India beat Sri Lanka, India won by 46 runs

Dhoni walks away with a stump in hand, hugs Kirsten, who has now entered the arena, before being congratulated by the other members of the squad.

Hang on for the quotes from the post-match ceremony.

Mahela: We shouldn't take anything from India. After winning the toss, they put the runs on board. We made few errors on the way. The spinners are getting more turn in the end of the innings. But even today, after losing wickets, we were 40 runs away. You need to put in more disciplined effort while chasing. Jayasuriya gave us a good start but we didn't back it up. Thushara has done very well with the ball and the bat.

Dhoni: It was a good toss to win. It does a bit under the lights and later spinners get help. Zaheer bowled well, Praveen was ok and Munaf was there. We are a good fielding side and that is a plus point. Suresh [Raina] played well; it was disappointing that we both got out together and we couldn't get runs in the end. I had fever yesterday and hence I was struggling in the end.

Man of the Match Suresh Raina: "I enjoyed batting with Dhoni. We put lots of pressure on them. The wicket was turning and Harbhajan bowled very well. I did a good job here. Really happy for the team; we are going home with the Cup.

Vaas gets a award for taking 400 ODI wickets.

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46.3

Khan to Thushara, OUT

And India have won the series. First time they have beaten Sri Lanka in a bilateral series of ODIs in Sri Lanka. Thushara swung the full delivery straight to Raina at deep midwicket. The players get into a huddle of joy. Beyond the boundary, the chairman of selectors Vengsarkar shakes hands with Gary Kirsten.

Thilan Thushara c Raina b Khan 40 (29b 2x4 2x6 44m) SR: 137.93

Manoj: "Things would have been very different had SL won the toss.... But still a laudable effort!"

46.2

Khan to Murali, 1 run

full toss on the off stump line, pushed to deep cover

46.1

Khan to Thushara, 1 run

backs outside leg stump and tries to biff the full delivery through covers but edges it to fine leg

Over46

3 runs

SL 210/9CRR: 4.56 RRR: 12.25

M Muralidaran 0 (6b)T Thushara 39 (27b 2x4 2x6)

MM Patel2/48 (9)

45.6

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Patel to Murali, no run

another low full toss, just outside off stump, beats the swing across the line and Dhoni collects

45.5

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Patel to Murali, no run

low full toss, swatted to Zaheer at midwicket

45.4

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Patel to Murali, no run

leans forward to drive to Yuvraj at covers

45.3

Patel to Thushara, 1 run

full and outside off, slower, goes for the big drive, bottom edges to left of Dhoni. After some hesitation they go for the single and Dhoni's throw was wide

45.2

1lb

Patel to Murali, 1 leg bye

on the middle and leg line, misses the swing but will pick up a leg bye

45.1

Patel to Thushara, 1 run

full and outside off, driven to long-off. That brings Murali on strike.

MK49: "Beating Sri Lanka in SL must be a lovely feeling - just a shade less special than beating OZ in OZ. Go Dhoni!" If they do go on to win, as they should from here, this would be the first time India would have beaten Sri Lanka in a bilateral series in Sri Lanka

Over45

2 runs, 1 wicket

SL 207/9CRR: 4.60 RRR: 10.40

M Muralidaran 0 (2b)T Thushara 37 (25b 2x4 2x6)

Z Khan0/25 (9)

44.6

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Khan to Murali, no run

short in length and whizzing past the off stump, Murali tries to dab it to the off side and is beaten

44.5

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Khan to Murali, no run

edged but falls short of the diving Dhoni. Zaheer is operating from round the stumps

44.4

Khan to Thushara, 1 run

a very good yorker on the middle and leg line, dug out to mid-on region

44.3

Khan to Mendis, OUT

Mendis is run out. It was pushed to backward point and didn't set off for the single. Thushara had rushed across and Mendis, late in responding, was never going to get to the other side to beat the throw to Zaheer from Rohit Sharma. India just a wicket away now.

Ajantha Mendis run out (Sharma/Khan) 2 (11b 0x4 0x6 14m) SR: 18.18

44.2

Khan to Thushara, 1 run

low dipping full toss on the off stump, mistimes the swat to the mid-off region

44.1

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Khan to Thushara, no run

goes for the yorker, on the leg stump line, off the pad to Dhoni

Over44

4 runs

SL 205/8CRR: 4.65 RRR: 9.00

BAW Mendis 2 (10b)T Thushara 35 (22b 2x4 2x6)

Harbhajan Singh3/40 (10)

43.6

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Harbhajan to Mendis, no run

turning in from outside off, not sure whether there was a inside edge but it bounded off the pad and just short of the diving first slip. Harbhajan was getting interested before he holds his head. a very good spell from him. He took the main man - Jayasuriya to put India on top

43.6

Harbhajan to Mendis, 1 wide

pushes it through quicker and slips it down leg side

43.5

Harbhajan to Thushara, 1 run

flighted outside leg stump, swept to left of short fine leg where Yuvraj makes a diving stop

43.4

Harbhajan to Mendis, 1 run

short in length, turning on the middle and leg line, turned past square leg

slip comes in now

43.3

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Harbhajan to Mendis, no run

on the off stump line, jabbed to the off side

Sri Lanka vs India, 4th ODI (Replay) at Colombo, Aug 27 2008 - Match Result