Srilanka vs India in World Cup 2011 finals

Yesterday, India won semi-finals against Pakistan at Mohali and enter into finals. Earlier to this, first semi-finals was played between Srilanka and Newzealand. Srilanka won the match and they were the first team to enter into the finals of World Cup 2011. Now India will be playing against its sub-continent Srilanka in the finals of the World Cup on Saturday at Wankhede pitch, Mumbai.

The 2 two teams a similar kind of background,
India have won 1 world cup so far, So is Srilanka.
India have entered 2 finals and 3rd time they are appearing, So is Srilanka.
In the very first finals, India has won the World Cup, So is Srilanka.
In the second finals, India lost to Australia, So is Srilanka.

Apart from this, the only advantage Srilanka have is that they have a well balanced team. Their bowling performance is just brilliant so far. This is lacking in India side. But India has a luck factor with them.

Let us see, what happens in finals. My cheers will always be to India. India India....... Dhak Dhak go...... :-)

India won the match against Srilanka by 6 wickets

Today Srilanka and India played their second match of the tri-series at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri. Srilanka won the toss and elected to bat first.

Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the batting innings for the Srilankan team. Upul Tharanga got out in the very first delivery of their batting innings. Praveen Kumar took the wicket and it was an awesome start for the Indians which gave a real boost to the teams bowling. After the fall their first wicket, things started to worsen as they were loosing wickets in regular interval and their run rate dropping drastically. Tillakaratne Dilshan some how managed to stay for long period and scored 45 runs before returning to the pavilion. Suraj Randiv and Nuwan Kulasekara contributed some runs to the team which helped in increasing the team's total. They both scored 43 runs and 22 runs respectively. By 46.1 over, Srilanka lost all its 10 wickets and scored a total score of 170 runs. Pragyan Ojha took 3 wickets, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets each. Praveen Kumar was very economical bowler for the day as his economy rate was just 2.5 runs per over.


India needed 171 runs from 50 overs with 10 wickets in hand. First wicket fell when India's total reached 30 runs. It was Dinesh Karthik who gave a simple and straight catch to Nuwan Kulasekara. Later, India lost one more wicket when its score was just 31 and again one more wicket fell when India it reached 32. At this point of time, India was facing a very critical situation as their previous match where they got all out for 88 runs against the New Zealand. That same thing started to repeat. But Virender Sehwag made a change where he stayed till the end of the match and helped the team to come out of this situation. He scored a magnificent unbeaten 99 runs and finished the match with a grand style. India, by 34.3 over chased its target successfully by scoring a total of 171 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. India won the match by 6 wickets. Angelo Mathews and Dilhara Fernando took 2 wickets each.


Now, all the three teams have won a match out of 2 matches played.

Third Test match day 3: India vs Srilanka

In yesterday's play, Srilanka had lost 2 wickets scoring 39 runs in total. Openers for the team were got out. Today, Srilanka saw a very bad start as it lost 6 more wickets when their total reached 125 on board. Later there was a 9th wicket partnership which lasted for 38.4 overs. This partnership was between Thilan Samaraweera and Ajantha Mendis and each scored 83 runs and 78 runs respectively. It was an 118 runs partnership which a sigh of relief to the team. Finally India managed to take all the 10 wickets of the Srilankan team in the second innings. Srilanka landed up scoring 267 runs on board.


India needed 257 runs to win the match and to draw the series. But India lost 3 wickets in the quick succession where it managed to put up a total of only 53 runs for the day. After the loss of the third wicket, Ishant Sharma came in to bat for the fourth wicket partnering the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. At the end of the fourth day's play, Sachin Tendulkar and Ishant Sharma remained unbeaten scoring 11 and 2 runs respectively. One more day is remaining for the Indians to finish the game. Still India need 204 runs to win the match and to level the series by 1-1. But already it has lost 3 top order batsmen, So let's hope for the best that they will somehow manage to score the target and win the match.

Third Test match day 2: India vs Srilanka

Hi friends, i will be giving updates on the second of the third test match which is being played between India and Srilanka. At the start of the yesterday's play, Virender Sehwag completed his century. Sachin Tendulkar scored only 1 run in yesterday's play and got out in Lasith Malinga's delivery. Virender Sehwag also dismissed early, he departed scoring 109 runs. VVS Laxman and Suresh Raina helped the team to move closer to the target set by the Srilankan. Laxman got out after scoring 56 runs and Suresh Raina got out scoring 62 runs. After this break, India soon lost all its remaining 6 wickets and finished its innings. India had put up a total of 436 runs in first innings thereby leading Srilankans by 11 runs.

