CB Series: India won the match against SriLanka with a bonus point

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

India have won the match against SriLanka with the bonus point that is required for this crucial match. India retain all its pride on the tour. They have made a fastest chase ever of 321 runs in just 36.4 overs. Virat Kohli is the man of the match with 133 in 86 balls with a strike rate of 154.65

Virat Kohli was the Indian hero, slamming an unbeaten 133 off 86 balls.

Earlier, Tillakaratne Dilshan equalled his best one-day score of 160 and Kumar Sangakkara also made a ton in Hobart as Sri Lanka's batsmen dined out on India's bowling attack.

Dilshan took just 165 balls to reach his total, smashing 11 fours and three sixes, while Sangakkara's 105 off 87 balls - with eight fours and two sixes - lifted Sri Lanka to 4-320 off its 50 overs at the Bellerive Oval.

Dilshan equalled his highest ODI score, also set against India in 2009, with his 11th on-day ton and shared a 200-run second-wicket stand with Sangakkara to leave India the daunting target.

He was out bowled in the 44th over after taking a swipe at Praveen Kumar.Sangakkara flayed the Indian attack with his 13th one-day international century and has now scored 10,152 runs in the limited overs game at 37.88.

Zaheer Khan (1-61), Kumar (1-64) and Ravindra Jadeja (1-43) shared the wickets among India's bowlers.

Scorecard:

India innings (target: 321 runs from 50 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Sehwag	c Dilshan b Maharoof	30	16	5	1	187.50
	SR Tendulkar	lbw b Malinga	39	30	5	0	130.00
	G Gambhir	run out (Chandimal/Mathews)	63	64	4	0	98.43
	V Kohli	not out	133	86	16	2	154.65
	SK Raina	not out	40	24	3	1	166.66
	Extras	(b 4, lb 6, w 6)	16
	Total	(3 wickets; 36.4 overs)	321	(8.75 runs per over)

Did not bat MS Dhoni*†, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, P Kumar, Z Khan, UT Yadav

Fall of wickets 1-54 (Sehwag, 6.2 ov), 2-86 (Tendulkar, 9.2 ov), 3-201 (Gambhir, 27.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SL Malinga	7.4	0	96	1	12.52	(2w)
	KMDN Kulasekara	8	0	71	0	8.87	(1w)
	MF Maharoof	3	0	21	1	7.00
	NLTC Perera	7	0	59	0	8.42	(1w)
	AD Mathews	7	0	44	0	6.28
	HMRKB Herath	4	0	20	0	5.00	(1w)

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Rain disrupts today's game at Melbourne

Sunday, February 5, 2012

India seems to be good in their 1st ODI against Australia but rain disrupts the entire game & break their consistency. Australia were 35/2 in 11 overs when the play has been stopped due to heavy rain in the first ODI of the tri-series against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. 

Scorecard 

Skipper Michael Clarke (5*) and Matthew Wade (21*) when rain played spoilsport. 

India gave Australia early blows when Vinay Kumar dismissed David Warner and Ricky Ponting in the first ODI of the tri-series at the MCG. 

Vinay struck in his successive overs to remove Warner and Ponting cheaply and reduced Australia to 19/2 in 7.5 overs. 

Ponting, who made a strong comeback in the Test series after long rough patch, went on the back foot to slap it through covers but failed to control his shot that went straight to Suresh Raina. 

Warner attempted a big heave across the line on a full length delivery. The ball curled in, travelled through the gap between bat and pad and rattled the stumps. Warner contributed only six runs in his 14 balls stay at the crease. 

Earlier, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and again decided to field against the hosts. 

Indian opener Virender Sehwag has been rested from the match, while veteran Sachin Tendulkar has been included in the playing XI. 

For Australia, wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade and all-rounder Dan Christian will make their ODI debuts. 

Their pace spearhead Brett Lee is out of the match and the tri-series, also featuring Sri Lanka, due to a broken foot. 

Lee picked up the injury during the second Twenty20 international against India on Friday. 

Finally a win under their belt in what has been a highly disappointing tour, India would aim to carry the Twenty20 momentum into the ODI series. 

After a 0-4 thrashing in the Tests and a loss in the first T20 against Australia, India tasted victory in the second T20, winning by eight wickets on Friday. 

Teams: 

India: Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Sharma, Praveen Kumar and Vinay Kumar. 

Australia: David Warner, Matthew Wade, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (captain), Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Dan Christian, Ryan Harris, Mitch Starc, Xavier Doherty and Clint McKay.  

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