HOBART, Feb 28 (IANS): India kept their hopes alive of qualifying for the finals of the Commonwealth Bank tri-series by thrashing Sri Lanka by seven wickets at the Bellerive Oval here Tuesday.
Chasing 321 in 40 overs to get a bonus point, Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 133 to finish the game off in 36.4 overs.
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka:
Mahela Jayawardene c Sehwag b Jadeja 22
Tillekaratne Dilshan not out 160
Kumar Sangakkara b Kumar 105
Thisara Perera run out (Kumar/Tendulkar) 3
Angelo Mathews c Ashwin b Khan 14
Dinesh Chandimal not out 2
Extras: (lb 3, w 11) 14
Total: (for four wickets in 50 overs) 320
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Jayawardene, 11.6 overs), 2-249 (Sangakkara, 43.2), 3-279 (Perera, 45.3), 4-309 (Mathews, 48.5)
Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 9-0-61-1
Parveen Kumar 9-0-64-1
Umesh Yadav 8-0-56-0
Ravindra Jadeja 9-0-43-1
Ravindra Ashwin 10-0-52-0
Virender Sehwag 3-0-24-0
Suresh Raina 2-0-17-0
India:
Virender Sehwag c Dilshan b Maharoof 30
Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Malinga 39
Gautam Gambhir run out 63
Virat Kohli not out 133
Suresh Raina not out 40
Extras: (b 4, lb 6, w 6) 16
Total: (for three wickets in 36.4 overs) 321
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Sehwag, 6.2 overs), 2-86 (Tendulkar, 9.2), 3-201 (Gambhir, 27.3)
Bowling:
Lasith Malinga 7.4-0-96-1
Nuwan Kulasekara 8-0-71-0
Farveez Maharoof 3-0-21-1
Thisara Perera 7-0-59-0
Angelo Mathews 7-0-44-0
Rangana Herath 4-0-20-0
