India has defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the third One Day International match at Cuttack thanks to good batting from their star player Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar scored a brilliant innings of 96 runs unbeaten.
Sri Lanka batted at first and they scored 239 all out from 44.2 over. They started very well and by the time of 22.2 overs, they were batting at 165/1. Then things changed suddenly and Sri Lanka lost the last 9 wickets for just 74 runs. Tharanga scored 73 runs off just 81 balls but the other batsmen failed to create any impact. For India, Jadeja took 4 wickets by justgivin 32 runs from his overs.
India never looked under pressure when they were batting. However, they lost 3rd wicket when their score was 169 and there was some hope for Sri Lanka However, Tendular played a brilliant knock and he was ver patient and kept his wicket intact. Tendulkar scored his 96 runs from just 104 balls and h scored 13 boundaries.
The fourth ODI will take place in Kolkata on 24 December 2009.
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