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Yuvi, Kaif, Badri to lead in Challenger Trophy

Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif and S Badrinath have been picked to lead India Blue, Green and Red respectively in this year’s NKP Salve Challenger Trophy.
The series, to be held from October 23-26 in Cuttack, will provide a chance for the likes of Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla and L Balaji to impress […]

India A vs Australia A: 1st Match drawn

The first three day match between India A and Australia A was drawn here at Bangalore.
Marcus North hit a brilliant half-century as Australia ‘A’ fought back strongly in the second innings after being forced to follow on, after being bowled out for 116. MB Parmar took four for 37 and Piyush Chawla three for 39 […]

India end Idea Cup series with humiliation

Many would call today’s match a rain affected game that resulted in India losing, others would call it the sheer brilliance of the Lankan bowlers, but the fact of the matter is that the Indian batting order failed miserably once again as they have done several times in the past. The Indians had the upper […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 4th ODI: India win series 3-1

India beat Sri Lanka by 46 runs in the fourth ODI at Premdasa stadium in Colombo. With this win, India have taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the Idea Cup and thus have won their first ever ODI bilateral series in the Emerald Island.
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Winning the toss and electing to bat first, India made a cautious […]

India v Sri Lanka, 4th ODI: India makes solid start

After winning the toss and electing to bat on a flat, much drier pitch, the Indians got off to a solid start before losing way in their innings in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka at the Premdasa stadium in Colombo.
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Gambhir and Virat Kohli made a confident beginning as runs flowed at 4.5 an over, […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI: Review

India beat Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the five match series in Dambulla.
After winning the toss, India opted to bowl first and the decision paid off as Zaheer Khan ran through the top order with 4 for 21 from ten overs. At one stage, Sri Lanka were 4 for 11 and 44 for […]

India vs Sri Lanka: Sehwag out of ODI series

India’s opener Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the ongoing One-day series against Sri Lanka due to an ankle injury.
Sehwag missed the opening ODI of the five-match series on Monday after failing to recover from the injury, sustained during a nets on Sunday evening. In his place, Virat Kohli made his India debut.
India skipper […]

Sri Lanka beat India, 1st ODI: Review

Sri Lanka beat India by eight wickets in the first ODI at Dambulla and took a 1-0 lead in the five match series.
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After having won the toss, India elected to bat first but were crippled from the start itself as dashing opener Virender Sehwag was missing in action due to an ankle injury sustained in […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI: India out for 146

India were shot out for a paltry 146 in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at Dambulla. Captain MS Dhoni opted to bat first after winning the toss and he would have hoped for a better showing than this, even though the team was missing dashing opener Virender Sehwag.
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In his absence, Gambhir and debutant Virat […]

India win toss & bat; make shaky start

India won the toss against Sri Lanka in the first ODI at Dambulla and elected to bat first. The major change for India was the absence of Virender Sehwag as he hurt his ankle in the nets on Sunday and is thus missing the game. In his place Virat Kohli made his ODI debut for […]

Scorecard - Sri Lanka beat India - 1st ODI

Idea Cup, 2008

Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI

Rangiri International Stadium, Dambulla, August 18, 2008

Match Information

Umpires:
Billy Doctrove (WI) & Asoka De Silva (SL)

Third Umpire:
MG Silva (SL)

Match Referee:
Chris Broad (Eng)

Toss:
India (Elected to bat)

Match Status:
Sri Lanka won by 8 wkts

Batting: Sri Lanka Innings

Batsmen
Sri Lanka (147/2 in 34.5 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Sanath Jayasuriya
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Sehwag injury scare for India

India will be badly hit for the first ODI against Sri Lanka as their dashing opener Virender Sehwag might not be able to play in the match due to an injury scare.
Sehwag was hit on the ankles during a session in the nets and is sure to miss the first match as a result. The […]

India wins practice match

Riding high on Yuvraj Singh’s century, India won the only practice match ahead of the five match ODI series against Sri Lanka XI at Colombo.Yuvraj hit 8 fours and 13 sixes in his 172 off 121 balls and was involved in a 40 ball 99 run partnership with MS Dhoni as India piled up 342 […]

Yuvarj fires in practice match

Yuvarj Singh delivered on his promise of a good showing in the upcoming five match ODI series as he took the Sri Lanka XI attack to the sword as he notched up a brilliant century and scored 172 runs propelling the Indian score to 342 in 50 overs.
Suresh Raina scored 45 and Gautam Gambhir […]

Countering Mendis is upto individual players: Dhoni

As he landed in Sri Lanka, Indian skipper MS Dhoni faced the enormity of the task that is battinga against Ajantha Mendis, and he began on a lighter note, when asked what plans he had to counter the mystery spinner.
“I’ll just ask Mahela Jayawardene if he will lend Mendis for a couple of practice sessions. […]

Dhoni returns for Lanka ODIs

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is back from his award winning rest and will lead India’s 16-man squad for the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.  Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan are back in the side too after their respective hiatuses from the sport, while Yuvraj Singh is back too after missing the bus for […]

Youngsters rewarded for fine IPL show

India’s under-19 World Cup winning skipper Virat Kohli and two of his teammates, Pradeep Sangwan and Tanmay Srivastava have been awarded the Border-Gavaskar Scholarship for 2008. The three junior players will undergo six weeks’ training at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane in Australia when they leave for Down Under on June 7.

Meanwhile, Mumbai […]

Kings XI win by 9 wickets

Kings XI Punjab were comfortable winners against Bangalore Royal Challengers as the Mohali team routed their opposition by 9 wickets.

In what was supposed to be another test for Rahul Dravid’s men, they started well as Virat Kohli and Misbah gave them a decent start. But once Misbah was out hit-wicket, then the Royal Challengers lost […]

Kings XI Punjab beat Bangalore RCs

In what turned out to be a totally one sided match, Kings XI Punjab beat the Bangalore Royal Challengers by 6 wickets. Batting first after being put in by Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid’s side lost a couple of wickets in the first over itself which stalled their momentum even before it had begun.
Dravid scored his […]