India scores 414, its highest ODI total ever

Indian Cricket didn’t have it so good for a long time now. First they became the Number 1 team in the Test Cricket version, and today in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka, India scored a mammoth 414 runs.

414 happens to be India’s highest score ever, surpassing it’s previous best 413 made against Bermuda in the 2007 World Cup.

Today, Majority of runs were scored by top order batsmen. Virender Sehwag was in belligerent form, hitting 6 sixes and 17 fours for a quick fire 146 of just 102 balls. This is Sehwag’s career best knock. Dhoni scored 73 in 52 balls with 3 sixes and 7 fours. Tendulkar gave ample company with 69 runs made from 63 deliveries.

Here’s the scorecard for India’s innings:

India	414-7 (50)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	c Dilshan b Welegedara	146	102	17	6	143.14
S Tendulkar	b Fernando	69	63	10	1	109.52
*MS Dhoni	c Mathews b Fernando	72	53	7	3	135.85
S Raina	c Jayasuriya b Kulasekara	16	20	2	0	80.00
G Gambhir	c Sangakkara b Kulasekara	11	8	1	0	137.50
Harbhajan	c Kulasekara b Mathews	11	13	1	0	84.62
V Kohli	b Welegedara	27	19	4	0	142.11
R Jadeja	not out	30	17	1	2	176.47
P Kumar	not out	5	7	0	0	71.43
Zaheer Khan
A Nehra

Extras: 27 b:5 lb:4 nb:6 w:12

Total: 414-7 (50) | Curr. RR: 8.28

FOW:S Tendulkar (153-1, 19.3), V Sehwag (309-2, 35.3), *MS Dhoni (311-3, 36.1), G Gambhir (325-4, 38.3), S Raina (347-5, 42.1), Harbhajan (352-6, 43.1), V Kohli (386-7, 47.2)

Sri Lanka	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
N Kulasekara	10	0	65	2	0	1	6.50
C Welegedara	10	0	63	2	1	0	6.30
D Fernando	9	0	66	2	1	1	7.33
A Mathews	7	0	60	1	0	2	8.57
S Jayasuriya	7	0	76	0	0	5	10.86
T Kandamby	5	0	49	0	0	2	9.80
T Dilshan	2	0	26	0	0	0	13.00
M Jayawardene
*K Sangakkara
T Samaraweera
U Tharanga

Sri Lanka team: N Kulasekara, C Welegedara, D Fernando, A Mathews, S Jayasuriya, T Kandamby, T Dilshan, M Jayawardene, *K Sangakkara, T Samaraweera, U Tharanga

Powerplay: 1: 1-10 ovs, 2: 11-15 ovs, 3: 35-39 ovs