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Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag scored a century to help India clinched the five-match cricket series against Sri Lanka by trouncing the hosts by 147 runs in the third ODI at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo tonight.
By compiling 363, Indias set the record of highest total on Sri Lankan soil, eclipsing the previous best of 307 for 6 in 1998 at the same venue.
Murali equals Akram’s record: Spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan equalled Pakistani tearaway Wasim Akram’s world record of 502 one-day wickets at the R Premadasa stadium here.
The 36-year-old offie achieved the feat in 327 matches while Akram had managed the feat in 356 ties.
Brief scores: India 363/5 in 50 overs (Yuvraj Singh 117, Virender Sehwag 116, Yusuf Pathan 59 n.o, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 35 n.o) beat Sri Lanka 216/10 in 41.4 overs (Kumar Sangakkara 83, T Dilshan 30, M Jayawardene 30: P Ojha 4/38).
