Cricket Lover: India vs SriLanka 1st ODI

Gautam Gambhir loses his wicket

This is my first post on this blog which happens to be my second blog. Yesterday was that first ODI of Micromax Cup Ind vs Sl.. India won the toss and elected to bat first. The openers Sehwag and Gambhir had a jittery start. Gambhir lost his wicket in the second over. In came Virat Kohli. Soon after Virender Sehwag set in and the duo built a good partnership. Sehwag lost his wicket 4 runs shy of a century. Virat Kohli made it to 106 before losing his wicket. Raina and Captain cool, Dhoni displayed good batting before losing their wickets in the last over. India ended up making 314. Sri Lanka had a bad day on the field losing Kulasekara due to an injury. Sri Lanka began their innings ready to chase the stiff target of 315. Zaheer Khan began the proceedings. However,Sri Lanka's sorrow continued when they lost Dilshan in the second over when he was given LBW. In came Sangakarra. They two began to steady the innings when they lost Tharanga. In form Sangakarra did well but ran out of partners. Chandimal,Jayawardene,Mathews and Thirimana went in quick succession. Sangakarra found a good partner in Perera. The two began to consolidate the innings and Sri Lanka came right into the game with a fighting chance. Finally Perera was dismissed 48(22).Sangakarra was dismissed after a while having made a fighting 133. Herath was dismissed soon after, leaving Malinga and Kulasekara on the crease. It was down to the last over and now Sri Lanka stood no chance. However,Malinga hit some good shots but he was too late. India managed a 21 run victory. Almost all bowlers had claimed atleast one wicket. Although many number of wides were conceded India displayed good bowling. Irfan Pathan had an excellent economy of 3.70 of his 10 overs.