Sachin steers India home

Having watched the Sri Lankans go through the grind of two tight chases, India's batsmen must have sensed at the break the need to finish things off with plenty to spare. The fact that they had only 240 to get helped, as did the fact that Sachin Tendulkar seemed determined not to give up his wicket at the Barabati Stadium on Monday. And though he missed a century, finishing on an unbeaten 96, he never looked like missing out on seeing India through to a comfortable victory, which they did with plenty left in the tank.

India won by seven wickets, completing the chase in 42.4 overs, and now lead the five-match series 2-1 going into the Kolkata game. But while Tendulkar's innings was what sealed it in the end, the groundwork was done much earlier in the day by the Indian bowlers, led by Ravindra Jadeja.
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