India’s batting continues against Sri Lanka in the Super Four stage match in the Asia Cup. On India’s 197 runs, 9 players returned to the pavilion while on this occasion the match was stopped due to rain.
In this match being played at the Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo, India got off to a good start and suffered the first loss for 80 runs.
India’s first wicket fell on 80, second 90 and third wicket 91 runs when Shibman Gill 19, Virat Kohli 3 and Rohit Sharma got out for 53 runs.
These three players were dismissed by Donath Velalage and put a stop to the flight of the Indian batsmen to a big total.
This was followed by a 63-run partnership between KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan that held India’s batting line.
However, on a total of 154, Velalage caught KL Rahul off his own ball and dismissed him. He scored 39 runs.
Charith Asalanka then ended Ishan Kishan’s innings with 33 runs for a total of 170.
Sri Lankan spinners did not give Indian batsmen a chance to play openly. Velalage completed his 5-wicket haul in the innings by dismissing Hardik Pandya for 172 for 5 runs.
Charith Asalanka dismissed Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav back-to-back for a total of 186, shattering India’s dream of a big total.
India have won the toss and decided to bat first against Sri Lanka.
Speaking after the toss in Colombo, Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma said that playing on the third consecutive day is a challenge.
On this occasion, the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team, Dawson Shanaka, said that we would have batted first on this pitch, the young players of the team have now become seniors.
For this match, the Indian team has made a change and added Akshar Patel to the team instead of Shirdal Thakur.
The Sri Lankan team has retained the team that played the previous match.
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