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Images: India v Srilanka - ICC Champions Trophy 2013

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 10:36 PM PDT

Everyone stuck to plans and helped each other: Ishant sharma

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 10:40 PM PDT

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Congratulations. Do you think you bowled the best in the tournament so far? Are you surprised there was so much seam and movement? 

Well, I think I've been bowling well even as a good seam, right fielder, I think I bowled really well, and I was in good rhythm. I think I'm really confident in carrying through that momentum into the Champions Trophy as well.  (Also Read: India vs Srilanka: ICC Champions Trophy 2013 - Report)
The wicket bounced?
I think, obviously, initially there was something for the fast bowlers, and when I came to the second spell there, the wicket got flat. It was coming two throughout the bat, to the bat. So I think it was really good in the second half.  (Also Read: India vs Srilanka: ICC Champions Trophy 2013 - Statistical Highlights)
It seemed to be a very comfortable wicket, and the fact that in the second inning also there was some help with the bowlers. Is that down to your batting excellence or how do you see that?
I think, you know, even the wicket is flat or if you're bowling and the conditions are helpful, if you're bowling into the good areas, so I think whatever is a good ball is a good bowl in any kind of flat. I think that's what we've been doing. As you can see, we have three different fast bowlers that we've been playing. So I think everyone stuck to their plan and helping each other out the way we can. So I think that's a good thing for us. (Also See: Images: India v Srilanka - ICC Champions Trophy 2013)
How does it feel to lead this bowling attack? Because Bhuvneshwar and Amit Mishra don't have the experience that you have, so how does it feel?
Well, I think it's a really good feeling, but at the moment, I don't feel like ‑‑ I don't even consider myself like I'm the experienced bowler, because as you can see, I just played 52 or 57 one dayers. So I think we're just helping each other out and doing work with the bowling coach. And we know now that the five fielders are in, so it's quite difficult for the bowler, so I think we'll keep working on our variations and everything, but I think it's going really well.
A lot of teams seem to be struggling against Malinga, but you guys seem to be playing him well. Why do you think that's so?
I think maybe our batsmen are very good.
Before this match, MS Dhoni at his press conference had said you are a very key bowler because in the middle overs you're able to get that extra bounce with your height. How important is it for you to have the backing of your team and your captain especially when the wickets are not coming your way as much as you would like?
Well, I think wickets are from the outsiders it's like if you're bowling in a good rhythm and you're hitting the landing the way you can, I think that's the main important for me. And obviously, the support in the team, and the support from the captain is very crucial for any turn, not only for me.
I think MS is always supporting every youngster in the team. So I think he's been tremendous with everyone. So I think what I can say about him is we are really pleased to have him on the side as a captain.
Could you talk about the length you bowled against Sanga especially, and Mahela? There seemed to be a plan, you were kind of making them play on the top, because you spoke about bowling the right bowling areas and bowling as a group. If you can talk about both?
Well, I think I don't have any -- we don't really stick to any plans, because the wicket was really helping for the fast ball. If you can see, there is some bounce and some movement for the fast bowlers. So I was just coming in hitting the lengths, maybe, you know, sometimes it just happens like some ball like you guard so you're not going to pitch every single ball in the same spot. So obviously there is a plan in every ball, so I think that's what's happening and that's maybe confusing them.
How much of a confidence is the fielding of the team for your bowling, especially the whole team? How does it feel?
I think it's really tremendous. I think if you have the kind of fielders we have at the moment on the team, I think everyone is charging up and everyone wants to have the ball in their hand when the ball comes. So I think everyone is charging up. I think it gives you really big confidence for every fast bowler, not only for me. So I think it's very good, and, yeah, we'll keep working hard on our fielding and in every department, so, yeah, we're getting better.
Can you just sum up, what does it mean to the team to reach the final, and what do you expect to face from England in the final?
Well, I think we've played quite good cricket until now. I don't think we have to change anything. We'll stick to the plans and we'll stick to our strengths and what we did before, I think we just carry on doing the same thing in the finals.
You've beaten nearly every team including in warm‑up matches with five wins, and you come against England. Do you see them as the biggest batting threat, as a bowler?
I don't think so. You know, if you are, as I told you, if you're bowling into the good areas, no batsmen can be challenge for you. So I think that's what we've been doing in the last five games and we're going to do the same thing in the finals as well.

