To play Celkon Mobile Cup 2013 final against Sri Lanka, MS Dhoni lead India to the title with a trade name six by attaining the 202-run target in spite of losing partners at normal intervals, the India captain held up one end and struck two sixes and a boundary in the last over to take India to a one-wicket win at the Queen’s Park Oval and india won One-day international tri-series cup.
In the company of 20 required off 20 balls Ishant Sharma came to the crease by way of singles hard to come by, the optional run-rate creep up and only one wicket in hand, the force on the last Indian pair was mounting followed by with 15 runs required from the final over, Dhoni teed off against Eranaga past missing the first ball, he hit the next one into the position over the bowler’s head, and followed it up with a boundary and he then took Team India to a well-known one-wicket success with a six over extra cover off the next ball.
Brief scores:
Sri Lanka 201 all-out in 48.5 overs (K Sangakkara 71, L Thirimanne 46; R Jadeja 4/23, B Kumar 2/24) lost to India 203/9 in 49.4 overs (R Sharma 58, MS Dhoni 45 not out, R Herath 4/20) by 1 wicket
Man of the Match: MS Dhoni for his match-winning 45 off 52 balls
Man of the Series: Bhuvneshwar Kumar lead for this series ten wickets in four matches at an average of 9.70