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Bristol City knock Manchester United F.C. out of League Cup

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Bristol City knock Manchester United F.C. out of League Cup Mancheter United were nocked out of the League Cup by Championship side Bristol City, who pulled off a sensational 2-1 victory in the quarter-finals at Ashton Gate on Wednesday. Korey Smith scored the winner three minutes into stoppage time as Bristol City dispatched the Premier League giants amid ecstatic scenes. The victory was one of the great nights in the Championship club's 123-year history and now they face Premier League leaders Manchester City in the semi-finals. Chelsea, who defeated Bournemouth 2-1 in a dramatic finish at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, were later drawn to play Arsenal. Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, who saw his chances of winning a fifth League Cup ended, mixed praise for the victorious underdogs with the observation that they were also "lucky". "They played brilliantly, fought like it was the game of their lives which it probably was," he said on Sk
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India's 4 biggest victories in T20 Internationals

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India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I in Cuttack: India crushed Sri Lanka by 93 runs in the first T20I at the Barabati stadium to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. This is India's biggest win in twenty20 internationals in terms of runs .  India's brilliant performance with both bat and ball against Sri Lanka  ensured a comprehensive 93-run victory for the hosts  in the first T20 International at Cuttack on Wednesday. Their previous best was the 90-run victory against England at Colombo in 2012. ( Scorecard ) Earlier this year India had defeated England by 75 runs at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru which was their third biggest win while the 73-run victory over Australia in 2014 rounds off the top-four. India have now defeated Sri Lanka 13 times in 2017 across formats which is the most by them against any opposition in a single year. They had beaten the same opposition 12 times across formats in 2009 and registered 12 wins over West Indies in 2011. Yuzven
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Chahal takes four as India thump Sri Lanka in T20.

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Leg-spinner Chahal takes four as India thump Sri Lanka in T20. India’s Yuzvendra Chahal picked up four wickets in a brilliant display of leg-spin bowling to guide the hosts to a facile 93-run win against Sri Lanka in the opening Twenty20 international at Cuttack on Wednesday.         Opener Lokesh Rahul, who was not part of the side that beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in the one-day international series, hit 61 off 48 balls to build the platform for India’s innings of 180-3 in 20 overs after Sri Lanka had won the toss and opted to field. The tourists, who also lost the three-test series 1-0, were all out for 87, matching their second lowest total in the format and handing India their biggest victory margin by runs in T20s. Coming in to bowl inside the batting powerplay, Chahal showed exemplary control with a slippery ball, owing to the dew on the ground, and finished with 4-23 in his four overs. Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav snubbed out the remaining chances of a
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