India V Srilanka 2002, Tri -Series Match 9,County Ground, Bristol

India V Srilanka 2002, Tri -Series Match 9,County Ground, Bristol
Yet another masterly hundred by Sachin Tendulkar saw India amass 304 in their allotted 50 overs to beat Sri Lanka by 63 runs in their one-day international series day/night match on Thursday. Sri Lanka made 241 in 44.1 overs.

Tendulkar hit his century number 33, a 102-ball 113 with 12 fours and a six, to help India score the highest total of the series after having elected to bat.

It was an uninhibited show of aggression by Tendulkar who went for his strokes right from the start and kept up the momentum throughout his innings despite the loss key wickets at the other end.
Only Dinesh Mongia, who made 48, and Mohammad Kaif, 41, gave some support to Tendulkar who almost single-handedly guided India to the first 300-plus score of this series.

Mongia shared a 99-run partnership for the third wicket with the master batsman, the highest of the innings, while Kaif and Tendulkar added 74 for the sixth wicket.
Tendulkar was finally out in the 47th over when he mistimed a drive off a widish delivery from Chaminda Vaas and gave a simple catch to Upul Chandana at point. India’s total was 284 at that point.

India lost their last four wickets in the remaining overs with Ashish Nehra being clean bowled by Dilhara Fernando on the final ball of the innings.

Rahul Dravid (13) and Yuvraj Singh (8) failed, both falling leg before wicket to spinners, and so did captain Sourav Ganguly whose lean patch in the series continued when he was run out for nine.

But Indian innings flourished, first under the stewardship of Virender Sehwag who showed flashes of brilliance in his 40-ball 39 with six fours, and then under the genius Tendulkar.

Tendulkar and Mongia set up a rollicking partnership, both trying to outdo each other in stroke-making. It was the most profitable period of the Indian innings with runs coming from every corner of the field and the run rate well-above six an over.

Mongia was clean bowled by off-spinner Thilan Samaraweera, certainly the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers, when he was just two runs short of his first fifty of the series.

Dravid and Yuvraj Singh fell in quick succession, but Tendulkar’s march continued unabated. He also became the highest run-scorer against Sri Lanka overtaking Mohammad Azharuddin who has 1833 runs from 53 games. Tendulkar has now scored 1941 runs from 48 matches against Sri Lanka. Tendulkar and Kaif put up another good partnership but runs were slightly hard to come by and both were cautious too considering they formed the last recognised batting pair.

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