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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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India win convincingly over Sri Lanka in 2nd ODI Asia Cup 2012

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 10:10 AM PDT


Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir cracked sparkling centuries as defending champions India launched their campaign in the Asia Cup cricket tournament with a comfortable 50-run victory over Sri Lanka.

Put into bat, the Indians rode on the heroics of Kohli (108) and Gambhir (100) to post an imposing 304 for three and then polished off the islanders for 254 in 45.1 overs in a floodlit contest at the Shere-e-Bangla National Stadium.

The highlight of the Indian batting was the belligerent 205-run second wicket partnership between Kohli, who notched up his second successive ODI century, and Gambhir while some lusty hits by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (46 not out off 26 balls) and Suresh Raina (30 not out off 17 balls) in the slog overs steered India past the 300 mark.

Sachin Tendilkar, chasing a historic 100th international century, was dismissed for six but the defending champions recovered from the early setback with a solid display on a good batting strip.

Captain Mahela Jayawardene (78) and Kumar Sangakkara (65) were the notable performers but none of the other Sri Lankan batsmen could get going to capitalise on a whirlwind start.

Pacer Irfan Pathan was the pick of the Indian bowlers with 4 for 32 while spinner R Ashwin (3/39) and paceman Vinay Kumar (3/55) were the other wicket-takers.

Sri Lanka will take on Pakistan in their next match on Thursday while India clash with hosts Bangladesh on Friday.

The Sri Lankans got off to a flier as both openers Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan unleashed a flurry of strokes, picking up Praveen Kumar for special treatment.

Pathan struck for his team in the fifth over by evicting Dilshan with a rather poor delivery. Dilshan attempted to pull the short-pitched ball but found Virat Kohli at mid-wicket.

Jayawardene and Sangakkara, who joined the action after Dilshan’s dismissal, scored at a very brisk pace as they plundered runs at will in the initial stages.

Captain Jayawardene was particularly severe against the Indian bowlers as he notched up his half century off just 40 balls while Sangakkara was quite content in taking the singles and giving him as much strike as possible.

The two seasoned pros laid the foundation for the run chase with a superb exhibition of strokeplay.

Just when the second wicket partnership was taking dangerous proportions, Irfan Pathan struck again by removing the dangerous Jayawardene who edged an angled delivery to Dhoni behind the stumps. His knock of 78 came off 59 balls and contained ten boundaries and two sixes.

The young Dinesh Chandimal (13) did not last long as he was consumed by off-spinner R Ashwin to peg back the Lankan charge to some extent.

The runrate dropped down quite a bit after the two quick dismissals, allowing the Indians to come back into the game as the asking rate kept increasing.

With runs drying up, Sangakkara went for a slog-sweep but could not connect the shot properly and Ravindra Jadeja took a tumbling catch in the deep.

The game swung in India’s favour when R Vinay Kumar dismissed Nuwan Kulasekara and Chamara Kapudegera off successive deliveries.

Earlier, Kohli and Gambhir took centrestage with a brilliant exhibition of strokeplay.

The duo added 205 runs for the second wicket at a brisk pace of more than five an over to steer the Indian innings after the early fall of Tendulkar. Both the batsmen, in fact, perished in the 43rd over, dismissed by Farveez Mahroof in the space of just one delivery. Interestingly, both the batsmen completed their tenth ODI hundreds.

It was not a very good start to the proceedings for India as Tendulkar (6) continued his frustrating quest for a 100th international century which has extended for more than a year now.

The veteran right-hander was dismissed off a Suranga Lakmal full toss in the sixth over of the innings after facing 19 deliveries.

Tendulkar pushed it low to short extra cover where Mahela Jayawardene caught him comfortably.

But the Indian felt that it was a no ball as it had gone above the waist. The on-field officials referred the matter to the third umpire, who found it to be a legitimate delivery after going through the TV replays.

But his dismissal hardly affected the Indian innings which accelerated after Gambhir was joined by Kohli, the most successful Indian batsman — the only one to get a hundred — in what was a disastrous tour of Australia.

Gambhir got a life in the 17th over when he was dropped by Dinesh Chandimal in the long on region off Seekkuge Prasanna’s bowling.

The left-hander was on 36 when he chipped one in the air but Chandimal, who ran a considerably to his left to get to the ball, could not balance himself after diving in front to grab the ball, which popped out of his hands as he touched the ground.

