India won the Idea Cup one day series against Srilanka

India leads 3-1 in Five One Day Match Series

India made 258 runs in the fourth one day international with the help of Suresh Raina (76), Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (71) and Virat Kohli (54). Raina and Dhoni made 143 runs partnership for the fourth wicket as India reached a comportable total in front of Srilanka.

India restricted Srilanka at 212 runs

Srilankan batsman failed to chase the target again in the 4th ODI Day & Night Match. Sanath Jayasuriya made 60 runs in 52 balls and Thilan Thushara made 40 runs in 29 balls. Harbhajan is taken 3 wickets and Yuvaraj is taken 2 wickets. At last, India won by 46 runs.

Man of the Match winner is Suresh Raina

Next One Day International Match Played on 29th August 2008 at Premadasa stadium, Colombo (Day/Night) 09:00 GMT

Fourth India vs Sri Lanka ODI match postponed tommorrow due to rain

Fourth One Day International Cricket Match Postponed tommorrow

Due to rain, The match will be played on 27th August 2008, Wednesday, the reserve day. Already, India leads the series with 2-1 against Srilanka.

India take revenge in 2nd One Day International Match

India restricted Srilanka at 142 runs

India won the toss and welcome to play bat first to Srilanka batsman. Srilankan top order batsman failed in this Match. Top 6 wickets down in 17.2 Overs at score 44. Nuwan Kulasekara and Thilan Thushara are played steadily and build a partnership 74 runs for 7th wicket.
Dilhara Fernando and Muralitharan are also played well and build a partnership 20 runs for last wicket. At last Srilanka scored 142 runs. Zaheer khan is taken 4 wickets and Praveen Kumar is taken 3 wickets in this match.

India won by 3 wickets and Level the Idea Cup series with 1-1

India also faced trouble in starting overs. Five wickets down in 20 Overs at 75 runs Score. Captain Dhoni and S Badrinath are played steadily and construct a partnership between these two batsman 60 runs for 6th wicket. Finally India reached target 143 runs in 39.4 Overs.

Man of the match hero is Zaheer Khan

For Full Score card details here: 2nd ODI Score Card

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets in 1st One Day International match

Indian Batsman failed to set a Big Target

India was troubled in the very first over i.e., Gambhir's wicket. Sehwag had injured his ankle during the practice session. Yuraj Singh made 23 runs, highest scorer of indian innings. All other batsman are failed including captain Dhoni. In the last overs, Pragyan Ojha and Munaf Patel are made 29 runs partnership. At close of innings, India finished at 146 runs.
Ajantha Mendis and Muralitharan are taken 3 wickets each.

Srilanka chased the target easily

Srilanka also started their innings slowly. Jayasurya's wicket taken by Munaf early. Jayawardene and Chamara Kapugedera both are build srilankan innings to finish their target. Both are made 102 runs partnership. Munaf got two wickets. But Other Bowlers not supported him.

Man of the match is taken by Ajantha Mendis

Next 2nd One day International match
20 Aug 2008
Sri Lanka vs India
2nd One Day International, Dambulla
Live match starts from: 04:30 GMT (10:00 IST)

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Srilanka won the Test Series with 2-1

Srilanka won by 8 wickets

Rahul dravid and Laxman are tried well but they could not stop india lose the test. Rahul scored 68 runs and Laxman scored 61 not out. Harbhajan contributed 26 runs also. At last India scored 268 runs. Muralitharan and Mendis are taken 3 wickets each.

Easy target 122 runs given by India, Srilanka chased the target in 33.1 Overs and lose 2 wickets. Malinda Warnapura and M Jayawardene are made runs the target reached easily. Both are made half centuries. Indian bowlers are taken early 2 wickets of srilanka, but they could not pressurised.

Man of the Match winner is Kumara Sangakkara

3rd Test Match 3rd day Highlights of india vs srilanka

Srilanka finished their first innings at 396

Srilanka started with overnight score 251/6. Sangakkara made 144 runs in his innings. P Jayawardene and Dammika Prasad are helped to good score for srilanka. Indian bowlers are failed to take wickets for srilanka early. Harbhajan, Kumble and Zaheer Khan are taken each 3 wickets. At last, Srilanka finished 396 runs and lead by 147 runs.

India 161/5 at close of the play

Indian top order batsman again failed. Sehwag made 34 runs, Gambhir made 26 runs, sourav ganguly made 18 runs and tendulkar made 14 runs only. Till now Rahul Dravid playing at 46 not out and VVS Laxman at 17 not out. Only hope is between these two batsman. Now India lead only 14 runs.

Third test 2nd day Highlights of India Vs Srilanka Test

Srilanka is now 251/6 at end of the 2nd day play

Srilankan batsman started with overnight score 14/1. Kumara Sangakkara made a century today's innings. His innings is excellent for their team. Chaminda Vaas supported him. Both are made 95 runs partnership for 3rd wicket. Thilan Samaraweera and Tillakaratne Dilshan are also made runs well. Now Srilanka position is good. Harbhajan and Zaheer are taken two wickets each.