source: icc-cricket.com

India vs Srilanka: ICC Champions Trophy 2013 - Statistical Highlights

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 10:40 PM PDT

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Statistical Highlights: India vs Srilanka India v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy, 2nd semi-final, Cardiff, June 20, 2013 

# For the first time, India have won three ODIs by eight wickets each (all in succession) in a single edition in the ICC Champions Trophy - one each vs West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

# India have won five successive games in the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time - by seven wickets vs West Indies at Johannesburg on September 30, 2009 followed by four in a row in the present competition. 

# India have won their first game vs Sri Lanka in three encounters in the ICC Champions Trophy (NR 2).

# For the third time, India have qualified for the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy. (Also Read: India vs Srilanka: ICC Champions Trophy 2013 - Report)

# India's tally of 14 wins is the most by any team in the ICC Champions Trophy (Lost six and No-result three out of 23 played). Their winning % of 70.00 is the highest by any team. (Also See: Images: India v Srilanka - ICC Champions Trophy 2013)

# India, under Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy, have won five and lost one out of seven played in the ICC Champions Trophy - winning % 83.33 (NR 1). The success percentage enjoyed by Dhoni is the highest amongst the captains with at least four games in the ICC Champions Trophy. 

# Sri Lanka (181/8) have recorded their lowest total vs India in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Shikhar Dhawan is the first batsman to manage 300 runs in the preent edition of the ICC Champions Trophy - 332 at an average of 110.66 in four matches, including two hundreds and a fifty.

# Dhawan's average of 110.66 is the highest by an Indian player in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Dhawan has reached an average of fifty-plus in ODIs - 401 runs in nine matches, including two hundreds and two fifties, at an average of 50.12.

# Dhawan (68 off 92 balls) has recorded a match-winning fifty in his first appearance vs Sri Lanka in ODIs.

# In eight Indian victories, Dhawan is averaging 55.71 - his aggregate being 390, including two hundreds and two fifties.

# Under Dhoni's captaincy, Dhawan is averaging 83.00 - his tally being 332 in five matches, including two centuries and a fifty. 

# Dhawan and Rohit Sharma became the first pair to register four stands of 100-plus followed by two fifty-plus for the first wicket in the ICC Champions Trophy - all in succession.

# Dhawan-Sharma pair has averaged 90.75 for the opening wicket while aggregating 363 in four innings - the best average by any opening pair in the ICC Champions Trophy. Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Chris Gayle had averaged 90.71 while totalling 635 in nine innings, including two hundred-plus and three fifty-plus stands.

# Virat Kohli (58 not out of 64 balls) has posted his second fifty in seven matches in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Kohli's 23rd fifty in ODIs is his eighth vs Sri Lanka.

# Umesh Yadav, for the first time in an ODI, has bowled two maiden overs.

# Kusal Perera is averaging 3.50 in the present competition (14 runs in four innings) - his sequence of scores being 0 vs New Zealand; 6 vs England; 4 vs Australia and 4 vs India.

# Kusal Perera's only fifty in ODIs is 56 vs Bangladesh at Pallekele on March 28, 2013.

# Kumar Sangakkara became the first player to have appeared in 300 ODIs as a wicketkeeper.

# Suresh Raina is the second Indian fielder to take three catches in an innings in the ICC Champions Trophy - the first being Yuvraj Singh - vs South Africa at Colombo (RPS) on September 25, 2002.

# Raina is the fourth Indian fielder to take three catches in an ODI in England, joining Kapil Dev (vs England - The Oval, 1986), Mohammad Azharuddin (vs England - The Oval 1986) and Bishan Singh Bedi (vs England - Leeds, 1974).

