India crash out of tri-series after loss against Lanka

Harare, Jun 5 (PTI) A sloppy India crashed out of the
cricket tri-series after Sri Lanka, riding on Dinesh
Chandimal's maiden century, thumped them by six wickets in a
crucial one dayer here on Saturday.
Tottering on the brink of disaster after their
back-to-back defeat against Zimbabwe, India badly needed to
win this match with a big margin to keep alive their final
hopes but they could not pull off a repeat performance of
their previous encounter with the Lankans and went down with
1.4 overs to spare.
Chandimal's (111) 118-ball knock, which included six
fours and five sixes, knocked the stuffing out of India's
feeble bowling attack as Sri Lanka cruised to 270 for four in
48.2 overs.
Monday's Sri Lanka-Zimbabawe match is now rendered
inconsequential and they would meet again in Wednesday's final
at the same venue.
Earlier put into bat, India had posted 268 for nine with
Virat Kohli (68), Yusuf Pathan (44) and R Ashwin (38) scoring
bulk of the runs.
Desperate for a win, India effected three changes in the
squad -- bringing in the uncapped trio of Naman Ojha, Pankaj
Singh and R Ashwin while leaving out Murali Vijay, Umesh Yadav
and Amit Mishra -- but the win remained elusive.
Sri Lanka's chase got off to a brisk start with
Tillakaratne Dilshan (21) looking in his element before he
fell to Ashok Dinda in the sixth over.
Chandimal joined Upul Tharanga (27) in the middle and
looked quite at ease against the Indian attack.
Even after Tharanga fell to R Ashwin, Chandimal continued
the good work in company of Chamara Kapugedera (42). He used
his feet well against the spinners and never allowed the
Indian bowlers to dictate terms.
Chandimal smote Pankaj Singh over mid-on, greeted Pragyan
Ojha with a six and twice hit Ashwin out of the ground.
Ashwin eventually had Chandimal stumped in the 41st over
but by then, the writing was clear on the wall for India.
Jeevan Mendis (35) and Thilan Samaraweera (28) completed
for the formality for the Sri Lankans with consummate ease.
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