- BATSMENRB4s6sSR42.1 gone first ball! Zaheer doesn't allow much room, just bowls it full and straight, Tharanga chases it with a big swing and no footwork and inside-edges it back onto his stumps 234/47.6 Now Virat Kohli sets a fine example! What a wicket to get, Nehra bangs it in short and Dilshan can't resist the pull, he hits it flat and Kohli sprints to his right from backward square leg, covers a lot of ground and takes the diving catch at long leg, he times his dive perfectly 31/112.5 just what India needed at this stage, Zaheer pitches it up outside off and induces Jayasuriya to lunge forward, the ball takes the outside edge and Tendulkar falls forward and takes it comfortably at first slip, no doubts about that 72/236.3 well stumped, and a loose shot from Sangakkara who hops right across his crease, exposing all the stumps, and misses a paddle sweep, the ball skims past him and Karthik collects, breaking the sticks with one hand as Sangakkara fractionally loses balance, well stumped because he had no time to do the needful 198/347.2 Nehra! First he bowls a good ball, a nice yorker ala Zaheer, Jayawardene falls over it and clips an inside edge onto his left boot, the ball rolls to the off side but he wants the single, Nehra runs across to collect the ball, falls over, but nails down the stumps with a direct hit, there really was no single there, and well fielded Nehra 287/645.1 taken in the deep! Perera's fun little knock ends as he again tries to get under a full ball and slog it away, but he ends up with a top edge that goes very high and settles in Jadeja's hands, running in from wide long-on 271/5Extras13 (lb 3, w 10)TOTAL315/6 (50 Overs, RR: 6.3)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7.6 ov), 2-72 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 12.5 ov), 3-198 (Kumar Sangakkara, 36.3 ov), 4-234 (Upul Tharanga, 42.1 ov), 5-271 (Thisara Perera, 45.1 ov), 6-287 (Mahela Jayawardene, 47.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.4 gone! Lakmal persists with that shortish length and gets some more good bounce and Sehwag just hops back and pushes a streaky shot to Dilshan at backward point 13/13.4 slapped to cover-point where Randiv takes it! Not really a wicket-taking delivery but Lakmal won't mind because he's taken out the two openers! Tendulkar rocks back to cut it away but cannot keep the ball down and Randiv slides to his left to pouch the catch 23/239.2 skips out and looks to dump this over long-on but ends up miscuing it, its up there for a while and the sub, Pushpakumara, settles under it and cups it just in front of the boundary, ending a very pleasing century from Kohli 247/3Extras23 (lb 5, nb 2, w 16)TOTAL317/3 (48.1 Overs, RR: 6.58)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Virender Sehwag, 1.4 ov), 2-23 (Sachin Tendulkar, 3.4 ov), 3-247 (Virat Kohli, 39.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NLTC Perera 9 0 66 0 7.33 25 8 1 3 0 RAS Lakmal 10 0 55 2 5.50 36 7 0 3 1 SL Malinga 9.1 0 75 0 8.18 16 9 0 4 1 S Randiv 10 0 57 1 5.70 17 3 0 1 0 ST Jayasuriya 7 0 42 0 6.00 12 2 0 0 0 TM Dilshan 3 0 17 0 5.66 5 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 5-match series 3-1
Match number
Season
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 days
24 December 2009 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (68 balls), Extras 3
- WU Tharanga: 50 off 45 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 91/2 in 15.0 overs (WU Tharanga 56, KC Sangakkara 6)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 17.2 overs (108 balls), Extras 6
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (WU Tharanga 29, KC Sangakkara 19, Ex 3)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 28.4 overs (176 balls), Extras 6
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 114 balls (WU Tharanga 51, KC Sangakkara 46, Ex 3)
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 64 balls (4 x 4)
- WU Tharanga: 100 off 102 balls (14 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 190/2 in 35.0 overs (WU Tharanga 104, KC Sangakkara 55)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 36.4 overs (225 balls), Extras 7
- Power Play 3: Overs 40.1 - 45.0
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 43.4 overs (268 balls), Extras 13
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 48.4 overs (298 balls), Extras 13
- Floodlight Failure: Sri Lanka - 307/6 in 49.2 overs (SHT Kandamby 22, TT Samaraweera 6)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 315/6 in 50.0 overs (SHT Kandamby 23, TT Samaraweera 13)
- India: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (42 balls), Extras 14
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (G Gambhir 15, V Kohli 26, Ex 10)
- Power Play 2: Overs 11.1 - 16.0
- Drinks: India - 91/2 in 14.0 overs (G Gambhir 25, V Kohli 32)
- India: 100 runs in 15.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 16
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 92 balls (G Gambhir 40, V Kohli 49, Ex 11)
- V Kohli: 50 off 52 balls (8 x 4)
- G Gambhir: 50 off 51 balls (6 x 4)
- India: 150 runs in 22.6 overs (144 balls), Extras 16
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 145 balls (G Gambhir 68, V Kohli 71, Ex 11)
- Drinks: India - 196/2 in 31.0 overs (G Gambhir 79, V Kohli 83)
- India: 200 runs in 31.4 overs (197 balls), Extras 17
- 3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 198 balls (G Gambhir 92, V Kohli 95, Ex 14)
- V Kohli: 100 off 110 balls (11 x 4)
- G Gambhir: 100 off 101 balls (8 x 4)
- India: 250 runs in 39.5 overs (248 balls), Extras 19
- Power Play 3: Overs 44.1 - 49.0
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (G Gambhir 34, KD Karthik 12, Ex 4)
- India: 300 runs in 46.2 overs (291 balls), Extras 23
- G Gambhir: 150 off 137 balls (14 x 4)
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