The Sri Lankan innings began in a blaze of glory, with Dilshan firing on all cylinders.

The fifty of the innings came in just 3.4 overs - the quickest against India by any team in ODIs.

Dilshan enjoyed a life when Dinesh Karthik missed a simple run-out chance with the batsman on 36.

However, he couldn't capitalize on the life, as he fell for 41 (18 balls), as the Indians celebrated.

Upul Tharanga though, continued his good form and kept the scoreboard ticking over.

Tharanga found a good ally in Sangakkara, who was in prime form.

The duo put on a 100 run partnership at better than a run-a-ball.

Tharanga had reached yet another ODI fifty during the course of the partnership.

However, Sangakkara fell before reaching his fifty for 46 off 41 balls. His wicket heralded a spectacular collapse for Sri Lanka.

From 165/1 in 22.2 overs, the Sri Lankans kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

The wrecker-in-chief was Ravindra Jadeja, who not only got wickets, but put a brake on the scoring as well.

Captain Virender Sehwag used his spinners to good effect to rein in Sri Lanka.

After being tonked around in his first spell, Ishant came back well in his second and picked up two wickets.

But the hero of the innings was Jadeja, whose figures of 4/32 in his 10 overs saw Sri Lanka collapse to 239 all out.

India's chase began with Virender Sehwag intent on doing a Dilshan and belting everything in sight.

Tendulkar and Sehwag had put on 55 runs for the first wicket in 7 overs when Sehwag fell for 44 off 28 balls.

However, Gambhir played steadily to ensure that another partnership was built.

Tendulkar meanwhile was batting with assurance at the other end.

The Tendulkar-Gambhir stand produced 72 runs at a fair clip, before Gambhir fell.

Tendulkar, though was still there. He batted with the returning Yuvraj, who did not do much before departing.

Tendulkar reached his 93rd fifty in ODIs, and looked set on taking India through till the end.

He ended up doing exactly that, falling just short of a century (96 not out off 104 balls) as he and Karthik took India to a resounding 7-wicket win with 44 balls to spare.

Sachin was left stranded on 96 as he missed out on what would have been his 46th ODI ton.