Tillakaratne century downs India

One-day tri-series, Dambulla:
Sri Lanka 299-8 (50 ovs) beat India 225 (46.5 ovs) by 74 runs
Match scorecard

Dilshan hit his eighth one-day century in 188 matches

A Tillakaratne Dilshan century inspired Sri Lanka to a resounding 74-run over India in the Triangular Series final.

The opener hit 110, sharing an 85-run stand with Kumar Sangakkara (71) as the hosts finished on 299-8 in Dambulla.

India's chase faltered when Virender Sehwag (28) was run out while captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (67) was last man out as India subsided to 225 all out.

Seamer Thissara Perera (3-36) impressed while Suraj Randiv and Lasith Malinga each picked up two wickets.

The series win completes Sri Lanka's second victory over their neighbours in the past two weeks after New Zealand were eliminated from the tournament on Wednesday.

On the best batting surface of the tournament at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Sri Lanka captain Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat.

And he was rewarded by a solid 121-run opening partnership between Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene, with the former taking control of proceedings with his distinctive style of strokeplay.

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Former captain Jayawardene fell for 39, quickly followed by Upal Tharanga, in the 20th over but Sangakkara steadied the innings, building a solid platform alongside Dilshan as India's four-pronged seam attack faltered.

Dilshan struck 12 boundaries and a six in his entertaining 115-ball innings, which was eventually brought to an end in the 40th over when he was caught by Ishant Sharma off Praveen Kumar.

Chamara Silva (26 not out) pushed Sri Lanka to the brink of the 300-run mark, while Munaf Patel and Ishant each collected two wickets.

India's riposte began in the worst possible fashion when opener Dinesh Karthik was caught behind off the final ball of the first over from Lasith Malinga.

And their hopes of victory faded when Sehwag - the tournament's top run-scorer - was run out attempting to sneak an impossible leg bye as Sri Lanka appealed for lbw.

Virat Kohli (37), Yuvraj Singh (26) and Suresh Raina (29) all saw promising innings cut short, leaving captain Dhoni exposed with the tail after Rohit Sharma's dismissal in the 35th over.

And Dhoni was the last man to fall as he attempted a smash spinner Randiv, but only succeeded in dragging the ball onto his stumps.

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