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Impressive in his return from injury in the first ODI against Sri Lanka, senior Indian opener Virender Sehwag on Monday said it was important for him to get back among runs after below-par performances during the disastrous tour of Australia."It was very important for me to score runs and provide a good start to my team. I hadn't scored runs in Australia and this innings is important for me as we will...
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni walks back after the Sri Lankan victory in the second one-day international match at the Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium. (AFP Photo)HAMBANTOTA (Sri Lanka): In-form Virat Kohli's dismissal proved to be the key in India's crushing nine-wicket defeat against"We lost too many wickets too quickly. After Virat fell, we failed to make a comeback. It was a ...
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the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium here Tuesday.Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Sehwag, 3.6 overs), 2-33 (Kohli, 5.3), 3-38 (Sharma, 6.4), 4-41 (Raina, 7.4), 5-60 (Dhoni, 14.1), 6-79 (Pathan, 19.5), 7-107 (Ashwin, 23.6), 8-113 (Khan, 25.4), 9-132 (Ojha, 32.3)...
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hammered India in the second One-day International here Tuesday to level the five-match series 1-1.The Indian batsmen, bundled out for 138 in 33.3 overs, looked out of sorts against the Sri Lankan pace trio of Thisara Perera, Angelo Matthews and Lasith Malinga. Gautam Gambhir waged a lone battle and was the last man out on 65.The home team got home in 19.5 overs, thanks to openers Upul Tharanga (59...
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lost to Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the second One-day International here Tuesday.Chasing a paltry 134, Sri Lanka finished the job in 19.5 overs. Tillakaratne Dilshan struck 50 off 49 balls while his opening partner Upul Tharanga hit an unbeaten 59....
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thrashed India in the second One Day International (ODI) match by nine wickets at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday.U Tharanga (59) and T Dilshan (50) scored 119 runs in the first wicket partnership to help the home side reach the target.Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews picked up three wickets each while Lasith Malinga scalped two wicket in the match....
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crushing nine-wicket victory in the second One-day International at Hambantota on Tuesday, to draw the series level at 1-1.It was an absolutely contrasting performance by the Indian batsmen from their last match, as they were bundled out for a paltry 138 in only 33.3 overs.] format, Sri Lankan openers Upul Tharanga and Tillekaratne Dilshan added 119 runs as the hosts hardly broke sweat while racing...
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eamers Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews shared six wickets as Sri Lanka came back strongly to level the five-match series at one-all with a crushing nine-wicket win over India in the second One-day cricket International on Tuesday.India, who won the toss and opted to bat, were shot out for 138 off 33.3 overs with only Gautam Gambhir making a noteworthy contribution with a patient 65 off 96 balls,...
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ISTSri Lanka exacted a sweet revenge on India with a crushing nine-wicket victory in the secondIt was an absolutely contrasting performance by the Indian batsmen from their last match, as they were bundled out for a paltry 138 in only 33.3 overs.) added 119 runs as the islanders hardly broke sweat while racing to the target in only 19.5 overs.was played on a different strip, it was inexplicable as...
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captain Mahela Jayawardene (R) celebrates with Thisara Perera taking the wicket of India's Virender Sehwag during the second one-day international cricket match in Hambantota. Reuters/Dinuka LiyanawattePacemen Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews each grabbed three wickets to set up Sri Lanka's comfortable nine-wicket win over India in the second one-day international on Tuesday.Perera finished with 3-19...
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Seamers Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews shared six wickets as Sri Lanka came back strongly to level the five-match series at one-all with a crushing nine-wicket win over India in the second one-day international on Tuesday.India, who won the toss and opted to bat, were shot out for 138 off 33.3 overs with only Gautam Gambhir making a noteworthy contribution with a patient 65 off 96 balls, including...
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Lanka beatIndia by nine wickets in the second one-day cricketinternational on Tuesday to level the five-match series atone-all.Sri Lanka 139-1 in 19.5 overs (U Tharanga 59 not out, TDilshan...
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drive.India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (R) shakes hands with Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga (44) after they lost the second One-Day International (ODI) cricket match against Sri Lanka, in Hambantota July 24, 2012.(Reuters) - Seamers Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews shared six wickets as Sri Lanka came back strongly to level the five-match series at one-all with a crushing nine-wicket win over India...
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Seamers ThisaraPerera and Angelo Mathews shared six wickets as Sri Lanka cameback strongly to level the five-match series at one-all with acrushing nine-wicket win over India in the second one-daycricket international on Tuesday.India, who won the toss and opted to bat, were shot out for138 off 33.3 overs with only Gautam Gambhir making a noteworthycontribution with a patient 65 off 96 balls, including...
