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IND vs SL, 5th ODI, Colombo: Kulasekara, Mendis fire Sri Lanka to consolation win

Nuwan Kulasekara wrecked India's top order with a career-best haul of 4-40 to bowl Sri Lanka to a consolation 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international at Colombo on Friday.
India, who already had a winning 3-1 lead, were shot out for 103 chasing a rain-revised target of 216 off 44 overs under lights. They clinched the series 3-2. It was India's third-lowest total against Sri Lanka in one-dayers. Teenager Virat Kohli was the top scorer with 31 in a brittle batting performance.
New-ball bowler Kulasekara was superbly backed by unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis, who finished with 4-10 off 4.3 overs. "It was a good way to finish the series, but the Indians played well and deserved to win it," said Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene. "Credit goes to the boys for the way we came back. We kept making mistakes through the series. We were not consistent in the batting department."
Man-of-the-match Kulasekara dismissed Kohli, Gautam Gambhir (11), Suresh Raina (10) and Rohit Sharma (three) in his sharp opening spell to build on Thilan Thushara's impressive maiden half-century under pressure. Sri Lanka were struggling at 133-6 before Thushara (54 not out) and Jehan Mubarak (47 not out) added 94 off 78 balls for the seventh wicket with hard and clean hitting to help their team reach a competitive total on a slow pitch.
The hosts hardly felt the absence of main spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and seamer Chaminda Vaas as Kulasekara and Mendis did the job. Muralitharan and Vaas were rested.
"It was good to win the series with a game to spare," said India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was named man of the series for scoring 193 runs in five matches. "These tracks are said to be slow, but the bounce has improved over the last few years. I am happy with the way our batsmen have played the spin. It was important to keep the strike rotating and our batsmen did that well."
Kulasekara ended India's early flourish when he had Gambhir caught by wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara. Gambhir added 38 for the opening wicket with Kohli. The 19-year-old Kohli batted fluently, once pulling Kulasekara for a six. He fell just when he looked well-set, trapped leg-before playing across the line.
Kulasekara got a big wicket when he dismissed in-form Raina, who mistimed a pull to be caught by Dilhara Fernando at mid-off. The seamer then returned after a rain interruption to trap Sharma leg-before to reduce the tourists to 76-4.
Sri Lanka virtually wrapped up the match when out-of-form Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni fell in the space of six runs to leave their team wobbling at 85-6. Yuvraj inside-edged a Mendis delivery on to his stumps to finish the series with just 72 runs in five matches, while Dhoni was bowled by paceman Fernando, who finished with 2-24.
The hosts earlier plundered 84 in the last 10 overs, thanks to Thushara's brisk 46-ball knock containing six fours. Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha (2-28) and seamer Irfan Pathan (2-52) raised India's hopes of restricting Sri Lanka to a modest total before Thushara and Mubarak rallied their side. Pathan ended Sri Lanka's recovery when he removed well-set Mahela Udawatte (43) and opener Malinda Warnapura (30) in the space of four deliveries.
Udawatte and Warnapura batted sensibly to add 77 for the second wicket after the dismissal of veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya (one) in seamer Zaheer Khan's first over. Ojha kept a tidy line and length, removing Jayawardene (12) and Chamara Kapugedera (26) in the process. Jayawardene, who won the first toss of the series, was held in the covers by Yuvraj, and Kapugedera was caught in the deep by Rudra Pratap Singh while going for a big shot.
Rudra Pratap also claimed a wicket when he had Sangakkara (one) caught by Gambhir at first slip. Sangakkara could make just 37 runs in five matches.

