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The top team from Group B, India will take on Group A runner-up Sri Lanka in the 2nd semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Thursday.
India are in the brilliant form to beat any side. India’s semi-final hopes never looked in doubt due to their flawless performance till now. Shikhar Dhawan has been India’s best batsman during the whole tournament and will look to attack the Sri Lankan bowlers from the go. The probable Indian lineup will include: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Dinesh Karthik, 5 MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Umesh Yadav.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka are well aware of the style of play their rivals use which could provide a blockbuster semi-final to go after a one sided encounter between South Africa and England. Sri Lanka scraped through the qualifying after beating Australia in their final group match. Nuwan Kulesakera played a significant role of the wicket takers for Sri Lanka in their do or die clash against Australia and his role will to get the ball swinging early on and take early wickets. The likely Sri Lankan squad will include: 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Kusal Perera, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Dinesh Chandimal, 6 Angelo Mathews (capt), 7 Lahiru Thirimanne, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Thisara Perera , 10 Rangana Herath, 11 Lasith Malinga.
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