India leave Sri Lanka D(hon)isappointed

India made five changes to their playing eleven – Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth made way for Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Twenty20 International debutant Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan, the player of the match, and Zaheer Khan.

On winning the toss, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka’s skipper, chose to bat.

Sri Lanka’s openers put on 4.5 overs (30 balls). Extras’ contribution to the partnership was eight. While Dilshan’s contribution to it was 15, Jayasuriya’s contribution to the partnership waS(ana)thirty.

Jayasuriya, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 33. Thirty-five balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Ishant. Irfan Pathan broke the 59-run partnership.

Jehan Mubarak, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Yusuf Pathan, who broke the 28-run stand.

Sri Lanka scored 100 off 13 overs (79 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Chamara Kapugedera, whose nine-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. Thirteen balls after Mubarak’s dismissal, he was caught by Virender Sehwag. Yusuf broke the 20-run stand.

Dilshan’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 44 balls.

Sri Lanka scored 150 off 16.5 overs (106 balls). India had conceded 17 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Dilshan, whose 47-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, eventually scored 61. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Ishant broke the 45-run stand.

Chamara Silva, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 21. He was unbeaten.

Kaushalya Weeraratne, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, was unbea‘ten’.

Sri Lanka scored 171 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs each. Khan and Jadeja were wicketless. While the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 29. Ishant and Irfan picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 34. Yusuf, who conceded 23, picked up a couple of scalps.

India’s openers put on 14. Sehwag, who faced a ball, scored a run. An over into the chase, Kapugedera ran him out.

The second-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Gautam Gambhir, whose six-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 13. The next ball, he was caught by Weeraratne off the bowling of Thilan Thushara.

India scored 50 off 5.2 overs (39 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded eight extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 41 balls. While Raina’s contribution to the partnership was 19, Yuvraj Singh’s contribution to it was 21. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was 10.

Yuvraj, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 32. Forty-two balls after Gambhir’s dismissal, he was caught by Dilshan. Mubarak broke the 67-run partnership.

Raina, whose 27-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 35. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Twenty20 International debutant Indika de Saram. Malinga Bandara broke the 18-run stand.

India scored 100 off 10.2 overs (70 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Mahendra Singh, India’s skipper, scored 13. His 17-ball innings included a boundary. Fourteen balls after Raina’s dismissal, Bandara broke the (Dho)nine-run stand.

Rohit Sharma, who faced 11 balls, scored four. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Mubarak. Jayasuriya broke the two-run stand.

Jadeja had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Five balls later, Bandara broke the run-a-ball stand.

India scored 100 off 10.2 overs (70 balls). Sri Lanka had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 50 off 23 balls. While Yusuf’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Irfan’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

Yusuf, whose innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 22. He was unbea‘ten’.

Irfan, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 33. He was unbeaten.

India, who scored 174 for the loss of seven wickets off 19.2 overs, won by three wickets with four balls to spare. Weeraratne, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded a dozen. Malinga, who bowled 3.2 wicketless overs, conceded (Lasi)thirty-eight. Dilhara Fernando, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 44.

Mubarak, who bowled an over, conceded nine. He picked up a wicket, as did Thushara and Jayasuriya, who bowled three overs apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter conceded 10. Bandara, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He picked up three scalps.

India won the one-off match.