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India, Sri Lanka, Australia Commonwealth Bank Series

The India vs Australia series will be followed by a Tri-nation Commonwealth Bank Series, which includes Sri Lanka.
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IND vs SL, match 11, Hobart: India beat Sri Lanka, sail into final of CB series

A 102-run partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and an unbeaten Gautam Gambhir secured India's place in the Commonwealth Bank Series final after completing a comfortable seven wicket victory over Sri Lanka at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday.
Set 180 to win after Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar claimed four wickets each to dismiss Sri Lanka, who needed to win to keep alive their hopes of facing Australia in the best-of-three final, for 179, Tendulkar (63) and Gambhir (64) guided India home with just over 17 overs to spare. After being dropped by Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene off the third ball of the innings from Chaminda Vaas, opener Robin Uthappa (11) departed seven balls later after being caught by Ishara Amerasinghe at mid-on off Lasith Malinga to bring Tendulkar to the crease alongside Gambhir. The pair brought up India's 50 off 60 balls before Tendulkar dominated a 50 run second wicket partnership off 63 balls.
Tendulkar was the first to bring up his half century from 44 balls, which included nine fours, and after the pair brought up India's 100 in the 17th over and their 100 partnership in 108 balls, Gambhir brought up his 50 off 72 balls. The partnership was finally broken as Tendulkar was caught at long-off by Chamara Silva off Muttiah Muralitharan at the start of the 21st over to leave India 120 for two.
Yuvraj Singh contributed a quickfire 36 off 35 balls before being caught in the covers by Tillakaratne Dilshan off Dilruwan Perera at the end of the 30th over with India at 171 for three. Rohit Sharma (three) and Gambhir rounded off the empathic victory as India reached their target with a run rate of just over 5.5 an over compared to Sri Lanka's 3.79.
Earlier, after losing the wicket of opener Perera in just the third over, Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara shared a 50-run partnership before Sri Lanka lost six wickets for only 21 runs in just over 10 overs. But after slumping to 93 for seven, Chamara Kapugedera`s 57 helped Mahela Jayawardene`s side at least give the bowlers a total to defend.

IND vs SL, match 11, Hobart: India 180-3 (32.2 overs) beat Sri Lanka 179 (47.1 overs) by 7 wickets

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Scores

Sri Lanka Innings 179 all out (47.1 overs)

India Innings 180 for 3 (32.2 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Perera		b Sharma	8	13	1	0
Jayasuriya	c Dhoni	b Pathan	34	44	2	1
Sangakkara	c Dhoni	b Kumar	33	42	4	0
M Jayawardene	c R Sharma	b Kumar	3	11	0	0
Silva	c Dhoni	b Kumar	0	4	0	0
Dilshan	lbw	b Sharma	8	12	1	0
Kapugedera	c and b	Harbhajan	57	86	5	0
Vaas	c Gambhir	b Sharma	0	7	0	0
Malinga	c Uthappa	b Sharma	12	36	0	0
Muralitharan		b Kumar	13	27	1	0
Amerasinghe	not out		0	1	0	0
Extras		6w 5lb	11
Total		all out	179	(47.1 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Patel 9.0 0 51 0 Sharma 10.0 0 41 4 Pathan 10.0 2 23 1 Kumar 10.0 2 31 4 Harbhajan 4.1 0 17 1 Yuvraj 4.0 0 11 0

Fall of wicket   15 Perera 72 Sangakkara 77 M Jayawardene 81 Silva 81 Jayasuriya 93 Dilshan 93 Vaas 139 Malinga 179 Muralitharan 179 Kapugedera

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Uthappa	c Amerasinghe	b Malinga	11	9	2	0
Tendulkar	c Silva	b Muralitharan	63	54	10	0
Gambhir	not out		64	90	5	0
Yuvraj	c Dilshan	b Perera	35	34	4	1
R Sharma	not out		3	7	0	0
Extras		4w	4
Total		for 3	180	(32.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Vaas 6.0 0 29 0 Malinga 6.0 0 36 1 Amerasinghe 7.0 0 40 0 Muralitharan 8.2 0 54 1 Jayasuriya 1.0 0 4 0 Perera 4.0 0 17 1

Fall of wicket   18 Uthappa 120 Tendulkar 171 Yuvraj

Umpires: R E Koertzen, S J A Taufel
India: Uthappa, Tendulkar, Gambhir, R Sharma, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Pathan, Kumar, Harbhajan, Sharma, Patel
Sri Lanka: Perera, Jayasuriya, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Dilshan, Kapugedera, Vaas, Malinga, Amerasinghe, Muralitharan

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Venue

Bellerive Oval is a sports ground in Bellerive, eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is best known as the home ground for the state cricket team, the Tasmanian Tigers, and as a host ground for international Test and one-day matches. Bellerive Oval is the only ground in Tasmania to host Test cricket.