Sri Lanka started the match on the right note, getting Virender Sehwag in the first over.

Soon after Gambhir was run-out, found short of his crease after colliding with the bowler.

Though Gambhir was upset, he couldn't blame the bowler for an unfortunate error.

Tendulkar was still there at one end, and he was joined by young Virat Kohli.

Kohli kept a cool head and built a partnership with Tendulkar.

Tendulkar was playing his shots and looking in good nick.

However he tried one shot too many and fell to Ajantha Mendis.

Mendis had out-foxed Tendulkar and had every reason to feel pleased with the wicket.

Kohli reached a well made 50.

However, he couldn't carry on from there and fell soon after.

It was left to Dhoni and Raina to salvage the innings.

They did this in style, with Raina hitting his stride early.

Dhoni opened up after reaching his 50.

Raina and Dhoni put on a century partnership at better than a run-a-ball.

Raina too reached his fifty, and eventually made 68 off 55 balls before falling.

Dhoni continued to go strong and reached his 6th ODI century.

He fell in the final over, that was bowled by debutant Suraj Randiv. Randiv was impressive and picked up 3 wickets.

However, Dhoni had ensured with his 107 (111 balls) that India crossed 300, ending up at 301/7.

Dilshan led the Sri Lankan reply in customary style, smashing the bowling.

Dilshan reached his fifty off just 31 balls.

The openers put on 102 at double quick time before India got a breakthrough. They were then gifted the wicket of Sangakkara who was run-out due to a mix up with Dilshan.

Dilshan continued to go strong though, and reached his 2nd successive century off 91 balls to keep Sri Lanka on course.

Dilshan took Sri Lanka beyond 200 in the company of Mahela Jayawardene.

However, he fell to a beautiful yorker by Ashish Nehra for 123 off 113 balls.

Zaheer Khan then got Mahela Jayawardene to tilt the scales back in India's favour.

Zaheer's ninth over saw him bag two wickets, which left Sri Lanka needing 35 off the final 5 overs.

This time though, they didn't choke as Angelo Mathews cracked 37 not out off 25 balls to take Sri Lanka to a 3-wicket win with 5 balls to spare. Sri Lanka thus levelled the series 1-1.