Indian batting collapse as Ajantha Mendis takes six wicket haul

India as usual lost in the final match of Asia cup on sunday as Ajantha Mendis strikes hard on India batsman.Sri Lanka won the Asia cup and that was given by President of Pakistan Parvez Musharraf.

India had googd start though they lost Gambhir earlier, but all that changed with the introduction of Mendis in the 10th over. With his second ball Mendis had Sehwag stumped. Yuvraj Singh had no clue to one that skidded through. Suresh Raina showed the carelessness of youth when he tried to dispatch Mendis out of the mid-wicket boundary only to be cleaned up. Rohit Sharma’s stint lasted eight balls; he was trapped plumb in front by Mendis. India were 98 for five in just the 16th over and it appeared that the rest of the chase was an exercise in futility. The trauma ended in the 40th over. Mendis ended figures of 6 for 13.

Earlier, Sanath Jayasuriya displayed hand-eye coordination of a batsman half his age to take the Indian bowlers to the cleaners. Had it not been for some lucky breaks that the Indian team got at the start of the innings, Jayasuriya’s knock of 125 (off 114 balls) would have taken Sri Lanka to a more daunting total than 273.

Such was the carnage at Jayasuriya’s end that Dilshan’s 56 almost went unnoticed. Later, useful knocks by Chaminda Vaas (19) and Thilana Thushara (29) took Sri Lanka to what was a feel-good total for a final.

Now one can understand why Mendis was given rest in the previous match...may be to shock the Indian batsman who were full of OVERconfidence.Now Murlitharan can retire peacefully, as new star is born.

Match Summary:
Srilanaka: 273/10 in 49.5 overs (Jayasuriya 125, I Sharma 3/52)
India: 173/10 in 39.3 overs (Sehwag 60 , Mendis 6/13)
Srilanka won by 100 runs in the Asia cup Final




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Pakistan thump Bangladesh by ten wickets

Pakistan openers Salmann Butt & Nasir Jamshed produced an unbrocken century partenershipto set up a 10-wickets win over bangladesh in the final Asia cup stage-2 match on friday.
             Butt scored 56 and Jamshed reached 52 as both left-handers easily overtook the Bangladesh total of 115 runs in just 19.4 overs. Young Nasir Jamshed reached his 4th one-day international half-century. Earlier, Abdur Rauf took the first three wickets to spark a Bangladesh batting collapse at National stadium. Giving away just 24 runs, he just put a big hole in their batting line-up.
          Bangladesh lost three wickets in eight balls as they slamped from 47/1 to 49/4. Mohammad Ashraful pulled Rauf six over mid-wicket...but in very next balls..he was caught by the hands of Misbah at gully.

Summary:
Bangladesh 115 all out in 38.2 overs (Iqbal 24; Rauf 3/24)
Pakistan 116/0 in 19.4 overs (Butt 56; Jamshed 52)
Pakistan won the match by 10wickets.





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Muralitharan picks the five wicket haul....

Muttiah Muralitharan picked up his first five-wicket haul in four years to lead Sri Lanka into the final of the Asia Cup tournament after a crushing 158-run win over Bangladesh on Monday.Muralitharan's five for 31 came on the heels of centuries from man of the match Sanath Jayasuriya, celebrating his 39th birthday, and Kumar Sangakkara. The Sri Lankan pair put on a record opening partnership of 201.Muralitharan, who last took five wickets in April 2004 against Zimbabwe in Harare, helped dismiss Bangladesh for 174 in 38.3 overs after Sri Lanka had hit 332 for eight in their 50 overs.
Bangladesh were unable to put up a fight after their bowlers were belted by Jayasuriya, who hit a quickfire 130 from 88 balls, and Sangakkara (121), who scored his third century of the tournament.The two left-handers set an Asia Cup record for an opening partnership, their 201 runs bettering the 191 put together by Jayasuriya and Avish Gunawardene against Bangladesh in 2004.It was Sri Lanka's fourth win in the competition and put them in the final against either India or Pakistan.



