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Asia Cup Sri Lanka crush Afghanistan to make final ruin Indias party
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Asia Cup: Sri Lanka crush Afghanistan to make final, ruin India's party
March 03, 2014 22:24
Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 129 runs in Mirpur on Monday to seal the final berth.
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Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 129 runs in Mirpur on Monday to enter the final of Asia Cup 2014, effectively knocking India out. All images courtesy AP and AFP.
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Sri Lanka elected to bat after winning the toss but their start was not perfect as Afghanistan left-arm pacer Shapoor Zadran dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne for 5.
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Kusal Perera, though, batted enterprisingly and scored 33 off 49 balls.
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Mirwais Ashraf was the pick of the bowlers for Afghanistan, scalping 2 for 29 including wickets of opener Kusal Perera and Mahela Jayawardene.
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Sangakkara was the top scorer for Sri Lanka with 76, his 85th half-century in ODIs.
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Angelo Mathews scored an unbeaten 45 and his lusty hits towards the end took Sri Lanka to a challenging total of 253/6.
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Afghanistan wicket-keeper batsman Mohd Shahzad started his innings with a bang, scoring a six off Lanka pacer Suranga Lakmal, but he lost his wicket just two balls later as the Afghans were 8/1 in the second over.
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Asghar Stanikzai looked good in his brief stay of a 34-ball 27 before being bowled by Thisara Perera.
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The mystery of Ajantha Mendis was hard to solve for the Afghans, who collapsed in the middle overs.
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Afghanistan skipper Mohd Nabi was the pick of the batsmen as he hit a strokeful 37 off 42 balls.
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Thisara Perera contributed both with the bat and the ball as he took three wickets to go along with his crucial unbeaten 19 with the bat.
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