Sri Lanka was behind in the point of Group B in Champions Trophy. The match of India Vs Sri Lanka was very important for Sri Lanka to win. Now all the team got each 2 point after playing 2 matches. So it is very important to win the next match for each team.
India went to bat first and performed very well. They added 321 runs in the score board. Shikhar Dhawan did 125 (128), Rohit Sharma 78 (79), MS Dhoni 63 (52). India lost 6 wickets with 321 in 50 over. This was a hard fighting score.
Sri Lanka bounced back with a powerful bating. In last match they lost the match with South Africa very poorly. Sri Lankan fans are very happy for the come back. Gunathilaka and Mendis had a big partnership for the team. 89 (93) runs came from Mendis’s bat and Gunathilaka added 76 (72). Mathews also clicked very well in last match as a captain. He got 52 (45) runs with a 115.56 strike rate.
At the end Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets and their score was 322/3 in just only in 48.4 over.
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