Srilanka opened its second innings with their openers Tharanga Paranavitana and Tillakaratne Dilshan. They both opened well but things changed when Virender Sehwag was brought into the attack. They both got out in his delivery and departed in the 9.5 over and 12 over respectively. Later Kumar Sangakkara and Suraj Randiv started to play. The play for the day was called off and Srilanka landed up scoring 45 runs in total and lost 2 wickets in the second innings. Let's wait n watch what happens to the remaining 8 wickets in today's play.

Third Test match: India vs Srilanka

Yesterday, the third and the final test match of the series between India and Srilanka started. Srilanka won the toss and elected to bat first.

Srilanka lost its first wicket in the last delivery of the fourth over. It was Tharanga Paranavitana who got out scoring only 8 runs. After the first break of the partnership, Srilanka came back with a strong reply by having 4 good partnerships which resulted in setting up a good total against the visitors. After the fall of 5th wicket, Srilanka started to loose wicket in quick intervals. Finally they ended up their batting innings by setting up a total of 425 runs loosing all 10 wickets. 


India needed 426 runs to take the lead. India opened its batting innings with the openers Murali Vijay and Virender Sehwag. Murali Vijay did not last long, he got out scoring only 14 runs. Then came the WALL "Rahul Dravid" to bat at number 3. He did not help India this time also as he got out by getting LBW in the Angelo Mathews over. He departed scoring only 23 runs. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar came in to bat accompanying Virender Sehwag. Both played well to put up a partnership of 88 runs and played till the end of the day. Second day's play was called off, Virender Sehwag was unbeaten scoring 97 runs and Sachin Tendulkar stayed unbeaten scoring 40 runs. India's total is 180 runs for loss of 2 wickets.

Final Test match: India vs Srilanka

Today, India and Srilanka will be playing their final test cricket match of the series. Srilanka is leading the series by 2-0. They won the first test match and second test match was drawn. Spin legend Muttiah Muralidaran took his 800th wicket to set the new test cricket record and finally got retired from the test cricket. In the second test match Lasith Malinga was ruled out due to knee injury. From India, Gautam Gambhir did not play due to the injury.

The final test match will be played at P Sara Oval, Colombo. This match will be more important to the Indians because they have already lost a match. Srilankans look very comfortable after winning the first match. Even if this match ends in draw, Srilankans will win the series for sure. So, India has to win this test match to level the series. India has not won a test series in Srilanka since 1993.

Lasith Malinga is making his comeback in this test match which gives another boost to the Srilankan team. But on Indian side, Gautam Gambhir has already been ruled out. Now, spin wizard Harbhajan Singh will not be playing due to calf injury. This adds another negative impact in the team. Whatever it might be, the play is on. India has to win the match to level the series which is gonna be a tough one according to me.

Second Test match updates: India vs Srilanka

Second test cricket match which was played between India and Srilanka ended yesterday. On the fifth day of the second test match, India completed its first batting innings and Srilanka started its second batting innings. So far i had given updates till the day 3. I did not give update on the fourth day of the play.

On fourth day Virender Sehwag got out missing his century, he scored 99 runs and got out Suraj Randiv's delivery. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar made his 48th test century and had a good partnership with Suresh Raina till the end of the day.

On the fifth day, Sachin Tendulkar added one more century to his test cricket centuries thereby totaling 49 centuries. Later he got out scoring 203 where he was tricked by Tillakaratne Dilshan's delivery by giving a straight catch to Prasanna Jayawardene. Suresh Raina got out after scoring his century. After the fall of 8 wickets, India had made a total score of 643 runs i.e, leading Srilanka by a run. But the last 2 wicket from Indian side showed a beautiful batting performance of 64 runs. India made a total score of 707 runs and lost all its 10 wickets thereby by putting an end to its first batting innings. Srilanka started its second batting innings and played for 45 overs. By the end of the day Srilanka scored a total run of 129 runs and lost 3 wickets. Match got drawn and man of the match was chosen as Kumar Sangakkara. Srilankans are leading the series by 1-0.

Second Test match day 2 updates: India vs Srilanka

On day 1, Srilanka had made a total of 312 runs and lost only 2 wickets. Srilankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara was unbeaten scoring 130 runs and Mahela Jayawardene at 13 runs. 


On the day 2, Srilanka had put up a massive total of 642 runs loosing only 4 wickets in total. Kumar Sangakkara made a brilliant double century and got out when he scored 219 runs. On the other hand, Mahela Jayawardene scored 174 runs before getting out. Thilan Samaraweera was unbeaten at 76 runs. Srilanka decided to declare the innings when Mahela Jayawardene got out. In yesterday's play, only Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag took wicket of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara respectively.


