India beat Sri Lanka by convincing 50 runs

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India defeated Sri Lanka by 50 runs in Asia Cup one-day tournament in Dhaka on Tuesday.

13 March,2012 09:31 pm

Virat Kohli (108) and left-handed opener Gautam Gambhir (100) scored centuries as India posted a challenging 304-3 beforebowling Sri Lanka out for 254 in the day-night match.Skipper Mahela Jayawardene (78) and Kumar Sangakkara (65) were the main scorers for Sri Lanka, while seamer Irfan Pathan bagged four wickets for India.Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and paceman Vinay Kumar each took three wickets. –AFP