India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Report
India Wins Over Sri Lanka In 1st ODI
India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI of Micromax Series
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| India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI |
Phew!
India made a meal of this in the final overs.
Sangakkara played a wonderful knock and
Thisara chipped in with a wonderful cameo. But, in the end, the asking rate was too much and
Sri Lanka were always behind the eight ball.
Malinga got some batting practice towards the end. Barring
Irfan Pathan who bowled well, all the Indian bowlers were carted around. The Indian fielding was also very sloppy and they have a lot of work to do ahead of the second
ODI.
One must say that Sangakkara's knock made a difference in a strange way. He batted too slowly as he got to his hundred and the asking rate mounted. When the time came to accelerate, it was too late.
It was a very good match to watch and its a day for Team India. As a result
India led the 5-match series 1-0.
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| India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI |
After the match
Sri Lankan skipper
Mahela Jayawardene says, 'It was a tense match. We had some big hitters towards the end but we left it a bit too much. It was hard coming back against a quality side like
India. It was important to try and set up a
platform.
Sangakkara was setting up a
platform and looked to battle through. We did not have momentum coming into the last 10 overs. There were a lot of positives but there were a lot of casualties.
Kulasekara and
Malinga are the two key guys in the
powerplay. We made some mistakes while fielding and we will learn from this defeat. We have been playing some good
cricket and we need to brush up on certain areas.'
Indian skipper
MS Dhoni share his view about the match after the match, 'The rustiness was not there. The death bowling needs to improve.
Zaheer was good and
Irfan did very well. If he bats well and bowls well, it gives us the stability. Without
Yuvraj or
Jadeja, it is hard to find the stability in both batting and bowling in the team. All the bowlers have their own variations and we have to back ourselves to execute our strengths.
Gambhir was unfortunate to get out that way but
Sehwag and
Kohli batted well. We were lacking some firepower down the order. It is important for the batsmen to carry on once settled in. I was practising the toss for one and a half months. This toss was crucial and the wicket was difficult to bat on in the second innings.
Sangakkara batted well but he ran out of partners.'
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| Kohli Man of The Match |
Kohli announced the
man of the match for his extra ordinary century.
Kohli scored 106 in 113 balls. He says about his performance, ' I have been working hard. I hope to be consistent for the team this season. Performing for the country is of utmost importance and I look to give my best for the country. Doing well in
Australia boosted my confidence. I was more sure of my game and that Test hundred gave me a lot of confidence.'
India 314/6 ( 50 overs )
Batsman R B 4's 6's S/R
Sehwag 96 97 10 0 98.97
Kohli 106 113 9 0 93.81
Raina 50 45 3 1 111.11
MS Dhoni 35 29 3 1 120.69
Bowler O M R W NB WD E/R
Thisara 10 0 70 3 0 0 7.00
Sri Lanka 293/9 ( 50 overs )
Batsman R B 4's 6's S/R
Sangakkara 133 151 12 0 88.08
Perera 44 28 3 1 157.14
Bowler O M R W NB WD E/R
Pathan 10 1 37 2 0 4 3.70
Yadav 10 0 76 2 0 3 7.60
Ashwin 10 1 46 2 0 1 4.60
India win by 21 runs.
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