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SL vs India 1st ODI : India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets.

India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in first ODI

Source: espncricinfo

Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit a fluent unbeaten century as India continued to embarrass Sri Lanka, cruising to an easy nine-wicket win over the struggling hosts in the opening ODI of the five-match series, here on Sunday.

India carried its domination from the Test series into the One-day format and achieved its biggest ever win in terms of overs left while chasing a 200-plus total.

The dominant hosts overhauled the 217-run target with 127 balls to spare with Dhawan annihilating the Lankan attack with his brutal 132-run knock which came off just 90 balls.


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By Madhura Seneviratne

Source: espncricinfo



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