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one-all.HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, July 24 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at theend of the second one-day cricket international between SriLanka and India on Tuesday: India innings G Gambhir c Sangakkara b Malinga 65 V Sehwag c and b Perera 15 V Kohli c Sangakkara b Perera 1 R Sharma b Mathews 0 S Raina b Perera 1 M Dhoni c Sangakkara b Mathews 11 I Pathan c Perera b Malinga 6 R Ashwin run out 21 Z Khan lbw b...
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India self-destructed in Hambantota to hand Sri Lanka the match on a platter....
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Gautam Gambhir made a patient half century and the held one end in India's collapse...
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Sri Lanka's captain Mahela Jayawardene (right) celebrates with Thisara Perera after taking the wicket of India's Virender Sehwag during the second ODI in Hambantota. (Reuters Photo)NEW...
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Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan plays a shot during the second ODI against India at Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota. (AFP Photo)NEW DELHI:...
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Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan plays a shot during the second ODI against India at Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota. (AFP Photo)NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin struck to give India first breakthrough as he dismissed Tillakaratne Dilshan in the second ODI of the five-match series at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.Chasing a paltry 139-run target,...
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gave Sri Lanka good start against India in the second ODI of the five-match series at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.Tharanga...
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Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan plays a shot during the second ODI against India at Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota. (AFP Photo)NEW DELHI: Chasing a paltry 139-run target, Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan gave Sri Lanka good start against India in the second ODI of the five-match series at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.Tharanga and...
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Sri Lanka's captain Mahela Jayawardene (right) celebrates with Thisara Perera after taking the wicket of India's Virender Sehwag during the second ODI in Hambantota. (Reuters...
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Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan plays a shot during the second ODI against India at Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota. (AFP Photo)NEW DELHI: Chasing a paltry 139-run target, Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne...
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Sri Lanka's captain Mahela Jayawardene (right) celebrates with Thisara Perera after taking the wicket of India's Virender Sehwag during the second ODI in Hambantota. (Reuters Photo)NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera was on a roll as he claimed three quick wickets to rock Indian top-order in the second ODI of the five-match series at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.India...
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Sri Lanka's captain Mahela Jayawardene (right) celebrates with Thisara Perera after taking the wicket of India's Virender Sehwag during the second ODI in Hambantota. (Reuters Photo)NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera was on a roll as he claimed three quick wickets to rock Indian top-order in the second ODI of the five-match series at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium...
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Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan plays a shot during the second ODI against India at Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota. (AFP Photo)NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka displayed an all-round performance to register a comprehensive 9-wicket victory over India in the second ODI to level the 5-match ODI series 1-1 at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.Sri Lanka chased...
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second ODI at Hambantota, in Sri Lanka, Indians will have an edge as Lankan's most consistent new-ball bowler in recent times, Nuwan Kulasekara, will not be seen in action for the remainder of the series due to injury.MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI and his boys will face Sri Lanka for second straight victory in the second one day international of the five One Day Internationals series against Sri Lanka at the...
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were bundled out for 138 runs against Sri Lanka in the second One-day International (ODI) here Tuesday.Opener Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 65 and was the last man to get out in the innings lasting 33.3 overs. It was India's sixth-lowest score against Sri Lanka in ODIs.Medium pacers Thisara Perera and Angelo Matthews picked up three wickets each for Sri Lanka while ace speedster Lasith Malinga took...
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were bundled out for 138 runs against Sri Lanka in the second One-day International (ODI) here Tuesday.Opener Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 65 and was the last man to get out in the innings lasting 33.3 overs. It was India's sixth-lowest score against Sri Lanka in ODIs.Medium pacers Thisara Perera and Angelo Matthews picked up three wickets each for Sri Lanka while ace speedster Lasith Malinga took...
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the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka in the second One-day International here Tuesday.Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Rangana Herath, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga.India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni,...
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were bundled out for 138 runs against Sri Lanka in the second One-day International (ODI) here...
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the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka in the second One-day International...
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India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second cricket One-day international, here today. India have fielded an unchanged side while the hosts have replaced injured Nuwan Kulasekara with left-arm paceman Isuru Udana. India are leading the series 1-0. Teams: Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (C), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga,...
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would look to capitalise on Sri Lanka's weankess while they take on field on Tuesday for the second ODI at Hambantota and will ensure that they seal another victory to take a 2-0 lead in the series.Returning from a three-month break, Team India played fabulously to register their first win in the series by 21 runs, by restricting Sri Lanka to 293/9 after posting a mammoth 314/6.Virat Kohli's ton, Virender...
