Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The Lions keep roaring...

It's all about the the tri series that's going on in Australia,the match played yesterday between Srilanka and India, as usual a rain delayed start, restricted overs of 29,with India losing the toss, and Srilanka opting to field first, Indian openers once again failed to give a good start,the only hope provided by the Mumbai youngster playing a handful knock of 70*, with some support by dhoni, sachin and gambir, all getting out in 30's..india completed with 195 in the provided 29 overs, the first match played after a gap of 16 years in the Australian capital was disrupted by rain again, the target revised to 154 in 21 overs...SL the Openers doing the right job, with "SOTTAI" aka sanath jayasuriya and Dilshan started the fire works,with sreesanth going for 23 runs in a single over massacred by jayasuriya started the momentum for the lankans, though his wicket was taken by the delhi pacer Ishant Sharma, he blazed a 13 ball 27 with 2 fours and 2 sixes,provided a winning track for the Lankans, with Dilshan playing a winning knock of 59 ball 62* got a help from his captain jayawardene making a unbeaten 36..i hope the india is on the top of the table with 8 points, and aussies with 7 and Lankans with 6 points makes the series alive and more thrilling contest for making their place in the finals...

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