Sri Lanka won a comfortable win in the 5th match against India at the Premdasa Stadium in Colombo, thus gaining a pride saving victory. They still lost the series though 3-2, but it was a massive win by 112 runs in a rain affected match.

Scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss for the first time in the tournament and decided to have a bat. They didn’t have the best of starts as Jayasuriya was out for just one. The Indian bowlers bowled a tight line and the Lankans got out too cheaply try