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| Dravid landmark as India take win |
| One-day international, Goa: India 233-5 bt Sri Lanka 230-8 by five wickets
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| INDIA
, 14-February-2007
9:42:28 AM |
| Rahul Dravid played a captain's innings as India levelled the series against Sri Lanka at 1-1 with a five-wicket victory in the third ODI in Goa.
Dravid scored 66, in the process becoming the sixth player in history to score more than 10,000 ODI runs.
He put on 133 with Mahendra Dhoni, who ended unbeaten on 67, before being unluckily run out backing up with four runs required for victory.
Earlier Zaheer Khan took 5-42 as Sri Lanka were restricted to 230-8.
Russel Arnold top-scored with an unbeaten 66 from number seven after none of the Sri Lankan top six reached fifty.
Zaheer claimed his career-best figures in one-day internationals, although two of his victims received debatable lbw decisions.
Dravid, who went to his fifty off 68 balls, reached 10,000 runs when a single off Sanath Jayasuriya took him to 22.
He joins team-mates Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq, West Indian Brian Lara and Jayasuriya in the 10,000-run club.
Tendulkar leads the way with 14,783 runs.
Man-of-the-match Zaheer was dropped from the one-day squad in early 2006 due to a slump in form and injury.
But he fought his way back with fine performances for Worcestershire in English county cricket.
He then produced a string of excellent displays in South Africa and the recent one-day series at home to West Indies.
"I have been able to hit the length consistently because I have bowled so many overs," the left-armer told reporters, referring to his English county stint.
"That has definitely helped. I have been able to keep up the match fitness and practice."
The final match of the series is on Saturday at Visakhapatnam.
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