MS Dhoni's men fail to retain their No 1 ranking in ODI cricket after hefty loss to hosts Sri Lanka Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya and Thilina Kandamby hammered India's bowlers to give Sri Lanka a morale-boosting victory by 139 runs in the tri-series here on Saturday. Veteran Jayasuriya returned to form with 98 off 79 balls and Kandamby hit a blistering 91 not out from 73 balls as Sri Lanka piled up 307-6 after taking first strike in the day-night international. 
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Sanath Jayasuriya</td></tr></tbody></table>India were out for 168 in reply under lights at the Premadasa Stadium with medium-pacer Angelo Mathews emerging Sri Lanka's surprise trump card with a career-best six for 20. Rahul Dravid top-scored for India with 47 but a dramatic middle-order collapse saw five wickets fall for 13 runs before the last pair of Rudra Pratap Singh and Ishant Sharma put on 29 runs. The teams will clash again in Monday's final, having won their league games against New Zealand, the third team in the week-long series. The defeat ruined India's hopes of going into the Champions Trophy in South Africa from September 22 as the world's number one side in the 50-over format. The Indians needed to win all their three matches in the tri-series to oust South Africa from the top spot. Jayasuriya, who had failed to score a half-century in eight previous matches, smashed 13 boundaries to silence critics who wanted the 40-year-old to be sidelined. The left-hander put on 57 for the first wicket with Tillakaratne Dilshan by the ninth over and 70 for the fourth with Mathews. Jayasuriya missed his 29th one-day century by two runs. Brief scores: Sri Lanka 307 for 6 in 50 overs (Sanath Jayasuriya 98, Thilina Kandamby 91 not out) beat India 168 all out in 37.2 overs (Rahul Dravid 47; Agnelo Mathews 6-20) by 139 runs

MS Dhoni's men fail to retain their No 1 ranking in ODI cricket after hefty loss to hosts Sri Lanka

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