Read the article of India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI 1982 - Sri Lanka tour of India 3-match one-day international series of the 2nd ODI match played between Sri Lanka and India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi in 15th September 1982.
An superb bowling from Kapil Dev, Madan Lal and Roger Binny before Kris Srikkanth's record-breaking 66-ball 95, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil's fifties and Ashok Malhotra's unbeaten 46 helped to India chase down the record-breaking target of 278 against Sri Lanka, despite a Roy Dias' history century and took an unassailable 2-0 lead to seal the their historic first ODI series win against Sri Lanka in a high-scoring epic game of the second ODI.
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Sri Lanka scored 277-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Roy Dias struck 102 off 114-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred - including 8-fours.
Sidath Wettimuny struck 74 off 107-balls, Ashantha de Mel scored a unbeaten 28 off 21-balls and Anura Ranasinghe hit 20 off 17-balls.
India best bowler by Roger Binny picked up 3-wickets for 39-runs in 7-overs, Kapil Dev and Madan Lal both took 2-wickets.
India chased 281-4 in 40.5 overs with top scorer by Kris Srikkanth hammered a 95 off 66-balls - who fell five-run short of history century for India.
Sandeep Patil blasted a 64 off 48-balls, Dilip Vengsarkar cracked a 44 off 56-balls and Ashok Malhotra scored a unbeaten 44 off 56-balls.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Ajit de Silva, Bandula Warnapura, Vinothen John and Ravi Ratnayeke each took one-wickets.
Kris Srikkanth named Player of the match for his match-winning career-best scintillating 95-runs knocked off facing 66-balls including 13-fours and a six with strike rate of 143.94.
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