India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI 1982 Article

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.

Match Stats : This is the India's second bilateral ODI series win and registered the their historic first ODI bilateral series win against Sri Lanka. India chased 278 was the highest successful run-chase in One-day international cricket history, previous highest chase was 267 by West Indies against Pakistan at Birmingham in the inaugural 1975 World Cup. Roy Dias became the first ever player to score a hundred in Indian soil in ODI cricket history. Roy Dias became the first Sri Lankan batsman to score a century in One-day international cricket history. Roy Dias' 102 was the highest score by an Sri Lankan batsman in ODI cricket history, surpassing the previous record of unbeaten 86 held by Sidath Wettimuny against England at Colombo (SSC), earlier in this year. Sri Lanka's 277 was their highest score in One-day international, previous highest was 276 against Australia at The Oval in the inaugural 1975 World Cup. India's 281 was their highest score in One-day international, previous highest was 269 at Amritsar in this series' opening ODI. Kris Srikkanth's 95 was the highest-score by an Indian batsman in One-day international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of unbeaten 88 held by Dilip Vengsarkar against England at Jalandhar in the last year. Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi became the 5th Indian venue to host a One-day international match and the 33rd venue in the world to host a ODI match.

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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