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India-Sri Lanka final Sunday

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Update: 2014-04-05 02:19:23
India-Sri Lanka final Sunday

DHAKA: Two Asian giants Indian and Sri Lanka will fight for ICC World T20-2014 trophy at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National stadium at 7:00pm Sunday.

On Friday night, former champions India upstaged South Africa by six wickets in the second semi-final in Dhaka to cruise into the final.

Chasing 173 to win, India were led by a swashbuckling knock of 72 not out by Virat Kohli as they strolled to the target with five balls to spare.

On Thursday, Sri Lanka reached the final with a 27-run win over West Indies, the defending champions, after the first semi-final was ended by rain on Thursday.

Set a challenging 161-run target, the West Indies were well short on the Duckworth-Lewis method when a thunderstorm stopped play after 13.5 overs at the Shere Bangla stadium in Dhaka.

West Indies, who would have needed 108 to win on the D/L method, were 80-4 when play was halted.

The win was sweet revenge for Sri Lanka who lost the 2012 final in Colombo to the West Indies.

BDST: 1208 HRS, APR 05, 2014

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