1st ODI - India vs. Sri Lanka

[Toony™®]

http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NEW/LIVE/f...25OCT2005.html - ball by ball

http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NEW/LIVE/f...25OCT2005.html - full scorecard

63-1 after 10 overs

Pathan comes in 1 down.

Sehwag fails to reach 200 again.

India Team:
V Sehwag, SR Tendulker, IK Pathan,Yuvraj Singh, Y Venugopal Rao,
+MS Dhoni, Jai P Yadav, Harbhajan Singh, AB Agarkar, *R Dravid, S Santh.

Sri Lanka team:
*MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya, +KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene,
TM Dilshan, RP Arnold, UDU Chandana, MF Maharoof, WPUJC Vaas,
CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan.

India full substitute: M Kartik (unused).

Sri Lanka full substitute: LHD Dilhara (unused).

[Toony™®]

India 75/1 (11.1 ov)

Tendulkars back and going more than run a ball.

currently 41 not out

[F16]

Hope Tendulkar continues to maintain this form till wc 2007 .Wishing him all the best after an agonising wait due to tennis elbow injury .

[Toony™®]

India 121/1 (18.5 ov)

Tendukar 62 not out

Pathan 30 not out

both currently going at run a ball.

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India 135/1 (20.0 ov)

Powerplays come to an end - it's consolidation time for India -

Sri Lanka badly need a breakthrough to get back in to this game

[Toony™®]

pathan gets his 50 off 41 balls. couple of sixes in that innings!

[Raz]

Sri Lanka struggling on the flat track. Also missing Jayasuriya's bowling.

I reckon India will have in excess of 300 on the board which would mean that Jayasuriya will need to be at his murderous best.

[Toony™®]

pathan going 6 crazy

68 runs off 48 balls.

4 sixes in that innings so far.

[cricket_crazy]

i see India winning this one if they get 200 in 30 overs.

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India 171/1 (25.0 ov)

score in the region of 350+ on the cards.

[Raz]

25.2 Chandana to Tendulkar, SIX, this is now officially a murder field
- tossed up outside the off stump, Tendulkar dances down the
track, get to the pitch of the delivery and heaves it away miles
over the long-on fence

[Toony™®]

Chandana off his two overs so far has cost him 24runs.

[Toony™®]

Originally Posted by Raz 25.2 Chandana to Tendulkar, SIX, this is now officially a murder field - tossed up outside the off stump, Tendulkar dances down the track, get to the pitch of the delivery and heaves it away miles over the long-on fence

indian commentator in ecstacy.

[Raz]

The Sri Lankan spinners usually are good at strangulation and slowing down the scoring rate. Looks like they are being strangled in this match.

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innings record on ground is 348-8 scored by new zealand 10 yrs ago.

although last odi there was 3 yrs ago.

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India 201/1 (30.0 ov)


normally u double this score once u reach 30 overs. with wickets in hand and with hitters to come -

Highest odi score on cards!

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India 212/3 (32.3 ov)

Pathan and Tendulker depart in successive overs. maybe 350 on cards now rather than 400.

oh well!

[F16]

Sachin I feel deliberately departed as had a terrible cramp and was seen limping .He never belives in having a runner and so not to delay the momentum I feel he deliberately threw his wicket playing a careless shot .Hope he recovers quickly and be in the same form for the entire series .

[Amjid Javed]

Originally Posted by toonboy_awaisyboy™ India 201/1 (30.0 ov) normally u double this score once u reach 30 overs. with wickets in hand and with hitters to come - Highest odi score on cards!

just 47 runs in last 10 overs.

India 248/4 (40.0 ov) - dravid 27* dhoni 0*

[Amjid Javed]

Good comeback from sachin 93 from 96 balls.

also good innovation to send pathan in as a pinch hitter.

[Toony™®]

Originally Posted by Amjid Javed Good comeback from sachin 93 from 96 balls. also good innovation to send pathan in as a pinch hitter.

they used up their powerplay in the first 20 overs which helped.

[arsal_pakfan]

how much did tendulker score??..

and I fear India have found a genuin all rounder in Pathan and a #3 batsman in ODI's!

[nafajafam]

I think in Pathan, India can have a good all rounder.

[ZM]

India 259/4 (41.3 ov)

India may struggle to reach 320

[Toony™®]

Originally Posted by arsal_pakfan how much did tendulker score??.. and I fear India have found a genuin all rounder in Pathan and a #3 batsman in ODI's!

i doubt it outside the sub continent.

[Toony™®]

Originally Posted by ZM India 259/4 (41.3 ov) India may struggle to reach 320

India 276/4 (43.0 ov)

i think they might not struggle to get it!