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Thisara Perera's dream spell of bowling, where he took three wickets for no run during his opening spell destroyed Indian batting in the second One Day International here on Tuesday.The right-arm medium paceman's excellent bowling combined with Angelo's Mathews equally good stint at the bowling crease restricted India to 138 all out in 33.3 overs.Amidst the ruins at the other end, opener Gautam Gambhir...
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there is a need to stop India's latest sensation Virat Kohli who is in great form as he has smashed four centuries out of his last five outings.Kohli's magnificent century against Sri Lanka helped India post a mammoth 314/6 in the first ODI at Hambantota and restricted Mahela's men to 293/3 and register their first win in the series by 21 runs.Mahela feels the 23 year old Indian vice captain was not...
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disappointing outing at Hambantota is not their lowest total against Sri Lanka, it is one of their lowest totals in Sri Lanka.registered its lowest total in One day internationals against Sri Lanka in 2000 played at Sharjah wherein they played 26.3 over before being bundled out for 54.Though the scenario looked similar when India were reeling at 60/5 against Sri Lanka in the 2nd ODI at Hambantota (24...
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the first three overs on a blustery afternoon in Hambantota, Sri Lanka looked thrown. Running in through strong winds, their opening bowlers found rhythm elusive and lines hard to control. Lasith Malinga got no movement; the debutant Isuru Udana's first over comprised 11 balls and contained 16 runs; there were careless overthrows and misfields; and India scored 31 for 0 with barely a risk. And then...
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Ashwin (21) hits a few lusty blows, helping his team get past the 100-run mark, before he is run out. Zaheer Khan (2)comes and goes, leg before to Herath for a duck.Gambhir, meanwhile, proceeds to complete his 32nd ODI fifty, his eighth against Sri Lanka.The Delhi batsman has been the lone bright spot in what has otherwise been a shoddy effort from the visitors.The bowling powerplay is taken in the...
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ISTIndia has won the toss and chosen to bat in its second ODI against Sri Lanka in at Hambantota.India won the first match rather comfortably, and will look to continue their momentum. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have been playing a lot of cricket in recent times and will look to keep up their energy levels against a fresh Indian side.Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni(w/c), Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin,...
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India lost another wicket as Irfan Pathan could not utilise the opportunity and got out for 6. Malinga came back to take the wicket in the 19th over of the match. India were in deep trouble.Skipper MS Dhoni, along with Gambhir, tried to take Indian innings back on track for a while. But Dhoni (11) ultimately gave a simple catch to wicketkeeper Sangakkara off Mathews. India were deep trouble, losing...
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will look to building up on their 1-0 lead when they take on Sri Lanka in the second One-day International Tuesday at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota....
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Lanka Cricket (SLC) today named pacer Nuwan Pradeep as replacement for injured Nuwan Kulasekara for the remainder of the One-Day International (ODI) series against India. Pradeep, who is currently with the Sri Lankan A team for a tri-series in Zimbabwe will directly join the team after returning from the African nation. Pradeep, who made his Test debut against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in October...
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aving commenced the new season with a comfortable victory in the first ODI, favourites India will be aiming to keep up the momentum when they take on hosts Sri Lanka in the second cricket ODI in Hambantota.India cruised to a 21-run win against the islanders in the opening ODI -- courtesy the in-form Virat Kohli who smashed 106 and senior batsman Virender Sehwag who made a significant contribution with...
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Impressive in his return from injury in the first ODI against Sri Lanka, senior Indian opener Virender Sehwag on Monday said it was important for him to get back among runs after below-par performances during the disastrous tour of Australia."It was very important for me to score runs and provide a good start to my team. I hadn`t scored runs in Australia and this innings is important for me as we will...
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(Sri Lanka): MS Dhoni led Indian cricket team had a positive and confident start to the new season with a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka in the first ODI.The team will be aiming to keep up the momentum when they take on the hosts in the second cricket ODI on Tuesday.India cruised to a 21-run win against the islanders in the opening ODI -- courtesy the in-form Virat Kohli who smashed 106 and senior...
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After starting the new season with a comfortable victory, favourites India will be aiming to keep up the momentum when they take on hosts Sri Lanka in the second cricket ODI here tomorrow.India cruised to a 21-run win against the islanders in the opening ODI—courtesy the in-form Virat Kohli who smashed 106 and senior batsman Virender Sehwag who made a significant contribution with an innings of 96.The...
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Impressive in his return from injury in the first ODI against Sri Lanka, senior Indian opener Virender Sehwag today said it was important for him to get back among runs after below-par performances during the disastrous tour of Australia.“It was very important for me to score runs and provide a good start to my team. I hadn’t scored runs in Australia and this innings is important for me as we will...
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