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IND vs SL, 2nd ODI, Dambulla: India level cricket series with tense victory(1:1)

Mahendra Singh Dhoni capped Zaheer Khan's devastating spell with a crucial 39 as India posted a tense three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international at Dambulla on Wednesday.
Left-arm seamer Zaheer ran through the top order in his incisive opening spell to finish with 4-21 as India bundled Sri Lanka out for a meagre 142. He was brilliantly backed by paceman Praveen Kumar (3-34). But India skipped a few heartbeats before achieving the modest target with more than 10 overs to spare to level the five-match series 1-1.
They were wobbling at 75-5 after seamers Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekara shared four wickets, but skipper Dhoni and debutant Subramaniam Badrinath (27 not out) held their nerve under pressure. When Dhoni inside-edged paceman Dilhara Fernando's delivery on to his stumps, his team were just eight runs short of the win with four wickets in hand.
Unorthodox Sri Lankan spinner Mendis yet again made the Indian batsmen struggle for runs with shrewd variations, getting the big wicket of Yuvraj Singh before finishing with 2-22 off 10 overs. Yuvraj (20) tried to ease the pressure by smashing Thushara for three fours in two overs, but his flourish did not last long. He was trapped leg-before by Mendis to leave his team wobbling at 52-3.
India appeared to have squandered the advantage given by Zaheer when they lost makeshift opener Irfan Pathan and Suresh Raina in Kulasekara's opening spell and then Virat Kohli (37) and Rohit Sharma in Thushara's one over. Dhoni and Badrinath then applied themselves well to add 60 for the sixth wicket which proved vital in a low-scoring game.
Sri Lanka were earlier in danger of falling to their lowest-ever total of 96 against India when they were reduced to 44-6, but Thushara (44) and Kulasekara (25) rallied their side with a defiant 74-run stand. The Indian skipper's decision to put the hosts in to bat after winning the toss produced instant results as Zaheer bowled Kumar Sangakkara with his sixth delivery which moved in sharply to hit the off-stump.
Man-of-the-match Zaheer claimed two wickets in his third over, removing in-form Jayawardene and Chamara Kapugedera.

IND vs SL, 2nd ODI, Dambulla: India 143 for 7 (39.4 overs) beat Sri Lanka 142 all out (38.3 overs) by 3 wickets

IND vs SL, 2nd ODI, Dambulla: India may shuffle batting line up to counter Lankans

India may opt to shuffle their struggling batting line-up as they go into the second cricket one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Dambulla tomorrow hoping to find a way to regain their winning touch.
After losing the Test series, the Indians made a poor start to the one-dayers by losing the first game here by eight wickets and it will need a far more inspiring performance by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men to reverse their fortunes. The absence of Virender Sehwag, who has been ruled out of the series because of an injury, has come as a big blow for the Indians who have been forced to have a re-look at the batting order.
The Indian think tank is now toying with the idea of shuffling the batting order for the crucial second game of the five-match series. But with an average age of around 24 years, Dhoni and his men will have to move mountains to get a stranglehold of the on-going series and this may force the skipper to move himself and other seniors up the batting order.
However, Dhoni will be missing the fire power of his most experienced batsman Sehwag who can really be destructive on his day. In that scenario, vice-captain Yuvraj Singh, who hit an explosive 172 in the lone practice match before the start of the ODI series, opener Gautam Gambhir and Dhoni himself will have to take the responsibilty on their shoulders to guide the relatively junior batsmen of the team. Sri Lanka team (from): Mahela Jayawardene (capt.), Kumar Sangakkara (Wicket Keeper), Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Udawatte, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Malinda Warnapura, Jehan Mubarak, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekara.
India team (from): M.S. Dhoni (capt. & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, S. Badrinath, Virat Kohli, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, R.P. Singh, Munaf Patel and Pragyan Ojha.

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India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI at Dambulla

Scorecard

Sri Lanka Innings 142 all out (38.3 overs)

India Innings 143 for 7 (39.4 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Jayasuriya	lbw	b Zaheer	13	37	1	0
Sangakkara		b Zaheer	2	10	0	0
M Jayawardene	c Yuvraj	b Zaheer	2	10	0	0
Kapugedera	c Dhoni	b Zaheer	0	2	0	0
Silva	c Kohli	b Kumar	0	2	0	0
Dilshan	c Badrinath	b I Pathan	16	33	3	0
Kulasekara	c Badrinath	b Kumar	25	62	2	0
Thushara	c Kohli	b Kumar	44	46	7	0
Mendis	c and b	Harbhajan	0	1	0	0
D Fernando	c Kohli	b Harbhajan	12	12	2	0
Muralitharan	not out		11	16	1	0
Extras		11w 6lb	17
Total		all out	142	(38.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Kumar 10.0 2 34 3 Zaheer 9.5 3 21 4 Patel 6.0 1 24 0 I Pathan 5.0 0 21 1 Harbhajan 5.4 0 26 2 Yuvraj 2.0 0 10 0

Fall of wicket   4 Sangakkara 10 M Jayawardene 10 Kapugedera 11 Silva 33 Jayasuriya 44 Dilshan 118 Thushara 118 Kulasekara 122 Mendis 142 D Fernando

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
I Pathan	c Sangakkara	b Kulasekara	5	8	1	0
Kohli	c Kapugedera	b Thushara	37	67	6	0
Raina	lbw	b Kulasekara	1	4	0	0
Yuvraj	lbw	b Mendis	20	32	4	0
Dhoni		b D Fernando	39	54	3	0
R Sharma	lbw	b Thushara	0	2	0	0
Badrinath	not out		27	57	1	0
Harbhajan	lbw	b Mendis	1	6	0	0
Zaheer	not out		2	10	0	0
Extras		2nb 2w 3b 4lb	11
Total		for 7	143	(39.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Kulasekara 9.0 2 26 2 Thushara 7.0 1 32 2 Mendis 10.0 1 22 2 D Fernando 5.0 0 25 1 Muralitharan 8.4 0 31 0

Fall of wicket   8 I Pathan 16 Raina 52 Yuvraj 75 Kohli 75 R Sharma 135 Dhoni 139 Harbhajan

Umpires: B R Doctrove, M G Silva
Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Kapugedera, Dilshan, Silva, D Fernando, Thushara, Kulasekara, Mendis, Muralitharan
India: I Pathan, Kohli, Raina, Yuvraj, R Sharma, Dhoni, Badrinath, Harbhajan, Zaheer, Kumar, Patel