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• Images: Sri Lanka vs India: Celkon Mobile Cup 2013
• Sri Lanka vs India : Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 - Statistical Highlights
• Sri Lanka vs India : Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 - Report

Images: Sri Lanka vs India: Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 Posted: 09 Jul 2013 11:10 PM PDT India v Sri Lanka, West Indies Tri-series, Port-of-Spain, July 9, 2013 RELATED LINKS: Sri Lanka vs India : Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 - ReportSri Lanka vs India : Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 - Statistical Highlights

Sri Lanka vs India : Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 - Statistical Highlights Posted: 09 Jul 2013 11:02 PM PDT Statistical Highlights from the match between India and Sri Lanka: # India's convincing 81-run triumph is their first in three matches against Sri Lanka in the Caribbean in ODIs. They had lost the first two games to them - one each at Kingston (by 161 runs on July 2, 2013) and Port of Spain (by 69 runs on March 23, 2007). (Also Read: Sri Lanka vs India : Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 - Report) # For the first time, India have won four successive ODIs at Port of Spain - by 4 wickets vs West Indies on June 6, 2011; by 7 wickets vs West Indies on June 8, 2011; by 102 runs vs West Indies on July 5, 2013 and by 81 runs vs Sri Lanka on July 9, 2013. (Also See: Images: Sri Lanka vs India: Celkon Mobile Cup 2013) # India have won seven and lost nine out of 16 played at Port of Spain in ODIs. # India have won 77 and lost 53 out of 142 played against Sri Lanka in ODIs - winning % 59.16 (Tied 1 and NR 11). # Sri Lanka (96) have equalled their lowest total against India in ODIs. They had managed 96 off 41.0 overs at Sharjah on April 8, 1984. # Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4/8) has produced his career-best bowling performance in ODIs, obliterating the 3 for 29 vs England at Kochi on January 15, 2013. # Bhuvneshwar's outstanding bowling figures are the best by an Indian bowler in the Caribbean in ODIs, eclipsing Amit Mishra's four for 31 vs West Indies at Port of Spain on June 8, 2011. # Bhuvneshwar is averaging 16.00 in a winning cause in ODIs - his tally being 19 wickets in eleven matches. # Bhuvneshwar has received his second Man of the Match award in ODIs - his first was against Pakistan for claiming two wickets for 19 runs at Birmingham on June 15, 2013. # Bhuvneshwar, with eight wickets at 9.12 runs apiece in three matches, is the top wicket-taker in the present competition. # Ravindra Jadeja (2/17) took his tally to 29 at an average of 18.00 in 16 matches, equalling Mitchell McClenaghan's tally of 29 in only ten matches at an average of 16.51. Both share a record for most wickets in ODIs in 2013. # Ishant Sharma has bagged 27 wickets at 25.22 runs apiece in 16 ODIs in 2013 - his best performance in terms of averages in a calendar year (minimum five matches) # Ishant's excellent performance of 2 for 17 is his best in nine ODIs in the Caribbean. # With Shikhar Dhawan's catch, Mahela Jayawardene became the first fielder to complete 200 catches in ODIs. # Virat Kohli, despite scoring 2 & 31 vs Sri Lanka in the present series, is averaging 54.70 against them - his overall tally being 1477 in 33 matches. His tally includes five hundreds and eight fifties. # For the first time in six successive calendar years in ODIs, Kohli is averaging less than 40 - 490 runs in sixteen matches, including a hundred and two fifties. # Shikhar Dhawan remains the only Indian batsman to have averaged 60-plus in ODIs this year - his tally being 482 runs in nine matches, including two hundreds and two fifties. # Dinesh Karthik, as a designated wicketkeeper, is averaging just 21.90 in ODIs - his tally being 219 in 15 matches with 33 vs Zimbabwe at Harare on June 3, 2010 as his highest. # Rohit Sharma (48 not out)is averaging 53.87 in thirteen ODIs in the Caribbean - his aggregate being 431, including four fifties. # Kumar Sangakkara has recorded his eleventh duck in ODIs - his second vs India.

