Irfan Pathan selected all 5 wickets since India placed your 20-run triumph above Sri Lanka while in the fifth in addition to very last one-day global inside Pallekele on Saturday in order to earn this sequence 4-1.
The paceman completed with 5-61, his second five-wicket haul throughout one-dayers, as India bowled Sri Lanka available pertaining to 274 following scoring some sort of complicated 294-7 in the day-night match.
Sri Lanka have been striving from 102-5 previous to Lahiru Thirimanne (77) along with Jeevan Mendis (72) presented India quite a few stressed moments that has a 102-run indicate the actual sixth wicket.
Thirimanne struck several sixes as well as several fours in his career-best knock ahead of they appeared to be run out, and also then man-of-the-match Pathan taken out Thisara Perera (18) and also well-set Mendis within the same over.
Mendis fell apart 6 months time fours throughout their maiden half-century in one-day internationals.
India previously set up an impressive batting performance, with opener Gautam Gambhir (88), middle-order batsman Manoj Tiwary (65) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (58) almost all generating half-centuries.
"This was an exceptionally great wicket to bat on. Gautam batted effectively and we possessed an excellent platform," reported Dhoni.
"We nonetheless have to have to improve, not really only throughout bowling but also around batting."
India were beneath pressure at 87-3 but Gambhir plus Tiwary propped way up this innings with a 110-run stand for the fourth wicket.
Sri Lanka then received three quick wickets get rid of India to help 213-6 ahead of wicketkeeper-batsman Dhoni plus Pathan (29 not out) additional 77 for that seventh wicket that will their crew set a inflexible target.
Fast bowlers Lasith Malinga (3-64) and also Nuwan Pradeep (2-63) have been the chief wicket-takers for Sri Lanka.
"It has been teaching to see Thirimanne plus Mendis juggling that challenge," claimed stand-in Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews, foremost the side in the dearth involving Mahela Jayawardene who seem to had been rested.
"The Indians use a top notch batting line-up in addition to sadly we fell brief by thirty runs."
Malinga retrenched Tiwary along with Suresh Raina off of effective sheduled delivery prior to having his 200th wicket inside one-day internationals while he or she had Dhoni trapped behind. The Indian skipper smashed one six in addition to nine fours.
Gambhir, exactly who in addition concluded 5,000 one-day extends during his / her 99-ball knock, had been captured through Malinga from stage away from spinner Sachithra Senanayake following striking seven fours.
Pradeep bagged a couple in the very first three wickets while he or she cornered Virat Kohli (23) leg-before and bowled out-of-form Rohit Sharma (4) with successive overs. Sharma finished the particular series using just simply tough luck goes throughout five matches.
Kohli, which have scored not one but two ages in five matches, had been called man with the series.
Sri Lanka along with India will now clash inside a one-off Twenty20 overseas for the same physical place about Tuesday.
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