A thrilling end to a fantastic derby match with India clinching the win off the ffirst ball of the last over!!!
Many of the Indian batsmen progressed beyond 30 apart from the marvelous Sehwag who carved the Sri Lankan attack to all parts of the ground on the way to an unbeaten 130*. He was ably supported by Ganguly, Dravid and Laxman.
The Sri Lanakans struck first, Jayursuria reacting uickly to a mix up between the batsmen and running out Tendulkar for 17. Ganguly and Sehwag then steadied things for a while until GAnguly was caught behind hooking off Vaas. Then the turning point of the match came. Sehwag and Dravid put on 94 for the 3rd wicket showing off a wide reportoire of strokes and skillfully playing the spin Murali was generating on a wearing pitch.
After Dravid was caught on the boundary by Dilshan off Murali, Sehwag was joined by Laxman at the crease. A good partnership developed but then disaster struck for the Indans. Laxman, KAif and Singh all went quickly and it looked as though Sri Lanka may snatch an unlikely victory. However Sehwag again came to the rescue, striking consecutive 6's down the ground to ease the pressure on the visitors. Sehwag then clipped the first ball of the last over to the midwicket fence for 4 and the game was won for India.
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