Less than 24 hours after India had ascended to the position of top ODI team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s boys were brought crashing down to earth by a disciplined Sri Lankan unit who inflicted a humiliating 139 run defeat on their fancied opponents.
The R Premadsa Stadium was at its fastest , but the Indians somehow forgot how to pull the bat as they were humiliated by their biggest defeat of 139 runs which is their biggest in the country in terms of runs.
Starting from the toss it was Sri Lanka who was leading the game all the way.Their openers came out and started firing runs from their bat.
J'Surya (96) and Kandamby(96*) were the stars of Sri lankan batting.
In Indian bowling only one man , Harbhajan Singh could do good for the team with stats of 1/37 in 10 overs.
When Indian batsmen came to the ground they had a total of 307 to chase but neither of them one could do something to put Lankan bowlers under pressure though Rahul Dravid scored a struggling 47.
M S Dhoni was not able to play a 'Captain's knock' to at least give a fight to the opponents.
India's batting was finished at the score of just 168.
'Man of the Match' was Angelo Mathews who gobbled 6 wickets giving 20 runs in 6 overs.
Dhoni admitted " It was the worst day for us.Right from toss nothing went right for us ".
WELL LETS hope India could win the final of Compaq Cup 2009 and regains its BADSHAHAT in Cricket.
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