What an innings! this now is the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODIs beating Gilchrist's 172!
298 looked a massive total when the chase started but thanks to some scintillating stroke play from Dhoni India have reached the target in just 46.1 overs.
Dravid took a gamble by sending in Dhoni and he hit the jackpot.
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Dhoni started off in smashing fashion and there was no looking back, each and every bowler went for runs - a total of 11 sixes and 24 boundaries were hit during the course of this amazing run chase.
India now lead the series 3-0 with four more games left in the series.
Now for the presentation
Marvan Atapattu - 'we had a good chance - these wickets are pretty much flat but when somebody plays an innings like that it's out of control - It's didn't matter whether we took the power play or not - he is that kind of a player
we haven't won a single game but we hope that we will come back as soon as we can.
Dravid - 'Unbelievable stuff' - 'All of us here were privileged to watch such an innings, fantastic knock - We went into the dressing room and we believed we could get it
- 'Sangakkara and Jayawardene batted well for them and Sangakkara in particular did well but he was outdone by the other wicket keeper.
'after my 148 this was expected of me, I am happy with the number three position, but i am happy to play where ever the team management decides'
Hope you have enjoyed the coverage - until next time this is Sajan Nair signing off - Cheers!
Dhoni gets the Man of the match for his brilliant innings of 183*- 'Actually when the first ball was bowled i read the wicket - as the game progressed it became flat - It was a long innings for me - i kept for 50 overs and batted for a time so it was tough for me