India opened its first batting innings with the openers Murali Vijay and Virender Sehwag. At the end of the day 2 session 3 play, India made a total score of 95 runs from 18 overs and did not loose any wicket. Murali Vijay was unbeaten at 22 runs and Virender Sehwag was unbeaten scoring 64 runs from 63 deliveries which included 12 fours. As of now, India has given a strong reply to the massive score set by the Srilankans. India need another 348 runs to avoid follow on. Let hope for the best that India will not loose all its wickets and make a follow on :-)

1st test match: India vs Srilanka

Right now, Day four session 1 is being played. India is batting its first innings and is trial of 368 runs.

Srilanka had won the toss and elected to bat first. Srilanka opened its batting innings with a good start. They built some good partnerships which resulted them to put up a total of 520 runs in total loosing 8 wickets. Tharanga Paranavitana, Kumar Sangakkara, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga scored 111 runs, 103 runs, unbeaten 80 runs and 64 runs respectively. This helped the Srilankans to put up a good total in their first innings.


India on the 3rd day opened its first batting innings of the match. The openers did not perform well which was not a good start for them. Top players Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar did not play long. But Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman are in the pitch batting very decently and have put up a 50 runs partnership. After 32.1 overs, Virender Sehwag is on 95 runs and VVS Laxman is on 20 runs. India's total score is 152/3.

India clinch the Asia Cup for the 5th time

Yesterday, India bagged the Asia Cup for the 5th time in the history. India played Srilanka in the finals at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri. India won the toss & elected to bat first.

Gautam Gambhir & Dinesh Karthik opened the innings for India. Gautam Gambhir did not stay for longer period as he got run out in the very first delivery of the 7th over. After the fall of first wicket, all the top order batsmen did their job well & contributed very good runs which helped India to put up a good total on board. India by 50 completing the 50 overs, it had put up a total of 268 runs loosing 6 wickets. Top scorer for India was Dinesh Karthik who scored 66 runs from 84 deliveries which included 9 fours. Muttiah Muralidharan was the most economical bowler from Srilankan side. His economical rate was just 3.4 runs per over & did not pick any wickets.

Now, Srilankans wanted 269 runs in total to clinch the Asia Cup. Upul Tharanga & Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the innings for Srilanka. Dilshan returned to pavilion in the very 5th delivery of the 1st over itself. Srilankans started to loose wickets in very regular intervals. Things went very worse, when they lost Jayawardena, Mathews & Sangakkara when Srilanka had scored just 50 odd runs. Kandamby & Kapugedara was the last hope for Srilanka as they both have the tendency to bat till the end. In-fact they both played well but did not put up a strong partnership. By 44.4 overs, Srilanka lost all its 10 wickets scoring 187 runs. India thereby won the match by 81 runs. India won the Asia cup for the 5th time.Praveen Kumar & Harbhajan Singh were the most economical bowlers for India.

5th ODI : India vs Srilanka

India played Srilanka in the 5th ODI of the tri-series today at Harare Sports Club, Harare. India out of 3 matches has won only 1 match. Zimbabwe is looking comfortable as they have almost made into finals. On the other hand it is almost difficult situation for India to make it to finals of the series. This is a supposed to be a must win match for India.

Sri Lanka won the toss & requested India to bat first. In today’s play India has replaced one of its openers; it was Naman Ojha playing instead of Murali Vijay. India gave a poor start, their run rate was around 4 runs per over in the first 10 over. Yusuf Pathan & Virat Kohli played for some time & scored 41 & 68 runs respectively which helped India to put up decent total. After the fall of these 2 wickets, other players contributed some more runs. India scored 268 runs loosing all 9 wickets in 50 overs, which was a good come back for India after loosing all top order batsmen. Main contribution was from 51 runs partnership which was between Ravindra Jadeja & Ravichandran Ashwin. Suraj Randiv bowled beautifully taking 2 important wickets & his was economy rate was just 3.8 runs per over completing 10 overs.

Chasing the target of 269 runs, Srilanka started their batting innings with the openers, Upul Tharanga & Tillakaratne Dilshan. Dilshan was out when Srilanka had scored 29 runs in 5.1 overs. Dinesh Chandimal played too good where he gave good partnership with Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedara & Jeewan Mendis. He scored a magnificent 111 runs 118 deliveries which included 6 fours & 5 sixes. This greatly helped the Srilankans to win the match comfortably. By 48.2 overs, Srilanka chased the target successfully loosing just 4 wickets.

Srilanka won the match by 6 wickets with 10 deliveries to spare. Now, India are out of the series. Srilanka still have to play their 4th match against the Zimbabwe after this again they both will be facing each other in the finals.