Sri Lanka win final with easy win over India

Controversial tour of Sri Lanka ends in dejection for Dhoni amp Co as hosts clinch triseries final with easeTillakaratne Dilshan cracked an impressive century to set up Sri Lankas 74run victory over India in the triangular oneday series final on SaturdayThe opener smashed one six and 12 fours in a 115ball 110 for his eighth oneday hundred and the first at home as Sri Lanka posted a challenging 2998 on a good batting pitch after winning the toss in the daynight matchIndia never seriously threatened Sri Lankas total and were bowled out for 225 despite a fighting 67 by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Thisara Perera c celebrates with teammates Suraj Randiv right and T Dilshan in Dambulla on Saturday PICAFPThe visitors needed a big partnership to achieve the stiff target but the highest stand was of just 50 runs for the third wicket between Virat Kohli and Yuvraj SinghKohli 37 Suresh Raina 29 Virender Sehwag 28 and Yuvraj 26 got starts but failed to convert them into big knocks India suffered a big setback when inform opener Sehwag was run out failing to beat a Chamara Kapugedera directhit at the strikers end after hitting six fours in his 22ball knockDhoni was the last man out but hardly received support from the other end as Sri Lankas bowlers kept striking at regular intervalsPaceman Thisara Perera and offspinner Suraj Randiv took three wicket apiece while fast bowler Lasith Malinga who turned 27 on Saturday finished with two wicketsSri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara earlier built on Dilshans effort with an attractive 62ball 71 which included one six and seven fours His brisk knock saw the hosts plunder 80 runs in the last 10 oversDilshan 33 dominated the Indian attack with exciting strokeplay to put his team on course for a big total adding 121 for the opening wicket with makeshift opener Mahela Jayawardene 39Jayawardene also became the third Sri Lankan after Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva to complete 9000 runs in oneday internationals during his 67ball knockDilshan was more aggressive than Jayawardene hoisting paceman Ishant Sharma over longon for a six and hitting a four off the next delivery He reached his halfcentury when he cut leftarm seamer Ashish Nehra for a fourAlthough Sri Lanka lost Jayawardene and Upul Tharanga six in the space of 11 runs they continued to maintain an impressive runrate thanks to Dilshans aggressive knockDilshan who also added 85 for the third wicket with Sangakkara fell in the 40th over when he pulled paceman Praveen Kumar to Ishant Sharma at deep squarelegScoreboardSri LankaM Jayawardene cu00a0 Karthik b Ishant 39 T Dilshan c Ishant b P Kumar 110 U Tharanga cu00a0 Dhoni b Yuvraj 6 K Sangakkara c Rohit b Munafu00a0 71 C Kapugederau00a0 c Karthik b Nehra 12 A Mathews c Rohit b Ishant 1u00a0 C Silva not out 26 T Perera c Dhoni b Munaf 6 S Randiv run out 4 N Kulasekara not out 0Extras Lb 12 W12u00a0 24Total 8 wkts 50 overs 299 Bowling Praveen Kumar 100721 Munaf Patelu00a0 91432 Ashish Nehra 100601 Ishant Sharma 80542 Yuvraj Singh 80371 Virender Sehwag 50210India V Sehwag run out 28D Karthik c Sangakkara b Malinga 0 V Kohliu00a0 cu00a0 Mathews b Perera 37 Yuvraj Singh c Sangakkara b Perera 26u00a0 MS Dhoni b S Randiv 67 S Raina c Dilshan b S Randiv 29 Rohit Sharma st Sangakkara b S Randiv 5 P Kumar b Malinga 14 Ishant Sharma b Perera 0 A Nehra a Perera b Mathews 2 M Patel not out 0Extras B4 Lb1 W8 Nb 4 17Total 465 225 all outBowlingu00a0Malinga 90492 Kulasekara 90470 Mathews 100481 Perera 92363 Randiv 951403