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'Jay'suriya and Sangkkara leads Sri Lanka to Vi'Jay"

Birthday man Jayasuriya became the second-oldest player to score a hundred in one-day internationals after England's Geoffrey Boycott, who made a century against Australia in Sydney in 1979 at the age of 39 years and 51 days.Jayasuriya struck the 26th century of his career from only 55 balls, with 14 fours and five sixes. He was out in the 28th over, caught at deep extra cover by Tamim Iqbal off leg spinner Alok Kapali.
It was his fourth hundred against Bangladesh."It is absolutely amazing to watch Sanath play, he has shown he still has the hunger for runs," Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jaywardene told Officials.
Sangakkara fell in the 45th over, his 121 compiled from 128 balls with 16 fours and one six. It was the 10th hundred of his career.Bangladesh wilted under the pressure and they had only two partnerships of substance.Opener Nazimuddin made 47 from 59 balls, hitting seven fours and one six, and Raquibul Hasan top scored with 52 from 63 balls.Nazim put on 43 with Mohammad Ashraful (14) and a further 43 for the third wicket with Hasan, who made his fourth 50.Bangladesh lost five wickets for 62 in a middle-order slump and lost their last eight wickets for 78 runs.
Hasan went after making his fourth half-century from 63 balls when he was caught at slip by Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene.



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India wins againt Bnagladesh as Raina shows his class

Left-hander Suresh Raina continued his rich vein of form, notching a hundred to steer India to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in an Asia Cup Super League match here Saturday.

Raina followed his maiden hundred against Hong Kong and 84 against Pakistan with an unbeaten 116 to help India overhaul Bangladesh's 283-6 with 6.4 overs to spare at the National Stadium.

For Bangladesh, Alok Kapali hit a maiden century but his brilliant work was spoiled by shoddy fielding, with three vital catches going down.

The 21-year-old Raina, dropped by Mashrafe Mortaza off Mahmudullah Riyad when on 16, took full advantage of the lapse, adding 139 runs for the second wicket with Gautum Gambhir (90) and then another 89 for the unbroken fourth wicket with Yuvraj Singh, who made 36 not out.

Gambhir, dropped on 56 by Farhad Reza off Mortaza, also punished the sloppy Bangladeshis with aggressive strokeplay.

The win boosted India's chances of qualifying for the July 6 final. They now have four points after carrying over two points from the first round.

Sri Lanka meet Pakistan in the second match of the Super League on Sunday.

The four remaining teams in the Asia Cup all play each other once at the Super League stage to decide the finalists.
courtesy:news24.com


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India beat Pakistan by 140 runs

Delhi Daredevils opener Sehwag & Gambhir succeeded in IPL & now at Mirpur too. The match against Pakistan, however, was not as interesting as we see before.No bunks in office or classes, may be there are now so many matches of India & Pakistan that cricket lovers are now used to that.OK, coming to point..Sehwag & Gambhir did a fantastic job & had a partnership of 155 runs just in 21.3 overs
Sehwag made 89 runs with a strike rate more than 100.00. Gambhir too, managed to reach 62 runs in 62 ball. Yuvraj took time to adjust, but then he also completed his half-century with a monster six. In middle order, Y.Pathan & R.Sharma failed, but Raina & Dhoni added some valuable runs to reach to a big total of 330/8.
Chasing this big total, Pakistan batting was however,crashed by Praveen kumar. he took first four wickets of top order. Chawla too took four wicket to finish the match.Pakistan batting collapse at the score of 190.
This defeat of Pakistan stopped it's 14 th consecutive win.
Summary:
India: 330/8 in 50.0 overs (Sehwag : 89 runs, U.Gul 61/3)
Pakistan: 190 in 35.4 overs (Malik : 53 runs , P.Kumar 53/4)





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