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Sri Lanka powered to a Needing 322 to avoid a memorable triumph at second successive Group B The Oval thanks to key defeat, Sri Lanka powered to contributions from a memorable triumph at The Mendis (89), Danushka Oval thanks to key contribu- tions from Mendis (89), Da- Gunathilaka (76) and nushka Gunathilaka (76) and captain Angelo Mathews captain Angelo Mathews (52). (52). Mathews admitted earlier this week that many experts expected his underdogs to be Win or bust thrashed by in-form India. for India But Sri Lanka defied the odds to win with eight balls Sri Lanka can qualify for to spare and they can qualify the semi-finals if they for the semi-finals if they beat Pakistan in their final group beat Pakistan in their match in Cardiff on June 12. final group, while India “It’s one of the top wins, must beat South Africa to beat India. The bowlers did on June 11 to avoid a brilliantly to restrict India to humiliating exit. 321. It was a very chaseable target,” Mathews said. “Not many people expect- ed us to win and that took a Scoreboard lot of pressure off us. “I thought the second- SRI LANKA wicket partnership (between N. Dickwella c Jadeja b Kumar ................ 7 Gunathilaka and Mendis) D. Gunathilaka run out (Yadav) ...............76 K. Mendis run out (Kumar) ..................... 89 was vital. They set us the plat- K. Perera retired hurt ............................ 47 form. A. Mathews not out ................................ 52 “It wasn’t easy for Gu- A. Gunaratne not out ..............................34 nathilaka to walk into the side and bat like how he did.” Extras: (11lb, 5w 1nb) ...........................17 After losing by 99 runs Total: (3 wkts, 48.4 overs) ...................322 Did not bat: D. Chandimal, T. Perera, S. Lakmal, L. against South Africa in their Malinga, N. Pradeep opener, that would be a re- Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Dickwella), .........2-170 markable turn around for a (Gunathilaka), ..........3-196 (Mendis) young Sri Lanka team in the Bowling: Kumar 10-0-54-1 (1w), Yadav 9.4-0-67-0 midst of a major rebuilding (1w), Bumrah 10-0-52-0 (1nb), Pandya 7-1-51-0 project. (1w), Jadeja 6-0-52-0 (1w), Jadhav 3-0-18-0 (1w), India’s failure to secure Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis in action at the ICC Champions Trophy Group B match at The Oval in London on Thursday. (REUTERS) Kohli 3-0-17-0 a second consecutive win af- INDIA ter thumping arch rivals Pa- dismissed Niroshan Dick- chance off his own bowling. ka’s rising confidence, which the same fashion, easily run That added to the tension, R. Sharma c T. Perera b Malinga ..............78 kistan was a major surprise wella for seven when the If complacency was an is- hold spiked higher after the out by Kumar’s direct hit but India were bereft of ideas. S. Dhawan c Mendis b Malinga................125 and they must beat South Af- opener’s edge was caught by sue for India’s wayward bowl- diving Rohit Sharma dropped while attempting to steal a Gunaratne came in to V. Kohli c Dickwella b Pradeep ..................0 rica at The Oval on Sunday to Ravindra Jadeja. ers, Gunathilaka made them Gunathilaka. single. spank a pair of sixes, putting Yuvraj Singh b Gunaratne .........................7 avoid a humiliating exit. Needing what would be pay, reaching his half-century When Mendis hit three Crucially, Mathews, play- Sri Lanka on the brink, and MS Dhoni c Chandimal b T. Perera ..........63 H. Pandya c K. Perera b Lakmal ................9 Shikhar Dhawan’s 125 a record run chase in ODIs in emphatic style with anoth- successive boundaries, their ing his first ODI since August Mathews saw them over the K. Jadhav not out ....................................25 had put India in a strong po- staged at The Oval, Gunathi- er six. partnership was up to 159 after a calf injury, came in to finish line to complete their R. Jadeja not out...................................... 0 sition as the holders piled up laka set about giving Sri Lan- By the time Sri Lanka and India were in danger of steady the ship with a nerve- joint highest ever ODI run Extras: (4lb, 10w) ..................................14 