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India wins first ever bilateral series in Sri Lanka

August 27, 2008 By: admin Category: Sports No Comments →

M S Dhoni’s Indian ODI team won the fourth match of the Bilateral One Day Series in  Srilanka to win the series 3-1 with one match remaining. Suresh Raina was the top scorer and MS Dhoni also played a big role in India reaching 258.

India innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
V Kohli b Thushara 54 87 66 7 0 81.81
G Gambhir c Dilshan b Kulasekara 17 45 21 1 0 80.95
Yuvraj Singh c Jayawardene b Vaas 0 12 6 0 0 0.00
SK Raina c Kulasekara b Thushara 76 125 78 6 1 97.43
captainwicketkeeper MS Dhoni c Jayasuriya b Thushara 71 104 80 4 0 88.75
RG Sharma c Warnapura b Mendis 18 30 23 0 0 78.26
S Badrinath c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 6 10 11 0 0 54.54
Harbhajan Singh run out (Kulasekara/Muralitharan) 2 7 4 0 0 50.00
P Kumar b Thushara 2 7 6 0 0 33.33
Z Khan c Warnapura b Thushara 0 5 2 0 0 0.00
MM Patel not out 1 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 5) 11
Total (all out; 49.4 overs; 221 mins) 258 (5.19 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-44 (Gambhir, 9.5 ov), 2-51 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.1 ov), 3-81 (Kohli, 17.3 ov), 4-224 (Raina, 40.6 ov), 5-232 (Dhoni, 42.4 ov), 6-243 (Badrinath, 45.3 ov), 7-253 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.5 ov), 8-256 (Sharma, 48.5 ov), 9-257 (Kumar, 49.1 ov), 10-258 (Khan, 49.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 9 1 40 1 4.44
KMDN Kulasekara 8 0 38 1 4.75
T Thushara 8.4 0 47 5 5.42 (5w)
BAW Mendis 10 1 43 1 4.30
M Muralitharan 10 0 56 1 5.60
ST Jayasuriya 4 0 28 0 7.00
Sri Lanka innings (target: 259 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
ST Jayasuriya c Raina b Harbhajan Singh 60 85 52 8 2 115.38
BSM Warnapura lbw b Patel 0 31 18 0 0 0.00
wicketkeeper KC Sangakkara b Patel 6 20 16 1 0 37.50
captain DPMD Jayawardene run out (Kohli/Harbhajan Singh) 16 56 40 0 0 40.00
CK Kapugedera lbw b Yuvraj Singh 30 51 32 1 0 93.75
TM Dilshan lbw b Harbhajan Singh 12 17 22 1 0 54.54
WPUJC Vaas lbw b Yuvraj Singh 17 23 29 1 0 58.62
KMDN Kulasekara st wicketkeeperDhoni b Harbhajan Singh 12 31 23 0 0 52.17
T Thushara c Raina b Khan 40 44 29 2 2 137.93
BAW Mendis run out (Sharma/Khan) 2 14 11 0 0 18.18
M Muralitharan not out 1 11 7 0 0 14.28
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 10) 16
Total (all out; 46.3 overs; 196 mins) 212 (4.55 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-28 (Warnapura, 6.3 ov), 2-38 (Sangakkara, 10.6 ov), 3-74 (Jayasuriya, 17.3 ov), 4-106 (Jayawardene, 23.6 ov), 5-131 (Dilshan, 29.4 ov), 6-140 (Kapugedera, 32.2 ov), 7-157 (Vaas, 36.3 ov), 8-190 (Kulasekara, 41.1 ov), 9-206 (Mendis, 44.3 ov), 10-212 (Thushara, 46.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
P Kumar 4 0 25 0 6.25 (1w)
Z Khan 9.3 3 27 1 2.84 (2w)
MM Patel 9 0 48 2 5.33
Harbhajan Singh 10 0 40 3 4.00 (4w)
Yuvraj Singh 10 0 53 2 5.30
RG Sharma 4 1 13 0 3.25

Akhil loses out in Quarter Finals but two more Indians in Quarterfinal

August 18, 2008 By: admin Category: India, Sports No Comments →

Much anticipated Akhil Kumar lost to Moldovan Gojan Veaceslav in a rather one sided match. Akhil who was epitome of confidence after beating defending world champion from Russia had made many to watchout for him.The result was a shock to many in Indian camp as his quarterfinal opponent was not popular boxer either.

But two other Indians have the quarter finals of Boxing in Beijing. Jitender (51kg) and Vijender (75kg) remain in the fray for their respective quarterfinals on wednesday.

India has been having a dismal olympics after a sole gold medal from shooting.