India will be at trouble stage

Four indian players are injured. Sachin Tendulkar hurt his left elbow attempting a catch. Ishant Sharma pulled his hamstring. Laxman sprained his left ankle during practice in today's morning. Parthiv Patel got a cut on the face while keeping to Kumble.

Already both teams have won one match each. This is the final test match which is the turning point to win test series for both teams.

India vs Srilanka 3rd Test Starts from today onwards..

India finished their innings at 249

India started their innings with good. Gambhir made 72 runs. Sourav Ganguly made 35 runs and last batsman Zaheer Khan scored 32 runs. Zaheer khan played very well for last wicket.
His contribution helped india better score their innings. Ajantha Mendis taken 5 wickets. Dammika Prasad also taken 3 wickets.

Srilanka 14/1 close of the play

Srilanka lost Malinda Warnapura wicket. Michael Vandort and Chaminda Vaas are at grease.

Indian Team for ODI series against Sri Lanka

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain)
Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain)
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Suresh Raina
Harbhajan Singh
Virat Kohli
Zaheer Khan
Praveen Kumar
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Irfan Pathan
Parthiv Patel
Munaf Patel

Oneday matches Starts from 18th Aug 2008 onwards......

18 Aug 2008
1st One Day International, Dambulla

20 Aug 2008
2nd One Day International, Dambulla

24 Aug 2008
3rd One Day International, Premadasa stadium, Colombo (Day/Night)

26 Aug 2008
4th One Day International, Premadasa stadium, Colombo (Day/Night)

29 Aug 2008
5th One Day International, Premadasa stadium, Colombo (Day/Night)

India won 2nd Test Match and Level the Series 1-1

India set a target 307 runs

India started with overnight score 200/4. Sourav Ganguluy made 16 runs, VVS Laxman made 13 runs and Dinesh Karthik made 20 runs. At last India scored 269 runs. Mendis taken 4 wickets, Muralitharan taken 3 wickets and Vaas taken 2 wickets.

Srilanka failed to chase the target 307 runs

Srilanka starts with more trouble. First three wickets lost at 10 runs. Thilan Samaraweera and Dilshan are tried well. But cannot stop srilanka's defeat. Thilan Samaraweera made 67 runs notout. He is the top scorer of the Second innings. Dilshan made 38 runs. Harbhajan taken 4 wickets and Ishant sharma taken 3 wickets. At last srilanka finished 136 runs in their innings.
Harbhajan taken total 10 wickets in this test match.

Brief Scores:
India Ist Innings: 329 runs all out
Virender Sehwag - 201 runs
Gautam Gambhir - 56 runs

Srilanka Ist Innings: 292 runs all out
M Jayawardene - 86 runs
K Sangakkara - 68 runs
Malinda Warnapura - 66 runs

India 2nd Innings: 269 runs all out
Gambhir - 74 runs
Sehwag - 50 runs

Srilanka 2nd Innings: 136 runs all out
Thilan Samaraweera - 67 runs (notout)

Man of the Match winner: Virender Sehwag

2nd Test of india vs srilanka Third Day Highlights...

Srilanka was all out at 292 their first innings
Srilanka started with overnight score 215/5. Captain Jayawardene scored 86 runs. He is the top scorer of the innings. P Jayawardene supported to him. At last Srilanka finished at 292 their first innings. Harbhajan taken 6 wickets and Anil Kumble 3 wickets.

India was on 200/4
India was good start with openers in the 2nd innings. Gambhir made 74 runs and Sehwag made 50 runs. Both partnership was 90 runs. Rahul Dravid made 44 runs and Sachin Tendulkar made 31 runs. Ganguly and Laxman are in the greese at end of the play. India scored 200 runs at end of the play. In the last session, India lost dravid and Tendulkar wickets. India lead by 237 runs till now.

India vs Srilanka 2nd Test Second day Highlights...

Indian innings closed at 329 runs

India started with overnight score 214/4. No Batsman supported to sehwag today to build big parner ship. Sehwag hit double century at last and notout. India finished their innings at 329 runs.

Srilanka at 215/5 at close of 2nd day stumps

Srilanka starts with trouble. But, They recovered in early. Kumara Sangakkara (68) and Warnapura (66) helped Sri Lanka overcome this stage. Thilan Samaraweera (14) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (0) are failed to made runs. At end of the second day stumps, Srilanka scored 215/5. Mahela Jayawardene was on 46 runs (notout) and Prasanna Jayawardene on 5 runs (notout) at the close of the second day play.
Harbhajan taken 4 wicket at now. Till, Sri Lanka trail by 114 runs.