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India vs Sri Lanka, 7th Match

Yet another victory for the Indians making to final and giving the sri lankans the pain of getting out of the tournament .

 The T20 run machine

Indian vice  captain virat kohli hit another  fifty the thirteenth one in this format running through his purple patch . he showed T20 format is not only the game of power hitting and can be played by classic cricketing strokes. And this time finishing the game and winning consecutive man of the match trophy.

Cameo of comeback:

What he said he delivered , the short cameo of 18 ball 35  shown what yuvraj was is still that yuvraj. The classics four mindboggling and flat sixes ,shown what he known for .

Trio worked again:

It is still too early to say  but the trio of Nehra, Bumrah and Pandya have given start what India was looking in past 1 years .  Experience of nehra , consistency if bumrah and variations of pandya giving the starts india wanted for their spinners to take on the control of the game .

Malinga Less Sri  Lanka

Although it was a good come back in the final overs when thisara parera hit 17 of 6 and kulsekhara 13 of 9. But they have to imrove their performances in upper order .

Sri Lanka did miss the malinga Yorkers in death overs but we have to see will he be available for the worldT20 or not . if yes definetly this bowling lineup will look a bit different and more attacking.

Comments :

Dhoni: "Consistent performance is very important. We have done quite well in the last 9 games, we have lost only once. I felt Yuvraj's innings was crucial not just for this game, but for the near future of the team. I think the tracks here are slightly on the softer side, although this one was a little harder. Until the dew takes its effect, the ball moves around a bit. 140 seemed as if too many runs because we were only chasing 80 and 100 odd in the last two games. This is something that looks a decent score, but I think 150-160 will be a good score here. The extra bowling options give me the opportunity to experiment. The stability of the side is very good as well because of the all-round options."

Kohli: "Touchwood, it's coming out nicely right now. It was a tough situation, we were 16/2. It's always nice to challenge yourself. Kulasekara and Mathews started well for them. It was important to take the attack to the bowlers today because we weren't chasing 84. All their bowlers are sort of seam bowlers apart from Chameera. The whole idea was to not give them too much room for the ball to move around. You need to be switched on on this sort of a track and see how the ball is coming."

Mathews: "With the dew coming in, it felt like we were 20-30 runs short. Virat batted brilliantly and our bowlers didn't have any answers. We needed to take a few wickets up front to push India back, but unfortunately Virat once again came to their rescue. We are heavily depending on our seniors to fire. We need to win the next game and see how the standings are."

Yuvraj: "It (the knock) felt pretty good. I felt I needed those hits for my own confidence. It's not an easy wicket to bat. You need to give yourself a bit of time, but I thought I gave myself a bit of time in the last two games, so decided to go for it. As a team we are playing really well. My job was to play according to the situation in the last two games and I am happy with the way I am hitting the ball."