Captain Dhoni leads from the front as India beat Srilanka by 33 runs.  Today India play good cricket and Indian player seems to over come the Mendis factor as Raina hits six to Mendis on his second ball. Dhoni`s counter part Mahela Jayawardene show good fight as he score brilliant 94 runs , almost took away game from India. Sri Lanka fought hard to reach 204 after they were reduced to 94 for 7 primarily due to Jayawardene’s splendid 94. However, they were always chasing the game after a horrendous start and India completed a hard-fought victory to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

Scorecard

Initially Dhoni scores 76 runs with the good supports from raina(53) and Rohit sharma(32) help india to score 237 for 9 in 50 overs. Zaheer bowled another outstanding spell with the new ball and was well supported by Praveen and Munaf. They struck at frequent intervals and crippled the run-chase.