya	c †Dhoni b I Sharma	43	54	37	8	0	116.21
11.4 caught down the leg side again! Ishant banged in another short one down leg side, Jayasuriya attempted to pull the ball but only managed to glove it towards Dhoni who didn't have to dive this time to take the catch 71/2
KC Sangakkara†	c †Dhoni b I Sharma	7	15	10	1	0	70.00
3.5 caught! Ishant banged it in short down leg side, Sangakkara tried to pull it but got a sizable edge through to Dhoni who moved quickly to his right to pull of a diving catch, Sangakkara didn't even wait for the umpire's decision, off he went 16/1
DPMD Jayawardene*	c Gambhir b Ojha	50	100	63	4	0	79.36
26.3 Jayawardene's holed out! He steps down the track and lofts Ojha towards Gambhir at long off who takes an easy catch, he wasn't to the pitch of the ball and didn't try and hit it with power 149/3
CK Kapugedera	lbw b Kumar	75	99	78	7	1	96.15
37.3 lbw! Praveen bowls a short of a length delivery that pitches in line with the stumps and goes straight through, Kapugedera moves forward and tries to play across the line towards midwicket, he plays around the ball and gets hit in line with the stumps 217/4
LPC Silva	run out (Singh/†Dhoni)	50	73	56	2	1	89.28
45.1 from I Sharma, Silva's run out! He moves forward to a short of a length ball and opens the face to run the ball towards third man, Silva returns for the second run but RP swoops on the ball and fires the throw back to Dhoni who breaks the stumps in time to beat Silva's full length dive, incidentally Silva was on 49 so he completed his 50th run before being run out on the 51st 263/6
TM Dilshan	c Singh b Pathan	15	20	19	2	0	78.94
42.3 caught! and well caught! The length was short on leg stump, terrible ball really, Dilshan swiveled and pulled the ball hard and flat towards fine leg, RP was on the boundary and he timed his jump perfectly to take the catch, he took one look to see where he had landed after completing the catch but he was inside the boundary 245/5
K Weeraratne	c Gambhir b Singh	23	28	18	3	0	127.77
48.1 caught at long on! RP pitches on a good length outside off and angles it into the left-hander, Weeraratne moves forward and tries to clear the long-on boundary, he hasn't got enough on it and Gambhir runs it to take a well-judged catch 287/7
T Thushara	run out (Gambhir/†Dhoni)	23	22	14	2	1	164.28
49.5 from Pathan, Thushara's run out! He cut the ball hard towards third man where Gambhir fumbled the take, Thushara wanted the strike and hared back for the second, the throw came back to Dhoni who had to stretch to break the stumps because he was rather far away from them, Thushara was inches short even though he dived, did Dhoni break the stumps with the ball in his glove? It's too close to call 307/8
KMDN Kulasekara	not out	6	10	4	1	0	150.00

M Muralitharan	not out	1	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 11, w 3)	15

Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 215 mins)	308	(6.16 runs per over)

Did not bat CRD Fernando

Fall of wickets 1-16 (Sangakkara, 3.5 ov), 2-71 (Jayasuriya, 11.4 ov), 3-149 (Jayawardene, 26.3 ov), 4-217 (Kapugedera, 37.3 ov), 5-245 (Dilshan, 42.3 ov), 6-263 (Silva, 45.1 ov), 7-287 (Weeraratne, 48.1 ov), 8-307 (Thushara, 49.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RP Singh	10	1	44	1	4.40
48.1 to Weeraratne, caught at long on! RP pitches on a good length outside off and angles it into the left-hander, Weeraratne moves forward and tries to clear the long-on boundary, he hasn't got enough on it and Gambhir runs it to take a well-judged catch 287/7
I Sharma	10	0	55	2	5.50	(1w)
3.5 to Sangakkara, caught! Ishant banged it in short down leg side, Sangakkara tried to pull it but got a sizable edge through to Dhoni who moved quickly to his right to pull of a diving catch, Sangakkara didn't even wait for the umpire's decision, off he went 16/1 11.4 to Jayasuriya, caught down the leg side again! Ishant banged in another short one down leg side, Jayasuriya attempted to pull the ball but only managed to glove it towards Dhoni who didn't have to dive this time to take the catch 71/2
IK Pathan	10	0	80	1	8.00
42.3 to Dilshan, caught! and well caught! The length was short on leg stump, terrible ball really, Dilshan swiveled and pulled the ball hard and flat towards fine leg, RP was on the boundary and he timed his jump perfectly to take the catch, he took one look to see where he had landed after completing the catch but he was inside the boundary 245/5
P Kumar	6	0	36	1	6.00	(1w)
37.3 to Kapugedera, lbw! Praveen bowls a short of a length delivery that pitches in line with the stumps and goes straight through, Kapugedera moves forward and tries to play across the line towards midwicket, he plays around the ball and gets hit in line with the stumps 217/4
PP Ojha	10	0	55	1	5.50
26.3 to Jayawardene, Jayawardene's holed out! He steps down the track and lofts Ojha towards Gambhir at long off who takes an easy catch, he wasn't to the pitch of the ball and didn't try and hit it with power 149/3
V Sehwag	3	0	22	0	7.33	(1w)

