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19-02-2007, 13:00
India crush S Lanka to win series
One-day international, Visakhapatnam: India 263-3 (41 overs) bt Sri Lanka 259-7 (47 overs) by seven wickets
Yuvraj Singh hammered an unbeaten 95 and Sourav Ganguly (58no) kept up his fine form as India beat Sri Lanka to clinch a 2-1 one-day series triumph.
Chamara Silva's (107no) maiden ODI ton was the main reason Sri Lanka achieved 259-7 in a game cut to 47 overs by dew.
But on a good batting pitch it never looked adequate once Robin Uthappa (57) and Virender Sehwag (46) attacked.
Ganguly left with cramp in over one but returned to add 145 with Yuvraj and seal a seven-wicket win in 41 overs.
The end came in such a hurry, with Yuvraj crashing four fours and a six, that there was no need for the runner Ganguly had called for to come out.
His return to the pavilion earlier heralded a spell of dreadful bowling and blistering strokeplay from Uthappa.
The 21-year-old thrashed four fours off one Dilhara Fernando
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One-day international, Visakhapatnam: India 263-3 (41 overs) bt Sri Lanka 259-7 (47 overs) by seven wickets
Yuvraj Singh hammered an unbeaten 95 and Sourav Ganguly (58no) kept up his fine form as India beat Sri Lanka to clinch a 2-1 one-day series triumph.
Chamara Silva's (107no) maiden ODI ton was the main reason Sri Lanka achieved 259-7 in a game cut to 47 overs by dew.
But on a good batting pitch it never looked adequate once Robin Uthappa (57) and Virender Sehwag (46) attacked.
Ganguly left with cramp in over one but returned to add 145 with Yuvraj and seal a seven-wicket win in 41 overs.
The end came in such a hurry, with Yuvraj crashing four fours and a six, that there was no need for the runner Ganguly had called for to come out.
His return to the pavilion earlier heralded a spell of dreadful bowling and blistering strokeplay from Uthappa.
The 21-year-old thrashed four fours off one Dilhara Fernando
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42583000/jpg/_42583587_yuvraj270.jpg
Read here for more http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6367627.stm