Live Cricket! Kumar destroys SL to help India qualify for final

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SL 96 all out (24.4 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the star performer for India as he claimed four wickets for eight runs in six overs in a lethal spell with the new ball to destroy the backbone of the Sri Lankan batting. Ishant and Jadeja took two for 17 each, while Yadav and Ashwin picked a wicket each as India outplayed Sri Lanka comprehensively despite the long rain delay.

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SL 96 all out (24.4 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Yadav is back for his third spell. Lasith Malinga slogs a short ball down the ground for a boundary and has a wild swing at the next ball but it goes on the leg side for two runs.

He tries to loft the next ball on the leg side but is caught by Jadeja at mid-on for seven.

Sri Lanka are bowled out for 96 in 24.4 overs to lose by 81 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method.

India win with a bonus point which means they finish on top of the standings and qualify for the Thursday's final where they will again play Sri Lanka, while hosts West Indies have been eliminated.

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SL 90-9 (24 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

New batsman Dilhara Lokuhettige gets off the mark with a single to the covers off Jadeja and Rangana Herath sweeps the next ball for two runs as five come from that over.

Herath sweeps Ashwin in the next over for a single while Lokuhettige plays out the rest of the over.

Ishant comes back and strikes with the wicket of Herath, who tries to pull a short ball but gets a top edge and is caught at mid-on for four.

The tall pacer gets another wicket in his next over. Lokuhettige, who made six from 22 balls, is caught behind by keeper Karthik as he tries to cut the short ball but is beaten by the extra bouncer and gets the edge.

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SL 78-7 (19 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Jadeja continues to keep it tight and build up the pressure as he concedes just four runs in his fourth over.

Ashwin comes back after just a single over from Yadav. He strikes with the wicket of Mendis, who is bowled for 13.

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SL 69-6 (17 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Yadav comes back after a two-over spell from Ashwin. Mendis drives the third ball down the ground back past the bowler for a boundary, the first after 23 deliveries.

Six runs from Yadav's fourth over as the pacer continues to be patchy.

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SL 63-6 (16 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Left-hander Mendis tries to play the reverse sweep but hits Karthik on the pads for a single and Chandimal takes one to point before Mendis does the same to long-off.

Chandimal finally perishes as he comes down the wicket to Jadeja but is beaten as wicketkeeper Karthik completes an easy stumping.

Chandimal struggled to 26 from 54 balls and his dismissal leaves Sri Lanka tottering at 63 for six after 16 overs.

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SL 60-5 (15 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Chandimal hits Ashwin on the off-side for one and new batsman Jeevan Mendis plays the sweep for only a single. Two more singles from the over as India continue to dominate with the ball.

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SL 56-5 (14 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Jadeja leaves Sri Lanka in further strife with the wicket of Mathews, who gets an edge and is caught by wicketkeeper Karthik for 10.

Sri Lanka have lost half their side to be reduced to 56 for five in 14 overs.

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SL 55-4 (13 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

So spin from both ends as Ravichandran Ashwin comes on from the other end. Mathews sweeps the second ball for a single to deep square leg and Chandimal plays the same shot next ball past short fine leg for a couple.

Chandimal then jumps down the track and lofts Ashwin over long-off for a six as SL try to stage a fightback after a horror start.

Ashwin switches to round the wicket and Chandimal ends the over with a quick single on the off-side.

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SL 45-4 (12 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

We have spin now in the form of left-armer Ravindra Jadeja. Chandimal, who is struggling on 10 from 35 balls, will heave a sigh of relief as he looked all at sea against the pacers.

He takes a single from the second ball to long-off and Mathews takes one to the covers. Chandimal cuts the last ball behind point for two runs to make it four runs from the over.

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SL 41-4 (11 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Kumar to bowl his sixth and final over. Chandimal continues to play and miss outside the off-stump before he survives a close shout for LBW. Replays show that the ball struck him in line and right in front of the stumps as Chandimal (9) survives another close call.

Just a single from that over as Kumar finishes with dream figures of four for eight in six overs to put India in control.

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SL 40-4 (10 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Chandimal taps Ishant on the leg side for a single. Mathews edges one but it goes in the gap between the first slip and the wide second slip. The SL captain then jumps down the track and lofts it over the off-side for another boundary.

9 runs from the over as SL reach 40 for four after 10 overs.

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SL 31-4 (9 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Sri Lanka continue to throw their wickets away as Kumar bags his fourth. Lahiru Thirimanne tries to hit his way out of trouble as he makes room and tries a big shot over the field but is caught by Virat Kohli in the covers for a three-ball duck.

Captain Angelo Mathews is beaten off the very first ball with another beauty from Kumar. He is making the ball talk to make optimum use of the favourable conditions.

A wicket maiden from Kumar who has so far taken four for seven in five overs.

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SL 31-3 (8 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Ishant Sharma is brought into the attack to replace Yadav, who bowled three overs for 16 runs.

Chandimal releases some pressure as he drives a full delivery past mid-off for a boundary. That will make him feel a bit confident after a shaky start.

Ishant then shortens his length and gets the ball to move away as Chandimal is beaten. He defends the last two balls as four runs come from that over.

