India registers a huge victory over Sri Lanka in their last group match at Headingley, Leeds. Sri Lanka posted 264 runs thanks to a superb century from veteran Angelo Mathews(113). But, Indian mercuric openers Rohit Sharma and K L Rahul‘s splendid innings made it easier and beat Sri Lanka by seven-wicket as India reached their target with more than six overs to spare.

India register a big victory over Sri Lanka before semi-finals

Two ”R” Rohit and Rahul are in full form and they showed their capability again. The opening partnership posted 160-runs together and made Lankan’s 264-run looks so easy to chase. Earlier, Sri Lanka faced a tough start as they were losing their wickets gradually until Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne were introduced and strike a big partnership.

Let’s take a look at the summary of the match.

Sri Lanka Innings (264-7-50)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Dimuth Karunaratne (c) c Dhoni b Bumrah 10 17  2  0 58.82
Kusal Perera (wk) c Dhoni b Bumrah 18 14  3  0 128.57
Avishka Fernando c Dhoni b Hardik Pandya 20 21  4  0 95.24
Kusal Mendis st Dhoni b Ravindra Jadeja 3 13  0  0 23.08
Angelo Mathews c Rohit b Bumrah 113 128 10  2 88.28
Lahiru Thirimanne c Ravindra Jadeja b Kuldeep Yadav 53 68  4  0 77.94
Dhananjaya de Silva not out 29 36  1  0 80.56
Thisara Perera c Hardik Pandya b Bhuvneshwar 2 3  0  0 66.67
Isuru Udana not out 1 1  0  0 100.00

Extras: 15(b 4, lb 2, w 8, nb 1, p 0)

Total: 264 (7 wkts, 50 Ov)

Did not bat: Kasun Rajitha, Lasith Malinga

Fall of Wickets: 17-1 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 3.4), 40-2 (Kusal Perera, 7.1), 53-3 (Kusal Mendis, 10.4), 55-4 (Avishka Fernando, 11.4), 179-5 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 37.5), 253-6 (Angelo Mathews, 48.2), 260-7 (Thisara Perera, 49.2)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10  0 73  1   0   4 7.30
Jasprit Bumrah 10  2 37  3   0   2 3.70
Hardik Pandya 10  2 50  1   1   1 5.00
Ravindra Jadeja 10  0 40  1   0   0 4.00
Kuldeep Yadav 10  0 58  1   0   1 5.80
POWERPLAY Overs   Runs
Mandatory 0.1-10   52

Sri Lanka Squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Perera (wk), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana, Kasun Rajitha, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Jeevan Mendis, Milinda Siriwardana, Jeffrey Vandersay

Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Perera (wk), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana, Kasun Rajitha, Lasith Malinga

Bench: Suranga Lakmal, Jeevan Mendis, Milinda Siriwardana, Jeffrey Vandersay

India Innings (265-3-43.3)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Lokesh Rahul c Kusal Perera b Malinga 111 118 11  1 94.07
Rohit Sharma c Mathews b Rajitha 103 94 14  2 109.57
Virat Kohli (c) not out 34 41  3  0 82.93
Rishabh Pant lbw b Udana  4  4  1  0 100.00
Hardik Pandya not out  7  4  1  0 175.00

Extras: 6 (b 0, lb 1, w 5, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 265(3 wkts, 43.3 Ov)

Did not Bat: MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

Fall of Wickets: 189-1 (Rohit Sharma, 30.1), 244-2 (Lokesh Rahul, 40.6), 253-3 (Rishabh Pant, 41.6)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Lasith Malinga 10  1 82  1   0   4 8.20
Kasun Rajitha 8  0 47  1   0   0 5.88
Isuru Udana 9.3  0 50  1   0   0 5.26
Thisara Perera 10  0 34  0   0   0 3.40
Dhananjaya de Silva 6  0 51  0   0   1 8.50
POWERPLAY Overs   Runs
Mandatory 0.1-10   59

India Squad: Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Kedar Jadhav, Mayank Agarwal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami

Playing XI: Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

Bench: Kedar Jadhav, Mayank Agarwal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami

Sri Lanka chose to bat first and was hoping to score big. However, they managed to post a decent score after the opening crisis and off course, thanks to the glorious century from Angelo Mathews. But, India was India and showed why they’re the most favorite to lift the trophy.