India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI – Scorecard
India 314/6 (50 ov), Sri Lanka 293/9 (50.0 ov)
Result India won by 21 runs
Man of the match Virat Kohli
| India (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| G Gambhir | b Kulasekara | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| V Sehwag | run out (Perera) | 96 | 132 | 97 | 10 | 0 | 98.96 |
| V Kohli | c sub (SMSM Senanayake) b Perera | 106 | 158 | 113 | 9 | 0 | 93.80 |
| RG Sharma | b Mathews | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 |
| SK Raina | c sub (SMSM Senanayake) b Perera | 50 | 75 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 111.11 |
| MS Dhoni*† | c Thirimanne b Perera | 35 | 49 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 120.68 |
| IK Pathan | not out | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 175.00 |
| R Ashwin | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, w 7, nb 2) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs; 225 mins) | 314 | (6.28 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat Z Khan, UT Yadav, PP Ojha |
| Fall of wickets 1-7 (Gambhir, 2.2 ov), 2-180 (Sehwag, 31.3 ov), 3-191 (Sharma, 33.6 ov), 4-228 (Kohli, 39.6 ov), 5-307 (Raina, 49.1 ov), 6-307 (Dhoni, 49.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4.00 | (1w) |
| SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 8.30 | (2nb) |
| AD Mathews | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 5.80 | (1w) |
| NLTC Perera | 10 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 7.00 | |
| TM Dilshan | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5.60 | |
| HMRKB Herath | 10 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 5.20 | (1w) |
| Sri Lanka (target: 315 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| WU Tharanga | c Sehwag b Ashwin | 28 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 59.57 |
| TM Dilshan | lbw b Pathan | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| KC Sangakkara† | b Yadav | 133 | 151 | 12 | 0 | 88.07 |
| LD Chandimal | c †Dhoni b Yadav | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 68.42 |
| DPMD Jayawardene* | lbw b Ojha | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 |
| AD Mathews | c Gambhir b Khan | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 41.17 |
| HDRL Thirimanne | lbw b Ashwin | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 |
| NLTC Perera | c Kohli b Pathan | 44 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 157.14 |
| HMRKB Herath | run out (Raina) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| SL Malinga | not out | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 190.00 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 6, w 16) | 23 | ||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 50 overs) | 293 | (5.86 runs per over) | |||
| Fall of wickets 1-9 (Dilshan, 1.2 ov), 2-86 (Tharanga, 18.5 ov), 3-117 (Chandimal, 25.2 ov), 4-132 (Jayawardene, 28.3 ov), 5-172 (Mathews, 35.2 ov), 6-191 (Thirimanne, 38.2 ov), 7-269 (Sangakkara, 47.1 ov), 8-271 (Herath, 47.3 ov), 9-275 (Perera, 48.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Z Khan | 10 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 6.30 | (5w) |
| IK Pathan | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3.70 | (4w) |
| UT Yadav | 10 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 7.60 | (3w) |
| R Ashwin | 10 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 4.60 | (1w) |
| V Sehwag | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 | (1w) |
| PP Ojha | 6 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 7.33 | (1w) |
Toss India won the toss and elected to bat
Umpires REJ Martinesz and BNJ Oxenford
TV umpire RSA Palliyaguruge
Match referee BC Broad
Reserve umpire SSK Gallage
MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag are set to play their first ODI together since the World Cup final!!
