India won Idea cup beating Sri Lanka 3-1

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India has won Idea cup in Sri Lanka by beating Sri Lanka in fourth ODI cricket match. India won fourth ODI match by 46 runs. In first inning, India team made 256 runs for the loss of all wickets in 49.4 overs. In reply, Sri Lankan cricket team got out for just 212 runs in 46.3 overs. Main attraction from Indian side remained V Kholi, S Raina and M S Dhoni who scored 54, 76 and 71 respectively. Sri Lankan bowler T Thushara showed great performance by taking 5 wickets. In Sri Lankan bating line S Jayasuriya, C Kapugedera and T Thushara scored 60, 30 and 40 runs respectively.

In India blowing, M Patel, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh took 2, 3 and 2 wickets respectively. Therefore, India has won this series by 3-1. Though still one match of idea cup 5 ODI match series is pending and final result can change slightly, however, now India has comfortable winning lead of 3-1 in this series. Indian team will definitely try to win fifth match also, thus winning this series 4-1, however, Sri Lankan team will also try to win this match for decreasing losing margin.

This is really good news for India after losing test series 2-1 to Sri Lanka. This win will also boast confidence of young Indian team and captain M S Dhoni. After this win we can say that young India team has good future and time has come for senior players to say good bye to cricket.
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