Sri Lanka Vs India 4Th Odi
India tour of Sri Lanka - 2009 (2008/09) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 5 February 2009
India won by 67 runs
India won by 67 runs. Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 150 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Date
- 5 February 2009
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 67 runs
- Player of the match
- Gautam Gambhir
- Captains
- MS Dhoni (India), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- BG Jerling and HDPK Dharmasena
- Match referee
- BC Broad
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to bat.
India batted first and made 332 for 5. Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 150 off 147 balls, and MS Dhoni made 94. Nuwan Kulasekara took 3 for 63 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 188-run stand for the second wicket between MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir, 57% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at R Premadasa Stadium, 241 across 59 ODIs.
Chasing 333, Sri Lanka made 265 all out. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 56 off 74 balls, and Nuwan Kulasekara made 39. Irfan Pathan took 3 for 58 for India.
India won by 67 runs.
INDIA: 332 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gautam Gambhir | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muthiah Muralidaran | 150 | 147 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Nuwan Kulasekara | 5 | 8 |
| MS Dhoni | c Dilhara Fernando b Sanath Jayasuriya | 94 | 96 |
| Yuvraj Singh | b Nuwan Kulasekara | 5 | 6 |
| Yusuf Pathan | b Nuwan Kulasekara | 0 | 1 |
| Suresh Raina | not out | 49 | 37 |
| Rohit Sharma | not out | 4 | 6 |
Did not bat: Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma
Extras 25 · Total 332 for 5
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 10 | 0 | 63 | 3 |
| Farveez Maharoof | 10 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 9 | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| Angelo Mathews | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 10 | 0 | 66 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-14 (Virender Sehwag, 2.5 ov), 2-202 (MS Dhoni, 33.3 ov), 3-207 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.3 ov), 4-207 (Yusuf Pathan, 34.4 ov), 5-310 (Gautam Gambhir, 47.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Gautam Gambhir (3) and Virender Sehwag (5) | 14 | 17 |
| second | MS Dhoni (94) and Gautam Gambhir (84) | 188 | 185 |
| third | Yuvraj Singh (5) and Gautam Gambhir (0) | 5 | 6 |
| fourth | Gautam Gambhir (0) and Yusuf Pathan (0) | 0 | 1 |
| fifth | Gautam Gambhir (63) and Suresh Raina (31) | 103 | 75 |
| sixth | Suresh Raina (18) and Rohit Sharma (4) | 22 | 17 |
SRI LANKA: 265 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c Rohit Sharma b Irfan Pathan | 27 | 16 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Yuvraj Singh b Praveen Kumar | 38 | 45 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Gautam Gambhir b Virender Sehwag | 56 | 74 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c MS Dhoni b Virender Sehwag | 28 | 40 |
| Thilina Kandamby | lbw b Yusuf Pathan | 10 | 15 |
| Chamara Kapugedera | b Pragyan Ojha | 16 | 26 |
| Angelo Mathews | c MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 6 | 9 |
| Farveez Maharoof | c Rohit Sharma b Irfan Pathan | 28 | 26 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | not out | 39 | 22 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | c Suresh Raina b Irfan Pathan | 0 | 1 |
| Dilhara Fernando | b Praveen Kumar | 9 | 14 |
Extras 8 · Total 265 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praveen Kumar | 9 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| Irfan Pathan | 7 | 0 | 58 | 3 |
| Ishant Sharma | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Pragyan Ojha | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Virender Sehwag | 9 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-55 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 7.2 ov), 2-79 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 12.1 ov), 3-140 (Mahela Jayawardene, 25.4 ov), 4-163 (Thilina Kandamby, 30.3 ov), 5-174 (Kumar Sangakkara, 33.4 ov), 6-183 (Angelo Mathews, 35.5 ov), 7-207 (Chamara Kapugedera, 40.1 ov), 8-220 (Farveez Maharoof, 42.3 ov), 9-220 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 42.4 ov), 10-265 (Dilhara Fernando, 47.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya (27) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (26) | 55 | 44 |
| second | Tillakaratne Dilshan (12) and Kumar Sangakkara (11) | 24 | 29 |
| third | Mahela Jayawardene (28) and Kumar Sangakkara (32) | 61 | 81 |
| fourth | Thilina Kandamby (10) and Kumar Sangakkara (10) | 23 | 29 |
| fifth | Kumar Sangakkara (3) and Chamara Kapugedera (7) | 11 | 19 |
| sixth | Angelo Mathews (6) and Chamara Kapugedera (3) | 9 | 13 |
| seventh | Farveez Maharoof (18) and Chamara Kapugedera (6) | 24 | 26 |
| eighth | Farveez Maharoof (10) and Nuwan Kulasekara (3) | 13 | 14 |
| ninth | Muthiah Muralidaran (0) and Nuwan Kulasekara (0) | 0 | 1 |
| tenth | Dilhara Fernando (9) and Nuwan Kulasekara (36) | 45 | 32 |
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