Rain, Sri Lanka D(hon)isappoint India

India made three changes to theiR Playing eleven – Subramaniam Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar made way for Irfan Pathan, Singh and Pragyan Ojha.

Sri Lanka made three Cha(minda)nges to the eleven that (Mahe)last played the Indians – Tillakaratne Dilshan, Vaas and Muralitharan made way for Udawatte, Jehan Mubarak and Dilhara Fernando.

On winning the toss, Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka’s skipper, chose to bat. Sanath Jayasuriya, who faced eight balls, scored a run. Ten balls into the match, he was caught by Ojha. Khan broke the one-run stand.

The second Powerplay of Sri Lanka’s innings was between the 11^th and the 15^th over. They scored 50 off 13 overs (79 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 69 balls. While the contribution of Malinda Warnapura, who never represented Sri Lanka in One-day Internationals again, to the partnership was 20, Udawatte’s contribution to it was 29. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

The third Powerplay of Sri Lanka’s innings was between the 16^th and the 20^th over. Sixteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. Sri Lanka had scored 71 for the loss of one wicket at that point. While Warnapura was batting on 26, Udawatte was batting on 40.

Warnapura, whose 44-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 30. Ninety-four balls later, he was caught by Gautam Gambhir. Irfan Pathan broke the 77-run partnership.

Udawatte, whose 55-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 43. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Pathan, who broke the two-run stand. Kumar Sangakkara, who faced five balls, scored a run. Five balls later, he was caught by Gambhir. R P broke the two-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 25.5 overs (159 balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point. Jayawardene, who faced 25 balls, scored a dozen. Fifty-seven balls after Sangakkara’s dismissal, he was caught by Yuvraj Singh. Ojha broke the 22-run stand.

Thirty-one overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had scored 110 for the loss of five wicket at that point. While Chamara Kapugedera was batting on 10, Mubarak was batting on four.

Kapugedera, whose 63-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 26. Fifty-three balls after Jayawardene’s dismissal, he was caught by Singh. Ojha broke the 29-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 150 off 41 overs (251 balls). India had conceded nine extras at that point.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 43 balls. While Mubarak’s contribution to the partnership was 16, Thilan Thushara’s contribution to it was 32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Sri Lanka scored 200 off 46.1 overs (284 balls). India had conceded a dozen extras at that point. Thushara’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 42 balls. Mubarak, whose 55-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 47. He was unbeaten, as was Thushara, who eventually scored 54 off 46 balls.

India eventually conceded 13 extras. Sri Lanka scored 227 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 50 overs. Rohit Sharma, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Yuvraj, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 11. Munaf Patel bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20.

R P, who bowled eight overs, conceded 54. He picked up a wicket, as did Khan, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 49. Pathan and Ojha bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter, whose spell included four maidens, conceded 28.

India's target was revised to 216 off 44 overs. Gambhir, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Fifty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by Sangakkara. Nuwan Kulasekara, the player of the match, broke the 38-run stand.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 11^th and the 15^th over. Virat Kohli, whose 46-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the match, scored 31. Ten balls after Gambhir’s dismissal, Kulasekara had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he trapped him leg before wicket.

India scored 50 off 11 overs (67 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded four extras at that point. The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 15^th and the 17^th over.

Suresh Raina, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Twenty-three balls after Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Fernando. Kulasekara broke the 25-run stand.

Eighty-six balls into the chase, rain interrupted the match, resulting in a wet ground. India had scored 70 for the loss of three wickets at that point. Yuvraj was batting on 13. Their target was revised to 216 off 44 overs.

Rohit, who faced five balls, scored three. Thirteen balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Kulasekara, who broke the six-run stand. Yuvraj, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 17. Ten balls later, he was (Men)dismissed by Ajantha, who broke the three-run stand.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who faced seven balls, scored just a run. Eight balls later, Fernando broke the six-run stand. Pathan, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 16 balls later, he was caught by Warnapura. Mendis broke the five-run stand.

Khan, who faced 10 balls, scored just three. Thirteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Mendis, who broke the one-run stand. R P, who faced 13 balls, scored four. Eight balls later, he was caught by Jayawardene. Fernando broke the four-run stand.

India scored 100 off 26.2 overs (162 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Sri Lanka no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they finally conceded.

Ojha, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Five balls later, he was caught by Kulasekara. Mendis broke the eight-run stand. Patel, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was unbeaten.

India, who were bundled out for 103 off 26.3 overs, lost by 112 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method. Thushara, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 26. Fernando bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a couple of scalps.

Mendis bowled 4.3 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 10, picking up four wickets. Kulasekara bowled nine overs, including two maidens. He conceded 40, picking up four scalps.

India won the five-match series 3-2.