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SL 27-3 (7 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Jayawardene flicks Kumar through midwicket where Ishant dives right over the ball for three runs.

Chandimal continues to struggle as he flashes his bat at another outside the off-stump and is beaten again. He hits the fourth ball to midwicket for a single to get off strike.

Jayawardene tries to play the upper cut but holes out to Murali Vijay on the thirdman boundary to be dismissed for 11.

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SL 23-2 (6 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Yadav is struggling to find the right line and length. Jayawardene cuts the first ball past point for two runs before taking a single on the leg side.

Chandimal drives a wide delivery between cover and point for another couple. Yadav finally pitches one up which swings past the edge of the bat and goes very close to the stumps. That should encourage him to bowl full.

The last ball is again full and Chandimal is beaten again as the ball comes in and hits his pads.

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SL 18-2 (5 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Kumar in the midst of an excellent spell. Jayawardene is all squared up as the young pacer gets one to move away, he is lucky not to have edged it.

He comes down the track to the next ball and tries a  wild shot through the off-side but is beaten yet again.

Jayawardene takes a quiet single on the leg side before Chandimal is beaten off the last ball courtesy of another unplayable delivery from Kumar. The ball swung away quite a distance as Chandimal looked all at sea and was fortunate to escape unscathed.

Kumar two for three in three overs.

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SL 17-2 (4 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Yadav struggling to find his rhythm. He starts his second over with two successive wides as he struggles to control the swing with the ball moving around so much.

He then gets it right as the ball jags in sharply with a bit of bounce hitting Chandimal on the right arm just below the elbow. Chandimal throws his bat away and looks in a lot of pain. He defends the next ball cautiously off the backfoot watching the ball till the very last moment.

A good testing over from Yadav after those two wides at the start.

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SL 15-2 (3 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes with the first ball of his second over. Tharanga (6) throws his bat at one outside the off-stump but it did enough to take the edge as Suresh Raina held on to a sharp catch at second slip.

He strikes off the very next delivery too. Kumar Sangakkara is struck on the back leg high on the pads but umpire Peter Nero rules it out leg before wicket. Replays shows that the ball not only pitched outside leg stump but also looked to go over the stumps. A shocking decision from the local umpire Nero to leave SL in trouble at 14 for two in the third over.

Kumar on a hat-trick! He nearly claims his third wicket, bowling a beauty which is a bit short in length and goes past the outside edge of Dinesh Chandimal's bat.

Chandimal takes a single from the last ball to retain strike.

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SL 14-0 (2 overs) vs India 119-3 (29)
D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Umesh Yadav makes a poor start to his bowling. The first ball is down the leg side which hits Tharanga's pads and goes fine for four leg byes. The next is a wide half-volley which he lofts over the cover region for his first boundary as Sri Lanka make their intent clear right at the start.

He flicks the fourth ball on the leg side for one.

Jayawardene is off the mark in some style. He cuts a short wide ball past point for a boundary off the first ball he faced.

Yadav goes for 13 runs in his first over as SL race to 14 after two overs.

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SL 1-0 (1 over) vs India 119-3 (29)

D/L Target: 178 in 26 overs

Upul Tharanga and Mahela Jayawardene open the batting for Sri Lanka with Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowling the first over for India.

The first ball is defended by Tharanga before he offers no shot to the next two. Kumar then beats him with one moves away from the left-hander and repeats it off the next ball.

Tharanga takes a single from the last ball as just one run comes from the first over.

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India 119-3 (29 overs) vs SL

So the equation is as follows: If Sri Lanka score 168 or more, West Indies go through. If India restrict Sri Lanka to 167 or less, India go through along with their neighbours.

The Indian players have made their way out to the middle and have started to warm up.

So finally, the game will get underway in Port of Spain provided there is no further rain.

Play will recommence at 1615 local time which is 0145 IST.

India's innings has now finished and Sri Lanka require 178 from 26 overs to win as per the Duckworth-Lewis method after India had made 119 for three in 29 overs.

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India 119-3 (29 overs) vs SL

Earlier, India made 119 for three in 29 overs after their top order struggled to get going on a pitch which had some assistance for the pacers.

However, it was left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, who caused the most damage as he claimed two for 32 in six overs.

Rohit Sharma battled his way to 48 from 83 balls, having been hit on his body a few times, while Virat Kohli made 31 from 52 balls before he was trapped LBW by Herath.

Angelo Mathews kept India under pressure as he took one for five in his five overs, while Lasith Malinga has bowled just three overs, giving away seven runs.

Just heard that the next inspection is at 3.30pm local time (0100 IST) provided that there is no further rain.

It has stopped raining but the covers are still on at Queens Park Oval.

The rain continues to frustrate in Port of Spain. Once again as the umpires announced they would conduct an inspection, we are witnessing a fresh spell of rain.

"Just as the covers were being peeled off a light drizzle started," writes BCCI on Twitter.

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We have an update from BCCI's official account on Twitter.

"Things are looking better in Trinidad and the cleanup operation is well underway. There will be a pitch inspection at 00:30 IST."

"The groundsmen are beginning to move the covers off the pitch. It's only on the outfield though. A lot water on there," writes WindiesIntl on Twitter.

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