… to meet Sri Lanka in final
(REUTERS) – India pulled off a thrilling three-wicket win over Pakistan with a ball to spare at the four-nation Asia Cup in Dambulla.
The victory means India will now meet hosts Sri Lanka in Thursday’s final.
Chasing Pakistan’s 267 all out, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team scraped home in the final over after Harbhajan Singh  hoisted Mohammad Aamer for a mid-wicket six.
The run chase was spearheaded by opener Gautam Gambhir who constructed a watchful 83 off 97 balls to take the man-of-the-match award.
Gambhir and Dhoni (56) shared a 98-run partnership for the third wicket.
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and opener Salman Butt top-scored with 74 in 85 deliveries before the innings received a late boost when wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal slammed three sixes and two fours in a 41-ball 51.
On Friday, Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 126 runs.

PAKISTAN innings
S. Butt run-out 74
I. Farhat c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh    25
S. Malik b Khan    39
U. Akmal c Dhoni b Jadeja    21
U. Amin c Kohli b Harbhajan Singh    5
S. Afridi lbw b Kumar    32
K. Akmal c Raina b Kumar    51
A. Razzaq c Dhoni b Kumar    3
M. Aamer run-out    3
S. Akhtar not out    3
S. Ajmal c Nehra b Khan    0
Extras (b-1, lb-5, w-4, nb-1)    11
Total: (all out, 49.3 overs)    267
Fall of wickets: 1-71, 2-144, 3-146, 4-159, 5-196, 6-219, 7-227, 8-247, 9-265.
Bowling: P. Kumar 10-1-53-3 (nb-1, w-2), A. Nehra 9-0-58-0, Z. Khan 9.3-0-41-2, Harbhajan Singh 8-0-47-2, V. Sehwag 3-0-19-0, R. Jadeja 10-0-43-1 (w-2).

INDIA innings
G. Gambhir b S. Ajmal    83
V. Sehwag c K. Akmal b A. Razzaq    10
V. Kohli b S. Ajmal    18
MS Dhoni b S. Malik    56
R. Sharma lbw b S. Afridi    22
S. Raina run-out    34
R. Jadeja b S. Ajmal    6
Harbhajan Singh not out    15
P. Kumar not out    3
Extras: (lb 15, w-8, nb-1)    24
Total: (7 wickets, 49.5 overs)    271
Fall of wickets 1-47, 2-82, 3-180, 4-208, 5-210, 6-219, 7-262.
Bowling: S. Akhtar 10-0-57-0 (nb-1, w-2), M. Aamer 9.5-0-56-0 (w-3), A. Razzaq 5-0-18-1, S. Ajmal 10-0-56-3, S. Afridi 10-0-41-1 (w-1), Shoaib Malik 5-0-28-1 (w-1).