India beats Sri Lanka in Asia Cup
DHAKA: Irfan Pathan took four wickets and Ravichandran Ashwin and Vinay Kumar claimed three each to help India beat Sri Lanka by 50 runs in the second match of the Asia Cup on Tuesday.
Chasing a winning target of 305, Sri Lanka was dismissed on 254 in the 46th over. Mahela Jayawardene scored 78 and Kumar Sangakkara collected 65. Lahiru Thirimanne was next highest with 29 as none of the other Sri Lanka batsmen could cross 20.
Pathan took 4-32 in 8.1 overs and Ashwin 3-39 in nine as they slowed down the Sri Lankans. Vinay Kumar was a tad more expensive with 3-55 off nine.
After Jayawardene and Sangakkara fell, Sri Lanka lost wickets at regular intervals, paying the price for resting key players Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera and Lasith Malinga.
India picked its strongest available team and built a rock-solid base as Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli scored centuries in a 205-run stand to propel the World Cup winner to 304-3.
Gambhir made 100 from 118 balls with seven boundaries, and Kohli hit 108 from 120 deliveries with seven fours at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium after Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to field first.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed 46 not out from 26 balls with six boundaries and a six in an unbroken 78-run stand from 7.1 overs with Suresh Raina, 30 from 17 deliveries.
Farveez Maharoof led Sri Lanka's bowling attack with 2-57.
Opener Sachin Tendulker fell for 6 with the total on 19, hitting a full toss off Suresh Lakmal to Jayawardene at short extra cover. Tendulker is still to score his 100th hundred in test and limited-overs international cricket.
The 11th Asia Cup also involves Bangladesh and Pakistan.
On Sunday, Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 21 runs in the opening match.
India has won the competition on five occasions, while Sri Lanka is a four-time champion. Both teams recently featured in the limited-overs tri-series in Australia, in which Sri Lanka lost the finals 2-1 to Australia.
The third match of the Asia Cup is between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Thursday, also in Dhaka.
Scoreboard Tuesday in the Asia Cup match between India and Sri Lanka at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium:
India
Gautam Gambhir c Tharanga b Maharoof 100
Sachin Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Lakmal 6
Virat Kohli c Thirimanne b Maharoof 108
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 46
Suresh Raina not out 30
Extras: (7lb, 7w) 14
TOTAL: (for three wickets) 304
Overs: 50.
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-224, 3-226.
Did not bat: Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar.
Bowling: Nuwan Kulasekara 10-0-67-0 (1w), Suresh Lakmal 10-1-67-1 (2w), Tillakaratne Dilshan 10-0-54-0, Seekkuge Prasanna 9-0-45-0 (1w), Ferveez Maharoof 10-0-57-2 (2w), Chamara Kapugedara 1-0-7-0.
Sri Lanka
Mahela Jayawardene c Dhoni b Pathan 78
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Kohli b Pathan 7
Kumar Sangakkara c Jadeja b Ashwin 65
Dinesh Chandimal b Ashwin 13
Lahiru Thirimanne lbw b Ashwin 29
Nuwan Kulasekara b VKumar 11
Upul Tharanga b Pathan 17
Chamara Kapugedara c Kohli b VKumar 0
Farveez Maharoof c Raina b VKumar 18
Seekkuge Prasanna c Tendulkar b Pathan 8
Suresh Lakmal not out 0
Extras: (2lb, 6w) 8
TOTAL: (all out) 254
Overs: 45.1.
Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-124, 3-152, 4-196, 5-198, 6-216, 7-216, 8-241, 9-254, 10-254.
Bowling: Irfan Pathan 8.1-1-32-4, Praveen Kumar 7-0-47-0 (1w), Vinay Kumar 9-0-55-3 (3w), Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-31-0, Suresh Raina 5-0-34-0, Ravichandran Ashwin 9-0-39-3 (2w), Rohit Sharma 3-0-14-0.
News Posted: 14 March, 2012
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