SPORT SL LD INNINGS 2LT

Barring the dropped chance of Tharanga in the sixth over,
Indian new ball bowlers, Nehra and Zaheer Khan, started off
beautifully and restrained the destructive opening duo of
Dilshan and Tharanga.
In fact, Nehra started off with a maiden over,
incidentally India's first in the ongoing five-match series.
The Lankans had a rather slow start with just nine coming
from the first five overs but soon Tharanga began to open up
after he was given a life.
He was at his explosive best when he smashed five
boundaries in the first over of Ishant Sharma, who came in as
one-change after Nehra had given the breakthrough by taking
the prized scalp of Dilshan.
A superb catch by Virat Kohli at long leg brought the end
of Dilshan as Sri Lanka lost their first wicket for 31 after
eight overs.
Back in the side, Jayasuriya looked in fine nick in his
run-a-ball 15 before he edged Zaheer in the first slip.
At 72 for two, Sri Lanka almost lost another wicket but
Harbhajan dropped Sangakkara on zero and the Lankan skipper
went on to play a supporting role to centurion Tharanga. The
left-handed duo played some sensible cricket with Tharanga
playing the role of an aggressor.
Tharanga notched up his seventh ODI century from 102
balls and Perera's late cameo then lifted the Lankan totals
past the 300-mark.
Zaheer and Nehra took two wickets each with the former
being the best Indian bowler of the day. PTI