28/02Result

4th Match (D/N), Asia Cup at Fatullah, Feb 28 2014

Sri Lanka won by 2 wkts (4b rem)

Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
50 | 5 Runs | IND: 264/9 | RR: 5.28

Ravindra Jadeja22 (27b)
Mohammed Shami14 (7b)

Lasith Malinga10-0-58-1
Ajantha Mendis10-0-60-4

5.35pm This innings swung both sides from time to time. India got a slow start on this slow and low pitch and just when Virat Kohli and Dhawan upped the run rate, Mendis struck and dismissed both batsmen to help restrict India. The middle order could not get going against the accurate bowling of Senanayake and Mendis, and Malinga's yorkers, and managed 264. We'll be back in about 40 mins with the chase

Daniel Alexande: "Yorkers on demand, what a champion death bowler"

Vageesan: "Ashwin will be very crucial for india defending this score. Pitch is slow and sri lanks have five left handers in their team(k.perera, t. perera, thirimanne, sanga, silva). ashwin has a very good record against sri lanka and this pitch will suit him. stage set for ash win."

49.6

Malinga to Jadeja, 1 run, in the block hole outside off, RJ helps it to third man for one more. Five singles off six yorkers in the last over

49.5

Malinga to Mohammed Shami, 1 run, Shami makes room, smashes it on the off side along the ground but it goes straight to cover and they scamper for one more

49.4

Malinga to Mohammed Shami, no run, fourth straight yorker, this one is defended back to the bowler

49.3

Malinga to Jadeja, 1 run, yorker again, on the leg stump, RJ doesn't have any room and gets a single on the leg side

49.2

Malinga to Mohammed Shami, 1 run, in the block hole again, Shami gets bat on it for a single

Deep square leg, fine leg and long-on at the boundary on the leg side

49.1

Malinga to Jadeja, 1 run, where does it pitch? In the block hole outside off, RJ gives Shami the strike with a single

END OF OVER:
49 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 259/9 | RR: 5.28

Mohammed Shami12 (4b)
Ravindra Jadeja19 (24b)

Ajantha Mendis10-0-60-4
Lasith Malinga9-0-53-1

48.6

Mendis to Mohammed Shami, SIX, one more from Shami! He gets another full delivery and clobbers it to the same area with a big heave. Goes all the way - clean hits from the No. 11

Jadeja shining

Wickets in ODIs by Jadeja since 2013, only Saeed Ajmal (65) has taken more

A death bowler?

8.14

B Kumar's economy in the last-ten overs, as opposed to his overall economy of 4.75

The old allrounder

Stuart Binny, aged 29 years and 270 days, is the oldest player in the team

Wack stat

No. of diamond ducks in ODIs without the batsmen being run out. Bhuvneshwar became the second batsman today

Falling to spin

2008

Last time India lost their seven wickets to spinners, against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup Final, 2008

His favourite tournament

8.52

Ajantha Mendis' bowling average in the Asia Cup, before this match

Not so effective

6.18

Malinga's economy against India when he bowls his full quota of overs

Kohli's escape

A close stumping call in the 17th over as he just manages to get his backfoot back in time after he was beaten by Chaturanga de Silva

Fresh against SL

Partnership runs between Dhawan and Kohli the only other time they batted together against SL

SLOW STARTER

63.67

Rohit Sharma's SR in the first-15 overs, Dhawan scores at 88

Starting trouble

Number of ODIs since the last time India's openers put up a century stand against SL

Not a dream debut

Number of overs Stuart Binny bowled in his first ODI. He didn't get to bat either.

Why SL chose to bowl?

37.33

Virat Kohli's ave against SL when batting first, as opposed to 70.69 when batting second

END OF OVER:50 | 5 Runs | IND: 264/9 | RR: 5.28

END OF OVER:49 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 259/9 | RR: 5.28

END OF OVER:
50 | 5 Runs | IND: 264/9 | RR: 5.28

END OF OVER:
49 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 259/9 | RR: 5.28