The players retreat to the dressing rooms. Nice little session for South Africa. They have rattled along to 37 without loss in six overs. Meanwhile, the covers come on.
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Srilanka won the Toss and elected to bat first
August 29th, 2008 
harikumar Finally Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat.According to Dhoni it is not a important game.
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August 28th, 2008 harikumar India is going to target mendis as they already clinch the series.Dhoni is keen to set the record against mendis , probably he may play one down in the fifth one day international between india vs Srilanka
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India win and clinch the first ever ODI series victory in Srilanka
August 28th, 2008 harikumar Toss played the crucial role again
The Indian skipper not only handled the team well but also showed how top class spinners have to be played. He played two knocks in this tournament which should never be forgotten. He showed everyone how Ajantha Mendis has to be tackled.
Speaking about the 46-run victory, which helped the Indians to clinch the five-match series 3-1, Vengsarkar said that this was one of the best overseas wins
Dhoni on the other hand achieved his second important ODI win abroad after winning the CB series tri-nation series in Australia earlier in the year
India made 258 to defend srilanka at premadasa stadium
August 27th, 2008 harikumar As they have right through the series, India’s batsmen struggled on a pitch where the ball stopped on them and rendered shot-making difficult. A disciplined performance from Sri Lanka’s medium-pacers ensured none of the batsmen were comfortable, though Virat Kohli battled to his maiden half-century.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni won his fourth straight toss and chose to bat but the openers made a slow start – only four boundaries coming in the first 10 overs. Kohli survived a couple of early chances: on 6, he opened his bat for an outside edge that raced away for a streaky boundary, and on 10 he closed the face too early for the ball to balloon just wide of Sanath Jayasuriya at mid-off. He settled down after that, striking a couple of pleasing square drives for four off Chaminda Vaas in the seventh over.
At the other end, Gambhir was starved of the strike but was full of confidence, walking down the track to the faster bowlers even though Kumar Sangakkara was standing up. He faced just 12 balls in the first eight overs and decided to take risks to up the run-rate – an unconvincing across-the-line heave brought him his first boundary. He was dismissed soon after, smashing a wide delivery from Nuwan Kulasekara straight to backward point.
That brought Yuvraj Singh to the crease for a short, troubled and runless stay. Chaminda Vaas became the fourth man to take 400 wickets in ODIs when Yuvraj was too early on an offcutter and edged it to short midwicket.
Kohli unleashed some wristy shots to keep the runs flowing but soon paid the price for playing away from his body, an inside edge on to his stumps giving Thilan Thushara a wicket in his first over. Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni then kept the bowlers at bay with Raina, in particular, negotiating the threat of Ajantha Mendis with ease
