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India First Finalist of Asia Cup 2016 After beating Sri Lanka by 5 wickets

The tournament is entered into the final round and yesterday we got our first finalist of Asia cup 2016 “India” after defeating Sri Lanka in the 7th match of the tournament by 5 wickets. Indian team have won all their 3 matches they have played so far and on the top of the points table with 6 points, became the first team to enter into the asia cup 2016 final.

Now the battle for final match is between the other 3 teams Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka. If Bangladesh win today’s match against Pakistan then they will play the final with Indian team else the fight will still continues. If Pakistan want to remain in the tournament they have to won the match against the tigers. Sri lanka has very less chances since they have won only 1 match out of three and on the no. 3 position in the points table. Only one match is remaining for them where they have to win the match with a big difference so that they have high net run rate and can compete if a situation came where the 3 teams having equal 4 points which is possible.

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In India vs Sri Lanka match, India won the toss and elected to bat first where SL scored 138 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. No one scored much run from their team, CK Kapugedera scored 30 runs which was highest from their innings. Indian side lost their early wickets in the form of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan at 16/2 in 3.2 over. But great Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina played sensibly and take team score forward. At score of 70 Raina also got out. This time a different Yuvraj singh came onto the crease and played some rocket shots. He made 35 runs in just 18 balls with 3 sixes and 3 fours. Kohli made 57* runs and remained unbeaten. In 19.2 over India won the match ( 142/5 ) and became the first finalist of Asia cup 2016.

Coolest player of the Match award was given to Yuvraj Singh and Man of the match to Virat Kohli & he is also on 2nd position in the leading run scorer List of the tournament.

So who will be the 2nd Finalist of Asia cup 2016 ?

Update : Bangladesh became the second finalist and it will be India vs Bangladesh in Asia Cup Final.

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