India win by points, India vs Sri Lanka in series final

With Darkworth Lewis trapped in a rain-hit match, Sri Lanka's target was 178 in 28 overs, with India needing to restrict Sri Lanka to 167 or allow the West Indies to reach the final. By solving this complex equation, it was India who reached the final with the maximum 10 points, earning bonus points. On the other hand, although Windies and Sri Lanka have equal 9 points, Sri Lanka became India's partner in the final by topping Windies due to their lead in run rate.

178 in 28 overs might have been easy for Sri Lanka in the T20 era, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar took maximum advantage of pace bowling on a rain-soaked pitch at Queen's Park Oval to put India in the final. The cricket world saw his career best spell bowling on this day. 6-1-8-4, dismissed four of the first five batsmen to say that the Lankan batting order alone collapsed.

He dismissed Upul Tharanga and Sangakkara with two consecutive balls in the third over. The Lankan team's runs were only 14 then. Jayawardene took the wicket of Thirimanne in the seventh and ninth overs. Sri Lanka lost 4 wickets for 31 runs and became a wreck. They could not come out of here. No small-big pair could build, it can be said that the Indian bowlers did not give that chance. Ishant Sharma and Jadeja took advantage of Kumar's break through with the ball. Jadeja dismissed Chandimal and skipper Mathews who scored the highest 26 runs among the Lankans. Ishant did not allow the lower order to remain at the crease for long. He returned Herath, Dilhara in the 22nd and 24th overs. Yadav and Ashwin also got one wicket each for Swathana.

Sri Lanka were bowled out for 96 runs in 24.4 overs, India won by 81 runs. India reached the final by getting maximum 10 points including bonus points in this match with the previous 5 points. But in this series Losing the first two matches in a row Doubts about India arose a few days ago!

Earlier, in the face of rain, India got a chance to bat 29 overs after reducing the 50-over match in the Dark/Worth-Lewis method. Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 48 runs from 83 balls to take India to 119 runs for 3 wickets. Also, Virat Kohli's 31 runs played an important role in this innings. Dhawan-Karthik scored 15 and 12 respectively. Rangana Herath took 2 wickets and Mathews 1 for Sri Lanka.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the man of the match award after bowling Sri Lanka with career best bowling. India-Sri Lanka will meet in the final on July 11 at 7:30 pm Bangladesh time.