India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Photo Highlights - Ind v SL Third ODI Pictures, Images

India won the 3rd one day by seven wickets due to brilliant all round performance as Ravinder Jadeja got Man of the Match for his 4 wickets for 32 runs and then Tendulkar safely guided India to another victory with unbeaten 96* runs just missed his century.

Ind v SL3rd ODI Result - Jadeja and Tendulkar stars in 7 wicket win to take 2-1 lead

India beat Sri Lanka convincingly by 7 wicket in the 3rd ODI and have taken a very important 2-1 lead in the 5 match series on Monday, 21st December, 2009 at Cuttack. Sri Lanka made 239 all out in 44.2 overs while India made 242/3 in 42.4 overs.

Sri Lanka got a flying start by Dilshan (41) and Tharanga (73) put 65 runs in 6 overs and they were very good position with 165-1 in 22 overs but they lost 9 wickets for 74 runs and all out on just 239 runs due to brilliant bowling by Hadeja who took 4 wickets for 32 runs.

India then started well as Sehwag played his usual inning of 28 balls 44 runs and then Tendulkar played an anchor inning of unbeaten 96 runs just missed one more century and ensured an easy win.

Match Summary:

Sri Lanka - 239 all out in 44.2 overs (Tharanga 73, Sangakkara 46, RA Jadeja 4-32)

India - 242/3 in 42.4 overs (Tendulkar* 96, V Sehwag , KD Karthik* 36)

Toss - Sri Lanka, who chose to bat

Man of the Match - Ravinder Jadeja (India)

Result - India Win by 7 Wickets (with 44 balls remaining)

Series - India led the 5 match series 2-1

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Preview at Cuttack - Ind v SL Third One Day Teams

After two high scoring match and 5 match series level by 1-1, India and Sri Lanka is ready for the third one day on Monday, 21st December, 2009 at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack in a day-night game starting timing is 14.30 IST, 09.00 GMT.

Indian bowling and fielding is really a worry as they lost mainly because of poor fielding. Captain Dhoni has been banned for 2 matches for slow over rate in the 2nd ODI, and Virender Sehwag will lead the team. Dinesh Karthik has been called up to replace Dhoni.

Sri Lanka after a moral boosting in 2nd ODI by chasing 300+ runs will be confident to take lead in the series. Tilakratne Dilshan, Sangakkara and Mathews playing really well to help them go ahead.

Indian Team, Squad for 3rd ODI at Cuttack:

Virender Sehwag (captain, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lankan Team, Squad for 3rd ODI at Cuttack:

Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilina Kandamby, Sanath Jayasuriya, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekera, Thilan Thushara/Dilhara Fernando.