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Hambantota: Sangakkara's fighting knock of 133 went in vain as Sri Lanka lost their first ODI against India by 21 runs to hand the visitors a 1-0 lead in 5-match ODI series at Hambantota, Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Chasing 315-run target, Sri Lankan innings folded up at the score of 293 after the end of stipulated 50 overs.
Paceman Umesh Yadav finally got rid of former skipper Kumar Sangakkara when he was cleaned up at the score of 133. Sangakkara slammed 12 boundaries during his fine knock.
Kumar Sangakkara held the one end for Sri Lanka as he scored his 14th ODI century in the process but could not finish off the proceedings in Lanka's favour. Sangakkara scored his century in 125 balls with the help of nine fours.
Irfan Pathan dismissed Thisara Perera, who played a fine cameo of 28-ball 44 that included three fours, towards the closing stages.
Zaheer Khan scalped Angelo Mathews to take his first wicket of the innings that increased Sri Lanka's worry of chasing down the huge target.
Earlier, Pragyan Ojha piled more misery on Sri Lankan chase as he scalped Mahela Jayawardene to reduce the island nation to 132/4 in 28.3 overs. Indian pacer Umesh Yadav struck to dismiss Dinesh Chandimal as Sri Lanka struggled against India.
India's Ravichandran Ashwin broke the second wicket 77-run stand between Upul Tharanga and Kumar Sangakkara by removing the former in the first ODI of the five-match series against Sri Lanka in Hambantota.
Tharanga played patient knock of 28 off 47 balls with the help of two fours.
Tharanga and Sangakkara revived Sri Lankan innings after losing Tillakaratne Dilshan in the second over of the innings. Irfan Pathan struck in his first over to remove Dilshan and give India crucial breakthrough.
Virat Kohli notched up a brisk hundred, while Virender Sehwag missed his ton by a whisker as India posted a daunting 314 for 6 against Sri Lanka.
Kohli, who scored his fourth hundred in his last five innings on Saturday, was in sublime form and starred in a 173-run second wicket stand with Sehwag to lay the foundation for a big total.
The 23-year-old Kohli blasted nine boundaries in his 113-ball innings, while Sehwag, who was dropped by Tillakaratne Dilshan on nought in the second over, had 10 boundaries in his 97-ball innings.
India had a shaky start after skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (35) won the toss and elected to bat.
Sehwag looked rusty early on and got a respite initially but his partner Gautam Gambhir (3) was not lucky and was sent packing after being bowled while trying to work out a Kulasekara delivery square in the third over.
Dhoni and Suresh Raina then joined hands and dealt in boundaries. In the 45th over, Raina blasted a full-toss ball past point before hitting another Malinga delivery over extra cover.
Malinga once again came under attack when Raina sent his first ball in the 47th over out of the park, while Dhoni added insult to injury, smashing him over midwicket area.
In the 48th over, Raina picked up another four between deep square leg and deep midwicket, while Dhoni blasted a four and a six off Malinga in the next over.
In the last over, Raina and Dhoni lost their wickets in pursuit of quick runs.
Brief scores
India 314 for 6 (Kohli 106, Sehwag 96, Raina 50, Parera 3-70)
Sri Lanka 293 for 9 (Sangakkara 133, Perera 44)
Result India won by 21 runs
