- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.2 Short of a good length, pitched outside off stump and Sangakkara tries to pull but top edges it to mid-on where Tendulkar takes an easy catch 54/40.6 was not there to be hit but Jayasuriya goes after it and ends up slicing it in the air towards third man, Sehwag moves across in the deep and judges it to perfection, Pathan strikes in the first over, Sri Lanka 1 down 1/13.6 Agarkar too joins the party! fuller and outside the off stump, Atapattu looking to drive it away ends up with a thick edge, Dhoni takes a good low catch diving across to his right and the Lankans are in trouble 13/26.5 gone! touch too full on the pads, Jayawardene looking to turn it away on the leg side finds Venugopal Rao in front of square leg - big wicket this - Sri Lanka in deep trouble now 33/318.3 Full ball and Arnold looks to whip it to midwicket, outside edge taken at slip by Dravid 71/612.3 Another wicket down! full and swinging in to the righthander and Dilshan plays downs the wrong line and is hit right in front of middle and off stump 54/531.4 gone! Full on the off, Maharoof goes for a loose drive, ball balloons to Yuvraj at point who easily snaps the chance 104/820.5 Run out! Played away to point and Vass sets off for a risky run but is sent back by Maharoof and a direct hit at the non-strikers endby Agarkar finds Vaas short of his ground 80/731.5 perfect yorker on the stumps and Zoysa is trapped plumb in front! Yadav on a hat-trick 104/935.4 THATS IT! Turning in from outside the off stump, Murali makes room and cuts, but fails to make contact and the timber is rattled! 122/10Extras10 (lb 2, w 8)TOTAL122 all out (35.4 Overs, RR: 3.42)Did not bat: CRD FernandoFall of wickets: 1-1 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.6 ov), 2-13 (Marvan Atapattu, 3.6 ov), 3-33 (Mahela Jayawardene, 6.5 ov), 4-54 (Kumar Sangakkara, 12.2 ov), 5-54 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 12.3 ov), 6-71 (Russel Arnold, 18.3 ov), 7-80 (Chaminda Vaas, 20.5 ov), 8-104 (Farveez Maharoof, 31.4 ov), 9-104 (Nuwan Zoysa, 31.5 ov), 10-122 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 35.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB IK Pathan 8 0 37 4 4.62 32 4 0 3 0 AB Agarkar 7 1 27 1 3.85 31 3 0 4 0 Jai P Yadav 10 1 32 2 3.2 40 4 0 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 6.4 1 19 2 2.85 26 1 0 0 0 M Kartik 4 1 5 0 1.25 20 0 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.4 Slower ball, Sehwag misreads it and plays it back to the bowler in the air, who gladly accepts the catch, soft dismissal at a time when Sehwag was looking dangerous! 80/116.5 GONE !!!! tossed up, it was the 'doosra', raps the pads, all appeal and Bowden raises that crooked finger!, India 2 down 115/2Extras7 (lb 3, w 4)TOTAL123/2 (20.2 Overs, RR: 6.04)Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Virender Sehwag, 9.4 ov), 2-115 (Jai Prakash Yadav, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 3 0 22 0 7.33 10 4 0 0 0 DNT Zoysa 4 0 37 0 9.25 12 6 1 1 0 M Muralidaran 7.2 0 32 1 4.36 27 3 0 0 0 MF Maharoof 3 0 19 1 6.33 12 3 0 2 0 TM Dilshan 3 0 10 0 3.33 9 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 7-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Match days
28 October 2005 - day/night match (50-over match)
Sri Lanka replacement
UDU Chandana for CRD Fernando (Sri Lanka innings, 21.0 ov)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka: 50 in 11.3 overs (Arnold 7*, Sangakkara 27*)
- Power Play 3: Overs 17.0 - 21.0
- Sri Lanka: 100 in 29.1 overs (Chandana 14*, Maharoof 17*)
- India: 50 in 6.0 overs, 30 mins (Sehwag 28*, Tendulkar 20*)
- 1st Wicket Partnership (Tendulkar & Sehwag) - 51 in 36 balls
- At Dinner Break: India - 80 for 1 in 9.4 Overs (Tendulkar 36*)
- SR Tendulkar: 50 in 61 mins off 43 balls (10x4)
- India: 100 in 13.5 overs, 62 mins (Tendulkar 55, Yadav 3*)
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