# Raina, with six catches in four matches, is the leading fielder in the present competition.

# Mahendra Singh Dhoni has bowled in an ODI for the second time. He had first bowled vs West Indies (2-0-14-1) at Johannesburg in the ICC Champions Trophy on September 30, 2009, capturing one wicket - his victim being Travis Dowlin. India had won the game by seven wickets.

# Kumar Sangakkara, with 222 runs at an average of 74.00 in four matches, is the top run-scorer for Sri Lanka in the present tournament. Only Shikhar Dhawan has managed more runs than Sangakkara.

# Sangakkara is the third wicketkeeper to complete 400 dismissals (318 catches + 82 stumpings) in ODIs, joining Adam Gilchrist (472) and Mark Boucher (424).

# Having amassed 10,355 runs (ave.40.76), Sangakkara is the first wicketkeeper to complete the double of 10,000 runs and 400 dismissals in 300 ODIs.

# Angelo Matthews (51 off 89 balls) has posted his second fifty in the ICC Champions Trophy - his highest is 52 off 73 balls vs England at Johannesburg on September 25, 2009.

# Matthews' first fifty in eight matches as captain is his 14th in ODIs - his third against India.

# Matthews is the second Sri Lankan captain after Sanath Jayasuriya (74 at Colombo RPS on September 29, 2002) to record a fifty vs India in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Matthews' strike rate of 57.30 is his second slowest in an innings of fifty or more, next only to the 54.16 during his innings of 52 not out off 96 balls vs Zimbabwe at Dhaka on January 12, 2009.

# Ishant Sharma (3/33) has recorded his best bowling performance in six matches in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Ishant has bagged 19 wickets in eleven matches at an average of 25.21 in ODIs in 2013.

# Ishant has received his third Man of the Match award in ODIs - his second vs Sri Lanka.

# Ravichandran Ashwin (3/48) has produced his best bowling performance in the ICC Champions Trophy.

# Jayawardene and Matthews were involved in a 78-run stand - Sri Lanka's highest fourth-wicket partnership vs India in the ICC Champions Trophy, bettering the 22 between Jayawardene and Sangakkara at Colombo RPS on September 29, 2002.

# Mahela Jayawardene's tally of 742 runs (ave.41.22) in 22 matches is the second highest in the ICC Champions Trophy, next only to Chris Gayle's 791 (ave.52.73) in 17 matches.

# Thisara Perera's first duck vs India is his third in ODIs.

# Thisara Perera, as a batsman, is averaging just 15.32 in ODIs - 521 runs in 58 matches, including a fifty - 69 not out off 44 balls vs South Africa at Kimberley on January 20, 2012.

# Jeevan Mendis is averaging 64.66 vs India in five ODIs - his aggregate being 194 in five innings (twice not out)

# Lasith Malina is averaging 42.47 as a bowler vs India (34 wickets in 29 matches) as against his overall ODI average of 26.37 in 143 matches (224 wickets).

# Ravindra Jadeja (10 at an average of 13.00) is the first Indian bowler to capture ten wickets in a single edition of the ICC Champions Trophy.

