Requiring 305 runs to win at Mirpur, after India scored 304/3 riding on twin centuries of Gambhir and Kohli, SL could score only 254 runs.
Match Facts
- Kohli won MOM, his 9th ODI MOM, for his century and 2 catches.
Kohli and Gambhir scored their 10th ODI centuries.
India scored their 6th 300+ score in Asia Cup.
205-run 2nd wicket stand between Gambhir and Kohli is joint 2nd best partnership at Asia Cup, India’s best.
205-run stand between Gambhir and Kohli is the best 2nd-wkt partnership at Asia Cup.
Mahela scored his 65th ODI half-century.
Sangakkara scored his 70th ODI half-century.
India registered 71st ODI win over SL.
Irfan Pathan with 21 wickets is the best Indian bowler at Asia Cup, and 4th best overall, behind SL trio of Muralitharan (30), Vaas (23), Jayasuriya (22).
Kohli is the 9th Indian to aggregate 1000 runs againstg SL.
Kohli is the FIRST Indian batsman to score back-to-back ODI centuries twice. First time it was 118 vs Aus and 105 vs New Zealand in 2012. Now, both centuries are against SL (133* and 108)
India innings (50 overs maximum)
- Gambhir c Tharanga b Maharoof 100 runs 118 balls 7 4s
Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Lakmal 6 runs 19 balls 1 four
Kohli c Thirimanne b Maharoof 108 runs 120 balls 7 4s
Dhoni not out 46 runs 26 balls 6 4s 1 six
Raina not out 30 runs 17 balls 3 4s 1 six
Extras (lb 7, w 7) 14
Total (50 overs) 304/3
Fall of wickets
- 1-19 (Tendulkar, 5.3 ov), 2-224 (Gambhir, 42.3 ov), 3-226 (Kohli, 42.5 ov)
Bowling
- Kulasekara 10 ov 67/0
Lakmal 10 ov 1 maiden 67/1
Dilshan 10 ov 54/0
Prasanna 9 ov 45/0
Maharoof 10 ov 57/2 5.70 (2w)
Kapugedera 1 ov 7/0
Sri Lanka innings (target: 305 runs from 50 overs)
- Jayawardene c Dhoni b Pathan 78 runs 59 balls 10 4s 2 6s
Dilshan c Kohli b Pathan 7 runs 9 balls 1 four
Sangakkara c Jadeja b Ashwin 65 runs 87 balls 2 4s 1 six
Chandimal b Ashwin 13 runs 22 balls 1 four
Thirimanne lbw b Ashwin 29 runs 37 balls 1 six
Kulasekara b Vinay Kumar 11 runs 9 balls 2 4s
Tharanga b Pathan 17 runs 16 balls 2 4s
Kapugedera c Kohli b Vinay Kumar 0
Maharoof c Raina b Vinay Kumar 18 runs 19 balls 1 four 1 six
Prasanna c Tendulkar b Pathan 8 runs 12 balls 1 four
Lakmal not out 0
Extras (lb 2, w 6) 8
Total (45.1 overs) 254
Fall of wickets
- 1-31 (Dilshan, 4.1 ov), 2-124 (Jayawardene, 18.3 ov), 3-152 (Chandimal, 25.3 ov), 4-196 (Sangakkara, 35.1 ov), 5-198 (Thirimanne, 35.5 ov), 6-216 (Kulasekara, 38.3 ov), 7-216 (Kapugedera, 38.4 ov), 8-241 (Tharanga, 41.6 ov), 9-254 (Maharoof, 44.6 ov), 10-254 (Prasanna, 45.1 ov)
Bowling
- Irfan Pathan 8.1 ov 1 maiden 32/4
Praveen Kumar 7 ov 47/0
Vinay Kumar 9 ov 55/3
Jadeja 4 ov 31/0
Raina 5 ov 34/0
Ashwin 9 ov 39/3
Rohit Sharma 3 ov 14/0
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