ICC Champions Trophy SF 2 India V Sri Lanka -Thursday June 20,2013

ICC Champions Trophy SF 2 India V Sri Lanka at Sophia Gardens,Cardiff -Thursday June 20,2013

India won the toss and chose to field

SL scored 181/8 in 50 Overs
Mahela Jayawardene           38(in 63 Balls with 4x3)

Angelo Mathews                 51(in 89 Balls with 4x1 and 6x1)

Jeevan Mendis                    25(in 35 Balls with 4x1)
Wicket Takers(India)
Ishant Sharma                   3-33(9 Overs)
R Aswin                            3-48(10 Overs)
Bhuvenshwar Kumar         1-18(9 Overs)
Ravindra Jadeja                 1-33(10 Overs)

India scored 182/2 in 35 Overs
Rohit Sharma                    33(in 50 Balls with 4x4)

Shikhar Dhawan               68(in 92 Balls with 4x6 and 6x1)

Virat Kohli                       58*(in 64 Balls with 4x4 and 6x1)

Suresh Raina                    07*(in 4 Balls with 4x1)
Wicket Takers(SL)
Angelo Mathews             1-10(4 Overs)
Jeevan Mendis                1-28(3 Overs)

Match Result - India won by 8 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)

Player of the Match -Ishant Sharma(India)

Highlights

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni has bowled in an ODI for the 2nd time( 4-0-17-0)

• He had first bowled vs West Indies (2-0-14-1) at Johannesburg in the ICC Champions Trophy on September 30, 2009, capturing one wicket - his victim being Travis Dowlin. India had won the game by 7 wickets

• For the first time, India have won three ODIs by eight wickets each (all in succession) in a single edition in the ICC Champions Trophy - one each vs West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

• For the third time, India have qualified for the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy.In the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy India & NZ qualified for the finals and NZ won the trophy and in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy India & SL qualified for the finals and they are jointly declared winners because of no result due to rain washing out play

• India's tally of 14 wins is the most by any team in the ICC Champions Trophy (Lost six and No-result three out of 23 played)

• Shikhar Dhawan is the first batsman to manage 300 runs in the preent edition of the ICC Champions Trophy - 332 at an average of 110.66 in four matches, including two hundreds and a fifty.Shikhar Dhawan since his comeback
  
  • 187 (174b)v Australia in Mohali Test Match
  • 114 (94b)  v SA in 2013 ICC Champions Trophy
  • 102* (107b) v WI in 2013 ICC Champions Trophy  
  • 48 (41) v Pak in 2013 ICC Champions Trophy 
  • 50* (63b) v SL in 2013 ICC Champions Trophy

• Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma became the first pair to register four stands of 100-plus followed by two fifty-plus for the first wicket in the ICC Champions Trophy - all in succession

• Virat Kohli (58 not out of 64 balls) has posted his second fifty in seven matches in the ICC Champions Trophy( 23rd fifty in ODIs and 8th vs Sri Lanka)

• Kumar Sangakkara became the first player to have appeared in 300 ODIs as a wicketkeeper.Kumar Sangakkara is the third wicketkeeper to complete 400 dismissals (318 catches + 82 stumpings) in ODIs, joining Adam Gilchrist (472) and Mark Boucher (424).Kumar Sangakkara, with 222 runs at an average of 74.00 in four matches, is the top run-scorer for Sri Lanka in the present tournament.Kumar Sangakkara is the first wicketkeeper to complete the double of 10,000 Runs(10,355 runs (ave.40.76)) and 400 dismissals in 300 ODIs

• Mahela Jayawardene's tally of 742 runs (ave.41.22) in 22 matches is the second highest in the ICC Champions Trophy, next only to Chris Gayle's 791 (ave.52.73) in 17 matches

• Suresh Raina is the second Indian fielder to take three catches in an innings in the ICC Champions Trophy - the first being Yuvraj Singh - vs South Africa at Colombo (RPS) on September 25, 2002.Suresh Raina is the fourth Indian fielder to take three catches in an ODI in England, joining Kapil Dev (vs England - The Oval, 1986), Mohammad Azharuddin (vs England - The Oval 1986) and Bishan Singh Bedi (vs England - Leeds, 1974)