INDIA GO UP 1-0

INDIA GO UP 1-0

India had an all-round performance to show for their efforts against Sri Lanka on Saturday. India were back and roaring at  Hambantota as they defeated the home team Sri Lanka by 21 runs in the 1st ODI and took a 1-0 lead in the 5 match series. Indian batsmen made merry on a good batting wicket and scored 314/6 in 50 overs. Sri Lanka could manage only 293/9 and ended 21 short of the target. Virat Kohli was adjudged the Man of the Match for his 106 in 113 balls.

Virat Kohli's century is his 12th in ODIs and fourth against Sri Lanka. However, it is his first century in Sri Lanka. No batsman has scored more hundreds than Kohli in 2012. Kohli has posted three successive centuries against Sri Lanka in ODIs.

Kohli became the first player to register four hundreds in ODIs this year. His fourth century against Sri Lanka is his 12th in ODIs. Kohli became the first visiting player to post a hundred at Hambantota

Kohli's tally of 596 runs at an average of 149.00 is a record in five innings in succession, eclipsing Matthew Hayden's aggregate of 529 at an average of 132.25 in 2007.

 

The 173-run stand between Sehwag and Kohli is the fifth-highest second-wicket stand for India against Sri Lanka. It is, however, India's second-highest such stand in Sri Lanka. Kumar Sangakkara's 133 is the fourth-highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman in an ODI defeat. While Tillakaratne Dilshan has made the highest such score twice (160), Sangakkara has also made 138 in the loss to India in Jaipur in 2005. Sri Lanka's score of 293 is their fifth-highest in an unsuccessful chase and the second-highest score in a failed chase in home ODIs. The highest remains 411 against India in Rajkot in 2009.

 

India's 314 is their 16th 300-plus score against Sri Lanka and their third such score against Sri Lanka in 2012. It is also the most number of 300-plus scores India have made against any team.

Brief scores: India 314/6 in 50.0 overs (Virat Kohli 106, Virender Sehwag 96, Suresh Raina 50, Thisara Perera 3/70) beat Sri Lanka 293/9 in 50.0 overs (Kumar Sangakkara 133, Thisara Perera 44, R Ashwin 2/46, Irfan Pathan 2/37) by 21 runs

Man-of-the-match: Virat Kohli for his 106-run innings which helped India set a daunting total of 314 on the board