Sri Lanka's chances of making the finals of the Tri-Series have suffered a blow with a close loss to India at the Adelaide Oval.
The Indian captain MS Dhoni with an unbeaten 50 guided his side home with just 5 balls to spare. It was 8/239 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 6/238 off their 50 overs.
Sri Lanka won the toss and were 2 for 6 in the third over after Jayasuriya was run out at the non-striker’s end for nought. Sangakarra 128 and captain Jayawardene 71 led the recovery with a partnership of 153. The recovery was slow with lots of singles and then the acceleration in the end helped by Silva’s 21.
Sri Lanka 6/238 off their 50 overs .
There were 3 run outs, including one brilliant one by Rohit to remove Kapugedera for 1. For India, Pathan took 1/44, Munaf Patel 1/38 and Harbhajan 1/54
Sachin Tendulkar was bowled by Malinga for 0 in the second over with a stunning delivery. However it was Yuvraj’s return to form with 76 off 70 balls that set up India’s victory. He hit 1 six and 10 fours and played some explosive shots.
Vaas produced a superb delivery to dismiss Yuvraj, and when Kumar swung wildly and was bowled by Amerasinghe for 6 it was 7/229.
Malinga had Harbhajan LBW for 3 and it was tight at 8/236 with one over to go.
A wide and then a 2 appropriately to Dhoni and India won with 5 balls to spare. Dhoni, the captain, no boundaries in 129 minutes led from the front and Sharma was there nought not out - 8/239 to Sri Lanka’s 6/238. For Sri Lanka, Amerasinghe took 3/49 off 10 overs and Malinga 2/37 from 10.
The table is Australia 17 points from 5 matches, India 12 from 6 matches and Sri Lanka 6 from 5 matches.
The Sri Lankan’s must defeat Australia at the MCG on Friday to stay in the race for the finals.
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