Emphatic victory, once a mirage turned out to be possible with the Indian Captain taking over the controls in his 200th ODI appearance at the Tri-Nation Commonwealth Bank series, played with Sri Lanka, on Tuesday at Adelaide Oval in Australia. Whatever be the outcome that takes India to top the table with four matches played and winning two and losing one. The points as of now are ten to India. Australia trail behind with nine points having played three matches and lost one, while winning two. The third in the league are the Lankans, who played three matches and lost two, the other being tied accounting for a point tally of two points. Australia heads the list with positive net run rate with 0.510.
Interesting stats revealed by the match are listed below for reader enrichment:
Both Sri Lanka and India have matched well with each other in giving the tie in this first ever tie between them.
• Runs scored: 236
• Wickets: 9
• Extras: 8
• Fours: 15
• Sixes: 2
• Overs: 50
This is the first time in the history that both teams involved in a tie have matched in so many departments of cricket.
Other important points of history are also listed below:
• Adelaide Oval has recorded the first ever tied game in ODIs - the fourth in tri-series in Australia.
• In the course of his 15, Virat Kohli has completed his 3,000 runs in ODIs, amassing 3001 at an average of 46.16 in 75 innings, including eight centuries and nine fifties.
• Dhoni, playing in his 200th ODI, has posted his 44th fifty - his 15th against Sri Lanka.
• Tillakaratne Dilshan (6000 at an average of 34.68 in 227 matches) became the seventh Sri Lankan batsman to complete 6,000 runs or more in ODIs. His feat of reaching 6000 runs in 203 innings is the fourth quickest by a Sri Lankan player in Limited-Overs Internationals.
• Chandimal's 81 off 91 balls, is the second highest by a Sri Lankan batsman against India in Australia. Kumar Sangakkara had made 128 at Adelaide on February 19, 2008.
The entertainment was unlimited at the fifth game in the series, which also exposed the statisticians to heavy calculations. (With inputs from internet: AarKay)
