June 22, 2010 : It was the 6th ODI match between Sri Lanka vs India of Asia Cup at Dambola Stadium Sri Lanka. The coin was spin in the favor of Sri Lanka. The home team won the toss and they decided to ball first. The team India in the absence of Sehwag started their innings with Gautam Gambhir and Dinesh Kartik. Both the openers gave India a slow start they added up to 50 runs in first ten over. Gautam Gambhir was the first man to go back to the pavilion at the bowling of Mathews. It was a big wicket for the Sri Lanka team. After that Virat kohli bad form continued and he was out after scoring just 10 runs in 14 balls. The team total score was 75 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 15 over. The Indian batsmen like Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina was departed after getting a good start. It was Rohit Sharma and Captain Mahendar Singh Dhoni batted together and added a partnership of 70 runs. Dhoni wan run out after scoring 41 runs in 53 balls. In the Rohit Sharma stroked a brilliant half Century and took the Indian score up to 200 runs. The India team was dismissed at 209 runs in 50 over as Sri Lankan all rounder hatrick against India.
The Sri Lanka team had to chase a low score on a good batting track. Their top five batsmen are in very good touch in the recent matches. Dilshan and Tharanga started the run chase for the Sri Lanka team. Both the players provided Sri Lanka a quick start in the power play over. The team got their first wicket as Dilshan was out at the bowling of Zaheer Khan after scoring 6th over of the match. After that Captain Sangakara and Tharnaga played very well they utilize the condition of the wicket and added runs at a good scoring rate. Tharanga was dismissed by Khan after scoring 38 runs in 46 balls. The Sri Lanka team total score was 80 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. After that Captain Sangakara and Jaywardne showed thier class and took the match away from team India. Both the players stroked consecutive half centuries. Sangakara was out after scoring 73 runs in 82 balls. It was very late for the team India Sri Lanka was few steps away from their 3rd Victory in a row. Jaywardane and Kandamby stroked the winning shorts for the Sri Lanka team. Sri Lanka won the match by 7 wickets.
Match Notes
Toss : Sri Lnaka won the toss and choose to field
Innings Break : India 209 all out (42 Overs)
Result : Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Pitch Report: There is a little more cloud cover with a nice breeze coming from the southern side of the ground. It is the same pitch that was used yesterday. Some of the cracks are opening up but that’s not going to cause any problems. 250-260 will be a competitive score and it’s again a ‘Win the toss, bat first’ wicket.
Playing Eleven for Asia Cup 2010 6th Match :
Sri Lanka : CK Kapugedera, AD Mathews, MF Maharoof, S Randiv, HMRKB Herath, UWMBCA Welegedara,WU Tharanga,TM Dilshan,KC Sangakkara*†,DPMD Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera,
India : G Gambhir,KD Karthik,V Kohli,RG Sharma,SK Raina, MS Dhoni*† ,RA Jadeja,P Kumar,Z Khan,AB Dinda, PP Ojha
