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| 4th ODI: India beat Sri Lanka by 7-wicket, win series in style | | | NEW DELHI, Feb 17
India defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the fourth and final One-Day International at ACA-VDCA stadium in Vishakhapatnam on Saturday. India lifted the Hero Honda Cup by 2-1.
India started its chase in an uneasy manner as Sourav Ganguly returned back to the pavilion in the first over on medical ground.
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After Ganguly was retired hurt, Robin Uthappa took charge with Virender Sehwag and smashed swashbuckling 52 in just 37 balls before being caught by Jayasuriya off Maharoof at covers.
India lost two more wickets Dinesh Karthik (1) and Virender Sehwag (46) - in quick succession.
Finally, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh started piling up runs and gave no room to the Sri Lankan bowlers. The duo picked up 108 runs and reached the target in just 41 overs.
Yuraj Singh smashed 95 with 11 fours and 3 sixes while Man of the Series Sourav Ganguly scored 58 with three boundaries and similar number of sixes.
For India, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar picked two wickets each while Sourav Ganguly, Sreesanth and Sehwag shared one wicket each.
Earlier, after winning the toss India invited Sri Lanka to bat first in the series decider ODI.
Man of the Match, Chamara Silva struck 107 not out for his maiden One-day hundred to lift Sri Lanka to a solid 259 for seven in the deciding One-dayer.
Silva shared a 68-run fifth wicket partnership with in-form Tillakaratne Dilshan (28) and added 64 for the seventh wicket off just 49 balls with Farveez Maharoof (28).
Dilhara Fernando and Fervez Maharoof took one wicket each.
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