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Kolkata: Chasing 316, India complete yet another comprehensive victory as they beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to clinch the 5-match series as well. The home side now have an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the series.
It never looked India were chasing a total as big as 316, the highest at this venue. Even after losing Sehwag and Tendulkar cheaply, two young lads, Gambhir and Kohli came up with a professional and scintillating performance adding a record-breaking 224 runs for 3rd wicket.
They did score some boundaries early on but after that, they did not take any more risk and busy kept on taking singles and doubles to reach towards their target. Kohli (107) departed after scoring his maiden ton but Gambhir went on to score an unbeaten 150 off 137 deliveries to see India through to their 5th highest successful run chase in ODIs.
Towards the end, Karthik (19*) and Gambhir ended the proceedings in 48.1 overs handing Sri Lanka yet another series defeat in India.
Remember, the home side were playing without their top two batsmen in terms of rankings, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni and this hence is a brilliant victory under the leadership of Virender Sehwag. Gautam Gambhir is chosen the Man of the Match for his stunning knock of 150. Zaheer Khan gets the award of best bowler for his economical figures.
Earlier, Sri Lanka were 307-6 in 49.2 overs when play was held up for 23 minutes in the day-night match due to a power failure in one of the light towers at the Eden Gardens.
Tharanga propped up the innings after the early dismissals of in-form opener Tillakaratne Dilshan (9) and Sanath Jayasuriya (15), adding 126 for the third wicket with skipper Kumar Sangakkara (60).
But there was no stopping Tharanga, who dominated the Indian attack with a wide range of strokes. He severely punished paceman Ishant Sharma, hammering five fours in an over.
Sri Lanka plundered 98 in the last 10 overs, with debutant Thissara Perera smashing a 14-ball 31 and Mahela Jayawardene 33 in 30 deliveries.
Tharanga offered a difficult chance on seven when Nehra failed to hold a firmly-struck shot off his own bowling. He then gave no hope to the Indians, scoring comfortably against both pace and spin.
Sangakkara, dropped by Harbhajan Singh off Sharma before he had opened his account, made the most the opportunity as he consolidated his team's position with a big stand with Tharanga.
The Sri Lankan skipper fell in a bid to step up the rate-rate, stumped by Dinesh Karthik off Harbhajan after hitting five fours.
India, who are without hard-hitting batsmen Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, need to put in an impressive batting performance to clinch the series.
Dhoni is serving a two-match ban for a slow over-rate during his team's defeat in the second match in Nagpur, while Yuvraj has been ruled out of the last two games due to a finger injury.
Brief scores
Sri Lanka: 315 for 6 (Tharanga 118, Sangakkara 60, Zaheer 2-49)
India: 317 for 3 (Gambhir 150*, Kohli 107, Lakmal 2-55)
Results: India won by 7-wickets
MOM: Gautam Gambhir (India)
