Asia Cup: India defeated Sri Lanka by 41 runs and secured a place in the final – Dainik Savera Times

Colombo: Here R. Rohit Sharma’s Indian team bowled brilliantly on Tuesday at the Premadasa Stadium to defend a small score and end Sri Lanka’s 13-match winning streak in One Day Internationals. In the fourth match of the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup, India defeated Sri Lanka by 41 runs after being all out for 213 runs in a low-scoring thriller and secured a place in the final.

It was not easy for Sri Lanka to chase the target of 213 runs on this pitch. The hosts lost the wicket of Pathum Nissanka in the third over, followed by two more wickets in the power-play. Out of these three wickets, two wickets were taken by fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, while the third was taken by Mohammad Siraj. Charith Asalanka and Sadira Samarawickrama added 43 runs for the fourth wicket.

Before this, Kuldeep Yadav came into action and dismissed both the batsmen in consecutive overs. However, Sri Lanka bounced back thanks to a brilliant partnership between Dhananjaya de Silva and Dinuth Velalej for the seventh wicket. The pair added 63 runs in a late fightback to pull Sri Lanka closer to victory, with 44 runs needed from 55 balls. After the fall of wickets at the other end, lone warrior Dinuth Velez fought till the end.

The 20-year-old’s flexible innings was the centerpiece of the match for Sri Lanka as the young spinner stunned India by taking his first five-wicket haul. His stellar performance earned him praise from Virat Kohli during the post-match handshake. In the end it was the spinners who turned the tables for India as Jadeja took one wicket and Kuldeep took two wickets in the end to seal the match.

He finished with dominant figures of (9.3-0-43-4). Earlier in the day, India won the toss and batted first and scored 213 runs on a difficult pitch, which was very challenging for batting. Rohit Sharma showed excellent batting skills and scored his second consecutive half-century in the tournament. Apart from him, KL Rahul once again batted purposefully in the middle overs and scored 39 runs. It was a historic day for the Sri Lankan spinners, as India were bowled out by the spinners for the first time.

The Sri Lankan trio of Dimuth Velalej (5-40), Charith Asalanka (4-19) and Mahesh Thekshan shared all 10 wickets in the Indian innings. For his brilliant all-round performance, Velez was declared ‘Player of the Match’ as ​​he took 5-40 and then top-scored with 42 for Sri Lanka. Velalez said, ‘First of all I want to congratulate the Indian team. Unfortunately, we lost the match today, but we have one more game to reach the final.

Kuldeep Yadav is a great bowler, but I tried to show my normal game. Play and stay positive. [आप कैसा महसूस कर रहे थे?] From a young age I worked hard and had a positive mindset. Want to thank my teammates and support staff.’ Winning captain Rohit Sharma said, ‘It was a good game. We also had to play this kind of game under pressure.

Challenged many aspects of our game. We definitely want to play on the pitches, see what we can achieve. They [हार्दकि] Has worked hard on his bowling over the last few years, and it is pleasing to see how he bowls those spells. It is not an easy target to defend. Towards the end the pitch got a little better, so we had to remain patient and bowl consistently. Losing captain Dasun Shanaka said, ‘We did not expect this kind of wicket, but after the first 10 overs we came into the match brilliantly with the spinners. The bowling of two real batsmen is excellent.

Brief Score:

India all out for 213 runs in 49.1 overs (Rohit Sharma 53, K.L. Rahul 39, Dunith Velalej 5-40, Charith Asalanka 4-18) and Sri Lanka all out for 172 runs in 41.3 overs (Dinus Velalez 42 , Dhananjay de Silva 41, Kuldeep Yadav 4-43, Ravindra Jadeja 3-33, Jasprit Bumrah 2-30) by 41 runs.