Watch: India defeats Sri Lanka by 41 points in the 2023 Asia Cup Super 4 match to book a spot in the final. Watch IND vs SL highlights.
India captain Rohit Sharma (53 off 48 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes) chose to bat at the R Premadasa Stadium and hit a six to become the second fastest ODI player to reach 10,000 runs. He has become an accomplished player. Rohit and fellow opener Shubman Gill scored 80 in 11 overs.
Then, Danis Wellerage, who is only 20 years old, took center stage, beating Gill, Virat Kohli and Rohit within 13 balls as India slipped to 91-3.
Ishan Kishan (33) and KL Rahul (39) added 63 points but collapsed again. Welerage scored two more and he finished with 5-40, while Charice Asaranka – who scored his one for his country before the match on Wicket – made the score 4-0. 18.
Axar Patel (26) eventually lifted India’s total score from 186-9 to 213. This was her 14th consecutive time Sri Lanka defeated an opponent in an ODI.
Jasprit Bumrah’s typically ferocious opening spell (2 for 30) left Sri Lanka reeling at 25 for 3. After a brief counterattack, Kuldeep Yadav (4-43) hit his second and Ravindra Jadeja (2-33) his first, Sri Lanka took his 73-5 and then 99 We dropped to 6 wins and 6 losses.
Dhananjaya de Silva (41) and Wellaraju (42 not out) added 63 points to bring the attack back to the Indians. However, it soon came to an end for Kuldeep as the partnership ended and Sri Lanka were eliminated for 172.
Weralaju was named Player of the Game despite the result.
India secured a place in the finals with 4 points (net run rate +2.69) from 2 matches. Bangladesh could not get out of the block even after two games and were eliminated. Therefore, the clash between the two on September 15 is superfluous.
However, the September 14th match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan will effectively be a semi-final as both teams have won one of the two matches. However, Sri Lanka’s superior net run rate (-0.2) would qualify them ahead of Pakistan (-1.892) if the teams had to share points (in case of a draw, no result, or outright defeat). It means you can get it.
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