India level series with tense victory

"We knew we could win this match only by getting wickets. We tried hard, but Dhoni and Badrinath batted really well and their partnership took the game away from us," said Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene.
Sri Lanka were earlier in danger of falling to their lowest-ever total of 96 against India when they were reduced to 44-6, but Thushara (44) and Kulasekara (25) rallied their side with a defiant 74-run stand.
The Indian skipper's decision to put the hosts in to bat after winning the toss produced instant results as Zaheer bowled Kumar Sangakkara with his sixth delivery which moved in sharply to hit the off-stump.
Man-of-the-match Zaheer claimed two wickets in his third over, removing in-form Jayawardene and Chamara Kapugedera.
"The important thing was to be consistent and bowl in right areas," said Zaheer.
"As a spearhead of the attack, it was important for me to provide early breakthroughs. All the bowlers did well and kept pressure on their batsmen."
Kumar had Chamara Silva caught by Kohli at point to reduce the hosts to 11-4. He also ended Sri Lanka's fightback when he dismissed Thushara and Kulasekara in the same over.
Sri Lanka's aggressive opener Sanath Jayasuriya, watching the disaster unfold from one end, was not allowed to play strokes as he faced 37 balls for his 13 runs before being trapped leg-before by Zaheer.
Tillakaratne Dilshan (16), the last specialist batsman, was caught by a diving Badrinath at deep midwicket off a mistimed pull off seamer Irfan Pathan.
Sri Lanka named Fernando in their playing eleven in place of left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas, who missed the match due to a hamstring injury.
The third match will be played in Colombo on Sunday.
SCOREBOARD
SRI LANKA:
S. Jayasuriya lbw b Zaheer     13
K. Sangakkara b Zaheer     2
M. Jayawardene c Yuvraj b Zaheer     2
C. Kapugedera c Dhoni b Zaheer     0
C. Silva c Kohli b Kumar     0
T. Dilshan c Badrinath b Pathan     16
N. Kulasekara c Badrinath b Kumar     25
T. Thushara c Kohli b Kumar     44
A. Mendis c and b Harbhajan     0
D. Fernando c Kohli b Harbhajan     12
M. Muralitharan not out     11
EXTRAS: (lb6, w11)     17
TOTAL: (for all out)     142
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sangakkara), 2-10 (Jayawardene), 3-10 (Kapugedera), 4-11 (Silva), 5-33 (Jayasuriya), 6-44 (Dilshan), 7-118 (Thushara), 8-118 (Kulasekara), 9-122 (Mendis), 10-142 (Fernando).
BOWLING:
Kumar     10-2-34-3
Zaheer     9.5-3-21-4
Patel     6-1-24-0
Pathan     5-0-21-1 (w3)
Harbhajan     5.4-0-26-2 (w7)
Yuvraj     2-0-10-0 (w1).
Overs:     38.3
INDIA:
I. Pathan c Sangakkara b Kulasekara     5
V. Kohli c Kapugedera b Thushara     37
S. Raina lbw b Kulasekara     1
Y. Singh lbw b Mendis     20
MS Dhoni b Fernando     39
R. Sharma lbw b Thushara     0
S. Badrinath not out     27
H. Singh lbw b Mendis     1
Z. Khan not out     2
EXTRAS: (b3, lb4, nb2, w2)     11
TOTAL: (for seven wickets)     143
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Pathan), 2-16 (Raina), 3-52 (Yuvraj), 4-75 (Kohli), 5-75 (Sharma), 6-135 (Dhoni), 7-139 (Harbhajan).
BOWLING:
Kulasekara     9-2-26-2
Thushara     7-1-32-2 (w2)
Mendis     10-1-22-2
Fernando     5-0-25-1 (nb2)
Muralitharan     8.4-0-31-0.
Overs:     39.4
Result: India win by three wickets
Toss: India; Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIS) and Gamini Silva (SRI)
TV umpire: Tyron Wijewardene (SRI)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
Third one-dayer: Colombo (Sunday)