Gambhir and Kohli completed a century stand off 123 balls which was the 70th overall for the second wicket for India.

Only Australia, with 77 century stands for the second wicket, have more.

They didn’t stop at that and bettered the stand with some thoughtful strokeplay and restraint. Both the naturally aggressive batsmen were patient in their approach and did not succumb to the temptation of extravagant shots.

Both the batsmen knocked off seven fours each. While Kholi took 120 deliveries, Gambhir’s innings came off 118 balls.

The identical innings came to an end almost at the same time with Gambhir holing out to Upul Tharanga in the long on region while Kohli was caught by Lahiru Thirimanne in the extra cover region.

Down the order, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (46) and Suresh Raina (30) provided some entertainment for the sparse crowd. The duo shared 10 fours and a couple of sixes between them during an unbeaten 78-run stand that came off 43 deliveries.

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India Vs Sri Lanka Highlights 2nd ODI | Asia Cup 2012 Highlights

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 09:10 AM PDT


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India Vs Sri Lanka Post Match Presentation | Asia Cup 2012

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 09:04 AM PDT


Virat: I am very happy with this performance. Considering that we came from different conditions in Australia it is very satisfying. I was just trying to hit the ball well and I am happy that it was happening. Me and Gautam have got big partnerships between us and we understand how we play. We run well between the wickets and we don’t really need to tell each other what to do. It is very satisfying when the wicket is slow and you have to adjust and control the rush of blood and not hit that boundary but it is nice when it results in your favour. The vice captaincy is a great honour for me, especially at the age of 23 I didn’t really expect it but I will try and make the most of it.

Virat Kohli has been given the Man of the Match award

Dhoni: It was difficult when Mahela was batting. The wicket changed a bit and the ball was coming on to the bat. The batsmen were scoring well, not to forget Pravin had an off day and they went after Jadeja. it was difficult to manage and that’s why I had to get on my part time bowlers. I think Irfan supported the attack well and Pravin cam back well. I think Gatuam and Virat batted very sensibly and they ran well between the wickets. There weren’t too many boundaries and it was a difficult one but they batted well and gave us a good start. When you lose a toss here and have to defends becuase tha ball comes onto the bat later in the day. Maybe when the tounrament progresses it might become slower and it might not be so easy to bat. Sri Lanka didn’t have a few of their key players but still I am happy with out effort.

Mahela: I think when you are chasing something like that, the guys who make starts have to carry on. I think I played a bad shot to get out. We needed to keep our heads together and chase the score down but we couldn’t really do that. I think India set up their innings nicely with Virat and Gambhir at the top. It is tough to bowl to people like Dhoni and Suresh since they are big hitters. We made a lot of mistakes today, with the bat, in the field and with the ball. We can still take a lot of positives from this games. I think the new guys bowled really well. But we can’t keep making mistakes like this because we might go out of the tournament then. I enjoy batting at the top of the order because I can play my shots, it is easy to bat with Dilshan and Kumar. But then again I think I played a bad shot to get out.

India vs Sri Lanka Scorecard Asia Cup 13 Mar 2012

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 04:46 AM PDT


Asia Cup 2012

India vs Sri Lanka – 2nd Match

Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, 13 Mar 2012

Toss - Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Result – India beat Sri Lanka by 50 runs

India Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Gautam Gambhir c U Tharanga b F Maharoof 100 118 7 0 84.75
Sachin Tendulkar c M Jayawardene b S Lakmal 6 19 1 0 31.58
Virat Kohli c L Thirimanne b F Maharoof 108 120 7 0 90.00
MS Dhoni (c & wk) Not Out 46 26 6 1 176.92
Suresh Raina Not Out 30 17 3 1 176.47
Rohit Sharma            
Ravindra Jadeja            
Irfan Pathan            
Ravichandran Ashwin            
Praveen Kumar            
Vinay Kumar            
Extras (b 0, lb 7,w 7, nb 0) 14
Total (3 wickets; 50 overs) 304 (6.08 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets (India):

1-19 (Tendulkar, 5.3 ov), 2-224 (Gambhir, 42.3 ov), 3-226 (Kohli, 42.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Nuwan Kulasekara 10 0 67 0 6.70 (w 1)
Suranga Lakmal 10 1 67 1 6.70 (w 2)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 10 0 54 0 5.40  
Seekkuge Prasanna 9 0 45 0 5.00 (w 1)
Farveez Maharoof 10 0 57 2 5.70 (w 2)
Chamara Kapugedera 1 0 7 0 7.00  

