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Sri Lanka record 5-run narrow win over India
Mar 18, 201412:32 AM
Sri Lanka recorded a five-run sensational victory off the last ball of the warm up match in the fifth World Twenty20 Cup here on Monday.
Chasing 154, India were all set for a win as they needed 12 runs in the last over with three wickets in hand but failed to do so and lost all three wickets.
Fast bowler Lasith Malinga bowling the final over, dismissed two batsmen on his fifth and sixth balls after Binny was run out off the third. Thus, India were all out for 148.
Malinga captured four wickets for 30 and Nuwan Kulasekera claimed two for 37.
Suresh Raina (41) and Yuvraj Singh (33) were main scorers for India.
Earlier, Sri Lanka made 153 for six after India captain Mahinder Singh Dhoni won the toss and sent them to bat first.
Main scorers for Sri Lanka were veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene (30), captain Dinesh Chandimal (29) and opener Kushal Perera (21).
For India, off-break bowler Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed three wickets for 22 runs.
