Asia Cup 2012: Sri Lanka v India – Match Recap
India 304/3 (50 ov) v Sri Lanka 254 (45.1 ov) - India won by 50 runs
On Tuesday, March 13, 2012, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
After winning the toss, Sri Lankan under the captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 chose to field first in a bid to restrict India on a meagre total.
The Lankan bowlers responded well by making early inroads as India lost their first wicket with only 19 runs on the board, as the Lankans bagged the prized wicket of India’s ace batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607, who is going through a rough patch in his career, failed to impress his fans as he fell after scoring only six runs off 19 deliveries.
With the demise of Sachin, it was time for number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447.
The duo forged a stupendous resistance against the Sri Lankans as not only did they launch a batting onslaught but also prevented their wickets from falling.
The two batsmen clobbered 205 runs in the second-wicket partnership taking the score to 224 before Gambhir was dismissed by Lankan pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MF-Maharoof-c1944, after belting an innings of 100 runs off 118 deliveries.
Two runs later, Kohli also followed Gambhir as he perished after knocking an innings of 108 runs off 120 deliveries.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, then hammered an unbeaten knock of 46 runs to help his side amass a mammoth tally of 304 on the board.
Coming out to bat, Sri Lanka had a huge task ahead and needed a superb opening stand from the batsmen. However, with only 31 runs on the board they lost their first wicket when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 perished after playing a short innings of seven runs.
Veterans Jayawardene and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 then forged a potent partnership as they desperately cruised towards the required target.
However, with 124 runs on the board, the partnership finally came to an end when the Lankan skipper found his way back to the pavilion after playing an innings of 78 runs.
The Lankan middle-order then faltered as India made a resounding comeback in the match by grabbing wickets at random.
With 196 runs, Sangakkara also fell after playing an innings of 65 runs. With the fall of this wicket, Sri Lanka lost their chances of winning the match as the side could bolster only 254 runs in 45.1 overs.
From India, left-arm pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601 was the highest wicket taker with four Sri Lankan scalps to his name.
Meanwhile, medium-pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 shared three wickets each, leaving Sri Lanka winless in the ongoing tournament.
Kohli was named as the Player of the Match for his remarkable work with the bat.
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