Ind in SL 2012 4th ODI: Match Facts and Scorecard

India registered another convincing victory to take the series with last ODI remaining, winning by 6 wickets with 46 balls remaining.

Ind in SL 2012 Schedule and Results

Match Facts

Virat Kohli was declared player of the match.
Kohli scored his 13th ODI century.
Scoring 13 ODI centuries in 86 innings, he is the fastest to achieve the feat. AB de Villiers took 131 innings.
Agewise only Tendulkar is ahead of him, scoring 13 century before turning 24.
India registered 3rd Away series and overall 5th continuous ODI series victory over Sri Lannka.
100+ partnership: 146* 5th Kohli & Raina
Dhoni registered 22nd win over SL as captain, broke Imran Khan’s record for most victory against SL.

SL Innings

Tharanga st Dhoni b Ashwin 51 runs 73 balls 4 4s 1 six
Dilshan c Dhoni b Dinda 42 runs 48 balls 7 4s
Thirimanne b Ashwin 47 runs 69 balls
Chandimal c Pathan b Tiwary 28 runs 32 balls 2 4s
Jayawardene c Dhoni b Sehwag 3 runs 3 balls
Mathews c Kohli b Tiwary 14 runs 34 balls 1 four
Mendis b Tiwary 17 runs 16 balls 2 4s
Perera c Raina b Tiwary 2 runs 3 balls
Herath not out 17 runs 15 balls 1 four 1 six
Malinga not out 15 runs 7 balls 2 6s
Extras (lb 2, w 13) 15
Total (50 overs) 251/8

Fall of Wickets

1-91 (Dilshan, 18.2 ov), 2-102 (Tharanga, 21.1 ov), 3-152 (Chandimal, 31.4 ov), 4-155 (Jayawardene, 32.1 ov), 5-190 (Mathews, 41.1 ov), 6-213 (Mendis, 45.1 ov), 7-218 (Perera, 45.6 ov), 8-219 (Thirimanne, 46.6 ov)

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 6 ov 36/0
Pathan 6 0ov 27/0
Dinda 6 ov 28/1
Kohli 2 ov 7/0
Sehwag 8 ov 1 maiden 38/1
Ashwin 10 ov 1 maiden 46/2
Manoj Tiwary 10 ov 1 maiden 61/4
Rohit Sharma 2 ov 6/0

India innings (target: 252 runs from 50 overs)

Gambhir b Malinga 0
Sehwag c Senanayake b Mathews 34 runs 29 balls 6 4s
Kohli not out 128 runs 119 balls 12 4s 1 six
Rohit Sharma lbw b Pradeep 4 runs 14 balls
Manoj Tiwary lbw b Mendis 21 runs 38 balls 2 4s
Raina not out 58 runs 51 balls 4 4s 1 six
Extras (lb 2, w 6, nb 2) 10
Total (42.2 overs) 255/4

Fall of Wickets

1-0 (Gambhir, 0.5 ov), 2-52 (Sehwag, 9.2 ov), 3-60 (Sharma, 12.4 ov), 4-109 (Tiwary, 23.4 ov)

Bowling

Malinga 8 ov 1 maiden 41/1
Perera 6 ov 51/0
Mathews 6 ov 1 maiden 18/1
Pradeep 8 ov 52/1
Herath 7 ov 44/0
Mendis 6 ov 37/1
Dilshan 1.2 0ov 10/0