Ajay, Sunil power India to final in T20 Cricket World Cup

NEW DELHI: Impressive all-round displays by Ajay Kumar Reddy and Sunil Ramesh enabled India to cruise past South Africa by 207 runs in the first semifinal of the 3rd T20 Cricket World Cup, which was played at the Samprasiddhi Sports Estadio Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday and reach the final of tournament.

Sunil Ramesh smashed his second ton of the tournament and also chipped in with a wicket while Captain Ajay Kumar Reddy scored a quick fire 81 and also took 3 wickets. India will face Bangladesh, who beat Sri Lanka in the other semifinals by 64 runs, in the summit clash at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Brief Scores: India: 337/6 in 20 overs (Sunil Ramesh 110, Ajay Kumar Reddy 81, A. Ravi 30, Prakash Jayaramaiah 22 not out; Issac Assanda 1/53, Bhule Bhidla 1/47) beat South Africa 130/10 in 19.5 overs (Bhule Bhidla 33, Lwande Bhidla 23; Ajay Kumar Reddy 3/13, Parveen Kumar 1/10, Sunil Ramesh 1/15, Sujit Munda 1/17, Lokesh 1/24) by 207 runs. IANS

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