India wins ODI Series against Sri Lanka

India won the 5 match ODI series against Sri Lanka as 3-1 and one more game yet to be played.

The 1st ODI match was played at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot on 15th Dec and India won the match by 3 runs. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field, India scored 414 runs in 50 overs with Sehwag 146 runs. Sri Lanka scored 411 runs with Dilshan 160 runs and lost the match by just 3 runs.Sehwag was named the Player of the match and India led series 1-0.

2nd ODI was played at Nagpur on 18th Dec in which Sri Lanka won the match by 3 wickets. India won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 301 runs with Dhoni scoring 107 runs. With the target of 302 Sri Lanka batted well and attained it at 49.1 overs with Dilshan 123. The Player of the match award was given to Dilshan and Sri Lanka level series as 1-1.

3rd ODI was played at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on 21st Dec in which India won the match by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first but was able to score only 239 runs and lost all their wickets in 44.2 overs with Tharanga 73 runs. With the target of 240 runs India played well and managed to attain it in 42.3 overs with Sachin 96 not out. The player of the match award was given to Jadeja for his 4 wickets and India led the series as 2-1.

The 4th ODI was played today at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. In 50 overs they scored 315 runs by losing 6 wickets. For Sri Lanka Tharanga scored 118 runs, Sangakkara 60 runs and Perera 31 runs. For India Zaheer and Nehra each took 2 wickets. With the target of 316 runs India started to bat but lost Sehwag and Sachin too early then Kohli and Gambhir played a brilliant innings and paved the way for India's victory. 224 runs came between their partnership and India managed to score 317 runs in 48.1 overs by losing 3 wickets. For India Gambhir scored 150* and Kohli 107 runs. For Sri Lanka Lakmal took 2 wickets. Gambhir was named the player of the match.

Through this victory India won the 5 match ODI series as 3-1. The 5th ODI will be played at Delhi on Dec 27th Sunday.