India clinch series with 46-run win

Aug 27, 2008

The Indian openers had added 44 when Nuwan Kulasekara dismissed Gautam Gambhir in the 10th over•AFP

Only seven more runs had been added when Mahela Jayawardene caught Yuvraj Singh for a duck ...•AFP

But he fell soon after, playing on to a Thilan Thushara delivery•AFP

... before Thushara had Raina caught for 76•AFP

S Badrinath fell to Muttiah Muralitharan for six•AFP

Sri Lanka began on the wrong foot as Malinda Warnapura was adjudged lbw in the seventh over•AFP

He reached his 50 off 47 balls and looked dangerous•AFP

Yuvraj joined the act by removing Chamara Kapugedera...•AFP

With the fall of the last wicket of Thushara, the celebrations began•AFP

Virat Kohli took charge of the innings after that•AFP

... to give Chaminda Vaas his 400th ODI wicket•AFP

Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni built on Kohli's efforts •AFP

In his next over, Thushara removed Dhoni ...•AFP

In the last 9.1 overs, before being bowled out, India added only 34 runs•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara was the next to go playing on to a Munaf Patel delivery•AFP

Harbhajan Singh, though, had the last laugh as he had Jayasuriya caught for 60...•AFP

... and then castled Chaminda Vaas with the score at 157 for 7•AFP

It was India's first bilateral series win in Sri Lanka•AFP

Kohli got his maiden ODI fifty off 62 balls•AFP

The two added 143 together in 23.3 overs ...•AFP

... caught by Sanath Jayasuriya for 71•AFP

Thushara took a career-best 5 for 47 as Sri Lanka were set a target of 259•AFP

Enter Jayasuriya•AFP

... and then had Tillakartne Dilshan trapped leg-before•AFP

The Dhoni-Harbhajan combination had Kulasekara stumped as Sri Lanka headed for defeat•AFP