Adelaide: In the end it was MS Dhoni again who was left with the task of finishing the proceedings for India and the ice cool captain did not disappoint -- only difference being that this time he left the fans wandering whether to smile or scowl.The fifth ODI of the CB series ended in a dramatic tie that saw both India and Sri Lanka post an identical scoreline of 237/9 in their respective 50 overs. For India, Gautam Gambhir top scored with 91 runs and Dhoni was unbeaten on 58.
Indian captain MS Dhoni embarked upon yet another mission to drive his side to a sensational finish and he almost succeeded in repeating his exploits against Australia earlier in the series.
The rotation policy of Indian cricket team seems to have started backfiring as was evident from the dismissal of Sachin Tendulkar early in their innings. Compared to the innings Tendulkar played at Perth where he looked in his elements, here at Adelaide he looked out of sorts and eventually got out edging Nuwan Kulasekera behind stumps for the score of 15.
Virat Kohli (15) suffered a rare failure with the bat while Rohit Sharma’s frustrating wait for a substantial knock continued as he was run out after scoring just 15. Suresh Raina also perished soon after continuing his rough patch as he was snapped up by Kumar Sangakkara behind the stumps putting a full stop to his innings at eight.
Meanwhile, the man in-form Gautam Gambhir played another brilliant knock to provide a solid ground for the skipper for a late flurry. En route his knock he hit six boundaries but once again was unfortunate to miss a century as a wrong call from Dhoni cost him his wicket that paved the way for Sri Lanka’s comeback late into the match.
