In the important match of Asia Cup 2022, Sri Lanka defeated the defending champion India by 6 wickets by showing a brilliant game. In the ma...
In the important match of Asia Cup 2022, Sri Lanka defeated the defending champion India by 6 wickets by showing a brilliant game.
In the match played in Dubai, Sri Lanka captain Dasan Shanaka won the toss and invited India to bat first.
When India started batting, they suffered in the second over when opener KL Rahon scored 6 runs off 7 balls with the help of a four and was lbw off Thikshana.
After that, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli tried to push the innings forward but Madhushanka blew the wickets of star batsman Kohli.
Sri Lankan batsmen inflicted heavy damage on India in the third over, Kohli returned to the pavilion without opening his account.
Rohit Sharma and Surya Kumar Yadav put on 97 runs off 58 balls in the third wicket partnership and put the team in a good position.
The Indian captain also completed his half-century during this partnership, but when the team's score reached 110 runs in the 13th over, he was dismissed by Karunaratne after playing an innings of 72 runs.
India's fourth out was Surya Kumar, who scored 34 runs and was Shanaka's wicket for 119.
Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant had taken the score to 149 in the 18th over before Shanaka took another wicket for Sri Lanka, this time dismissing the dangerous batsman Pandya.
Pandya scored 17 runs with a six, followed by Deepak Hooda's dismissal for 3, Pant's 17-run innings ended with a total of 158.
Ashwin scored 15 runs off 7 balls with a six and took the team's score to 173 runs.
India scored 173 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Sri Lanka's Shanaka took the most wickets with 3 wickets, Chamika Karuna Ratne and Dasan Shanaka took 2 each.
Chasing the target, Sri Lankan openers Patham Nisanka and Kaushal Mendes played aggressively and put on a partnership of 97 runs in 11 overs and also completed their half-centuries.
Pathum Shanaka was the first batsman to be dismissed for 52 runs, he scored 52 runs off 37 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes and new batsman Charith Asalinka was dismissed for a wicket.
Sri Lanka's third wicket fell on 110 when Dhanushka Gunthilak added a run to Ashwin.
Kaushal Mendes was the last batsman out, scoring a brilliant 57 off 37 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa and captain Dasan Shanaka put on a responsible partnership of 64 runs and did not let any more wickets fall and won the match.
Sri Lanka scored 174 runs for 4 wickets in the fifth ball of the last over and won the match by 6 wickets, making the chances of reaching the final clear.
Yuzvendra Chahal took 3 wickets and Ashwin took 1 wicket for India.
Sri Lankan captain Dasan Shanaka was adjudged the man of the match.
Earlier Dasan Shanaka had won the toss and said that the teams chasing the target have won in the last 10 to 12 matches in this field.
Without making any changes to the team, he said, "Our trend is unusual and we are hopeful of maintaining the rhythm."
On the other hand, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that if we had won the toss, we would have bowled first, there is no significant change in the pitch.
Referring to the match against Pakistan, he said that in the last match we played well but there was a slight mistake and now we have got a chance to improve.
Both teams for the match consisted of these players:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arsdeep Singh, Yuzvinder Chahal
Sri Lanka: Dasan Shanaka (captain), Patham Nisanka, Kaushal Mendes (wicketkeeper), Charith Asalinka, Dhanushka Gunathikala, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Vanindu Hasaranga de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Mahesh Thikshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madshanka.
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