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Kohli, Yuvraj help India to comfortable win

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Sri Lanka were put in to bat by India in a must-win game and had a poor start as Dinesh Chandimal fell in the third over  Associated Press
Jasprit Bumrah struck in the next over to dismiss Shehan Jayasuriya for 3...  Associated Press
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... And Sri Lanka suffered another blow when Tillakaratne Dilshan fell for 18  AFP
Hardik Pandya, who had dismissed Dilshan, took another key wicket, by dismissing Angelo Mathews  AFP
Chamara Kapugedera then stitched a crucial 43-run, fifth-wicket partnership with Milinda Siriwardana  AFP
Kapugedera's 32-ball 30 pushed Sri Lanka above 100 and some late hits down the order helped them post a total of 138 for 9  AFP
Nuwan Kulasekara provided the early breakthrough by having Shikhar Dhawan caught behind for 1  Associated Press
In his next over, Kulasekara removed Rohit Sharma to give Sri Lanka more than a glimmer of hope  Associated Press
However, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina turned the contest in India's favour with a 54-run stand  Associated Press
Yuvraj Singh contributed with a quickfire 35, before he and Pandya fell with the finish line in sight  AFP
Kohli finished with an unbeaten 56 to guide India to the final, and also picked up his second consecutive Man-of-the-Match award  AFP
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