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The Indian cricket team was bundled out for 213 runs in 49.1 overs.
Dinus Velalege took 5 wickets from Sri Lanka
Rohit Sharma played a half century innings from India.
New Delhi. The Indian cricket team has entered the finals of the Asia Cup after defeating Sri Lanka. Team India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs. The Indian batting collapsed like a pack of cards in the Super Four match played at the R Premadasa Stadium in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, but we have to praise Team India’s bowlers who gave India a memorable victory in a low-key affair. Scoring match. Team India will face Bangladesh in the Super Four on September 15.
Chasing the target of 214 runs given by India, the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for 172 runs. Dhananjaya de Silva played the highest innings of 41 runs from Sri Lanka. Chasing the target, Sri Lanka got off to a poor start and were bowled out for 3 in a total of 25 runs. Charith Aslanka and Dhananjay De Silva tried to take control of the innings but the duo also gave up hope and left the team in the deficit.
For Sri Lanka, Aslanka scored 22 runs while Sadira Samarawickrama was dismissed for 17 runs. Kusal Mendis contributed 15 runs. Opener Pathum Nissanka scored 6 runs while Dimuth Karunaratne contributed 2 runs. Captain Dasun Shanaka returned to the pavilion scoring 9 runs. For India, Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets while Bumrah and Jadeja took 2 wickets each.
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Velalage and Aslanka bowled career bests
Earlier, Sri Lanka bowled out the Indian team for 213 runs in 49.1 overs, thanks to career-best performances from Dunith Velalage (40/5) and Charith Aslankana (18/4). A day earlier, the Indian team scored 356 runs for two wickets on the same ground and won against Pakistan by a record 228 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma played a quick innings of 53 off 48 balls for India and shared an 80-run stand for the first wicket with Shubman Gill (13). Velalge dismissed Gill, Virat Kohli (three runs) and Rohit in his first three overs to put the Indian team on the backfoot.
Rahul and Ishan shared a partnership of 63 runs
Lokesh Rahul (39) and Ishan Kishan (33), who scored an unbeaten century against Pakistan, tried to make a comeback in the match by putting on a partnership of 63 off 89 balls for the fourth wicket, but Velalag broke the partnership with a dismissal. Rahul. After this Aslanka walked Kishan and then showed the lower order batsmen the way to the pavilion.
Rohit completed 10 thousand runs in ODIs
Akshar Patel (26) shared a 27-run partnership for the last wicket with Mohammad Siraj (5 not out) to take the team to 213 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill once again gave the Indian team a great start after winning the toss and batting first. Rohit opened his hand in the first over while Gill opened his hand in the fifth over with a four off Kasun Rajit. Rohit hit a six against the same bowler in the seventh over to reach 10000 runs in ODIs. The Indian captain touched this figure in 248 matches and 241st innings. He is second only to Virat Kohli (205 innings) in terms of completing 10000 runs in the fewest innings.
Defeated a legend like Sachin in the matter of least innings.
He has joined the great Sachin Tendulkar (259 innings), Sourav Ganguly (263), Ricky Ponting (266), Jacques Kallis (272), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (273) in terms of completing 10000 runs in the fewest innings. Brian Lara (278). , leaving behind legends like Chris Gayle (282) and current Indian team coach Rahul Dravid (287 innings). In the 10th over, Rohit hit Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka for four fours in the power play to take the Indian team’s score to 65 runs. In the 11th over, he sent the ball to the crowd with his favorite pull shot off Matish Pathirana’s short ball.
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Tags: Akshar Patel, IND vs SL, India vs Sri Lanka, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja
First published: September 12, 2023, 22:59 IST

