Sri Lanka was scheduled to play a 4 match One day International series in India in 2008. 1st one day International matched was washed out due to rain.2nd One Day International match was to be played on Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot, India on 11th Feb, 2008.
India won the toss and opts to bowl first and this means Sri Lanka will bat first.
This is how Indian team and 11 was looking like in this match: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid (c), Sourav Ganguly,Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), S Sreesanth,Munaf Patel, Robin Uthappa
And Sri Lankan team and 11 was looking like this in this match: Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene (c), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga, Farveez Maharoof,Russel Arnold, Upul Tharanga, Malinga Bandara, Nuwan Kulasekara
Sri lanka started very well and were able to make 257 runs in 50 over’s of the match at the loss of only 8 wickets and contributions from Wicket keeper batsman K Sanga who made 110 runs in 127 balls with 11 4’s and 4 sixes at the strike rate of 87 runs in 100 balls, T Dilshan who made 56 runs in 65 balls with 7 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 87 runs in 100 balls and F maharoof who made 17 runs in 27 balls with 1 six and strike rate of 63 runs in 100 balls.
India was needed to score 258 runs in 50 over’s to win this game.
India batted well but lost its way in the end over’s and was bowled out for only 252 runs in 49 over’s and lost the game by 5 runs, if India batted for full 50 over’s then India would have surely won the match. For India Saurav G made 62 runs in 79 balls with 6 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 78 runs in balls.
Sri lanka won the match by 5 runs and K Sanga was the Man of the match.
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Have a nice weekend.