India beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs, qualify for final

Bhuvneshwar Kumar starred with the ball for India

Port of Spain, July 10 (IANS) India beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs (D/L method) to top the group and qualify for Thursday’s final of the Tri-Nation Series at the Queen’s Park Oval here on Tuesday.

Chasing a revised target of 178 runs from 26 overs, India bowled out Sri Lanka for a measly 96 in 24.4 overs with pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar picking up his first four-wicket haul.

Earlier, India’s innings came to an end at 119/3 from 29 overs after the match was disrupted by rain.

The following is the scoreboard of the Tri-Nation Series last league match between India and Sri Lanka at the Queen’s Park Oval here on Tuesday.

India innings (29 overs)

Rohit Sharma not out 48

Shikhar Dhawan c Jayawardene b Mathews 15

Virat Kohli lbw b Herath 31

Dinesh Karthik b Herath 12

Suresh Raina not out 4

Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 3, nb 2) 9

Total (Three wickets in 29 overs) 119

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Dhawan, 6.2 overs), 2-76 (Kohli, 20.3), 3-111 (Karthik, 26.6)

Bowling

Shaminda Eranga 6-0-27-0

Dilhara Lokuhettige 8-0-40-0

Angelo Mathews 5-1-5-1

Lasith Malinga 3-1-7-0

Rangana Herath 6-0-32-2

Jeevan Mendis 1-0-4-0

Sri Lanka (Target: 178 runs from 26 overs)

Upul Tharanga c Raina b Kumar 6

Mahela Jayawardene c Vijay b Kumar 11

Kumar Sangakkara lbw b Kumar 0

Dinesh Chandimal st Karthik b Jadeja 26

Lahiru Thirimanne c Kohli b Kumar 0

Angelo Mathews c Karthik b Jadeja 10

Jeevan Mendis b Ashwin 13

Dilhara Lokuhettige c Karthik b Ishant Sharma 6

Rangana Herath c Vijay b Ishant Sharma 4

Shaminda Eranga not out 2

Lasith Malinga c Jadeja b Yadav

Extras (lb 6, w 5) 11

Total (All out in 24.4 overs) 96

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Tharanga, 2.1 overs), 2-14 (Sangakkara, 2.2), 3-27 (Jayawardene, 6.6), 4-31 (Thirimanne, 8.3), 5-56 (Mathews, 13.6), 6-63 (Chandimal, 15.6), 7-78 (Mendis, 18.6), 8-84 (Herath, 21.1), 9-87 (Dilhara, 23.2)

Bowling

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6-1-8-4

Umesh Yadav 4.4-0-28-1

Ishant Sharma 4-0-17-2

Ravindra Jadeja 5-0-17-2

Ravichandran Ashwin 5-0-20-1

Match details:

Toss: Sri Lanka chose to field

Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Peter Nero (Trinidad)

TV umpire: Joel Wilson (Trinidad)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Reserve umpire: Nigel Duguid (Guyana)