SL Triangular Series Ind Vs SL 2nd Match: Match Facts and Scorecard

Dambulla, Sri Lanka: Recovering from the last win and inspired by the unwarranted criticism, Sri Lankans stung the Indians so hard that the winner was decided just after 15th over the game. Here are the match facts and scorecard.

Facts

1. Perera was declared MOM for his 5-wicket haul, his first in ODI.
2. SL won the match by 8 wickets earning a bonus point.
3. India sufferred its biggest defeat in terms of number of balls remaining.
4. SL registered its 7th-ever biggest win in terms of number of balls taken.
5. SL reached the final, while the last group match between Ind and NZ will give 2nd team for the final.
6. Yuvraj hit the only 6 of the match.
7. India scored their lowest ODI total in NZ, against SL breaking their old low of 146 runs.

Scorecard
India innings (50 overs maximum)

Karthik c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara 9
Sehwag lbw b Kulasekara 12
Rohit lbw b Mathews 11
Yuvraj Singh lbw b Malinga 38
Raina c †Sangakkara b Perera 8
Dhoni*† c †Sangakkara b Perera 10
Jadeja c Silva b Perera 0
P Kumar c Tharanga b Perera 0
Nehra c †Sangakkara b Malinga 2
Ishant b Perera 3
Ojha not out 2
Extras (lb 3, w 5) 8
Total (all out; 33.4 overs) 103 (3.05 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-20 (Sehwag, 5.2 ov), 2-26 (Karthik, 7.4 ov), 3-50 (RG Sharma, 12.2 ov), 4-61 (Raina, 17.2 ov), 5-71 (Dhoni, 21.6 ov), 6-77 (Jadeja, 25.2 ov), 7-77 (Kumar, 25.3 ov), 8-80 (Nehra, 26.2 ov), 9-99 (Yuvraj Singh, 30.2 ov), 10-103 (I Sharma, 33.4 ov)

Bowling

Malinga 9 overs 1 maiden 21/2
Kulasekara 9 overs 2 maiden 31/2
Mathwes 8 overs 3 maiden 20/1
Perera 7.4 overs 1 maiden 28/5

Sri Lanka innings (target: 104 runs from 50 overs)

Jayawardene c Jadeja b I Sharma 33
Dilshan c Nehra b I Sharma 35
Tharanga not out 12
Sangakkara*† not out 13
Extras (lb 6, w 4, nb 1) 11
Total (2 wickets; 15.1 overs) 104 (6.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets
1-79 (Dilshan, 9.2 ov), 2-79 (Jayawardene, 9.3 ov)

Bowling

Praveen 7 overs 1 maiden 44/0
Nehra 5 overs 39/0
Ishant 3.1 overs 15/2