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India subdue Sri Lanka to set up final against England

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Cardiff : India subdued Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the second semifinal here on Thursday to set up the summit clash with hosts England at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday.Team India achieved the modest target of 182 runs at the loss of two wickets with 90 balls to spare against Sri Lanka. Sri Lankas 181 was too low a total to defend on this wicket.

Sri Lanka had managed to score 181 runs at the loss of eight wickets after 50 overs against India. Everything seemed to fall in place for Dhoni right from the start. He called right at the toss. His pacers started well and A fluent Dilshan was cut short by a calf injury. That turned the tide a bit and Sri Lanka never got going after that. Mahela and Mathews stitched together a fighting stand but once Jadeja broke through, they were on the backfoot throughout.

Dhawan and Rohit Sharma once again laid a solid platform with a 77 run stand. Mathews sent back Rohit Sharma but Dhawan notched up his 2nd fifty to continue his fabulous run in the competition. Kohli was among the runs as he scored his 23rd ODI fifty.

This was a comprehensive performance by India while for Sri Lanka, it is the case of so near yet so far. This is the third time India have qualified for the Champions Trophy finals.

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