Karachi, July 3 (IANS) India entered the final of the Asia Cup cricket tournament beating Sri Lanka by six wickets in their last Super Four encounter at the National Stadium here Thursday. Chasing 309, India made 310 in 46.5 overs losing just four wickets. Gautam Gambhir was the top scorer with 68 while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni made 67.
 

Following is the scorecard of a Super-Four match of the Asia Cup in which India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets here Thursday:  Asia Cup, Super-Four stage, India vs. Sri Lanka, National Stadium, Karachi, July 2
 
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya c Dhoni b Ishant 43
Kumara Sangakkara c Dhoni b Ishant 7
Mahela Jayawardene c Gambhir b Ojha 50
Chamara Kapugedera lbw b Praveen 75
Chamara Silva run out (R.P.Singh/Dhoni) 50
Tillakaratne Dilshan c R.P.Singh b Pathan 15
Kaushalya Weeraratne c Gambhir b R.P.Singh 23
Thilan Thushara run out (Gambhir/Dhoni) 23
Nuwan Kulasekara not out 6
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 1
Extras: (b 1, lb 11, w 3) 15
Total: (For 8 wickets in 50 overs) 308
 
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Sangakkara, 3.5 overs), 2-71 (Jayasuriya, 11.4), 3-149 (Jayawardene, 26.3), 4-217 (Kapugedera, 37.3), 5-245 (Dilshan, 42.3), 6-263 (Silva, 45.1), 7-287 (Weeraratne, 48.1), 8-307 (Thushara, 49.5)
 
Bowling:
Rudra Pratap Singh 10 1 44 1
Ishant Sharma 10 0 55 2 (1w)
Irfan Pathan 10 0 80 1
Praveen Kumar 6 0 36 1 (1w)
Pragyan Ojha 10 0 55 1
Virender Sehwag 3 0 22 0 (1w)
Rohit Sharma 1 0 4 0

India:
Gautam Gambhir lbw Muralitharan 68
Virender Sehwag c Fernando b Kulasekara 42
Suresh Raina run out (Jayasuriya/Sangakkara) 54
Mahendra Singh Dhoni b Muralitharan 67
Yuvraj Singh not out 36
Rohit Sharma not out 22
Extras (lb 11, w 9, nb 1) 21
Total (for four wickets in 46.5 overs) 310

Fall of wickets: 1-92 (Sehwag, 11.4 overs), 2-135 (Gambhir, 20.2), 3-234 (Raina, 35.4), 4-253 (Dhoni, 37.6)

Bowling:
Dilhara Fernando 9 0 52 0 (1nb, 1w)
Nuwan Kulasekara 9.5 0 71 1 (3w)
Thilan Thushara 8 0 67 0 8.37 (2w)
Muttiah Muralitharan 10 0 44 2
Kaushalya Weeraratne 5 0 36 0
Sanath Jayasuriya 3 0 19 0 (1w)
Tillekeratne Dilshan 2 0 10 0
 
Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Result: India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets
Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)
Umpires: Brian Jerling (South Africa) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: Zameer Haider (Pakistan)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)