Chandimal ton sends India packing

It’s a script that never seems to go stale. Sri Lanka have yet again disposed India from a multi-nation tournament. Sri Lanka were splendid today; they hustled on the field, the spinners kept hauling them back when India threatened to break free, and Dinesh Chandimal made the chase look ridiculously easy with a charming ton.
Sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted: If India were to get the bonus point that would have helped them in the quest to enter the final, they had to restrict Sri Lanka to 214 but for a while it appeared that it was Sri Lanka who were going for the bonus point. The chase was potentially tricky but it never became one as Chandimal’s sparkling knock gave Sri Lanka total control of the chase.
Sometimes you find an unknown commodity - Chandimal is relatively unknown in international cricket - pull off a blinder of an innings. When Tillakaratne Dilshan fell after a breezy 21, Sri Lanka were at 29 for 1 and you wondered whether they might slow down if not stutter but Chandimal unfurled an attractive innings to ensure that the run-rate never dropped.

Scoreboard

India

D Karthik c & b Perera 27
N Ojha lbw b Kulasekara 1
V Kohli c BMAJ Mendis b Thushara 68
Y Pathan c Perera b Randiv 44
R Sharma b Randiv 32
S Raina c Kapugedera b Dilshan 19
R Jadeja run out (Dilshan) 19
R Ashwin c & b Thushara 38
Pankaj Singh not out 3
A Dinda c Kapugedera b Thushara 0
P Ojha not out 5
Extras (b 3, lb 2, w 6, nb 1) 12
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 268
Fall : 1-7 , 2-41, 3-125 , 4-171, 5-187, 6-204, 7-255, 8-259, 9-259
Bowling : Kulasekara 9-1-47-1, Thushara 9 -1-57-3, Perera 4-0-33-1, AMendis 10-0-54-0, J Mendis 6 -0-29-0,Randiv 10-1-38-2, Dilshan 2-0-5-1

Sri Lanka

U Tharanga c Kohli b Ashwin 27
T Dilshan c Pathan b Dinda 21
D Chandimal st NV Ojha b Ashwin 111
C Kapugedera c Pankaj Singh b PP Ojha 42
J Mendis not out 35
T Samaraweera not out 28
Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 1) 6
Total (4 wickets; 48.2 overs) 270
Did not bat : A Mendis, N Kulasekara, S Randiv, T Perera, T Thushara
Fall : 1-29, 2-81, 3-195, 4-215
Bowling : Singh 7-0-45-0, Dinda 7.2-0-42-1, Ashwin 10-0-50-2, P Ojha 10-0-43-1, Jadeja 10-0-54-0, Pathan 4-0-32-0