India won by 81 runs
ODI no. 3001 | 2010 season
Played at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
24 June 2010 - day/night (50-over match)
Match details
Toss India, who chose to bat
Series India won the 2010 Asia Cup
Player of the match KD Karthik (India)
Player of the series Shahid Afridi
Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and BR Doctrove (West Indies)
Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve umpire SH Sarathkumara
India's under-fire seam attack came good when it mattered, setting up fourth win in seven tournament finals for MS Dhoni's side, a statistic that makes a mockery of India's abysmal record in finals. The conditions did support them as they were bowling under the lights in Dambulla, but it was a huge improvement from two nights ago: all three of Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra bowled tight lines, all three got movement both ways, extra bounce, and consequently wickets.
Karthik wrests initiative: After Gautam Gambhir wastes a decent start with a lazy run-out, Dinesh Karthik hits three lovely boundaries in the eighth over, taking India to 51 for 1.
Two overs later the contest was effectively over when captain Kumar Sangakkara's attempted pull off a short delivery hit high on the bat and lobbed to Zaheer Khan at mid-on. At 51 for 5, the India's 15-year drought at the Asia Cup was set to end.
Nehra rips the heart out: Ashish Nehra proves to be the deadliest of three medium-pacers, repeatedly making the ball land on the seam, and regaining his special ability to get swing with back-of-a-length deliveries, taking three huge wickets for five runs,Nehra's performance followed an incisive start from the new-ball bowlers, Praveen Kumar and Zaheer, who got the ball to jag both ways and routinely had the Sri Lankan batsmen fishing for it. The trio had combined figures of 26-3-105-7.
End of over 50 (10 runs) India 268/6 (RR: 5.36) RA Jadeja 25* (27b 1x4) KMDN Kulasekara 9-0-44-1
Harbhajan Singh 7* (7b) SL Malinga 10-0-57-2
End of over 44 (8 runs) Sri Lanka 184/9 (85 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 4.18, RRR: 14.16) M Muralitharan 0* (2b) A Nehra 9-0-40-4
CK Kapugedera 54* (87b 4x4 1x6) RA Jadeja 6-0-26-1
Tags:-Asia Cup - final,Sri Lanka vs India,India won by 81 runs.
Karthik wrests initiative: After Gautam Gambhir wastes a decent start with a lazy run-out, Dinesh Karthik hits three lovely boundaries in the eighth over, taking India to 51 for 1.
Two overs later the contest was effectively over when captain Kumar Sangakkara's attempted pull off a short delivery hit high on the bat and lobbed to Zaheer Khan at mid-on. At 51 for 5, the India's 15-year drought at the Asia Cup was set to end.
Nehra rips the heart out: Ashish Nehra proves to be the deadliest of three medium-pacers, repeatedly making the ball land on the seam, and regaining his special ability to get swing with back-of-a-length deliveries, taking three huge wickets for five runs,Nehra's performance followed an incisive start from the new-ball bowlers, Praveen Kumar and Zaheer, who got the ball to jag both ways and routinely had the Sri Lankan batsmen fishing for it. The trio had combined figures of 26-3-105-7.
End of over 50 (10 runs) India 268/6 (RR: 5.36) RA Jadeja 25* (27b 1x4) KMDN Kulasekara 9-0-44-1
Harbhajan Singh 7* (7b) SL Malinga 10-0-57-2
End of over 44 (8 runs) Sri Lanka 184/9 (85 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 4.18, RRR: 14.16) M Muralitharan 0* (2b) A Nehra 9-0-40-4
CK Kapugedera 54* (87b 4x4 1x6) RA Jadeja 6-0-26-1
Tags:-Asia Cup - final,Sri Lanka vs India,India won by 81 runs.
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