Bhuvneshwar Kumar and MS Dhoni added an unbroken 100, an Indian record for the eighth wicket, to turn the tables on Sri Lanka and lead India to a three-wicket win
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Nikhil Kalro
11.37pm India were stuttering and stumbling, faltering at 131 for 7 when Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar soaked up all the pressure from Sri Lanka and Akila Dananjaya, who led his team to that position with six wickets. From then on, it was a cruise as India coasted to a three-wicket win with time to spare. Sri Lanka finally found some quality and class but that was still not enough. What will be? They'll need some answers, but India keep finding ways to win, despite being in tough situations.
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Akila Dananjaya is the Man of the Match: "The offspin was working, so continuously used the variations. I came back to the hotel at around 11PM last evening."
Upul Tharanga: "Disappointed, we came really close. We didn't capitalise again. They had a good start. Once they needed 100 runs, we tried everything. We just couldn't get the breakthrough. Our bowling and fielding has improved."
Virat Kohli: "Quite an exciting game of cricket, fans and players entertained. Good to come through eventually. Two 100-run partnerships in a chase of 230 with seven wickets, that's quite bizarre. When you're 110 for 1, in a chase of 230, you want to give everyone a chance to bat. We don't have any regrets. If i had gone at No. 3, I would have still missed that ball because he was bowling that well. We thought he was the offspinner with a good legbreak, but he got four wickets off googlies. We'll be more careful next time. Credit to him for pitching the ball in the right areas."
SL can do with a hat-trick
Akila Dananjaya, who took 6 for 54, realised early on that the offbreak wouldn't be helpful against India in Pallekele and switched to bowling legbreaks and googlies instead
The two batsmen have been brought in for the remainder of the ODI series after Danushka Gunathilaka was ruled out due to a shoulder injury and Upul Tharanga was suspended for two matches
Bhuvneshwar Kumar revealed that he was especially mindful of Dananjaya's incoming delivery and walked in with a plan to counter it, after hauling India to an improbable win in the second ODI
The Sri Lanka spinner's figures of 6 for 54 were his country's best in a losing cause in ODIs
The interim coach was earlier critical of fickle selections following the nine-wicket loss in Dambulla, but has now struck an optimistic note about the team's prospects
