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India v Sri Lanka at Karachi

IND v SL, Asia Cup 2008: India reach Asia Cup final with Sri Lanka win

July 03, 2008

Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Karachi to secure their place in the final of the Asia Cup.
Dhoni hit 67 from 62 deliveries in the Super Four match, while Suresh Raina provided decent support with 54, as India capitalised on a good start by Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, the opening batsmen who scored 68 and 42 respectively. Sri Lanka had earlier set a target of 308 for eight, thanks to Chamara Kapugedera's 75, fifties from Mahela Jayawardene and Chamara Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya's 43. India overhauled that target in 46.5 overs, with Yuvraj Sing, who hit 36, and Rohit Sharma supplying the finishing touches.
India's win renders today's match between Pakistan and Bangladesh inconsequential as the host side have no chance of making the final. Sri Lanka, who had topped the Super Four table with six points prior to this defeat, had already qualified. India's bowlers turned in a much-improved performance, with Ishant Sharma picking up early wickets, but shoddy fielding and Kapugedera's fine innings helped Sri Lanka to a challenging total.
Sehwag and Gambhir set about the chase briskly, bringing up India's 50 in only 39 deliveries. Dilhara Fernando, one of two additions made to the Sri Lanka side, in particular, was subject to some hard hitting as he conceded 28 runs in his first three overs. The departure of Sehwag gave Sri Lanka some respite, but Raina quickly found his rhythm and added 42 runs for the second wicket with Gambhir. But as with Sehwag's dismissal, the scoring rate dipped marginally after Gambhir's departure.
Dhoni then took up the chase and eased to a half-century - his second in as many days - off 49 deliveries. By the time he departed, India had victory within their grasp.

IND v SL, Asia Cup 2008: India 310 for 4 (46.5 overs) beat Sri Lanka 308 for 8 (50.0 overs) by 6 wickets

India v Sri Lanka at Karachi

Score Card

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat

Sri Lanka Innings

308 for 8 (50.0 overs)

India Innings

310 for 4 (46.5 overs)

Sri Lanka Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Jayasuriya	c Dhoni	b I Sharma	43	37	8	0
Sangakkara	c Dhoni	b I Sharma	7	10	1	0
M Jayawardene	c Gambhir	b Ojha	50	63	4	0
Kapugedera	lbw	b Kumar	75	78	7	1
Silva	run out		50	56	2	1
Dilshan	c RP Singh	b I Pathan	15	19	2	0
Weeraratne	c Gambhir	b RP Singh	23	18	3	0
Thushara	run out		23	14	2	1
Kulasekara	not out		6	4	1	0
Muralitharan	not out		1	1	0	0
Extras		3w 1b 11lb	15
Total		for 8	308	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
RP Singh	10.0	1	44	1
I Sharma	10.0	0	55	2
I Pathan	10.0	0	80	1
Kumar	6.0	0	36	1
Ojha	10.0	0	55	1
Sehwag	3.0	0	22	0
R Sharma	1.0	0	4	0

Fall of wicket
16	Sangakkara
71	Jayasuriya
149	M Jayawardene
217	Kapugedera
245	Dilshan
263	Silva
287	Weeraratne
307	Thushara

India Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gambhir	lbw	b Muralitharan	68	61	11	0
Sehwag	c D Fernando	b Kulasekara	42	34	6	1
Raina	run out		54	66	3	0
Dhoni		b Muralitharan	67	62	5	1
Yuvraj	not out		36	31	3	1
R Sharma	not out		22	28	2	0
Extras		1nb 9w 11lb	21
Total		for 4	310	(46.5 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
D Fernando	9.0	0	52	0
Kulasekara	9.5	0	71	1
Thushara	8.0	0	67	0
Muralitharan	10.0	0	44	2
Weeraratne	5.0	0	36	0
Jayasuriya	3.0	0	19	0
Dilshan	2.0	0	10	0

Fall of wicket
92	Sehwag
135	Gambhir
234	Raina
253	Dhoni

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Umpires: B G Jerling, S J A Taufel
India: Sehwag, Gambhir, Raina, Yuvraj, R Sharma, Dhoni, I Pathan, Ojha, Kumar, RP Singh, I Sharma
Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Dilshan, Kapugedera, Thushara, Kulasekara, D Fernando, Weeraratne, Muralitharan