Brilliant bowling performances from Kapil Dev, Madan Lal and Roger Binny, Kris Srikkanth’s record-breaking 66-ball 95, fifties from Dilip Vengsarkar and Sandeep Patil and an unbeaten 46 by Ashok Malhotra lead to India chase down a record target of 278 over Sri Lanka by a 6-wickets. Despite Roy Dias’ historic century and India secured an unbeatable 2-0 lead to seal their historic first ODI series win against Sri Lanka in a high-scoring epic game during the second One-day international.
Catch the Cricket highlights of the 2nd ODI match between India and Sri Lanka, played on September 15, 1982, at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. This match was part of the Sri Lanka's tour of india, a 2-match One-day international series where India beat Sri Lanka by 6-wickets.
Match Highlights
India secured a record 6-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second ODI and go up 2-0 lead to seal the series in the three-match series.
Sri Lanka Innings:
Sri Lanka posted 277 for 8 in 50 overs with Roy Dias was the top-scorer with 102 off 114 balls - his first ODI century - including 8 fours, Sidath Wettimuny struck 74 off 107 balls, Ashantha de Mel remained a unbeaten 28 off 21 balls and Anura Ranasinghe contributed 20 off 17 balls.
India Bowling:
For India, Roger Binny was the best bowler for India - who picked up 3 wickets for 39 runs in 7 overs, Kapil Dev and Madan Lal both took 2 wickets each.
India Innings:
India chased down the target, scoring 281 for 4 in 40.5 overs. Kris Srikkanth was the top scorer with 95 off 66 balls, falling just five runs short of a historic century for India. Sandeep Patil blasted 64 off 48 balls, Dilip Vengsarkar scored 44 off 56 balls, and Ashok Malhotra remained unbeaten on 44 off 56 balls.
Sri Lanka Bowling:
Sri Lanka’s best bowlers were Ajit de Silva, Bandula Warnapura, Vinothen John and Ravi Ratnayeke each taking one wicket.
Player of the match:
Kris Srikkanth was named Player of the Match for his match-winning career-best sparkling 95 runs off 66 balls - which included 13 fours and a six with a strike rate of 143.94.
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