Magnificent Sangakkara powers Sri Lanka to victory

Feb 11, 2007

Munaf Patel struck the first blow after India won the toss, getting rid of Sanath Jayasuriya for 9•AFP

Munaf and India had more reason to celebrate as Marvan Atapattu was trapped in front•AFP

Tillakaratne Dilshan offered him excellent support, making a fluent 56•GNNphoto

Sangakkara got to his sixth ODI hundred, and finally fell for a superb 110 off 127 balls•GNNphoto

Tendulkar and Ganguly added 100 for the third wicket to put the run-chase back on track•GNNphoto

A jubilant Jayasuriya gets his cap back after bowling Sri Lanka to victory in the final over•GNNphoto

Sreesanth joined in the act soon, forcing Upul Tharanga to edge to Sachin Tendulkar at slip•GNNphoto

Munaf and Sreesanth rocked Sri Lanka, reducing them to 58 for 4•AFP

Sangakkara and Dilshan added 108 for the fifth wicket to put the Sri Lankan innings back on track•AFP

India's run-chase started poorly, with Rahul Dravid falling to Farveez Maharoof•GNNphoto

Ganguly batted with his usual fluency, creaming drives through the off side•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara began the rescue mission with some elegant drives•GNNphoto

Sangakkara continued to flourish as Sri Lanka recovered pushed the run-rate in the middle overs•GNNphoto

Tendulkar resurrected the innings with his 76th ODI half-century•GNNphoto

Maharoof is swamped after taking a stunner to dismiss Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the final over•GNNphoto