brings up the victory with a drive to extra cover. The series is level. Badrinath pumps his fists, good knock on debut. The hero of the victory, Zaheer Khan, walks off with Badri. It was a very good opening spell from him that put India in this position.
Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd ODI at Dambulla, Aug 20 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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2nd ODI, Dambulla, August 20, 2008, India tour of Sri Lanka
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Hang for the quotes from post-match ceremony.
Mahela: Batting first we were thinking 175 or 200 would have been good total on this wicket. But the batsmen showed character after quick wickets and our bowlers did a tremendous job. We didn't die wondering. It was important that our (top-order) batsmen survive that phase but full credit to Zak. All in all it's a good wicket, but initially against the new ball you have to survive. We tried everything in our bowling but in the end Dhoni and Badrinath - that partnership took the game away from us. All to play for at Colombo.
Dhoni: It was a good win to level the series. There was presssure on us. We lost Gauti (Gambhir) in the morning but Zaheer Khan did the job for us. We would have liked to win more comfortably but in the end it's about winning. We let the individuals handle their bowlers rather than creating pressure by huddling in a room and talk strategies. 1000 things are discussed and over discussed in meeting some times. It was good to see Badrinath play well. He did well against Mendis and Murali. choosing to bowl was a blessing in disguise. The wicket looked better than the previous game but there was something for the new ball. Zaheer played well. We have three days gap now and we can enjoy the next two days in Colombo before beginning the preparation.
Man of the Match: Zaheer Khan: "The important thing was to be consistent on this wicket; just hit the right areas and let the wicket do the job. As a spearhead of the bowling attack I will always have pressure to provide the early breakthroughs. I was just bowling within myself on this wicket. All the bowlers did the job and put pressure on their batters. I am looking forward to rest of the three ODIs; hope it goes well.
This is Veera, signing on behalf of the scorer Srinivas. Thanks for logging on Machangs!
39.4
1
Murali to Badrinath, 1 run
39.3
1
Murali to Khan, 1 run
gets the scores level with a push to extra cover
39.2
1
Murali to Badrinath, 1 run
flighted off break from round the stumps, turned to long leg for a single
39.1
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Murali to Badrinath, no run
skips down the track to wrist to midwicket
end of over 39Maiden
IND: 140/7CRR: 3.58 • RRR: 0.27
Zaheer Khan1 (9b)
S Badrinath25 (54b 1x4)
Nuwan Kulasekara 9-2-26-2
Ajantha Mendis 10-1-22-2
38.6
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Kulasekara to Khan, no run
leans across to defend to the off side
38.5
•
Kulasekara to Khan, no run
the legcutter slower one, almost a yorker length, on the middle and off line, dug out to the off side
38.4
•
Kulasekara to Khan, no run
banged in short, holds its line outside off, Zaheer first tried to duck then swayed away
38.3
•
Kulasekara to Khan, no run
gets behind the line of a length delivery to defend
Siddharth: "Now that Badri has 'Paper Score' he can relax! :D" Ha! 25 runs and your name appears in the Newspapers.
38.2
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Kulasekara to Khan, no run
low dipping full toss, guided to covers
38.1
•
Kulasekara to Khan, no run
leans forward to defend a length delivery to the off side
end of over 381 run • 1 wicket
IND: 140/7CRR: 3.68 • RRR: 0.25
S Badrinath25 (54b 1x4)
Zaheer Khan1 (3b)
Ajantha Mendis 10-1-22-2
Nuwan Kulasekara 8-1-26-2
37.6
•
Mendis to Badrinath, no run
comes forward to defend a skidder on the off stump.
37.5
1
Mendis to Khan, 1 run
off break on the middle and leg line, tickled behind square leg
37.4
•
Mendis to Khan, no run
loopy delivery outside off stump, driven to silly point
37.3
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Mendis to Khan, no run
googly on the middle, Zaheer shapes to defend, goes off the pad to short leg. They appeal for bat pad catch but no bat on it
37.2
W
Mendis to Harbhajan, OUT
Mendis strikes with the carrom ball. It drifted in landed on the middle and off, Harbhajan tried to work it to the on side (he will think later why did I do that?) and it cut away to hit the pad in front of off stump.
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Mendis 1 (6b 0x4 0x6 8m) SR: 16.66
37.1
•
Mendis to Harbhajan, no run
skids in towards middle and leg, worked to square leg. Slip and silly point in
end of over 374 runs
IND: 139/6CRR: 3.75 • RRR: 0.30
S Badrinath25 (53b 1x4)
Harbhajan Singh1 (4b)
Nuwan Kulasekara 8-1-26-2
Dilhara Fernando 5-0-25-1
36.6
•
Kulasekara to Badrinath, no run
short of length outside off stump, punched to covers. even if he wanted there was no single there!
36.5
2
Kulasekara to Badrinath, 2 runs
full in length and outside the off stump, Badri bends his knee to guide it to wide third man for couple of runs
36.4
1
Kulasekara to Harbhajan, 1 run
goes for the yorker, Harbhajan takes one step out, jabs it past square leg
36.3
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Kulasekara to Harbhajan, no run
again walks down the track, another big swing, the ball reverses in to hit the edge and on to the boot
36.2
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Kulasekara to Harbhajan, no run
walks down the track, goes for the big swing across the line and edges it to short midwicket
36.1
1
Kulasekara to Badrinath, 1 run
short of length, outside off stump, goes back and across to play a late cut to third man
Suresh:"well said mukund, normally chennai boys have the habbit of taking single off the last ball." Gaaji boss Gaaji!
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