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In fifth and last match Sri Lanka win by 112 runs(D/L Method. India suffer a big defeat, highest margin of defeat against the Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka.
Nuwan Kulasekara is the Man of the Match for his outstanding spell of 4 for 40 from 9 overs.
Sri Lanka: Thilan Thushara 54 runs, Mahela Udawatte 43, Jehan Mubarak 47, Malinda Warnapura 30 and Nuwan Kulasekara 4 wkts, Ajantha Mendis 4 wkts.
India Innings: Virat Kohli 31 runs, Yuvraj Singh 17, Gautam Gambhir 11, Suresh Raina 10 runs and all other singal digit and Pragyan Ojha & Irfan Pathan 2 wkts & Zaheer Khan 1 wkt.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the Man of the series for his consistent run with the bat. He stacked up a brilliant 193 runs from the 5 games. Mahendra Singh Dhoni the Number 1
This has been an amazing tour which has witnessed some high quality cricket. After being trampled in the Test series, the Indians came back strongly with their young brigade putting up a brilliant show. It was the Mendis and Murali show in the Tests and surprisingly enough, they failed to perform in the one-dayers.
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Young India played them a lot better and hence the positive result. Mahendra Singh Dhoni led his side from the front with a few good knocks, Suresh Raina glittered with the bat and young Kohli showed a lot of promise about him as well. Zaheer Khan is back to his best too by performing like a real spearhead for his side. For the Sri Lankans, it was Kulasekara, Thushara, Mendis and the skipper himself who performed very well. Despite these efforts, it was India who walked away with the Idea Cup. Well, this ends our coverage for this tour.
India will now take a long break till Australia comes down to play a Test series against them. Sri Lanka might just play a tri-series against South Africa and Pakistan in the upcoming month, nothing concrete though. Do join us for the other games from around the globe. Cricket Update
