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Mathews score 51 and hit one boundary and a six during his knock.
Ravindra Jadeja gave India crucial breakthrough by bowling out Mahela Jayawardene (38) after a gritty 78-run stand for the fourth wicket with Mathews.
After losing three wickets inside 50 runs, Jayawardene and Mathews guided Sri Lanka past 100 in the 32nd over in the second semifinal.
Invited to bat Sri Lanka got off to a slow start. Sri Lanka batsmen had tough time negotiating Indian bowlers as they just conceded only 26 runs in the mandatory powerplay.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar continued his good form, giving India again a quick breakthrough when he dismissed Sri Lanka's Kusal Perera in the third over with just six runs on board.
Sri Lanka suffered a massive blow when their opener Tillakaratne Dilshan got retired hurt as he had some serious trouble in his right leg.
India's lanky pacer Ishant Sharma then added to Sri Lanka's misery by getting rid of Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara in quick succession.
Ishant got both Thirimanne (7) and Sangakkara (17) caught by Suresh Raina in consecutive overs to reduce Sri Lanka to 41/3 in 18 overs.
Earlier, Indian skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and opted to bowl after rain delayed the scheduled start by 30 minutes but did not lead to a reduction in overs.
Indian retained their winning composition while Sri Lanka included Jeevan Mendis and Thisara Perera in place of Dinesh Chandimal and Shaminda Eranga
Both sides must bat for a minimum of 20 overs for a result to be declared.
If this game is washed out, India will go through to the final as they come into the knockout stages as the toppers of their group.
While India were the first team to make the last four from the tournament's Group of Death with an all-win record, Sri Lanka grabbed the last semifinal berth on Tuesday after warding off a late challenge from Australia.
The 20-run win against the Aussies enabled the Lankans to finish level on points with England, but an inferior run-rate pushed them to No. 2 and earned them a date with India.
For the Lankans, the clash against India will be a grudge game of sorts. In the final of the 2011 World Cup at the Wankhede, India outclassed the co-hosts by six wickets, easily chasing down a 275-run target, with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni laying the coup de grace with a towering six off Nuwan Kulasekara.
India and Sri Lanka clashed in the Champions Trophy final in 2002 in Colombo, not once but twice. On successive days, rain played spoilsport and for the first time in the history of a major ICC tournament, the title had to be shared.
Teams:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wkt), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravinchandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav
Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (wkt), Mahela Jayawardene, Jeevan Mendis, Angelo Mathews (capt), Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga
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