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Asia Cup: Sri Lanka defeat India in a thriller

February 28, 2014 21:38

Sri Lanka defeated India by a narrow margin of 2 wickets to take the top spot in the points table. In what was a close match, Kumar Sanggakara's 103 proved to be the difference between the two competing teams.

Here are some of the highlights. (Images courtesy: AFP and AP)

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Sri Lanka defeated India by a narrow margin of 2 wickets to take the top spot in the points table. In what was a close match, Kumar Sanggakara's 103 proved to be the difference between the two competing teams.

Here are some of the highlights. (Images courtesy: AFP and AP)
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Chasing 265, Sri Lanka were off to a solid start with Kusal Perera (in pic) and Lahiru Thirimanne scoring fluently.

While Perera hit 64 off 81, his partner scored 38 to put on a 80-run stand for the opening wicket.
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While Thirimanne eventually fell to R Ashwin's spin, Perera's confident knock was brought to an abrupt end by the same spinner in the 27th over.
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Ashwin also completed 100 ODI wickets in the process.
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While Ashwin did get his side into the match, Indian fielding was extremely shoddy with several catches being grassed.
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Once Ravindra Jadeja came out to bowl, it did not seem to matter much as he claimed two in two to dent Lanka's chase - in the 32nd over.
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The spinner weaved a spell of magical spin and finished with figures of 3/30.

Mohammad Shami too struck soon after, claiming two wickets.
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Sangakkara at the other end survived a close call when - on 30 - he was let off by Dinesh Karthik who failed to knock the bails off.
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It proved to be an extremely costly miss as Sangakkara raced to the three-figure mark on the back of sublime shots to the fence.

Although he fell in the 49th over, the tailenders managed to survive and cross the finish line.
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Earlier in the day, Shikhar Dhawan hit 94 after his team was asked to bat.
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Indian batting was rather jaded apart from Dhawan's knock.

Rohit Sharma is seen here making his way back after scoring just 13.
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India skipper Virat Kohli (48) is seen here making his way back. He was removed by Ajantha Mendis who was responsible for staging a collapse with his four-wicket haul.
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Sachitra Senanayake also claimed three wickets and will now surely be part of Sri Lanka's permanent strategy to use spinners to the maxium, going forward in the tournament.

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Asia Cup: Sri Lanka defeat India in a thriller

Sri Lanka defeated India by a narrow margin of 2 wickets to take the top spot in the points table. In what was a close match, Kumar Sanggakara's 103 proved to be the difference between the two competing teams. Here are some of the highlights. (Images courtesy: AFP and AP)

Sri Lanka defeated India by a narrow margin of 2 wickets to take the top spot in the points table. In what was a close match, Kumar Sanggakara's 103 proved to be the difference between the two competing teams.

Here are some of the highlights. (Images courtesy: AFP and AP)