India take 2-1 lead after close finish


After 28 consecutive wins in home ODIs when they've scored at least 250 batting first, Sri Lanka's amazing run was ended in a nailbiter at the Premadasa. Riding on a superbly paced hundred by Gautam Gambhir, India overcame mid-innings wobbles, including losing two wickets off successive balls, as Suresh Raina - helped along by Irfan Pathan - did the finishing job to perfection. India now lead the five-match series 2-1.

The target of 287 is the highest successfully chased by a team against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The top four run chases have been achieved by India.

wow excellent chase

What do you say guys?

Free Kashmir hindus

i think you accidently end up in wrong thread

Pak should learn from India how to chase.

ya we are doing some nice chase quite a while

specially those 300+ chases

so keep going india

It has become such a norm for Suresh Raina, gotta commend his composure during those heavy run chases. This one was similar to one in 2010 Asia cup against Pakistan, or like his quick burst of runs at the WC SF 2011. His added impetus at the tail of batting order has become a valuable tool for India.

Impressive inning!

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raina is doing real good at number 6 when we need some quick runs

in today's chase i find the inning of irfan pathan very valuable, he didn't go for big shots on his own(for that i think he is very capable of doing so) but providing most of the strike to raina and rotating the strike so well

i don't know what's wrong with the selectors why they keep on givin chances to rohit sharma for not doing anything, if this happens to irfan pathan they would have kicked him out in no time as they have done in past

in kohli and raina, india have got two quality and consistent players in crucial positions. i think this is a big gap in our lineup. we lack someone like kohli who can play long innings consistently and someone like raina who is calm under pressure and can still score quickly. we need to fill these holes if we want to become a more consistent limited overs team.

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ya we have got some serious batting talent lately specially kohli who seems to be a next big thing in indian cricket after sachin and dravid

our bench strength is also very strong, players like cheteshwar pujara, raydu, rahane, yusuf pathan, manoj tiwari, badrinath, sourabh tiwari are keen to fill the gap when some of the senior retires

and there are players like rohit sharma who is wasting his talent down the drain besides having lots of chances

what we need is some serious fast bowlers, this is the area we are lacking so much like pakistan in batting

any team who chose to bat 1st against india in ODI in subcontinent deserve to lose, India always rely on batting and have enuff batting power to overhaul even 300 plus score chasing. It was stupid decision of SL to bat 1st knowing full well what indian batting line is capable of.

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Exactly in these conditions, India chasing even 300 is not a problem.

it's not always true
Chasing has never been team india's first preference and if they were given to choose, they would always choose to bat on any pitch of subcontinent.

But if you ask me I would like them to chase most of the time based on their performance in recent times and their deep batting.

If we drop virender sehwag and rohit sharma and replace them with yuvi and sachin or any other player and drop one spinner and pick yusuf pathan then there will be some serious problem for the opponents.

We really need yuvi for t20 world cup as he is the player of big matches.

Huge fan of Rohit Sharma but he has diappointed me over and over so agree he needs to be dropped, Sehwag is in till he retires though everyone knows little movement of ball and he is a goner, rahane should be in and Yuvi will be back, pathan is crap and will remain so.

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Even i have been a long term fan of rohit but he has given more than enough chances.

virender sehwag can beat the crap out of any team on his day but what we need is consistency not any random inning. Rahane would be good option.

We desperately need yuvi in world cup as he has consistency and firepower and he is a useful part time bowler.

You are becoming too critical on yusuf as he is a very capable hitter specially in subcontinent situation and we need some unconventional players, we have enough conventional batsman. I want him as a replacement of a spinner as he can bowl too.

On a side note this tour will be very useful for our world cup preparations, Although we have enough experience of srilankan soil but there will be some matches on the new ground and getting used to of that pitch will be quite useful in world cup.

even in subcontinent conditions he has not done that much that he should be in team specially when u have irfan pathan as better option.

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