Photos: India sneak past Lanka in 3rd ODI
Gautam Gambhir's
superb century and brilliant counter-attacking cricket from Suresh Raina
helped India beat Sri Lanka by five wickets and go 2-1 up in the
five-match One-day International series in Colombo on Saturday.
Chasing 287 to win, India overhauled the target with two balls to spare.
Gambhir's 11th ODI century may have been in vain had Raina not come up with a stubborn knock in the company of Irfan Pathan.
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Sachin Tendulkar launches BMW 328i
Sachin Tendulkar was present at the launch of the BMW 328i at the NCPA on Friday.
The BMW 328i is the sports version of the BMW ULTIMAT3 seires of cars.
The Master Blaster was seen posing for the shutterbugs on the occasion.
Tendulkar skipped India's ongoing tour of Sri Lanka to spend time with his family.
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India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI
India survived some jittery moments at the fag end before snatching a thrilling 21-run win over Sri Lanka in the first One-day international of the five-match series, in Hambantota, on Saturday.
Virat Kohli cracked a superb 106 and Virender Sehwag scored 96 runs as their 173-run stand for the second wicket laid the
foundation for India's imposing 314 for six after electing to bat.
Diminutive left-hander Suresh Raina (50 off 45) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (35 off 29) added valuable runs towards the end to take the side past 300-run mark.
India then restricted the hosts to 293
for nine to take a 1-0 lead in the series, which it needs to win by a
5-0 margin to reclaim the number one position in ODIs.
The hosts' resistance was built around
Sangakkara's fighting 133 but he fell short of partners at the other end
until he was joined by Thisara Perera, who scored a quickfire 44 off
just 28 balls.
Sangakkara's knock, his 14th ODI hundred and fifth against India, came off 151 balls and included 12 boundaries.
Sangakkara and Perera rattled up a 78-run
stand for the seventh wicket, giving some anxious moments to India, but
their effort only reduced the defeat margin.
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