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DHAKA: India defeated Sri Lanka by 50 runs in the additional day-night bout of the Asia Cup one-day clash actuality at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.

Chasing a huge ambition of 305 runs, Sri Lanka took the claiming in a adventurous address as their two capital batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara airish blackmail for India.

Jayawardene hit a ablaze 78 from 59 assurance with ten fours and two sixes while Sangakkara played a accommodating innings of 65 from 87 assurance with alone two fours and a six.

At one stage, Sri Lanka bare 109 runs in 15 overs with eight wickets actual but again the collapse began as Indian bowlers bedeviled the scene.

Irfan Pathan was the best acknowledged bowler with four for 32 while Vinay Kumar and Ravichandran Ashwin claimed three wickets each.

Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli burst centuries to advice India accumulation up a huge absolute of 304 for three in 50 overs afterwards Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the bung and chose to field.

Kohli denticulate a solid 120-ball 108 and awkward opener Gambhir a 118-ball 100, anniversary hitting seven boundaries.

Interestingly, anniversary of them completed his tenth hundred in one-day all-embracing cricket.

It was Kohli's additional alternating hundred adjoin Sri Lanka, accepting fabricated an best 133 at Hobart in a contempo triangular one-day alternation in Australia.

The brace added 205 runs which was a new Asia Cup almanac for the additional wicket partnership. The antecedent almanac was 198, set by Virender Sehwag and Suraish Raina, additionally from India, adjoin Pakistan at Karachi in 2008.

Both accomplished their centuries in the 42nd over afore both falling in the abutting over off seamer Farveez Maharoof as they bid to footfall up the run-rate.

Gambhir, alone on 36 by Dinesh Chandimal at long-on off, fabricated the best of the adventitious and hit seven fours, while Kohli additionally addled the aforementioned cardinal of boundaries.

Later, captain Mahinder Singh Dhoni and Suraish Raina plundered 78 runs off the aftermost 7.1 overs, with Dhoni smashing a 26-ball 46 not out and Suresh Raina an best 30 off aloof 17 balls.

Pacemen Maharoof and Suranga Lakmal were the alone wicket-takers for Bangladesh, with two for 57 and one for 67.

Tendulkar, block an ambiguous 100th all-embracing century, could accomplish alone six runs afore blame a Suranga Lakmal full-toss beeline to skipper Mahela Jayawardene in the covers.