321 for six. ka hope. reached 108-1 in the 20th letting the match slip from less innings. chase. Total: (6 wkts, 50 overs) ........................321 The 31-year-old hit 15 He hit Umesh Yadav for over, the holders were begin- their grasp. Assisted by the opportun- Sri Lanka can qualify for Did not bat: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, fours and one six in his 128- a sky-scraping six and, to- ning to worry. But Gunathilaka’s career- istic hitting of Kusal Perera, the semi-finals if they beat Jasprit Bumrah Fall of wickets: 1-138 (Sharma), 2-139 (Kohli), ball innings, receiving strong gether with the aggressive Jadeja, the world’s top best ODI innings came to he turned the tide back in his Pakistan in their final group 3-179 (Yuvraj), 4-261 (Dhawan), 5-278 (Pandya), support from Rohit Sharma Mendis, imposed himself well ranked ODI bowler, was an end when he was run out team’s favour. match in Cardiff on June 12, 6-307 (Dhoni) (78) and MS Dhoni (63), but enough to build a quick-fire slapped away for four by by Umesh Yadav after rashly Perera gave Sri Lanka a while India must beat South Bowling: Malinga 10-0-70-2 (1w), Lakmal 10-1- it wasn’t enough. 50 partnership. Mendis, who sailed onto fifty trying to turn a single into scare when he suffered what Africa on June 11 to avoid a 72-1 (3w), Pradeep 10-0-73-1 (6w), T. Perera 9-0- India had only themselves Hardik Pandya had a with his first six. two. appeared to be a hamstring humiliating exit. 54-1, Gunathilaka 8-0-41-0, Gunaratne 3-0-7-1 to blame after squandering chance to remove Mendis An audacious reverse Incredibly, Sri Lanka injury and had to retire hurt “It’s a must-win game for the momentum given to them with the score on 70-1, but sweep for four by Gunathila- didn’t learn from that mis- after limping through several all of us in the group,” Math- Result: Sri Lanka won by seven wickets by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who young all-rounder dropped a ka off Jadeja showed Sri Lan- take and Mendis perished in runs. ews added. French Open men semi-finals today Murray, Nadal eye dream final Halep, Ostapenko to meet for French Open title AFP Madrid and lose his opener in previous trip to the last four, PARIS Rome. Latvian world No.47 is the first unseeded broke Ostapenko for an early “If someone had offered me player to reach the final since 1983 2-0 lead. ANDY and Rafael Nadal can a semi-final spot before the tour- But the Latvian took the edge closer to an intriguing nament, I would have signed up AFP as the crowd sang ‘happy birth- challenge to Bacsinszky with her French Open final rich in land- for that.” PARIS day’ to her. aggression, nipping ahead at 4-3 mark moments on Friday after His form in Paris has sent “I was always playing ag- before the Swiss called for the drastically contrasting cam- out mixed messages. SIMONA Halep reached her gressive and hitting the ball trainer. Bacsinszky complained paigns in Paris. He needed four sets to get second French Open final on when I have a chance. It prob- of a problem above her right World number one Mur- past Andrey Kuznetsov and Thursday with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 ably helps me to win today.” knee after jarring her foot in the ray was the first British man in Martin Klizan in the first two win over Karolina Pliskova, tak- For 30th-seeded Bacsinszky clay and resumed play with her the Roland Garros final since rounds. Then, in what was ex- ing her to within touching dis- it was a second semi-final defeat leg heavily taped. Bunny Austin in 1937 when he pected to be a third-round am- tance of a first Grand Slam title in three years in Paris. Ostapenko faltered when she finished runner-up to Novak bush, he sailed past Juan Mar- and the world number one spot. “Of course I’m disappoint- tried to serve it out at 6-5, but Djokovic last year. tin del Potro in straight sets and Romanian third seed Halep, ed. I’m a competitor, and it re- the Latvian took the tie-break Two more victories, how- was similarly at ease against the runner-up to Maria Shara- ally annoys me not to be in the with a swinging backhand vol- ever, starting with his semi- Karen Khachanov in the last 16.