{"id":16068,"date":"2013-06-18T03:47:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T03:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16068"},"modified":"2013-06-18T03:47:44","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T03:47:44","slug":"lanka-beat-australia-to-play-india-in-champions-trophy-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16068","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka to play India in Champions Trophy semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-16067\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dineshchandimalandmahelajayawardene.jpg\" alt=\"dineshchandimalandmahelajayawardene\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dineshchandimalandmahelajayawardene.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dineshchandimalandmahelajayawardene-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>London: Sri Lanka will play India in the semi-final as they held their nerves to beat Australia by 20 runs to move into the last-four stage of ICC Champions Trophy here on Monday.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Batting first, Sri Lanka rode on some fine batting from veteran Mahela Jayawardene (84 off 81 deliveries) and a fine half century (57) from Lahiru Thirimanne to post 253-8 on a turning pitch at The Oval.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The target became even more daunting for Australia, as the Aussies in order to qualify for the simi-final had to achieve it in 29.1 overs which seemed very unlikely in the given conditions.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chasing the target, Australia lost Shane Watson early and though Glenn Maxwell and Hughes scored some quickfire runs, they soon lost the momentum and were reduced to 69 for 4 before the end of ninth over.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adam Voges made 49, while wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade contributed 31 from 23 deliveries. A last-wicket stand of 41 between Clint McKay and Xavier Doherty took Australia much closer to victory than seemed likely.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nuwan Kulasekara was was the reckor-in-chief as he scalped three wickets for 42 and was also instrumental in executing a run out and took a good catch as well.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Jayawardene completed his 11,000 one-day international runs in hitting his 69th half-century. Tillakaratne Dilshan (34) and Lahiru Thirimanne (57) put on a 72-run stand to form the foundation of Sri Lanka\u2019s innings. 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