India edge Sri Lanka in thrilling one-dayer in Rajkot

India beat Sri Lanka by three runs in a sensational first one-day international which saw the second-highest aggregate of runs scored in a limited overs game.

The teams hit a total of 825 runs, with Virender Sehwag smashing six sixes and 17 boundaries in his 146 as India posted an imposing 414-7.

Tillakratne Dilshan starred for the tourists with a quickfire 160 while Kumar Sangakkara added 90 off 43.

But three late run outs cost Sri Lanka as they were just short on 411-8.

South Africa hold the record for the highest successful run chase, scoring 438-9 in reply to Australia's 434-4 in Johannesburg in March 2006 - the 872 runs scored is also the highest aggregate score.

To win the game, Sri Lanka would have needed to record the second highest run chase after India cut loose and scored at over eight runs an over.

Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar accumulated just 19 runs off the opening five overs, before the former began his furious assault on the Sri Lankan bowlers, dispatching left-arm paceman Chanaka Welegedara to the boundary three times in his third over.

Tendulkar played a more circumspect innings to bring up his 92nd one-day half century and had scored a run-a-ball 69 when he was bowled by Dilharo Fernando with the score on 153.

Sehwag continued to flay the tourists' attack and raced to his 12th one-day century in just 66 deliveries with consecutive boundaries off Angelo Matthews.

At the other end Mahendra Singh Dhoni, playing a typically aggressive innings, stormed to 50 off 34 balls on his way to 72, but the duo fell within four balls of each other and India slipped from 309-1 to 352-6.