A well-composed innings by Gautam Gambhir and skipper MS Dhoni sets a target of 268 at the loss of four wickets in the second ODI match of Commonwealth Bank Series at the Brisbane Cricket Ground.
Despite losing four quick wickets a blazing century by Gautam Gambhir (102) and a almost run a ball innings of 88 by captain Dhoni in the end justifies Dhoni’s decission of batting first after winning toss.
Earlier both the openers Sachin Tendulkar (35) and Virender Sehwag (33) were looking solid putting a partnership of 68 runs before the little master got bowled out by Lasith Malinga. Sehwag in his 39-ball innings of 33 hit two boundaries and one six. He was caught by wicket keeper Kumar Sangakkara while trying to pull a ball of Ishara Amerasinghe.
Soon after the man in news and the most rewarded Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan removed Yuvraj Singh (2) and Rohit Sharma for a duck give a jolt to Indian innings as the scoreboard came down to 83/4.
However, both Dhoni and Gambhir played sensible innings from their part and put a considerable total of 267 without doing any other damage in terms of losing wicket.
Sri Lankan ace pace bowler Chaminda Vass was the most expensive in the bowling card conceding 72 runs in his 10-overs spell and without a wicket. Muralitharan in his complete spell took two wickets while sparing giving way 51 runs. Among others Lasith Malinga and Ishara Amerasinghe obtain one wicket each.
Teams:
India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma.
Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Chaminda Vaas, Lasitha Malinga, Ishara Amerasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan.
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