RG Sharma	1	0	4	0	4.00


India innings (target: 309 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b Muralitharan	68	95	61	11	0	111.47
20.2 lbw! Gambhir steps out of his crease and tries to flick, he misses and gets hit low on the front pad, the Sri Lankans appeal confidently and Jerling raises the finger, Gambhir's front foot was a long way out of the crease 135/2
V Sehwag	c Fernando b Kulasekara	42	53	34	6	1	123.52
11.4 caught! Kulasekera bowls a slower ball on leg stump, Sehwag moves across his stumps and chips the ball straight to Fernando at short fine leg, the line was poor and the shot was on but Sehwag got beaten by the change of pace 92/1
SK Raina	run out (Jayasuriya/†Sangakkara)	54	109	66	3	0	81.81
35.4 Muralitharan to Dhoni, Raina's run out, Dhoni plays the lap shot once again to one that's outside leg stump and plays the ball towards fine leg, Jayasuriya gives chase and the batsman run two, they want the third and Raina sprints back and dives full length in a desperate attempt to make his ground, his bat is well over the crease when Sangakkara breaks the stumps but the blade is in the air because of the impact with the ground 234/3
MS Dhoni*†	b Muralitharan	67	78	62	5	1	108.06
37.6 bowled him! Murali pitched the ball outside off stump, it was a quicker one and the ball spun into the right-hander, Dhoni tried to work the ball towards point off the back foot but it was too straight for the shot, he missed and the ball clipped the top of off stump 253/4
Yuvraj Singh	not out	36	48	31	3	1	116.12

RG Sharma	not out	22	37	28	2	0	78.57

Extras	(lb 11, w 9, nb 1)	21

Total	(4 wickets; 46.5 overs; 212 mins)	310	(6.61 runs per over)

Did not bat IK Pathan, P Kumar, PP Ojha, RP Singh, I Sharma

Fall of wickets 1-92 (Sehwag, 11.4 ov), 2-135 (Gambhir, 20.2 ov), 3-234 (Raina, 35.4 ov), 4-253 (Dhoni, 37.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CRD Fernando	9	0	52	0	5.77	(1nb, 1w)

KMDN Kulasekara	9.5	0	71	1	7.22	(3w)
11.4 to Sehwag, caught! Kulasekera bowls a slower ball on leg stump, Sehwag moves across his stumps and chips the ball straight to Fernando at short fine leg, the line was poor and the shot was on but Sehwag got beaten by the change of pace 92/1
T Thushara	8	0	67	0	8.37	(2w)

M Muralitharan	10	0	44	2	4.40
20.2 to Gambhir, lbw! Gambhir steps out of his crease and tries to flick, he misses and gets hit low on the front pad, the Sri Lankans appeal confidently and Jerling raises the finger, Gambhir's front foot was a long way out of the crease 135/2 37.6 to Dhoni, bowled him! Murali pitched the ball outside off stump, it was a quicker one and the ball spun into the right-hander, Dhoni tried to work the ball towards point off the back foot but it was too straight for the shot, he missed and the ball clipped the top of off stump 253/4
K Weeraratne	5	0	36	0	7.20

ST Jayasuriya	3	0	19	0	6.33	(1w)

TM Dilshan	2	0	10	0	5.00

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Points India 2, Sri Lanka 0

Player of the match MS Dhoni (India)

Umpires BG Jerling (South Africa) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire Zameer Haider
Match referee AG Hurst (Australia)

Match notes

Sri Lanka innings
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 8
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (ST Jayasuriya 36, DPMD Jayawardene 12, Ex 2)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 87/2 in 15.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 22, CK Kapugedera 7)
Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 8
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 25, CK Kapugedera 26, Ex 0)
DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 62 balls (4 x 4)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 26.4 overs (160 balls), Extras 8
CK Kapugedera: 50 off 55 balls (6 x 4)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 194/3 in 34.0 overs (CK Kapugedera 67, LPC Silva 18)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (CK Kapugedera 28, LPC Silva 21, Ex 1)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 35.1 overs (212 balls), Extras 9
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 42.5 overs (259 balls), Extras 14
LPC Silva: 50 off 56 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 49.3 overs (300 balls), Extras 15
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 308/8 in 50.0 overs (KMDN Kulasekara 6, M Muralitharan 1)