source: ndtv.com

India vs Srilanka: ICC Champions Trophy 2013 - Report

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 10:41 PM PDT

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With a thumping eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second semi-final, at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, India barged into the Champions Trophy 2013 final. The MS Dhoni-led side will take on hosts England on Sunday in Birmingham. (Also Read: India's bowling 'isn't the best', Sri Lanka will target it, says Jayasuriya)
Before the batsmen helped Team India coast to the subpar target, the Indian bowlers dominated proceedings to set up the game after a rain delayed start. The Indian pacers bowled a tight line to stem the flow of runs. While Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave India their first breakthrough early in the innings and finished as the most economical of the lot, Ishant Sharma claimed three scalps. (Also Read: Dhoni wary of 'dangerous' Sri Lanka)
The spin duo accounted for four more victims to help restrict the opposition to 181 for eight. Ravichandran Ashwin, introduced into the attack as late as the 32nd over, got good purchase from the wicket and finished with three scalps, while Ravindra Jadeja claimed the key wicket of Mahela Jayawardene who was involved in a crucial 78-run stand with Angelo Mathews. (Also Read: MS Dhoni urges high-flying India to stay grounded: ICC Champions Trophy-2013)
After Kusal Perera's departure, Tillakaratne Dilshan pulled his hamstring and retired hurt in the fifth over. Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara then painstakingly added 19 off 10.5 overs, until Suresh Raina's low diving catch to his right at second slip off Ishant Sharma sent back the former. And five runs later, the left-hand batsman too nicked an Ishant Sharma delivery to Raina. 
With the seamers getting assistance from the wicket under the grey skies, and Virat Kohli being a touch expensive in the earlier games, MS Dhoni handed the gloves to Dinesh Karthik and rolled his arm. He almost got the better of Jayawardene, if not for a DRS reversal for an lbw decision. It was Jadeja who then castled the former SL.
Although Mathews added 39 with Jeevan Mendis en route his half-century. However, with five overs left, the SL skipper decided to take on Ashwin to accelerate the run-rate. He holed out over mid-on but was dropped near the boundary by Kohli. But the missed chance did not cost India much as a ball later Mathews skied a carrom ball and Kumar took the catch to send him back for 51.
That triggered a mini-collapse as SL wickets fell in a heap. Thisara Perera hit Ishant to Shikhar Dhawan at deep mid-wicket to depart soon after. Nuwan Kulasekara was the next to be dismissed by Ashwin, thereby forcing Dilshan to limp back to the crease with two overs left. In the last over, Mendis was stumped off Ashwin as SL managed 181/8 in their 50 overs.
Continuing in their sublime form, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan got India off to another good start and laid the platform for the chase. Inching towards the target at a comfortable pace, Rohit Sharma and Dhawan kept their team on top. However, Mathews struck to end the first-wicket stand for 77 as he dismissed Rohit for 33.
Having survived twice off Kulasekara in two overs while on 18, Dhawan continued to gather runs unfazed and later pulled the bowler to the boundary reach his fifty. The southpaw's innings came to an end on 68 when he stepped out to Jeevan Mendis and Sangakkara flicked off the bails to stump him. However, Kohli, who had started the tour with a century against SL in the warm-up game, came to the party. The No.3 bat brought up his half-century with a six as he took India across the line along with Raina with 15 overs to spare.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 181/8 in 50 overs (A Mathews 51, M Jayawardene 38, I Sharma 3/33, R Ashwin 3/48) lost toIndia 182/2 in 35 overs (S Dhawan 68, V Kohli 58*, A Mathews 1/10, J Mendis 1/28) by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Ishant Sharma for his three-wicket haul.
Post-match presentation
Angelo Mathews: "The toss was crucial, we would have also bowled if we won the toss. The ball was seaming around, swinging around, the pitch was two-paced, our batsmen found it difficult. But credit should go the Indians."

MS Dhoni: "I think it is a well-written script, good toss to win, started well by the bowler, unfortunately for SL they lost Dilshan, we capitalised on that, then the bowlers bowled well, especially the spinners. I think it is important to have good bowlers in the side. The ball was still doing a bit., Bhuvnesh had already bowled 8 or 9, we wanted to keep some of the fast bowlers' overs for the death, so with Karthik around I think might as well give it a go. I thought even if it goes badly, I'll bowl one over. It went okay so I bowled another ... England are a very good side, and we have played a lot against them in the last couple of years."

Man of the Match is Ishant Sharma: "My strength is the bounce, I stick to my strength. I think up front Umesh and Bhuvi bowled really well. I think the conditions were really favourable here, in the previous games the wickets were quite flat."

source: bcci.tv


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