Dilshan and Sangakkara help Sri Lanka avoid whitewash

Feb 08, 2009

India began the game eyeing their second consecutive 5-0 clean sweep in ODIs •ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Jayasuriya took the attack to the bowlers in his 35-ball 37, hitting seven fours •AFP

... along with Kumar Sangakkara, who scored a fluent 70-ball 84 in a second-wicket stand of 143•AFP

... but he fell three short of a century•AFP

Suresh Raina was caught behind off Nuwan Kulasekara, leaving India's chase in disarray at 9 for 2•AFP

Muttiah Muralitharan struck crucial blows to derail India's chase of a stiff target•AFP

Dhoni poses with the series silverware•AFP

Sri Lanka won the toss for the first time in the series, and were given a positive start by Sanath Jayasuriya•AFP

But he went for one shot too many. Irfan Pathan pitched one short and Jayasuriya top-edged the ball to Suresh Raina at mid-off•AFP

Yuvraj Singh broke the stand by dismissing Sangakkara•AFP

Ishant Sharma struck thrice as Sri Lanka lost wickets in the final ten overs, but Farveez Maharoof's brisk 32 helped his team to 320•AFP

Yuvraj walked in at No. 4 and started timing the ball beautifully •AFP

Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit a brisk half-century to delay the inevitable•AFP

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Tillakaratne Dilshan, though, built on the momentum provided by Jayasuriya ... •AFP

Dilshan was happy to play second-fiddle ...•AFP

Thilan Thushara got the early breakthrough for Sri Lanka, dismissing Virender Sehwag for 6•AFP

Yuvraj reached his 50 in 46 balls, hitting 10 boundaries•AFP

Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 60 on ODI debut but India lost by 68 runs•AFP