West Indies Tri - Nation Series India Vs Sri Lanka Tuesday July 9,2013

West Indies Tri - Nation Series India Vs Sri Lanka at Queen's Park Oval Port of Spain,Trinidad

SL won the toss and chose to field

India scored 119/3 in 29 Overs
Rohit Sharma                         48*(in 83 Balls with 4x2 and 6x1)

Shikhar Dhawan                     15(in 16 Balls with 4x2)
Virat Kohli                              31(in 52 Balls with 4x4)
Dinesh Karthik                        12(in 18 Balls with 6x1)
Suresh Raina                           04(in 7 Balls)
Wicket Takers(SL)
Rangana Herath                      2-32(6 Overs)
Angelo Mathews                     1-05(5 Overs)

SL scored 96/10 in 24.4 Overs(target: 178 runs from 26 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene              11(in 11 Balls with 4x1)
Dinesh Chandimal                   26(in 54 Balls with 4x1 and 6x1)
Angelo Mathews                     10(in 11 Balls with 4x2)
Jeevan Mendis                        13(in 16 Balls with 4x1)
Wicket Takers(India)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar               4-08(6 Overs)

Ravindra Jadeja                       2-17(5 Overs)
Ishant Sharma                          2-17(4 Overs)
R Aswin                                   1-20(5 Overs)
Umesh Yadav                           1-28(4.4 Overs)

Match Result - India won by 81 runs (D/L method)

Player of the Match - Bhuvneshwar Kumar(India)  -2nd MOM   

 

Highlights

• With this victory, India will face Sri Lanka in the finals, on Thursday July 10,2013 eliminating West Indies in the process

 

• India needed to restrict Sri Lanka to 167 to reach the final on Thursday July 10,2013

• India’s innings was called to a close at 119 for 3 in 29 overs as rain put a halt to the proceedings of the Match and Sri Lanka was set a revised target of 178 in 26 overs (Duckworth-Lewis method) for an outright win

• Sri Lanka needed to score 136 more runs in 17 overs to knock India out

• India's convincing 81-run triumph is their first in three matches against Sri Lanka in the Caribbean in ODIs. They had lost the first two games to them - one each at Kingston (by 161 runs on July 2, 2013) and Port of Spain (by 69 runs on March 23, 2007)

• For the first time, India have won four successive ODIs at Port of Spain - by 4 wickets vs West Indies on June 6, 2011; by 7 wickets vs West Indies on June 8, 2011; by 102 runs vs West Indies on July 5, 2013 and by 81 runs vs Sri Lanka on July 9, 2013

• India have won seven and lost nine out of 16 played at Port of Spain in ODIs.

• India have won 77 and lost 53 out of 142 played against Sri Lanka in ODIs - winning % 59.16 (Tied 1 and NR 11)

• Sri Lanka (96) have equalled their lowest total against India in ODIs. They had managed 96 off 41.0 overs at Sharjah on April 8, 1984

• Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4/8) has produced his career-best bowling performance in ODIs, obliterating the 3 for 29 vs England at Kochi on January 15, 2013

• Bhuvneshwar has received his second Man of the Match award in ODIs - his first was against Pakistan for claiming two wickets for 19 runs at Birmingham on June 15, 2013

• With Shikhar Dhawan's catch, Mahela Jayawardene became the first fielder to complete 200 catches in ODIs