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Asia Cup: India restrict Sri Lanka to low total

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IANS Mirpur (Bangladesh)

India rode on a strong bowling performance to restrict Sri Lanka to 137/9 in their Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Tuesday.

Promising all-rounder Hardik Pandya (2/26), off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (2/26) and young pacer Jasprit Bumrah (2/27) took two wickets each.

Veteran pacer Ashish Nehra (1/22), who bowled an excellent opening spell, also got a wicket.

Chamara Kapugedera (30) was the highest scorer among the Sri Lankan batsmen.

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First Published: Mar 01 2016 | 8:44 PM IST

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