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India 310/4 (47.0 ov)

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India 322/6 (48.0 ov)

350 maybe final score.

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India 350/6 (50.0 ov)

impressive last 5 overs which yielded 61 runs.

[ZM]

Sri Lanka are still gonna win easily

[Raz]

The stage is set for Juggernaut Jayasuriya to launch.

[alybaba]

Exactly 350. Good going I must say, considering all the crap in the dressing room lately. I doubt Sri Lanka can pull it off, but lets see.

[Raz]

Originally Posted by alybaba Exactly 350. Good going I must say, considering all the crap in the dressing room lately. I doubt Sri Lanka can pull it off, but lets see.

It will be tough but i doubt Jayasuriya is going to hold back. I sense hes going to try and turn the clock back to 1996.

[MIG]

Wow - some excellent batting from Pathan !!

[Muddaser]

Pitch is the size of my backyard.

Even mis-hits were going to the boundary.

[MIG]

In the meanwhile, Hariharan continues his good form....

0.5 Pathan to Jayasuriya, no run, pitched on middle and leg, Jayasuriya goes for a big heave over midwicket, is rapped on the pads and is plumb, but Hariharan is unmoved, very very lucky to be still there

[tahaqureshi]

Actually MIG, cricinfo says it was an inside edge..

[ZM]

sanga and jaya killin it!!!!!!!!!

52-1 6.4overs

[Jedi Knight]

Hi All,

The Lankans are on a mission here...

[ZM]

Sanga and Jaya out

2 soft dismissals

[Jedi Knight]

They need a big partnership to steady the ship.

[alybaba]

Good to see Dravid using his head - not utilizing the powerplay, and bringing on Harbhajan and Sehwag to slow the tide - it certainly did pay off. Ganguly would have just been standing there biting his nails.

[F16]

Chandana and Arnold also out cheaply . Turbanator is back to his full flow once again .

[Jedi Knight]

India are on their way to a big victory.

Gangs must be crying his eyes out...

[Pathan007]

Pathan is becoming into a fine allrounder. GOOOOOOOOOOOD

[HAFRIDI]

well played pathan

[Pathan007]

so did any1 break the 100MPH barrier? i thought that Santa Banta of india would break it

[alybaba]

Originally Posted by ZM Sri Lanka are still gonna win easily

Your hate for India has clearly killed your objectivity and with it, your ability to predict accurately.

[pakistani pride]

Big score from the indians. Sachin has made a superb come back once again. . . .

[inzibhai]

congratulations to india on the good show...

[F16]

Congrats to entire Indian team for putting up a fine performance against SL in the first ODI .Wishing them all the best in the future ODIs .It was definitely a great comeback after a very poor performance in ODIs is the past one year .

[deviously~fading~away]

Originally Posted by pathan007 so did any1 break the 100MPH barrier? i thought that Santa Banta of india would break it

One of the commentator called him a medium pacer,OUCH!

[Pathan007]

Originally Posted by Shez One of the commentator called him a medium pacer,OUCH!

that's an insult or should i say assault to the Indian team.

[Pathan007]

btw some freaks out there, has started comparing pathan to Afridi after he hit those shixes

[pakistani pride]

aHASAHAHAAAAAAAAA VERY FUNNY YAAR

[Easa]

comparing pathan to afridi, who said that? That guy needs to be sent to the asyslum straight away!

[Easa]

oh ya, and btw good job India great batting by pathan, tendulkar, and dravid especially! Dravid looked in supreme form!

[Amjid Javed]

Congrats to india. good comeback by sachin, pathan and skipper dravid.

Dravid played a very agressive knock. intresting to see if sri lanka bounce back in next game.

[googly]

Terrefic performance by India and nice to see Tendulkar hit the spot immediately.

Sterner tests await India in the series and chasing would be one of them, something where the team has been distinctly below par recently. Good innovative thinking to send Pathan up the order and kudos to him for delivering. Dravid was outstanding with the bat and on the field. The bowling had a sense of purpose to it.

The challenge would be for the team to perform at this level over the upcoming 12 ODIs and only then can a statement about a definite improvement be made, or this performance might turn out to be a fluke.

[APOCALYPSE]

Terrific performance by the Indians. Batting and bowling, a great team performance to hammer the sRi Lankans by 150 odd runs.


Well done team India

Hopefully we will do the same to England

[desidude]

Good job by India. They have batted superbly and Sachin and Pathan did a great job for them. What i like the most about this game was Dravid's fast 85 runs. He showed and proved those wrong who always termed Dravid as a typical test or slow batter. India deserves this win.