India vs Sri Lanka one day series : Delhi one dayer abandoned midway due to poor pitch
Fifth one day game at Delhi : Match abandoned due to the poor state of the pitch : India wins the series 3-1
WU Tharanga was dismissed by the first ball of the match providing the 54th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the history of one day games. It was the third occasion for Zaheer Khan to dismiss a batsman by the first ball of the match. The other two occasions are – MS Sinclair of New Zealand at Col-RPS in 2001 and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS in 2002-03
Zaheer Khan became the fifth bowler in the history of one day games to dimisss a batsman by the first ball of the match on three or more occasions. Others are WPUJC Vaas {05}, Wasim Akram {04}, CJ McDermott {03} and SM Pollock {03}
The match was abandoned after 23.3 over due to the poor state of the pitch when Sri Lanka’s score card read 83 for 5.
ST Jayasuriya hit five fours in this game and completed 1500 boundary fours in one day games. He became the second batsman to score 1500 boundary fours in one dayers after SR Tendulkar of India who has 1901 boundary fours to his credit.
TM Dilhan completed 1000 runs in calendar year 2009 when he was on 20 during his knock of 20 on this game. At the end of the game he has an aggregate of 1000 runs. He has already completed 1000 runs in tests in the calendar year 2009. His aggregate is tests is 1097 from 11 matches
It is interesting to note that out of these seven batsmen who have achieved the feat, four are Sri Lankans – PA de Silva, ST Jayasuriya, DPMD Jayawardene and TM Dilshan
TM Dilshan has to credit 1000 plus runs in 2009 in T20 games – 1086 from 37 mat hes. Thus TM Dilshan has an unique distinction of scoring 1000 runs in 2009 in Tests, ODIs and also T20 games, a feat which has no parallel.
TM Dilshan became the sixth batsman to aggregate 1000 runs in the calendar year 2009. Other five are – MS Dhoni {1198}, RT Ponting {1198}, MEK Hussey {1166}, H Masakadza {1087} and SR Watson {1013}.
India capped S Tyagi in this match. He is the 179th Indian cricketer to appear in one day games and 21st Indian cricketer to make his one day debut against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka capped M Pushpakumar for this game. He became the 142nd cricketer to appear for Sri Lanka in one day games and 27th Sri Lankan cricketer to make his one day debut against India.
WU Tharanga was dismissed by the first ball of the match providing the 54th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the history of one day games.
It was the third occasion for Zaheer Khan to dismiss a batsman by the first ball of the match. The other two occasions are – MS Sinclair of New Zealand at Col-RPS in 2001 and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS in 2002-03
Zaheer Khan became the fifth bowler in the history of one day games to dimisss a batsman by the first ball of the match on three or more occasions. Others are WPUJC Vaas {05}, Wasim Akram {04}, CJ McDermott {03} and SM Pollock {03}