Match : India v Sri Lanka, 1st of 5 ODI series on India's tour of Sri Lanka 2012.
Venue/Date : Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium in Hambantota, 21 July 2012.
Debut : none.
Toss : India, elected to bat.
Result : India won by 21 runs.
Man of the match : Virat Kohli.
Umpires : Ranmore Martinesz (Sri Lanka) + Bruce Oxenford (Australia).
Head to head
135th India v Sri Lanka ODI it was and now, India leads 72 to 51 with 1 tied and 11 no results. In Sri Lanka, two teams clashed for the 52nd time and this was visitors 20th victory while home team leads at 26 with 6 no results.
Match summary
Coming out of a rare two months rest, Indians began new season confidently today, beating Sri Lankans by 21 runs although the match was closer than the margin reflects.
Electing to bat first, Indian openers were found rusty, mistiming shots and messing up running between then wickets before Gambhir was bowled around the legs by Nuwan Kulasekara. Then onwards, it was Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli show as the pair added wonderful 173 runs. Sehwag missed his century through run out but Kohli completed his 12th ODI century, 3rd in last 4 innings. Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni propelled Indians past 300 runs mark.
Sri Lankans lost star Dilshan early on but Kumar Sangakkara was in mood, making a megnificent yet litte slow century, his 15th in career. Thisara Perera's onslought late in the innings made the match pretty interesting but Indians held their nerves.
| India innings (elected to bat) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Gautam Gambhir |
b Kulasekara |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Virender Sehwag |
run out (Perera) |
96 |
97 |
10 |
0 |
| Virat Kohli |
c Senanayake (sub) b Perera |
106 |
113 |
9 |
0 |
| Rohit Sharma |
b Mathews |
5 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
| Suresh Raina |
c Senanayake (sub) b Perera |
50 |
45 |
3 |
1 |
| MS Dhoni |
c Thirimanne b Perera |
35 |
29 |
3 |
0 |
| Irfan Pathan |
not out |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| R Ashwin |
not out |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Zaheer Khan |
|
|
|
|
|
| Umesh Yadav |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pragyan Ojha |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extra : |
12 (bye=1, lbyes=2, wides=7, noballs=2) |
| Total : |
314 runs in
50 overs for
6 wicket. RR = (
6.28 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Gambhir, 2.2 ov), 2-180 (Sehwag, 31.3 ov), 3-191 (Sharma, 33.6 ov), 4-228 (Kohli, 39.6 ov), 5-307 (Raina, 49.1 ov), 6-307 (Dhoni, 49.2 ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
5 |
0 |
20 |
1 |
1 wide |
| Lasith Malinga |
10 |
0 |
83 |
0 |
2 no balls |
| Angelo Mathews |
10 |
0 |
58 |
1 |
1 wide |
| Thisara Perera |
10 |
0 |
70 |
3 |
|
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
5 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
|
| Rangana Herath |
10 |
0 |
52 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Sri Lanka innings (target = 315 from 50 overs) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Upul Tharanga |
c Sehwag b Ashwin |
28 |
47 |
2 |
0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
lbw b Pathan |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
| Kumar Sangakkara |
b Yadav |
133 |
151 |
12 |
0 |
| Dinesh Chandimal |
c Dhoni b Yadav |
13 |
19 |
1 |
0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene |
lbw b Ojha |
12 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
| Angelo Mathews |
c Gambhir b Zaheer |
7 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne |
lbw b Ashwin |
7 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Thisara Perera |
c Kohli b Pathan |
44 |
28 |
3 |
1 |
| Rangana Herath |
run out (Raina) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Lasith Malinga |
not out |
19 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
not out |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Extra : |
23 (bye=1, lbyes=6, wides=16) |
| Total : |
293 runs in
50 overs for
9 wicket. RR = (
5.86 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-9 (Dilshan, 1.2 ov), 2-86 (Tharanga, 18.5 ov), 3-117 (Chandimal, 25.2 ov), 4-132 (Jayawardene, 28.3 ov), 5-172 (Mathews, 35.2 ov), 6-191 (Thirimanne, 38.2 ov), 7-269 (Sangakkara, 47.1 ov), 8-271 (Herath, 47.3 ov), 9-275 (Perera, 48.2 ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Zaheer Khan |
10 |
0 |
63 |
1 |
5 wides |
| Irfan Pathan |
10 |
1 |
37 |
2 |
4 wides |
| Umesh Yadav |
10 |
0 |
76 |
2 |
3 wides |
| R Ashwin |
10 |
1 |
46 |
2 |
1 wide |
| Virender Sehwag |
4 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Pragyan Ojha |
6 |
0 |
44 |
1 |
1 wide |