IND vs SL, 5th ODI, Colombo: Sri Lanka 227 for 6 (50.0 overs) beat India 103 all out (26.3 overs) by 112 runs (D/L)

IND vs SL, 5th ODI, Colombo: India to rest Zaheer, Harbhajan for final match

Both Sri Lanka and India will make changes in their line-ups for the fifth and final one-day international (ODI) at the R Premadasa Stadium at Colombo on Friday.
India have already won the series 3-1 and the final match will be a dead rubber, but for the Sri Lankans their pride is at stake after their poor showing in the series. India will rest left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan, who had a good series, and he is replaced by RP Singh, who has not played any cricket at all despite being on tour from the start.
The Indians were also contemplating bringing in left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha resting off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and playing MS Dhoni as a specialist batsman leaving Parthiv Patel to keep wickets, something that has been done when the duo teamed up for the IPL Twenty-20 matches for Chennai Super Kings. Tamil Nadu batsman Subramaniam Badrinath will make way for Patel.
The Sri Lankans, meanwhile, have lost patience with middle-order batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan and he will be replaced by Jehan Mubarak. Moving away from the six batsmen and five bowlers combination, the Sri Lankans will settle for a seven batsmen, four bowlers line- up and will rest veterans Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan. Dilhara Fernando will come in for Vaas, while batsman Mahela Udawatte will be the additional batsman.
“Our pride is at stake. I don’t think we played consistent cricket and this gives us an opportunity to finish off the series with a win,” Sri Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene said. Sri Lanka won the first ODI in Dambulla by eight wickets, while India squared the series at the same venue two days later by winning the second ODI by three wickets.
They won the third and fourth ODIs here by 33 and 46 runs respectively to record their first-ever ODI series win on the Sri Lankan soil.
Sri Lanka Team (from): Mahela Jayawardene (Captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Chamara Kapugedara, Chamara Silva, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Tushara Mirando, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando, Malinda Warnapura, Jehan Mubarak and Mahela Udawatte.
India Team (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Subramaniam Badrinath, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Munaf Patel and Pragyan Ojha.

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India vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI at Colombo

Scorecard

Sri Lanka Innings 227 for 6 (50.0 overs)

India Innings 103 all out (26.3 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Jayasuriya	c Ojha	b Zaheer	1	8	0	0
Warnapura	c Gambhir	b I Pathan	30	44	4	0
Udawatte	lbw	b I Pathan	43	55	6	0
Sangakkara	c Gambhir	b RP Singh	1	5	0	0
M Jayawardene	c Yuvraj	b Ojha	12	25	0	0
Kapugedera	c RP Singh	b Ojha	26	63	1	0
Mubarak	not out		47	55	3	0
Thushara	not out		54	46	6	0
Extras		1nb 6w 6lb	13
Total		for 6	227	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Patel 7.0 1 20 0 Zaheer 10.0 1 49 1 RP Singh 8.0 0 54 1 I Pathan 10.0 0 52 2 Ojha 10.0 4 28 2 R Sharma 2.0 0 7 0 Yuvraj 3.0 0 11 0

Fall of wicket   1 Jayasuriya 78 Warnapura 80 Udawatte 82 Sangakkara 104 M Jayawardene 133 Kapugedera

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Kohli	lbw	b Kulasekara	31	46	3	1
Gambhir	c Sangakkara	b Kulasekara	11	16	2	0
Yuvraj		b Mendis	17	23	2	0
Raina	c D Fernando	b Kulasekara	10	13	2	0
R Sharma	lbw	b Kulasekara	3	5	0	0
Dhoni		b D Fernando	1	7	0	0
I Pathan	c Warnapura	b Mendis	7	15	1	0
Zaheer	lbw	b Mendis	3	10	0	0
RP Singh	c M Jayawardene	b D Fernando	4	13	0	0
Ojha	c Kulasekara	b Mendis	5	9	1	0
Patel	not out		4	2	1	0
Extras		4w 1b 2lb	7
Total		all out	103	(26.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Kulasekara 9.0 2 40 4 Thushara 6.0 0 26 0 D Fernando 7.0 1 24 2 Mendis 4.3 2 10 4

Fall of wicket   38 Gambhir 45 Kohli 70 Raina 76 R Sharma 79 Yuvraj 85 Dhoni 90 I Pathan 91 Zaheer 95 RP Singh 103 Ojha

Umpires: B R Doctrove, T H Wijewardene
Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya, Warnapura, Udawatte, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Kapugedera, Kulasekara, Thushara, Mubarak, Mendis, D Fernando
India: Gambhir, Kohli, Raina, Yuvraj, Dhoni, R Sharma, I Pathan, RP Singh, Zaheer, Ojha, Patel