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India through to Asia Cup final after beating Sri Lanka by 41 runs
India recorded their second straight Super Four win
India is through to the Asia Cup final after beating Sri Lanka by 41 runs on Tuesday in a Super-4 match played at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium.
Sri Lanka bowled out India for 213 runs while batting first.
Dunith Wellalage spun his way to a 5-wicket haul, while Asalanka picked up 4 crucial wickets!
In the case of 214 runs target Sri Lanka was wiped out at 41 runs deficet.
Wellalage, who claimed his maiden ODI five-wicket haul, remained unbeaten.
Today was India’s third successive day of cricket after hammering Pakistan by 228 runs on Monday’s reserve day due to rain.
Score Card:
India (50 ovs maximum)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rohit Sharma (c)
|
b Wellalage | 53 | 48 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 110.41 | ||
|
Shubman Gill
|
b Wellalage | 19 | 25 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 76.00 | ||
|
Virat Kohli
|
c Shanaka b Wellalage | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
|
Ishan Kishan †
|
c Wellalage b Asalanka | 33 | 61 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 54.09 | ||
|
KL Rahul
|
c & b Wellalage | 39 | 44 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 88.63 | ||
|
Hardik Pandya
|
c †Mendis b Wellalage | 5 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 27.77 | ||
|
Ravindra Jadeja
|
c †Mendis b Asalanka | 4 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | ||
|
Axar Patel
|
c Samarawickrama b Theekshana | 26 | 36 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 72.22 | ||
|
Jasprit Bumrah
|
b Asalanka | 5 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | ||
|
Kuldeep Yadav
|
c de Silva b Asalanka | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
|
Mohammed Siraj
|
not out | 5 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 26.31 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 20) | 21 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 49.1 Ov (RR: 4.33) | 213 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Shubman Gill, 11.1 ov), 2-90 (Virat Kohli, 13.5 ov), 3-91 (Rohit Sharma, 15.1 ov), 4-154 (KL Rahul, 29.6 ov), 5-170 (Ishan Kishan, 34.2 ov), 6-172 (Hardik Pandya, 35.6 ov), 7-178 (Ravindra Jadeja, 38.5 ov), 8-186 (Jasprit Bumrah, 42.1 ov), 9-186 (Kuldeep Yadav, 42.2 ov), 10-213 (Axar Patel, 49.1 ov) • DRS
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kasun Rajitha
|
4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
|
Mahesh Theekshana
|
9.1 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 4.47 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
|
Dasun Shanaka
|
3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
Matheesha Pathirana
|
4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
|
Dunith Wellalage
|
10 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 4.00 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
Dhananjaya de Silva
|
10 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2.80 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Charith Asalanka
|
9 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 2.00 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka (T: 214 runs from 50 ovs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pathum Nissanka
|
c Rahul b Bumrah | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 | ||
|
Dimuth Karunaratne
|
c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj | 2 | 18 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | ||
|
Kusal Mendis †
|
c sub (SA Yadav) b Bumrah | 15 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 93.75 | ||
|
Sadeera Samarawickrama
|
st Rahul b Kuldeep Yadav | 17 | 31 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 54.83 | ||
|
Charith Asalanka
|
c Rahul b Kuldeep Yadav | 22 | 35 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 62.85 | ||
|
Dhananjaya de Silva
|
c Shubman Gill b Jadeja | 41 | 66 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 62.12 | ||
|
Dasun Shanaka (c)
|
c Sharma b Jadeja | 9 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 69.23 | ||
|
Dunith Wellalage
|
not out | 42 | 46 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 91.30 | ||
|
Mahesh Theekshana
|
c sub (SA Yadav) b Pandya | 2 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | ||
|
Kasun Rajitha
|
b Kuldeep Yadav | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
|
Matheesha Pathirana
|
b Kuldeep Yadav | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, nb 1, w 8) | 15 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 41.3 Ov (RR: 4.14) | 172 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Pathum Nissanka, 2.1 ov), 2-25 (Kusal Mendis, 6.4 ov), 3-25 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 7.1 ov), 4-68 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 17.3 ov), 5-73 (Charith Asalanka, 19.2 ov), 6-99 (Dasun Shanaka, 25.1 ov), 7-162 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 37.3 ov), 8-171 (Mahesh Theekshana, 40.5 ov), 9-172 (Kasun Rajitha, 41.1 ov), 10-172 (Matheesha Pathirana, 41.3 ov) • DRS
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jasprit Bumrah
|
7 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 4.28 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
|
Mohammed Siraj
|
5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 3.40 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
Hardik Pandya
|
5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2.80 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Kuldeep Yadav
|
9.3 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 4.52 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
Ravindra Jadeja
|
10 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3.30 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Axar Patel
|
5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5.80 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
