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Dambulla: Sehwag's unbeaten 99 guided India to a six-wicket victory and also enabled them to grab a bonus point against Sri Lanka in the third ODI of the tri-series.
Virender Sehwag's unbeaten 99 guided India to a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka and also enabled them to grab a bonus point in the third ODI of the tri-series in Dambulla.
India chased down the 171-run victory target in 34.3 overs with Sehwag and captainMahendra Singh Dhoni (23) remaining unbeaten.
With the scores level, Suraj Randiv denied Sehwag a well-deserved century by bowling a no-ball even though that was hit for a six.
India got off to a slow start in their run chase with openers Sehwag and Dinesh Karthik failing to hit boundaries in the first five overs.
The Lankan pressure soon paid off as Angelo Mathews had Karthik (10) caught by Nuwan Kulasekara at third man.
In the next over, Kumar Sangakkara took a superb catch diving to his right to dismiss Virat Kohli for a duck off Dilhara Fernando.
Mathews took his second wicket in the next over when he trapped Rohit Sharma plumb in front of the wicket for a duck.
Playing his 100th ODI, Suresh Raina then added 59 runs with Sehwag for the third wicket to steady the Indian innings.
Fernando took his second wicket when he had Raina (21) caught by Upul Tharanga at deep mid-wicket.
From there on, Sehwag and Dhoni took India to victory.
Earlier, Indian pacers and spinners exploited the bowling friendly conditions alike to shot out hosts Sri Lanka for a low 170.
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara's decision to bat backfired as Indian bowlers were all over the hosts right from the first ball when Upul Tharanga was clean bowled by Praveen Kumar.
Had Suraj Randiv (43) and Nuwan Kulasekara (22) not played defiant knocks down the order, the hosts' innings would have been wearing a more miserable look.
They put up a 39-run stand, highest of Lankan innings, for the eighth wicket to help Sri Lanka go past the 150-mark.
Tillakaratane Dilshan (45) was the only top-order batsman who showed stomach for fight but fell while going for an extravagant shot when situation demanded patience.
The pace trio of Kumar (2/20), Ishant Sharma (2/32) and Ashish Nehra (1/39) blew away the host top-order to start the devastation of the Lankan innings.
The spinners -- Pragyan Ojha (3/36) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/34) -- joined the party and broke the back of the Lankan innings with lethal blows.
In an ominous start for home side, opener Tharanga and his teammates were shell shocked when a swinging first ball of the match by Praveen Kumar uprooted the stumps.
The heavy conditions were ideal for bowling and Indian pacers rose to the occasion.
Soon skipper Kumar Sangakkara (2) fell to Nehra and Mahela Jayawardene (4) became second victim of Kumar.
Lanky Ishant got his first wicket in Thilan Samaraweera (7) and Lankan innings was in complete disarray.
They never recovered from the early shocks and Ojha and Jadeja kept the pressure by taking wickets.
Dilshan was batting beautifully from the other end but lost patience and top-edged to Rohit Sharma off Ojha.
Jadeja struck twice by removing Chamara Kapugedara and Angelo Mathews to puncture all Lankan hopes.
Brief score
Sri Lanka 170 (Dilshan 45, Randiv 43, Ojha 3-36)
India 171 for 4 (Sehwag 99*, Dhoni 23*)
Result India won by six wickets
Points India 5, Sri Lanka 0
MOM Virendra Sehwag (India)
