Indian cricket team began its tour of Sri Lanka which consists of 5 ODIs today. This tour is much talked about and winning the series by 5-0 will take India to no. 2 in world rankings. Indian team is on a high after their triumph in the home series against Australia and England and they have not lost the momentum. They proved this by a convincing win in the first one-day international.
India defeated Sri Lanka in the first one day played here in Dambulla by six wickets. Old horse Sanath Jayasuriya reached his 28th ODI century and proved his critics wrong that he is ageing. But his century went in vain as Indians reached the target in 49th over.
However, there were some hiccups in the Indian innings initially but solid and timely knocks by Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and M S Dhoni didn’t allowed Lankan bowlers to settle down. Mystery bowler Ajantha Mendis went second time wicketless in his ODI career. Ishant Sharma was the best bowler among Indians with 3 wickets.
The second match of the series will be played on Saturday at Colombo. This will be a day night match. I pray for one more Indian win.
Indian team has what it takes to be number one. All they need is consistency and under flamboyant and ever dependable M S Dhoni, they are striving hard. Coach Gary Kirsten is providing the right guidance and is very effectively utilising the highly talented Indian cricketers.
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