Gambhir's best leads India to victory

Feb 05, 2009

Sri Lanka dismissed the dangerous Virender Sehwag early•AFP

... and built a valuable partnership with Gautam Gambhir through aggressive running•AFP

Nuwan Kulasekara led a fight back, bowling Yuvraj Singh with a yorker ...•AFP

Muralitharan dismissed Gambhir to break Wasim Akram's record of 502 ODI wickets ...•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara built momentum with a fluent innings ...•AFP

Sehwag picked up Jayawardene soon after play resumed•AFP

Mahendra Singh Dhoni promoted himself to No. 3 ...•AFP

Gambhir reached his half-century with a six off Angelo Mathews•AFP

... before bowling Yusuf Pathan for a first-ball duck•AFP

... and his team-mates rushed in to congratulate him•AFP

... and Mahela Jayawardene also began to settle•AFP

So did Dhoni, off Muttiah Muralitharan•AFP

Gambhir, however, wasn't finished. He piled on the agony for Sri Lanka with a century off 113 balls•AFP

Chasing 332, Sri Lanka made a quick start before Irfan Pathan got rid of Sanath Jayasuriya•AFP

But Sri Lanka's chase was interrupted after Dhoni led his players off the field because of crowd trouble•ESPNcricinfo Ltd