Sehwag's 99 propels India past Sri Lanka

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AP):

Virender Sehwag hit an unbeaten 99 to propel India to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka yesterday with more than 15 overs left in a one-day international match in the tri-series.

India bowled out Sri Lanka for 170 in 46 overs and reached 171-4 in 34.3 overs at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.

The match ended in controversy when offspinner Suraj Randiv bowled a no-ball to concede the winning run, denying Sehwag a century despite the batsman hitting a six when the scores were level. The laws of cricket first counts the extra run for a no-ball.

Sehwag later accused Randiv of bowling the no-ball deliberately.

"No team wants a batsman score a century against them, so they did it," Sehwag said. "They are happy and we are happy because we won the match."

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said he would investigate tthe incident.

"I don't think he is that sort of a player," Sangakkara said of Randiv. "If it's deliberate, of course I'll have to have a chat with him and make sure things like that don't happen again. I'll also have to see if there was any talk of it on the field prior to that delivery.

"The way Viru (Sehwag) batted, he deserved to get a hundred."

Sehwag hit 11 boundaries and two sixes in 100 balls. He shared a 59-run partnership with Suresh Raina to lift India from 32-3 and later shared an unbroken 80-run stand for the fifth wicket with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who made 23.

India earned a bonus point for winning the match comprehensively and is level with New Zealand on five points, but trailing on net run-rate. Sri Lanka have four points.