Chahar stars as India clinch series win against Sri Lanka

Deepak Chahar hit an unbeaten 69 as India edged out Sri Lanka by three wickets in the second ODI to clinch the three-match series on Tuesday.

India chased down
their target of 276 with five balls to spare as Chahar recorded his maiden ODI
fifty after the tourists, who took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match
series, slipped to 193-7 in Colombo.

Chahar, who also
took two wickets with his pace bowling to limit Sri Lanka to 275-9, was
involved in an unbeaten 84-run eighth-wicket stand with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who
made 19.

Suryakumar Yadav
made 53 off 44 balls while Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga took three
wickets.

The final ODI is
on Friday at the same venue.

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