India Vs Sri Lanka 3Rd Odi
Sri Lanka tour of India - 2006 (2006/07) · Nehru Stadium, Margao · 14 February 2007
India won by 5 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
India won by 5 wickets (with 21 balls remaining). MS Dhoni top-scored with 67* for India. Zaheer Khan took 5/42.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Nehru Stadium, Margao
- Date
- 14 February 2007
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 5 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Zaheer Khan
- Captains
- Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Rahul Dravid (India)
- Umpires
- AM Saheba and SJA Taufel
- Match referee
- AG Hurst
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 230 for 8. Russel Arnold top-scored with 66 not out off 83 balls, and Marvan Atapattu made 42. Zaheer Khan took 5 for 42 for India. The innings was built on a 89-run stand for the sixth wicket between Russel Arnold and Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Chasing 231, India made 233 for 5. MS Dhoni top-scored with 67 not out off 74 balls, and Rahul Dravid made 66. The innings was built on a 133-run stand for the fifth wicket between Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni, 57% of the total.
India won by 5 wickets (with 21 balls remaining).
SRI LANKA: 230 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c Sourav Ganguly b Zaheer Khan | 2 | 7 |
| Upul Tharanga | lbw b Zaheer Khan | 1 | 9 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 30 | 59 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | b Zaheer Khan | 0 | 4 |
| Marvan Atapattu | c Sachin Tendulkar b Munaf Patel | 42 | 61 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 42 | 54 |
| Russel Arnold | not out | 66 | 83 |
| Farveez Maharoof | c Ajit Agarkar b Zaheer Khan | 14 | 12 |
| Malinga Bandara | lbw b Zaheer Khan | 2 | 7 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | not out | 9 | 8 |
Did not bat: Dilhara Fernando
Extras 22 · Total 230 for 8
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 10 | 0 | 42 | 5 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Munaf Patel | 10 | 2 | 41 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-5 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 2.1 ov), 2-5 (Upul Tharanga, 2.4 ov), 3-6 (Kumar Sangakkara, 4.2 ov), 4-82 (Marvan Atapattu, 22.1 ov), 5-91 (Mahela Jayawardene, 23.5 ov), 6-180 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 41.5 ov), 7-196 (Farveez Maharoof, 44.3 ov), 8-204 (Malinga Bandara, 46.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya (2) and Upul Tharanga (1) | 5 | 13 |
| second | Mahela Jayawardene (0) and Upul Tharanga (0) | 0 | 3 |
| third | Mahela Jayawardene (0) and Kumar Sangakkara (0) | 1 | 10 |
| fourth | Marvan Atapattu (42) and Mahela Jayawardene (26) | 76 | 109 |
| fifth | Mahela Jayawardene (4) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (4) | 9 | 11 |
| sixth | Russel Arnold (44) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (38) | 89 | 109 |
| seventh | Russel Arnold (1) and Farveez Maharoof (14) | 16 | 16 |
| eighth | Russel Arnold (6) and Malinga Bandara (2) | 8 | 10 |
| ninth | Russel Arnold (15) and Nuwan Kulasekara (9) | 26 | 23 |
INDIA: 233 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourav Ganguly | lbw b Malinga Bandara | 48 | 72 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Dilhara Fernando | 12 | 9 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | b Nuwan Kulasekara | 1 | 8 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Nuwan Kulasekara b Dilhara Fernando | 21 | 31 |
| Rahul Dravid | run out (Malinga Bandara) | 66 | 82 |
| MS Dhoni | not out | 67 | 74 |
| Dinesh Karthik | not out | 4 | 6 |
Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel
Extras 14 · Total 233 for 5
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farveez Maharoof | 8 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 10 | 1 | 43 | 2 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 8.3 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
| Malinga Bandara | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-20 (Virender Sehwag, 1.6 ov), 2-35 (Sachin Tendulkar, 4.6 ov), 3-83 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.3 ov), 4-94 (Sourav Ganguly, 21.6 ov), 5-227 (Rahul Dravid, 45.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sourav Ganguly (0) and Virender Sehwag (12) | 20 | 14 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar (1) and Sourav Ganguly (14) | 15 | 18 |
| third | Sourav Ganguly (27) and Yuvraj Singh (21) | 48 | 69 |
| fourth | Sourav Ganguly (7) and Rahul Dravid (3) | 11 | 34 |
| fifth | Rahul Dravid (63) and MS Dhoni (65) | 133 | 139 |
| sixth | MS Dhoni (2) and Dinesh Karthik (4) | 6 | 8 |
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