Sri Lanka vs India : Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 - Report Posted: 09 Jul 2013 11:13 PM PDT Sri Lanka collapsed to 96 all out on Tuesday (July 9) as India came from behind in the Celkon Mobile Tri-Nations Series to qualify for the final. India needed to restrict Sri Lanka to 167 to reach the final, which will take place on Thursday, in a rain-curtailed match and Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the back of the Sri Lankan top order to allow India to sail on. In the process, India picked up a bonus point as well and finished on top of the points table, which looked highly unlikely after its twin defeats in Jamaica earlier in the tournament.  (Also Read: Sri Lanka vs India : Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 - Statistical Highlights) India's innings was called to a close at 119 for 3 in 29 overs and Sri Lanka was set a revised target of 178 in 26 overs (Duckworth-Lewis method) for an outright win. India's hopes rested on taking early Sri Lankan wickets and Bhuvneshwar delivered as he had Upul Tharanga in all sorts of trouble before finally getting him to edge to Suresh Raina at second slip. (Also See: Images: Sri Lanka vs India: Celkon Mobile Cup 2013) Bhuvneshwar then made it two in two balls as umpire Peter Nero gave Kumar Sangakkara lbw to an appeal that didn't have much right about it, and Sri Lanka was reduced to 15 for 2. Bhuvneshwar put on a fine display of swing and seam bowling, making life difficult even for the great Mahela Jayawardene. Perhaps it was the accuracy, but Jayawardene guided a short delivery from Bhuvneshwar to deep third man as India's hopes of making the final started to look good. India took another step forward as Bhuvneshwar picked up his fourth wicket, an impatient Lahiru Thirimanne trying to break the shackles only to find Virat Kohli at cover point. Sri Lanka needed to score 136 more runs in 17 overs to knock India out but the possibility of that happening was looking less and less likely as Bhuvneshwar finished an impressive six-over spell with figures of 4 for 8. Spin was introduced in the 12th over. The moisture in the track allowed the ball to grip and turn and both the Indian spinners, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, exploited the conditions. Jadeja soon had Angelo Mathews caught behind and an ambitious Dinesh Chandimal stumped, as India had its hands firmly around Sri Lanka's throat at 63 for 6. Even as the spinners were exerting control and Bhuvneshwar had shown the way to bowl on this track, Umesh Yadav looked clueless as he sprayed the ball all around. But Ashwin yorked Jeevan Mendis soon, and India was firmly on its way to knocking West Indies out of the competition, and Sri Lanka was soon bowled out for 96 with Chandimal top scoring with a painstaking 26. Earlier, rain put a halt to proceedings after Rohit Sharma had scored a slow but useful unbeaten 48 to help India reach 119 for 3. In a must-win game for India, Kohli lost the toss on a fresh wicket and Mathews did not hesitate to put India in. India made no changes to its playing XI while Sri Lanka decided to play Rangana Herath ahead of Sachithra Senanayake and was forced to replace the injured Nuwan Kulasekara with Dilhara Lokuhettige, who hadn't played a One-Day International since facing India in 2005. There was early movement in the air and plenty of assistance from the pitch as the Sri Lankan seamers tested Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan. After a couple of good-looking boundaries, Dhawan lost his wicket trying to play inside out to Mathews and edged to Jayawardene, who took his 200th ODI catch, at first slip. India should have been two down at the end of the Power Play overs, but Mendis spilled a simple chance off Rohit. The Sri Lankan bowlers kept the Indians on a tight leash as overs 7-13 yielded only 13 runs, even as Rohit and Kohli tried, unsuccessfully, to break free. Kohli finally unfurled a few drives and cuts as India looked to step up the scoring rate and the total reached 74 in 20 overs. But India lost Kohli (31 off 52 balls) immediately to an arm ball from Herath, trapped plumb in front, to be reduced to 76 for 2. Dinesh Karthik tried to provide impetus to the innings by launching the second delivery he faced over midwicket for a six. Rohit's slow progress at the other end was pulling India down, till he decided to play couple of aggressive shots as India reached 100 in the 25th over. Herath then spun one past Karthik's defence from the middle stump to further push India back at 111 for 3. A couple of overs later, the inevitable summer rains arrived and stopped play. Brief scores: India 119/3 in 29 overs (R Sharma 48*, V Kohli 31; R Herath 2/32) beat Sri Lanka 96 all-out in 24.4 overs (D Chandimal 26; B Kumar 4/8, I Sharma 2/17, R Jadeja 2/17) by 81 runs under D/L method Man of the Match: Bhuvneshwar Kumar for his match-winning bowling performance Quotes from the presentation "It was a tough wicket to bat on," says Angelo Mathews. "We bowled well, but when we batted the pitch had been under covers and had sweated more. We had nothing to lose and went for it. It's mentally and physically draining to play three days in a row. We have played some good cricket to get to the final, hopefully we can beat India." "We have shown a lot of character," says Virat Kohli. "To bounce back like this and finish top of the table is a commendable effort. Very proud of the team. When I and Rohit were playing, we just wanted to play ourselves in. It paid in the end, because we had wickets in hand, and it worked in the D/L calculations. Then the bowlers responded beautifully." "If you perform well for your country, you feel proud," says Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the Man of the Match. "You had to put the ball in the right areas. So far the most helpful pitch I have bowled on."

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