Ind in SL 2012: India bags Series 4-1

India defeated SL by 20 runs in the last ODI. India’s 4-1 victory is only their third such victory in an overseas series.

Ind in SL 2012 Series
Ind vs SL ODI History
Squads
SL Team Profile
Indian Team Profile
Indian Player Performance in Series
SL Player Performance in Series

Facts

Player of the Series: Virat Kohli
Man of the Match: Irfan Pathan
India rose to 2nd position in ODI ranking.
India scored the highest score on this ground against Sri Lanka.
Irfan’s 61/5 is the most expensive by an Indian bowler in a 5-wkt haul.
Irfan’s 5 wicket is India’s 9th such effort against SL.
100 Partnership: 110 4th wicket between Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary.
102 6th wicket Jeevan Mendis and Lahiru Thirimanne.
Rohit Sharma’s 13-runs aggregate in 5 innings is the lowest by an Indian batsmen in any ODI series.

India innings (50 overs maximum)

Gambhir c Malinga b Senanayake 88 runs 99 balls 7 4s
Rahane lbw b Perera 9 runs 17 balls 1 four
Kohli lbw b Pradeep 23 runs 35 balls 2 4s
Rohit Sharma b Pradeep 4 runs 9 balls 1 four
Manoj Tiwary c Perera b Malinga 65 runs 68 balls 6 4s
Raina c Thirimanne b Malinga 0
Dhoni c Chandimal b Malinga 58 runs 38 balls 8 4s 1 six
Irfan Pathan not out 29 runs 28 balls 2 4s
Ashwin not out 2 runs 5 balls
Extras (lb 10, w 6) 16
Total (50 overs) 294/7

Fall of wickets

1-29 (Rahane, 5.1 ov), 2-77 (Kohli, 14.3 ov), 3-87 (Sharma, 16.6 ov), 4-197 (Tiwary, 37.1 ov), 5-197 (Raina, 37.2 ov), 6-213 (Gambhir, 38.6 ov), 7-290 (Dhoni, 48.5 ov)

Bowling

Malinga 10 ov 64/3
Perera 10 ov 53/1
Mathews 5 ov 29/0
Pradeep 10 ov 63/2
Senanayake 10 ov 50/1
Mendis 5 ov 25/0

Sri Lanka innings (target: 295 runs from 50 overs)

Tharanga c Rahane b Pathan 31 runs 21 balls 4 4s
Dilshan c Khan b Pathan 0
Thirimanne run out 77 runs 96 balls 5 4s 3 6s
Chandimal† lbw b Dinda 8 runs 8 balls 2 4s
Mathews run out 13 runs 16 balls 2 4s
Kapugedera lbw b Khan 9 runs 7 balls 1 four
Mendis c Dhoni b Pathan 72 runs 88 balls 6 4s
Perera c Kohli b Pathan 18 runs 19 balls 2 4s
Senanayake b Pathan 7 runs 7 balls
Malinga c Raina b Dinda 10 runs 9 balls 2 4s
Pradeep not out 0
Extras (b 2, lb 14, w 13) 29
Total (45.4 overs) 274

Fall of wickets

1-13 (Dilshan, 1.3 ov), 2-61 (Tharanga, 7.5 ov), 3-74 (Chandimal, 10.1 ov), 4-89 (Mathews, 13.2 ov), 5-102 (Kapugedera, 15.1 ov), 6-204 (Thirimanne, 35.5 ov), 7-252 (Perera, 42.3 ov), 8-256 (Mendis, 42.6 ov), 9-266 (Senanayake, 44.6 ov), 10-274 (Malinga, 45.4 ov)

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 9 ov 1 maiden 53/1
Irfan Pathan 10 ov 61/5
Dinda 7.4 ov 55/2
Kohli 1 ov 3/0
Ashwin 9 ov 37/0
Rohit Sharma 6 ov 23/0
Raina 2 ov 12/0
Manoj Tiwary 1 ov 14/0