Asia cup: India heals CB Series loss

India gets their first victory against  Sri Lanka in the first match if Asia Cup and somewhat healed the shameful loss in the CB Series. India batted first and with outstanding 205 runs 2nd wicket partnership between Gambhir and Kohli each getting a century put up the huge score of 304 runs against Sri Lanka. Dhoni and Raina also batted well at the end to get the score just at the loss of 3 wickets.
In counter, Sri Lanka played a fair inning but with I Pathan taking 4 wickets and RV Kumar and Ashwin sharing 3 wickets Sri Lanka managed only 254 runs to bear 50 run loss in the first match.
Short match details:
 India - 304/3                                                              Sri Lanka - 254

Gambhir - 100                                                           Jayawardene - 78
Kohli - 108                                                               Sangakara - 65

Maharoof - 2/57                                                      I Pathan - 4/32

For more details goto http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/current/story/557153.html