Dubai: Under the captaincy of Hit Sharma, Team India got the second consecutive defeat in the Super-4 of Asia Cup. With this, the team was almost out of the race for the final. Sri Lanka achieved the target of 174 runs in 19.5 overs. Pathum Nisanka scored 52 and Kusal Mendis scored 57 runs. After this, captain Dasun Shanaka scored an unbeaten 33 and Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored an unbeaten 25 and gave the team a thrilling victory. Both also made an unbeaten half-century partnership.
In the match, Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and decided to bowl. He has scored 173 runs for 8 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma played a half-century innings. He scored 72 runs in 41 balls. Hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, Suryakumar Yadav contributed 34 runs in 29 balls. However, only 46 runs were scored in the last 5 overs. Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant contributed 17-17 runs. Ashwin scored an unbeaten 15 off 7 balls. For Sri Lanka, left-arm fast bowler Dilshan Madhushanka took 3 wickets for 24 runs. Chamika Karunaratne and Dasun Shanaka also got 2-2 wickets.
Sri Lanka has not made any changes in their playing 11. At the same time, the Indian team has made a change. Ashwin has got a chance in place of Bishnoi. Bishnoi, however, did well against Pakistan in the last match. India lost to Pakistan in their first match of the Super-4 of the T20 tournament. On the other hand, Sri Lanka has made a good start by defeating Afghanistan. In the last match, Pakistan registered a thrilling victory against India in the last over. Mohammad Rizwan had scored a half-century. At the same time, Mohammad Nawaz did a wonderful performance with the bat after the ball.
Indian bowling against Pakistan was nothing special. Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was not in rhythm and gave 19 runs in the 19th over. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal hasn’t been in good shape throughout the tournament so far. Young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi did well against Pakistan. In the end, Arshdeep Singh dropped the catch of Asif Ali. For this reason, he was criticized. But after the match, Rohit said that 180 is the best score on any pitch.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, did not have a good start in the tournament. In the first match, he was defeated by Afghanistan. In that match, the team could score only 105 runs. But after that, he made a spectacular comeback by defeating Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Kusal Mendis has batted well in the last two matches. Apart from this, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Charit Aslanka and Wanindu Hasaranga have also performed well.
