India win by 21 runs
India defeated Sri Lanka by 21 runs in the opening one-day
international in Hambantota on Saturday to gain a 1-0 lead in the
five-match series.
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Indian cricketer Virat Kohli plays a shot during the opening
one-day international (ODI) match between Sri Lanka and
India at the Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapakse International
Cricket Stadium. (AFP) |
Virat Kohli scored 106 as India posted 314-6 before restricting Sri
Lanka to 293-9 in the day-night match. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored for
Sri Lanka with 133.
Pacemen Irfan Pathan and Umesh Yadav, and off-spinner Ravichandran
Ashwin each bagged two wickets for India.
Kohli (106) and opener Sehwag, who were dropped early in their
innings, made the most of the chances as they added 173 for the second
wicket to help their team set a stiff target.
India lost opener Gautam Gambhir (three) in the third over after
electing to bat in the day-night match but Sehwag and Kohli propped up
the innings with their big stand. Kohli hit nine fours in a 113-ball
knock for his 12th one-day hundred, and the fourth in the last five
matches. He fell in the 40th over, caught by substitute fielder
Sachithra Senanayake in the covers off Thisara Perera.
Sehwag, who returned to the one-day squad after missing the Asia Cup
in Bangladesh in March due to an injury, looked set to complete his 16th
one-day hundred before he was run out. He hit 10 fours in his 97-ball
knock.
Suresh Raina smashed a 45-ball 50 and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni
made 35 off 29 deliveries as India scored 86 in the last 10 overs.
Sehwag had not even opened his account when he was dropped by
Tillakaratne Dilshan off paceman Lasith Malinga, while Kohli survived on
16 when Perera failed to hold on to a difficult return catch. Sri Lankan
seamer Perera finished with three wickets, including those of Raina and
Dhoni off successive balls, while pacemen Nuwan Kulasekara and Angelo
Mathews each bagged one wicket.
Hambantota will also host the second one-dayer on July 24.
INDIA
G. Gambhir b Kulasekara 03
V. Sehwag run out 96
V. Kohli c sub (S. Senanayake) b Perera 106
R. Sharma b Mathews 05
S. Raina c sub (Senanayake) b Perera 50
MS Dhoni c Thirimanne b Perera 35
Irfan Pathan not out 07
R. Ashwin not out 00
Extras (b1, lb2, nb2, w7) 12
Total (for six wickets; 50 overs) 314
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gambhir), 2-180 (Sehwag), 3-191 (Sharma), 4-228
(Kohli), 5-307 (Raina), 6-307 (Dhoni).
Bowling: Kulasekara 5-0-20-1 (w1), Malinga 10-0-83-0 (nb2), Mathews 10-0-58-1 (w5),
Perera 10-0-70-3, Dilshan 5-0-28-0, Herath 10-0-52-0 (w1). SRI LANKA
U. Tharanga c Sehwag b Ashwin 28
T. Dilshan lbw b Pathan 06
K. Sangakkara b Yadav 133
D. Chandimal c Dhoni b Yadav 13
M. Jayawardene lbw b Ojha 12
A. Mathews c Gambhir b Zaheer 07
L. Thirimanne lbw b Ashwin 07
T. Perera c Kohli b Pathan 44
R. Herath run out 00
L. Malinga not out 19
N. Kulasekara not out 01
Extras (b1, lb6, w16) 23
Total (for nine wickets; 50 overs) 293
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Dilshan), 2-86 (Tharanga),3-117 (Chandimal), 4-132 Jayawardene),5-172 (Mathews), 6-191 (Thirimanne),
7-269 (Sangakkara), 8-271 (Herath),9-275 (Perera).
Bowling: Zaheer 10-0-63-1 (w6) Pathan 10-1-37-2 n(w4), Yadav 10-0-76-2,
(w3), Ashwin 10-1-46-2 (w1), Sewag 4-0-20-0 (w1), Ojha 6-0-44-1 (w1). |
