Unbeaten Ton Gautam Gambir 88 runs Skipper Dhoni India score 267/4

Indian Rohit Sharma was given out by South African Koertzen, as
replay in TV clearly show ball missing the Muthiah Muralidaran doosra
by several inches.Murali was not part of an appeal for caught behind, the only appeal
of the wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara gave a call for how’s that.Sharma to his horror reluctant to leave kept his stay at the crease
glaring at Koertzen. Team India again find biased umpire an appeal not
to be entertained unless by the bowler shouts.
TV Replays showed Sharma had missed the ball by a considerable
margin. India was again put on mawkish umpiring debate after a Test
series in which it had West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor sacked.

The match has been declared as drawn with continuous drizzle ,inspection by the umpires announced the tie to be drawn.Drizzling has marred the playing conditions.Game was unable to start as drizzle continued.Left-hander Yuvraj Singh returned to the Indian side in place of Manoj Tiwary and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya was ruled fit to play despite requiring stitches to his chin after being hit in one of the warm-ups.
Team India has set a target of 268 runs for Sri Lanka.Unbeaten century by Gautam Gambir and 88 runs by Skipper Dhoni were the star attraction for Team India to pile up 267 runs at loss of four wickets.

Gautam 102 and Dhoni 88 were at the close the completion of fifty
overs Team India score of 267 runs for four wickets. Two batsmen have
added 184 runs for the fifth wicket.Gautam completed his total of 102
runs in 101 balls and hit 10 four and six in his third century of his
career.Skipper Dhoni who batted with diligent and supported the able Gautam scoring 88 runs in 95 balls with five four and one six.Sachin completed his mile stone of 16000 runs to his score of 28 runs the on bowling of Chaminda Vaas in ODI format of the game.

Sachin scored 35 runs in 55 balls and Virender scored 33 runs in 39
balls,both experienced batsmen played well in the opening hours of the
second match of ODI tri series against Sri Lanka in Brisbane.The two
experience batsmen played cautious innings and the score was sixty
eight when India lost its first prize wicket of Sachin Tendulkar,the
world greatest cricketer who looked little uncomfortable and batted
with slow rate in game of run a ball.Virender sehwag another explosive
bat was able to keep the pace of run a ball but soon left after caught
by Sangakkara, bowled Amerasinghe at the score of eighty runs.

Muralitharan great bowler showed his magic taking two wicket in his
first over sending Yuvraj 2 at total score of eighty three.Facing a
ball Rohit did not score the run and was out to the next balls from
Muralitharan at the same score of 83 runs.Gautam 102 and Dhoni 88 were
at the close the completion of fifty overs Team India score of 267 runs
for four wickets. Two batsmen have added 184 runs for the fifth wicket.
With rain in Brisbane,Indian bowlers to get advantage of the weather
and seam bowlers will become unplayable for Team Sri Lanka who have the
best batting line up.

Run rate has been just above five runs per over which is not good scoring rate keeping in view of Sri Lankan"s batting line up.Muralitharan 2/51,took two wickets Yuvraj and Rohit Sharma in his first over his spell of ten over giving thirty runsthe most successful bowler,Malinga 1/56, took the prize wicket of Sachin and Ishara Amerasinghe1/30, sent Virender to Pavillion,
Rain interrupted play may reduce the over to be bowled if the hour is
lost than India shall have to bowl forty overs and Sri Lankan to Chase
score less than 200 runs as per new methods of table.

Umpires: S J Davis, R E Koertzen
India: Sehwag, Tendulkar, Gambhir, Uthappa, R Sharma, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Pathan, Harbhajan, Sreesanth, Sharma
Sri Lanka: Tharanga, Jayasuriya, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Dilshan, Silva, Kapugedera, Vaas, Malinga, Amerasinghe, Muralitharan