SPORT SL LD INNINGS 3 LAST

Incidentally his 66-ball hundred was two adrift of the
record created by Yuvraj Singh against England last year.

Yuvraj missed Tuesday's match due to a finger injury.
Dhoni, who started cautiously, picked up Jayasuriya for
special attention by slamming the veteran for two sixes and
one four in the 25th over of the innings.
The India skipper used the power of his forearms to send
a ball from Tillakaratne Dilshan out of the ground and then
hit him inside out to the cover region for a four to keep the
scores moving at a rapid rate.
He hit a tennis-like forehand shot off the other off
break bowler Thilina Kandamby for another six to reach his 50
in 34 balls with four fours and two sixes.
India took the batting power play after the 34th over,
the score reading 296 for one, and both Sehwag and Dhoni were
dismissed during this period.
Sehwag was caught at point off Welegedara to give the
bowler some consolation after his harsh treatment by the
batsman while Fernando, easily the pick of the visiting team’s
attack, sent back Dhoni by having him caught at covers.
Later Gambhir was caught behind off Kulasekara in the
39th over as India made a complete hash of the Power Play by
losing three important wickets while adding only 33 runs.
Then Raina (16) mistimed a pull shot and skied to short
mid wicket off Kulasekara and Harbhajan was caught at third
man off Angelo Mathews as the Indian innings went into a
decline before Kohli and local boy Jadeja (30 not out) put on
34 runs in six overs to prop it up again. PTI SSR
MYR



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