Sehwag and Yuvraj flay Sri Lanka

Feb 03, 2009

Sri Lanka began well with Dilhara Fernando trapping Sachin Tendulkar lbw for 7•AFP

Sehwag, though, was his natural self, batting aggressively to score at over six an over•AFP

Yuvraj reached his 11th ODI century•AFP

Mahendra Singh Dhoni ensured the momentum stayed with India after Sehwag was run out for 116•AFP

Tillakaratne Dilshan was then bowled by Zaheer Khan as Sri Lanka lost two early wickets•AFP

...before he was picked up by Praveen Kumar•AFP

And in no time at all, the Indians were collecting souvenirs•AFP

Dilhara was in the act again as Gautam Gambhir was run out when a drive from Virender Sehwag ricocheted off Dilhara's fingers onto the stumps•AFP

Yuvraj Singh supported him well before cutting loose•AFP

Sehwag followed soon after, bringing up his tenth ODI century off just 75 balls•AFP

Yusuf Pathan dealt some heavy blows at the end to take India to 363•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara held up one end with a graceful half-century•AFP

Pragyan Ojha began his act, bowling Chamara Kapugedera with a ripper, his first of four wickets•AFP

The pair was involved in a record partnership of 221 for the third wicket•AFP

Muttiah Muralitharan broke the stand, having Yuvraj caught at point, to equal Wasim Akram's record of 502 ODI wickets•AFP

Praveen Kumar delivered the first breakthrough for India, bowling Sanath Jayasuriya for a duck off his first ball•AFP

Mahela Jayawardene gave him support for a while ...•AFP

Sehwag got rid of Thilina Kandamby•AFP