Powerplay: 1-10, 16-20 (bowling), 36-40 (batting)

Sri Lanka Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Mahela Jayawardene (c) c M Dhoni b Irfan Pathan 78 59 10 2 132.20
Tillakaratne Dilshan c V Kohli b Irfan Pathan 7 9 1 0 77.78
Kumar Sangakkara (wk) c R Jadeja b R Ashwin 65 87 2 1 74.71
Dinesh Chandimal b R Ashwin 13 22 1 0 59.09
Lahiru Thirimanne lbw b R Ashwin 29 37 0 1 78.38
Nuwan Kulasekara b V Kumar 11 9 2 0 122.22
Upul Tharanga b Irfan Pathan 17 16 2 0 106.25
Chamara Kapugedera c V Kohli b V Kumar 0 1 0 0 0.00
Farveez Maharoof c S Raina b V Kumar 18 19 1 1 94.74
Seekkuge Prasanna c S Tendulkar b Irfan Pathan 8 12 1 0 66.66
Suranga Lakmal Not Out 0 0 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 0,lb 2,w 6, nb 0) 8
Total (All Out; 45.1 overs) 254 (5.62 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Sri Lanka):

1-31 (Dilshan, 4.1 ov), 2-124 (Jayawardene, 18.3 ov), 3-152 (Chandimal, 25.3 ov), 4-196 (Sangakkara, 35.1 ov), 5-198 (Thirimanne, 35.5 ov), 6-216 (Kulasekara, 38.3 ov), 7-216 (Kapugedera, 38.4 ov), 8-241 (Tharanga, 41.6 ov), 9-254 (Maharoof, 44.6 ov), 10-254 (Prasanna, 45.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Irfan Pathan 8.1 1 32 4 3.90  
Praveen Kumar 7 0 47 0 6.70 (w 1)
Vinay Kumar 9 0 55 3 6.10 (w 3)
Ravindra Jadeja 4 0 31 0 7.80  
Suresh Raina 5 0 34 0 6.80  
Ravichandran Ashwin 9 0 39 3 4.30 (w 2)
Rohit Sharma 3 0 14 0 4.70  

Powerplay: 1-10, 16-20 (bowling), 36-40 (batting)



Teams:
India (Playing XI): Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Mahela Jayawardene(c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Dinesh Chandimal, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Seekkuge Prasanna

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India vs Sri Lanka Live Scores Highlights Asia Cup 2012

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 12:50 AM PDT


Toss: Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to field

Teams:
India (Playing XI): Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Mahela Jayawardene(c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Dinesh Chandimal, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Seekkuge Prasanna
Pitch report: The pitch looks to have a greenish tinge and is different from the one that was used in the 1st ODI. It should help the ball to come on to the bat easily. This pitch looks to be a very good one, the seamers should enjoy bowling on it but more than that the batsmen will enjoy the ball coming onto the bat. Sunil Gavaskar predicts 600 runs to be scored on this wicket.

Asia Cup 2012: Sri Lanka opts to field against India, 11 Mar 2012

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 12:37 AM PDT


Toss: Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to field

Mahela: We are going to bowl first, it looks like a different wicket and we think the ball will come on to the bat in the second half of the innings. Obviously because of the amount of cricket we have been playing it has put a strain on the guys and we are carrying some injusries. But I think it is also a good opportunity for someone to fill in. We are in good form, but that was in Australia, we need to adapt to the conditions and play well here now.

Dhoni: We were also looking to bowl first. There is good competition in the side the youngsters are pushing each other. I am happy with the team I have got but we are going through a transition period but as I said there is a lot of competition within the dressing room and that is good because it brings out the best from the team. It is good to have someone like Sachin in the team because he settles the small and the big things and he has a lot of experience under his belt.

Pitch report: The pitch looks to have a greenish tinge and is different from the one that was used in the 1st ODI. It should help the ball to come on to the bat easily. This pitch looks to be a very good one, the seamers should enjoy bowling on it but more than that the batsmen will enjoy the ball coming onto the bat. Sunil Gavaskar predicts 600 runs to be scored on this wicket.

Sri Lanka Vs India 2nd ODI Live Streams Asia Cup 2012

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 03:30 PM PDT


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Event: India Vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Live

Date: 13 March 2012

Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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