India on verge of final place

India are one step away from the grand finale of the Nidahas T20I tri-nation series after beating host Sri Lanka by six wickets in the fourth T20I in Colombo’s R Premadasa Cricket Stadium Monday. Asked to bat first, Sri Lanka posted 152 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their stipulated 20 overs, opener Kusal Mendis top-scoring with 55. India seamer and player of the match Shardul Thakur bagged four wickets. In reply, India reached their target with 15 balls remaining, middle-order batsmen Manish Pandey and Dinesh Karthik scoring unbeaten 42 and 39 to guide their side to victory.

India win by 6 wickets! IND 153/4 (17.3 Ovs, Manish Pandey 42*, Dinesh Karthik 39*) v SL 152/9 #HeroNidahasTrophy #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/r6dSlD1bPW

— Sri Lanka Cricket (@OfficialSLC) March 12, 2018

4TH T20IIndia 153/4 in 17.3 overs (Pandey 42*, Karthik 39*) beat Sri Lanka 152/9 (Mendis 55, Thakur 4/27) by six wickets POINTS TABLETeams M W L PT NRRIndia 3 2 1 4 0.21Sri Lanka 3 1 2 2 -0.072Bangladesh 2 1 1 2 -0.231