27 December,2009 02:01 PM IST | | Agencies
Play during the fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) between India and Sri Lanka here wasu00a0called off Sunday due to poor pitch conditions.
Sri Lanka were 83/5 in 23.4 overs when the players left the ground after a long discussion involving the two captains, umpires Shavir Tarapore and Marais Erasmus as well as match referee Alan Hurst.
Right from the start, occasional deliveries alarmingly reared up and one such hit Tillakaratne Dilshan on his forearm, leaving him in pain and needing on-field treatment.
But play continued till the 24th over when a Sudeep Tyagi delivery kicked off the pitch and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni struggled to collect it. Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Kandamby first had a word with Dhoni before he approached the umpires.
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Umpires Marais Erasmus and Shavir Tarapore soon conferred and Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara was seen gesturing to his teammates from the dressing room.
Subsequently, Match Referee Alan Hurst also walked in and they were joined by Kotla curator Vijay Bahadur Mishra and BCCI Pitch and Grounds Committee chairman Daljit Singh.
Sangakkara also joined them, along with India coach Gary Kirsten and his Sri Lanka counterpart Trevor Bayliss also walked out. Delhi and District Cricket Association officials, including vice president Chetan Chauhan, offered another pitch to Hurst.
However after a long discussion, both teams, the match officials and the administrators decided tou00a0call off the match.
India have already won the series 3-1.
