Sri Lanka vs India, Final at Dambulla, Aug 28 2010, Sri Lanka Triangular Series

RESULT
Final (D/N), Dambulla, August 28, 2010, Sri Lanka Triangular Series
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(46.5/50 ov, T:300) 225

Sri Lanka won by 74 runs

Player Of The Match
110 (115)
tillakaratne-dilshan
Player Of The Series
268 runs
virender-sehwag
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Scorecard summary
Sri Lanka 299/8(50 overs)
India 225/10(46.5 overs)
67 (100)
37 (57)
3/40 (9.5)

What a fine win. Both teams line-up to shake hands. Please to wait for the presentation ceremony. Do read the bulletin by Sid Monga.

Dhoni: " ...We just didn't spend enough time in the middle. If we had wickets .. Credit goes to Sri Lanka. They batted and bowled well. Our bowlers gave them a bit of width and that's one thing you don't want to give Dilshan. He smashed us all around the park. The team that plays the best cricket on that particular day deserve to win. It was a good learning curve for the young batsmen in our side. Usually we don't get these sort of conditions."

Sangakkara: "It was a good toss to win. The way the openers batted - we talked a lot about getting through the first 10 overs. Mahela and Dilshan started well and Dilshan continued to bat really well. Perera lengthens our batting but his bowling has been very impressive in the last couple of games. Champaka Ramanayake has to take a lot of credit; he has done a great job with the fast bowlers. The discipline in line and length has been the real key for us."

Man of the match is Dilshan: "The last three innings I got a start but didn't capitalize. I thought today I should do it. We have lost the last three finals here against India. Everyone came and performed well today."

Man of the series is Virender Sehwag. He also wins the most admirable player of the series and wins a car. He won a similar car in the Test series as well. Tony Greig says he will end up with a garage-full of cars!

Kumar Sangakkara now steps forward to lift the cup!

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46.5
W
Randiv to Dhoni, OUT

And that's it. Sri Lanka have completed a crushing win. Fine spirited performance from Sri Lanka. The end came when the Indian captain Dhoni went down the track for the big hit but ended up dragging it to his stumps. Randiv roared. Sanga, Mahela, Randiv enveloped each other with a hug. The rest of the team-mates converged.

MS Dhoni b Randiv 67 (100b 5x4 1x6 140m) SR: 67
46.4
Randiv to Dhoni, no run

low full toss, eased towards long-off. Hmmm

46.3
Randiv to Dhoni, no run

floated outside off stump, driven to long-off

46.2
Randiv to Dhoni, no run

skips down the track and mistimes the drive to short midwicket

46.2
1w
Randiv to Dhoni, 1 wide

spins down the leg side

46.1
Randiv to Dhoni, no run

goes down the track and mistimes it back to Suraj

end of over 463 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 224/9CRR: 4.86 RRR: 19.00
Munaf Patel0 (1b)
MS Dhoni67 (95b 5x4 1x6)
Angelo Mathews 10-0-48-1
Suraj Randiv 9-1-39-2
45.6
Angelo Mathews to Patel, no run

full delivery around off, squeezed out to point

45.5
W
Angelo Mathews to Nehra, OUT

Nehra leans forward to try lofting it over mid-off but ends up lobbing it to mid-off. And then they were one. Sri Lanka are closing in on a crushing win here

Ashish Nehra c Perera b Mathews 2 (7b 0x4 0x6 16m) SR: 28.57
45.4
2
Angelo Mathews to Nehra, 2 runs

banged in short and Nehra top edges the pull shot over midwicket

45.3
Angelo Mathews to Nehra, no run

full in length outside off, pushed to point

45.2
1
Angelo Mathews to Dhoni, 1 run

fullish outside off, driven to right of long-off for a single. They think about the second but won't take the risk

45.1
Angelo Mathews to Dhoni, no run

yorker on the off stump line, from round the stumps, dug out to the off side

Sudhi with more sarcasm!: "I think Dhoni waiting for last 2 overs.. so that he can hit 12 sixes and win the match for india"

end of over 451 run
IND: 221/8CRR: 4.91 RRR: 15.80
Ashish Nehra0 (4b)
MS Dhoni66 (93b 5x4 1x6)
Suraj Randiv 9-1-39-2
Angelo Mathews 9-0-45-0
44.6
Randiv to Nehra, no run

leans across to defend it to the off side

44.5
Randiv to Nehra, no run

some extra bounce on that top spinner, left alone

44.4
1
Randiv to Dhoni, 1 run

this time he takes the single after pinging long-off

44.3
Randiv to Dhoni, no run

low full toss and it has been driven to long-off. No run taken of course

44.2
Randiv to Dhoni, no run

on the legs ,flicked past square-leg but he wont take the run. The game meandering along ..

44.1
Randiv to Dhoni, no run

full delivery on the middle, pushed out to midwicket

end of over 443 runs
IND: 220/8CRR: 5.00 RRR: 13.33
Ashish Nehra0 (2b)
MS Dhoni65 (89b 5x4 1x6)
Angelo Mathews 9-0-45-0
Suraj Randiv 8-1-38-2
43.6
Angelo Mathews to Nehra, no run

length delivery outside off, edges his defensive poke to the on side

Anand: "What is Dhoni trying to do ? Stay for full 50 overs. Maybe he should be taking some risks and try to match the RRR. there is no point in taking dot balls and stay for full 50 overs."

43.5
1
Angelo Mathews to Dhoni, 1 run

drives this full delivery to long-on

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
TM Dilshan
110 runs (115)
12 fours1 six
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
33 runs
4 fours0 six
Control
83%
KC Sangakkara
71 runs (62)
7 fours1 six
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
37 runs
5 fours0 six
Control
85%
Best performances - bowlers
NLTC Perera
O
9
M
2
R
36
W
3
ECO
4
S Randiv
O
9.5
M
1
R
40
W
3
ECO
4.06
Match details
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
TossSri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series
Season2010
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultSri Lanka won the 2010 Sri Lanka Triangular Series
Match numberODI no. 3040
Hours of play (local time)14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Match days28 August 2010 - daynight (50-over match)
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