5th ODI ,India Vs S.L @ Delhi

Its tomorrow :slight_smile: :k:

Time 9.00 A.M Local (3.30 GMT)

Venue Delhi

On a cold Delhi morning, MS Dhoni joined the Indian team, won the toss, and chose to field in the dead rubber, also the teams’ last international match of the year. Sachin Tendulkar was rested, which means Dinesh Karthik kept his place in the XI. Medium-pacer Sudeep Tyagi, replacing Ishant Sharma, got his ODI debut.

The Feroz Shah Kotla track, in focus for its low and slow nature of late, sported patches of grass interspersed with bald patches. It was difficult to predict how the pitch would behave.
India were looking to end a run of losses in dead rubbers. Going into the match, India had won seven out of eight bilateral ODI series. In three of those series, the scheduled last match could not be played, and India lost four other dead rubbers - two of them against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka, looking to end a disappointing tour on a happy note, got their usual share of rotten news before the toss. It was Mahela Jayawardene’s turn to get injured, but Chamara Kapuegedera still didn’t get another game. Instead offspinning allrounder Muthumudalige Pushpakumara was handed a debut. The good news for Sri Lanka was, their leading bowler on the tour, Chanaka Welegedara, came back from injury.

India 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Dinesh Karthik, 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Sudeep Tyagi, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lanka 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), 4 Sanath Jayasuriya, 5 Thilan Samaraweera, 6 Thilina Kandamby, 7 Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, 8 Thissara Perera, 9 Suraj *****v, 10 Chanaka Welegedara, 11 Suranga

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**Arleitter's own wish:May Saeed Bhai's and Mr.Coventry's records be broken by an Indian player. :)

India will trounce the Lankans :)**

*India will win the match * :) :) :)

India will win :)

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India won the toss and have sent the Lankans to bat.

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9/1 in 3 Overs.Zaheer takes the wicket of Tharanga in the first delivery itself.

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45/2 in 13 Overs... Zaheer has exerted a double blow over Lankans :)

India will win :)

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Sangakara is gone. :)

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Sudeep Tyagi takes the wicket

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Jayasuriya is gone :) Har takes the wicket..The turbanator strikes hard on Lankans.

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India will win the match and also the series 4-1 :) :) :)

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its pretty much Indias game now.. 60/4

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Lolzzz 5th one is gone..Samaraweera is Run Out by SURA :) Direct hit makes him walk back to the pavilion.

:)

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63/5 in 18 Overs

I am sad that Sehwag will not be able to surpass Saeed Bhai's/Mr.Coventtry's record. :(

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67/5 in 19 Overs

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Pushpakumara and Kandambi are batting

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73/5 in 23.2 Overs

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India need to pick two more wickets fast,so as to prevent Lankans from having any hopes of a recovery.

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76/5 in 22 Overs

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Four...

I think India must set an atatcking field at the moment...that too in spin bowling :D

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81/5 in 23 Overs

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So now we know how those bowlers were taking wickets left, right and center :)
Game has been called off due to bad pitch

11.32 The game has been called off.

11.30 The coaches are out. The players are all huddled. Now they are leaving the field, slowly.

11.20 The umpires meet to discuss the condition of the pitch. Too many deliveries have nearly knocked the batsman's' head off. I will say it again, its a poor pitch to play on. Sangakkara storms out and has words with Dhoni and the umpires. He does not look pleased. On replays, I see that the second that last ball spat up off a length Sangakkara and Jayawardene, sitting on the sidelines, waved at the batsmen. Now the match referee walks out. This is big. The pitch has been bad since the start, and it took this ball to draw a reaction. What about when Dilshan was hit? Dhoni is having a lot to say as well. Plenty of chat.