India go 1-0 up with crushing win

Nov 02, 2014

Suresh Raina, who was playing his 200th ODI, was honoured before the series opener in Cuttack•BCCI

Dhawan was powerful in the arc between midwicket and cover, and clubbed 14 fours and three sixes•BCCI

Ashan Priyanjan dealt the first blow, bowling Dhawan out for 113 in the 35th over•BCCI

Sri Lanka began the chase slowly, and were pegged back by the wicket of Tillakaratne Dilshan in the ninth over•BCCI

It didn't take too long for India to wrap up the tail. Randiv was one of Ishant Sharma's four victims•BCCI

Sri Lanka sent India in, but immediately regretted the decision as Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan came out all guns blazing•BCCI

The pair added 231 for the opening wicket, and both batsmen collected hundreds in quick succession. Rahane was the first to the landmark, off 99 balls•BCCI

Suraj Randiv briefly halted India's charged with three quick wickets. He finished with 3 for 78•BCCI

Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 43, but regular dismissals at the other end saw Sri Lanka run out of steam quickly•BCCI

Ishant ended with a career-best 4 for 34, as India bundled Sri Lanka out for 194 to complete a 169-run thrashing•BCCI

Dhawan followed suit soon after, launching Seekkuge Prasanna for six, as his sixth ODI ton came in just 96 deliveries•BCCI

But Raina marked his special day with a 34-ball 52, before further surges from Ambati Rayudu and Akshar Patel lifted India to 363•BCCI

Raina, brought into the attack, celebrated his special day with the wicket of Angelo Mathews, as Sri Lanka plunged to 144 for 6•BCCI