http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WU-Tharanga-c2802 over the moon after a gigantic ton against India – Cricket News
Having played the innings of his life in the third match of the tri-nation series against India in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, the Sri Lankan opening batsman, Upul Tharanga, is over the moon with his performance and feels that this century is
going to enhance his self-belief.
Having won the toss at Kingston, Jamaica, India committed suicide by asking the opposition to bat first. Tharanga, who has been out of the national team in recent times, took the game away from the Men in Blue along with his former
captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 as the opening pair scored 213 runs for the first-wicket partnership.
The 28-year-old cricketer scored an unbeaten 174, which came off merely 159 balls with the help of 19 boundaries and three sixes. Jayawardene also shined with 107 runs for which he consumed 112 deliveries.
Due to the efforts of their openers, Sri Lanka scored 348 runs for the loss of one wicket in their allotted 50 overs. The Indians fell short of the target by a massive margin of 161 runs.
Tharanga was named as the Player of the Match for his career-best innings. The left-handed batsman, while expressing his views in the post-match presentation ceremony, was all praise for Jayawardene and is ecstatic with his personal
performance.
"I played a game after six months. Today's game Mahela batted really well. It helped me a lot. After I got the hundred, we had only 12-13 overs and nine wickets remaining, I had to go. Luckily I connected. After Champions Trophy,
winning a game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 is a huge thing, this century will help me a lot as well," said the cricketer from Balapitiya.
Sri Lanka’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913, is also very happy with the performance of his openers and appreciated Tharanga’s efforts of batting through the whole innings.
The captain expressed, "We needed that, especially after losing the toss, we were on the back foot. Mahela showed his class. Upul struggled a bit initially but batted through and was brilliant later.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 will play their next match of the tournament on July 7, against the hosts at Port of Spain.
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