a high full toss is punched down the ground to long-on, they jog the single and India win this very easily, with a bonus point
Sri Lanka vs India, 5th Match at Dhaka, , Jan 10 2010 - Match Result
This confirms that India are through to the final and will meet Sri Lanka. Their final game with Bangladesh tomorrow is just a dead rubber.
We witnessed yet another comprehensive thrashing by the team chasing. The bowlers, particularly Zaheer Khan, and the fielders set it up for India. A target of 214 was made to look like a walkover by Gambhir, Karthik and Kohli. Karthik will be pleased with the shots he played tonight, getting his timing right. Kohli batted like a man in form and made the bowling look ordinary.
Wijekoon: "Unless Sanga wanted to test the bowlers in such conditions as these, it is truly amazing he decides to bat first after winning the toss. It makes no sense at all. He even complained how he wouldn't let his bowlers experience such conditions. His arguments now look flimsy."
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Sangakkara: "I don't think we learnt much from batting first. We always looked to score runs. We tried not to get too far ahead of ourselves. We know we're far better than this."
Dhoni: "This was the best fielding performance in the last 12 months. Tyagi and Zaheer bowled decently, Mishra too. He varied his pace well. Dinesh began superbly well. Virat has been very consistent."
Zaheer Khan is the Man of the Match: "I just stuck to the basics. The plan with Dilshan was to put two fielders on the deep on the on side and cramp him for room. This was a good confidence booster for me. Hope MS wins the toss in the final."
That's it from us here. Join us tomorrow for India v Bangladesh, the final league game, which is a dead rubber. Thanks for your company. It's goodbye.
One to win
that's a beamer! The ball slipped out of Welegedara's hands and sailed safely over Yuvraj's helmet and beat Sanga as well
that's a good yorker, he saw Yuvraj making room and fired it on the blockhole, squeezed out to the on side
good length outside off and firmly punched down to sweeper cover
full outside off and spooned in the air and the ball drops short of Kandamby st mid-off
full toss outside off and he slaps it down to sweeper cover, 20 off the over
the carnage continues, he bowls it short of a length, sits up nicely for Kohli to club it past square leg
that just races away, down the leg side and he gets a gentle tickle to it which is enough to beat the diving keeper
too wide outside the off stump and it nearly landed outside the pitch
Free Hit It's another full toss from round the wicket but he ends up mistiming it down to mid-on
it's an overstep, comes round the wicket and bowls a hip high full toss which he whips away down to long leg
excellent wristwork there, typical Azharuddin, full on middle and leg and he turns his wrists and works it wide of midwicket
moves across his stumps and clips him away down to fine leg
held it back, bowled it short on the off, goes for the pull but it's a touch too high
reaches his half-century in style, he's in good nick here, full toss outside off, smashes it between extra cover and mid-off to the boundary
Kohli goes for the big one, full and wide and he tries to dismiss it into the stands over long-off, gets a thick outside edge wide of third man, an accurate throw from third man, Sangakkara smartly allows it through onto the stumps at the striker's end, Kohli was taking it easy there, got there just in time, appeal for run out and replays show he was just in
pushed it full outside off, driven towards mid-off
shortish on leg stump, works it away wide of short fine leg for three runs, good work by the fielder there, Lakmal, to drag it back just in time
low full toss outside off, steered straight to deep point for a single
India are looking to finish this off early, time for the batting Powerplay
bouncer, banged in short outside off, allows it through to the keeper
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur | |
Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2009/10 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | ODI no. 2941 |
Hours of play (local time) | 14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.15, Second Session 18.15-21.45 |
Match days | 10 January 2010 - daynight (50-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | India 5, Sri Lanka 0 |