Second straight win for India

India pulled themselves out of a self-created problem and coasted to a comfortable four-wicket victory against Sri Lanka to record their sec...

India pulled themselves out of a self-created problem and coasted to a comfortable four-wicket victory against Sri Lanka to record their second successive win in the triangular ODI series at The Oval.

Sri Lanka scored a modest 202 for eight in their alotted 50 overs after electing to bat but what ought to have been a fairly simple run-chase was made to look difficult as only Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Mongia made substantial contributions early on.

When Tendulkar was out one run short of his half-century, the top-score of the innings, India looked in slight trouble at 135 for five with all the experienced batsmen back in pavilion. But a run-a-ball sixth wicket stand of 60 between Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif guided India out of another pressure situation.

	SCOREBOARD
Sri Lanka: S Jayasuriya c Dravid b Agarkar 36, R Kaluwitharana c Dravid b Agarkar 15, M Atapattu b Zaheer 7, M Jayawardene c038;b Zaheer 62, R Arnold c Dravid b Agarkar 6, N Nawaz c Sehwag b Ganguly 11, U Chandana c Kaif b Nehra 18, C Vaas not out 26, N Zoysa c Kaif b Zaheer 4, B Fernando not out 4; Extras: lb-8, w-4, nb-1 13 Total: For 8 wkts, in 50 overs 202 Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-65, 3-65, 4-78, 5-97, 6-140, 7-182, 8-186 Bowling: Nehra 10-1-29-1, Zaheer Khan 10-1-48-3, Agarkar 9-2-44-3, Ganguly 10-1-28-1, Kumble 10-0-43-0, Sehwag 1-0-2-0. India: S Ganguly lbw Vaas 7, V Sehwag c Jayasuriya b Vaas 12, D Mongia c Vaas b Fernando 33, S Tendulkar c Kaluwitharana b Zoysa 49, R Dravid b Chandana 8, Yuvraj Singh c sub L Silva b Fernando 31, M Kaif not out 38, A Agarkar not out 7; Extras: lb-2, w-9, nb-7 18 Total: For 6 wkts, in 45.2 overs 203 Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-26, 3-97, 4-113, 5-135, 6-195 Bowling: Vaas 10-1-38-2, Zoysa 10-0-46-1, Dilhara Fernando 10-0-53-2, B Fernando 3-0-11-0, Chandana 10-1-46-1, Jayasuriya 2-0-5-0, Arnold 0.2-0-2-0