
Indian bowlers were on a roll as Sri Lanka lost their fourth wicket inside 175 runs during the second ODI of the tri-series at the WACA in Perth on Wednesday. Scorecard Sri Lanka lost Thisara Perera (7) and Mahela Jayawardene (23) in quick succession. Ravichandran Ashwin struck again to dismiss Perera and reduced Sri Lanka to 172/5 in 39.4 overs soon after he got rid of Lanka skipper Jayawardene and put a halt to the decent partnership between Jayawardene and Dinesh Chandimal. Jayawardene hit two fours in his 34-ball knock as he put on a 52-run stand for the fourth wicket. Ravindra Jadeja struck to dismiss Dilshan to reduce Sri Lanka to 100/3 in 24.3 overs soon after Zaheer Khan gave India second breakthrough after dismissing Kumar Sangakkara (26). Dilshan failed to complete his fifty after playing a patient innings of 48 in 79 balls, which included seven boundaries. Sangakkara was caught behind the wicket after Indian skipper MS Dhoni dived to his left to pouch a fine catch. Sri Lanka lost their second wicket at the score of 74. Sri Lanka crossed their 100-run mark in 23.4 overs. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara added 62 runs for the second wicket. Sri Lanka were 46 for 1 after the mandatory powerplay of 10 overs as their first 50 runs came in 63 balls. Zaheer Khan gave India first breakthrough after he dismissed Lankan opener Upul Tharanga in the second.
- By KOL News , Written on February 8, 2012


