DAMBULLA: India defeated hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets in the opening One-day International here on Wednesday. They achieved the winning target in 48.1 overs.Earlier, India put Sri Lanka into bat after winning the toss and restricted them to 246-7 in the allotted 50 overs.Veteran batsman Sanath Jayasriya played central role by hammering 107 runs off 110 balls with ten fours and one six. He was later declared the man-of-the-match.Ishant Sharma was the most successful bowler from India, taking three wickets whereas Zaheer Khan and Pragyan Ojha claimed one wicket each.In reply, India’s start was disastrous as Sachin Tendulkar back to pavilion after making just five runs.However, Gautam Gambhir (62) and Suresh Raina (54) took India out of trouble and added 113 runs for the second wicket and laid the foundation of victory.Later, captain Mahinder Singh Dhoni (61) and Rohit Sharma (25) cruised to victory with 11 balls left. Both were not out to see their team take lead 1-0 in the fivee-match series.Magician spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, Mashrafe Mortaza and Thilan Thushara could get only one wicket each while Ajantha Mendis failed to get any wicket.
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