Sri Lanka vs India – 11th ODI CB series – Match Update - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the 11th match of the Commonwealth Bank tri-series, played at the Bellerive Oval, Hobart on February 28, 2012
India won the crucial match in 37th over of their innings, which brought them the all important bonus point, while further allowing them to survive in the series.
Chasing an imposing 321 set by the Lankans, the Indian veteran pair, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MF-Maharoof-c1944, when he picked up the wicket of Sehwag - who departed after contributing 30-run, which consisted of 5 boundaries and a massive six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 then joined Tendulkar, and both men added 32 runs to the total, before the Little Master’s promising knock of 39 came to an end, when Lasith Malinga caught him in front of the stumps.
The Men in Blue were 86 for 2 in the 10th over when Gambhir and Kohli reconstructed the innings. Both players responded aggressively to each ball and thrashed the bowlers to all parts of the ground. The duo stood tall in a 115-run partnership, which took the score to 201 in just 27.3 overs.
Gambhir was run-out after scoring a valuable 63, which then brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 to the crease. Kohli and Raina continued to batter the opposition – showing no mercy as the asking rate kept on decreasing. Kohli completed a stupendous 9th ODI century off just76 balls, with the crowd on its feet to laud his marvelous ton.
Both the middle order batsmen safely guided their team to victory with a whopping 80 balls to spare. Kohli remained unbeaten on 133, while his partner accompanied him with a rapid 40.
It was an utter disappointing performance from the Lankan bowlers, as they failed in sustaining their good work from the previous matches. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540, in particular, was punished severely with his 7.4 overs going for 96 runs.
For his blistering innings, Kohli was declared the Player of the Match.
This win has revived India’s chances to qualify for the final, however; they still have to wait for the outcome of the next match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and Sri Lanka, which will be played on March 02 at Melbourne.
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