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Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
Dambulla (Sri Lanka): Sri Lankan all-rounder Farveez Maharoof picked up a hattrick as the hosts beat India by seven wickets in the last league match of the Asia Cup here Tuesday.
Maharoof's figures of 5 for 42 helped Sri Lanka to bowl out India for 209 with 7.3 overs still remaining.
Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene helped the defending champions achieve the modest target in the 38th over.
Sangakkara hit 73 off 82 balls and Jayawardene remained unbeaten on 53 during a match-winning stand of 104 for the third wicket at the Rangiri stadium in Dambulla.
The two sides will meet again for the final on Thursday.
Maharoof trapped Ravindra Jadeja leg-before, bowled Praveen Kumar and had Zaheer Khan caught behind off successive deliveries in his ninth over.
India missed dashing opener Virender Sehwag, who was ruled out of both Tuesday's match and the final due to a hamstring injury sustained against Pakistan on Saturday.
Dinesh Karthik, who came in as a replacement for Sehwag, hit 40 off 43 balls after an opening stand of 58 with Gautam Gambhir.
India were reduced to 110 for four by the 23rd over and Rohit Sharma (69) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (41) retrieved the situation by adding 79 for the fifth wicket, before the Indian captain was run out.
Dhoni's dismissal triggered a collapse as India slipped from 189 for four to 189 for eight in the space of four deliveries as Maharoof ripped apart the lower order.
Dambulla (Sri Lanka): Sri Lankan all-rounder Farveez Maharoof picked up a hattrick as the hosts beat India by seven wickets in the last league match of the Asia Cup here Tuesday. Maharoof's figures of 5 for 42 helped Sri Lanka to bowl out India for 209 with 7.3 overs still remaining. Sri Lankan...
Dambulla (Sri Lanka): Sri Lankan all-rounder Farveez Maharoof picked up a hattrick as the hosts beat India by seven wickets in the last league match of the Asia Cup here Tuesday.
Maharoof's figures of 5 for 42 helped Sri Lanka to bowl out India for 209 with 7.3 overs still remaining.
Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene helped the defending champions achieve the modest target in the 38th over.
Sangakkara hit 73 off 82 balls and Jayawardene remained unbeaten on 53 during a match-winning stand of 104 for the third wicket at the Rangiri stadium in Dambulla.
The two sides will meet again for the final on Thursday.
Maharoof trapped Ravindra Jadeja leg-before, bowled Praveen Kumar and had Zaheer Khan caught behind off successive deliveries in his ninth over.
India missed dashing opener Virender Sehwag, who was ruled out of both Tuesday's match and the final due to a hamstring injury sustained against Pakistan on Saturday.
Dinesh Karthik, who came in as a replacement for Sehwag, hit 40 off 43 balls after an opening stand of 58 with Gautam Gambhir.
India were reduced to 110 for four by the 23rd over and Rohit Sharma (69) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (41) retrieved the situation by adding 79 for the fifth wicket, before the Indian captain was run out.
Dhoni's dismissal triggered a collapse as India slipped from 189 for four to 189 for eight in the space of four deliveries as Maharoof ripped apart the lower order.
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