Srilanka beat India by 51 runs and Push India to bottom of the table
IND vs SL ODI
Post Match Commentary
Mahela: We are getting better and better. The commitment is brilliant and we played very well. We are still making some mistakes though. We try to execute different game plans in each game. I think we did it perfectly today. 280+ was a great score and the bowlers were absolutely brilliant up front. With 2 new balls, the pitch will do a bit more in these conditions so it is important to not give easy singles. Our bowlers are bowling good areas, hopefully we can keep our heads together in the next few matches and get into the finals, which is our first goal.
Kulasekara: My strength is to swing the ball, and I try to do that in every opportunity. Sachin is a master of cricket and I'm very happy to get his wicket. Our attack is very good, we have Lasith and the other seamers also did well. I rate Lasith as the number 1 bowler in the world now.
Kulasekara is the Man of the Match.
Sehwag: Last 10 overs we didn't bowl well. Tendulkar and Gauti gave us a good start but we lost 3 wickets in 11 overs. Raina and Virat put on a good stand but they couldn't take it on. In this summer I got out almost 5 times at short point and third man. I have to work hard in the nets and leave a couple of balls before attacking. Hopefully in the coming games, we'll have to pull up our socks and do well. We missed Dhoni in this game, if we play to our potential we can do well.
Teams:
India (From): Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag(c), Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav
Sri Lanka (From): Mahela Jayawardene(c), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Thissara Perera, Dhammika Prasad, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Sachithra Senanayake, Upul Tharanga, Lahiru Thirimanne, Chanaka Welegedara, Thilan Samaraweera
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