Bhuvneshwar, Dhoni inspire India to 3-wicket win over SL

August 24 (CRICKETNMORE) - India beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets in the second ODI at Pallekelle International Stadium on Thursday. An unbeaten 100 runs partnership for the 8th wicket between Bhuvneshwar Kumar (53*) and former Indian Captain MS Dhoni (45*) helped India to register win over host Sri Lanka.

India are now elading the 5 match series by 2-0.

Check Indian innings scorecard below:

Sri Lanka - 236/8 in 50 Overs

India - 232/7 in 44.3 Overs

R Sharma   lbw b A Dananjaya 54 (45) 
S Dhawan   c A Mathews b M Siriwardana 49 (50) 
KL Rahul   b A Dananjaya 4 (6) 
K Jadhav   b A Dananjaya 1 (3) 
V Kohli   b A Dananjaya 4 (2) 
MS Dhoni   Not Out 45 (68) 
H Pandya   st N Dickwella b A Dananjaya 0 (3) 
A Patel   lbw b A Dananjaya 6 (9) 
B Kumar   Not Out 53 (80) 

Extras 15 (b-0,lb-1,w-14,nb-0)

Sri Lanka Bowling

L Malinga 8 0 49 0, V Fernando 6.2 0 32 0, A Mathews 3 0 11 0, D Chameera 7 0 45 0, A Dananjaya 10 0 54 6, M Siriwardana 10 0 39 1

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