pathan brothers proved cricket is a funny game INDIA VS SRILANKA,YET irfan deserved the man of the match award
15.4 TH OVER the whole INDIAN country thought the game is over,but the brothers erased the thoughts what every Indian cricket fan was thinking.
| India in Sri Lanka T20I Match Sri Lanka v India |
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2008/09 season |
| Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on 10 February 2009 – day/night (20-over match)
Result India won by 3 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) |
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Sri Lanka innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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TM Dilshan | c Raina b I Sharma | 61 | 74 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 129.78 | |
| ST Jayasuriya | c I Sharma b IK Pathan | 33 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 194.11 | ||
| J Mubarak | c & b YK Pathan | 13 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 68.42 | ||
| CK Kapugedera | c Sehwag b YK Pathan | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 177.77 | ||
| LPC Silva | not out | 21 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 116.66 | ||
| K Weeraratne | not out | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 10, w 6) | 17 | |||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 20 overs; 88 mins) | 171 | (8.55 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat T Thushara, SI de Saram, SL Malinga, CRD Fernando, CM Bandara |
| Fall of wickets1-59 (Jayasuriya, 5.5 ov), 2-87 (Mubarak, 11.2 ov), 3-107 (Kapugedera, 13.3 ov), 4-152 (Dilshan, 16.6 ov) |
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| Z Khan | 4 |
0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 | ||
| I Sharma | 4 |
0 | 40 | 1 | 10.00 | (2w) | |
| IK Pathan | 4 |
0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 | (2w) | |
| YK Pathan | 4 |
0 | 23 | 2 | 5.75 | ||
| RA Jadeja | 4 |
0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | (1w) |
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India innings (target: 172 runs from 20 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Gambhir | c Weeraratne b Thushara | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 216.66 | ||
| V Sehwag | run out (Kapugedera) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| SK Raina | c de Saram b Bandara | 35 | 48 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 129.62 | ||
| Yuvraj Singh | c Dilshan b Mubarak |
32 | 43 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 152.38 | ||
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MS Dhoni | b Bandara | 13 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 76.47 | |
| RG Sharma | c Mubarak b Jayasuriya | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | ||
| RA Jadeja | b Bandara | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 | ||
| YK Pathan | not out | 22 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 220.00 | ||
| IK Pathan | not out | 33 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 206.25 | ||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 14) | 16 | |||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets; 19.2 overs; 94 mins) | 174 | (9.00 runs per over) | ||||||
India have fought back superbly here. A win seemed unlikely at 115 for 7 but the Pathan brothers had other ideas. Yusuf got things going, ensuring the spinners were taken off the attack after launching into Bandara. Dilshan resisted from bringing Jayasuriya back, but his fast bowlers, particularly Fernando, leaked way too many extras to allow India bring the game back in their favour.
Yusuf Pathan is the Man of the Match
