Suno Dil Se: If the Asia Cup was seen as a warm-up tournament before the World Cup, it goes without saying that Team India has been completely successful in this endeavor so far.
I am here in this podcast to cover the cricket activities of the week, please accept greetings from Sanjay Banerjee. If the Asia Cup was being seen as a warm-up tournament before the World Cup, it goes without saying that Team India has been completely successful in that endeavor so far. When the Indian batsmen against Pakistan mocked the allegedly terrifying fast bowling of the neighbour, the bowlers forced the Pakistani batsmen to kneel down. On the other hand, the Sri Lankan spinners kept the Indian batsmen in check to some extent, while the bowlers brilliantly defended the score of just 213. That is, India won both the Super Four matches easily and made it to the finals.
India is scheduled to play Bangladesh on 15th September i.e. today in Colombo, the result of this match will not affect anyone. India are already in the finals and Bangladesh have been eliminated from the Asia Cup after losing both matches. After the Asia Cup, India has to play a three-match series against Australia and it is obvious that India will take this series against Australia seriously before the World Cup. In such a situation, today will be the last chance for Team India, if they want to try something else in their team before the World Cup, today can be done.
On the other hand, on Thursday night, Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan with the last ball and made it to the final of the Asia Cup for the eleventh time. Even before the Asia Cup, India-Pakistan clash was speculated thrice, but after yesterday’s thrilling encounter, it could not happen. In the often rain-affected match in Colombo, Sri Lanka had to score 252 while chasing the Duckworth-Lewis rule, which they scored off the last ball. Aslanka stood firm till the end and his unbeaten 49 wrote a new story of victory. However, the architect of this win was Kushal Mendis, whose 91 off 87 balls followed by Sadira Samarawickrama, whose 48 laid the foundation for the win. This combative batting wasted Pakistan’s valuable 86 runs off 52 balls by Abdullah Shafiq and 73 balls by Rizwan. This was a big blow for Pakistan before the World Cup.