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Sunday, February 8, 2009

India Vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI - Highlights

SRI Lanka: 320/8 in 50 overs (Dilshan 97, Sangakkara 84)
India : 252 all out in 48.5 overs (Yuvraj Singh 73, Jadeja 60*)
Man of the match: Sangakkara
Man of the Series : Yuvraj Singh

Sri Lanka won the match by 68 runs and India wins the series 5-1

Sri Lanka was able to avoid a whitewash as it won the 5th ODI against India making the series 4-1. Dilshan and Sangakkara as both were able to complete their half centuries. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka got to an aggressive start from Jayasuriya and Dilshan. Jayasuriya after making 37 fell into Pathan caught by Raina. Sangakkara and Dilshan kept going on. After 40 overs Sri Lanka were about 250. Then wickets fell regularly but lower order especially Maharoof rescued and took to 320.

India didn't get good start but Yuvraj batted beautifully. Dhoni made his fifty. Jadeja who made a debut showed good signs as a new comer in the team.

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