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Sri Lanka pull one back

Afp, Ahmedabad
Sri Lanka finally tasted success in the limited-overs series in India with a five-wicket victory over their new-look rivals in the fifth international here on Sunday.
The tourists, playing for pride after losing the first four games of the sevenmatch series, successfully chased down India's 285-8 with 14 balls to spare in the day-night encounter here.
Tillekeratne Dilshan and Russel Arnold fashioned the emphatic victory with an undefeated partnership of 131 for the sixth wicket after Sri Lanka were reduced to 155-5 in the 30th over.
Dilshan top-scored with an unbeaten 81 off 67 balls, while Arnold provided able support with 49 not out.
With the series already in the bag, India rested key batsman Sachin Tendulkar and frontline bowlers Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh for the match.
India's challenging total revolved around left-hander Gautam Gambhir's 103 on his first appearance in the series and skipper Rahul Dravid's identical 103 not out.
Sri Lanka were 73-3 in reply despite Kumar Sangakkara's 39 when captain Mahela Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardena retrieved the situation by adding 70 for the fourth wicket.
Atapattu gave spinner Murali Kartik a tame return catch after making 39 and Jayawardena, returning to the side after missing the previous match due to his marriage in Colombo, was run out for 37.
But Dilshan and Arnold silenced a sell-out crowd of 45,000 at the Motera stadium by leading their side to a much-needed win.
India's Gambhir, a regular Test opener who last played a one-dayer in April 2003, smashed 13 boundaries and a six in his maiden limited-overs century.
Dravid overcame leg cramps to reach his 11th century off the penultimate ball of the innings, lofting Dilhara Fernando to the mid-wicket fence for his 11th boundary.
But the Indian captain did not take the field in Sri Lanka's innings, leaving vice captain Virender Sehwag to lead the hosts.
Dravid and Gambhir added 128 for the fourth wicket after India, sent in to bat by Atapattu, were reduced to 69-3 by the 13th over.
Sri Lankan seamer Farveez Maharoof, named super-sub before the match, finished with 4-20 from five overs after replacing lanky left-armer Nuwan Zoysa as early as the 15th over.
Maharoof, who came on to bowl in the 37th over, halted India's charge from a promising 197-3 with the wickets of Gambhir, Venugopal Rao, Suresh Raina and Ajit Agarkar in successive overs.
India, however, plundered 34 runs in the last three overs to set Sri Lanka what appeared to be a formidable target of 5.8 runs an over.
The sixth match will be played in Rajkot on Wednesday and the seventh in Baroda next Saturday.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the fifth one-day international between India and Sri Lanka at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday:
INDIA: 285 for 8 in 50 overs (Gambhir 103, Dravid 103 not out; Maharoof 4-20, Zoysa 2-29)
SRI LANKA
Sangakkara c Rao b Rudra 39
Jayasuriya c Rao b Agarkar 8
Tharanga c Sehwag b Agarkar 14
Jayawardena run out 37
Atapattu c and b Kartik 39
Dilshan not out 81
Arnold not out 49
Extras: (lb-3, w-13, nb-3) 19
Total: (For 5 wkts in 47.4 overs) 286 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-61, 3-73, 4-143, 5-155
Substitutes: Yadav replaced Dravid Bowler O M R W
Agarkar 9.4 0 60 2
Rudra 9 1 54 1
Sreesanth 10 0 56 0
Yadav 7 0 44 0
Kartik 10 0 52 1
Sehwag 2 0 17 0
Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets and India lead 7-ODI series 4-1.
Man-of-the-match: Tillekeratne Dilshan.
Next match: Rajkot, Nov 9.