Sri Lanka v India - India tour of Sri Lanka - 2nd ODI – India post 138 runs – Live Score and Update
India 138 (33.3 ov) – India won the toss and chose to bat
Tuesday, July 24: In the second match of the ongoing One Day International (ODI) series between hosts Sri Lanka and India, the tourists after winning the toss chose to bat first, in a bid to post a massive total on the board, at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota.
India, who won the first match by bolstering an amazing tally of 314 runs, were looking to repeat their performance. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 knew they needed to lift their game to avoid another defeat in front of home crowd.
The hosts made inroads in the fourth over by nabbing the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739, who fell after scoring 15 runs, leaving his side standing on a total of 31 runs.
The Lankans struck gold when with 33 runs on the board, they dismissed the dangerous http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737., who was caught behind on a delivery by NLTC Perera after scoring only a run.
With Kohli out of the way, the Sri Lankans knew this was the time to exert more pressure on the Indians to prevent them from belting a huge total.
AD Mathews then did not wait for long and made his mark by dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 had amassed 38 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 the much required support, as he lost his wicket after scoring only a run. At the time of his demise, India were sitting on a score of 41 runs.
With four wickets down, India were certainly sailing in hostile waters and needed a batting partnership to avoid a complete meltdown on a meagre total.
Gambhir on the other hand, stood tall and hammered the Sri Lankan bowlers with zeal in order to keep the scoreboard ticking.
Nonetheless, India faltered on a tally of 138 runs, with Gambhir belting an innings of 65 runs.
From Sri Lanka, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 were the top bowlers with three wickets each to their names.
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