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IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Highlights: Sri Lanka win by six wickets

India vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup Super Four Highlights: Sri Lanka won a thrilling encounter as Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dausn Shanaka kept their cool to chase down 174 and win the game by six wickets

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Sri Lanka beat India by six wickets in Asia Cup 2022. Photo: @ICC

Sri Lanka beat India by six wickets in Asia Cup 2022. Photo: @ICC

India vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2022 Highlights

Sri Lanka won a thrilling encounter as Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dausn Shanaka kept their cool to chase down 174 and win the game by six wickets. The openers put Sri Lanka ahead in the chase with the openers hitting a fifty each and adding 97 for the first wicket. Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin tried to bring India back with four quick wickets and at one moment, Sri Lanka needed 63 off 35 balls with two batters who had not made even a single run at the crease. 

But Rajapaksa and Shanaka kept believing and added an unbeaten 64 off just 34 balls to win the game. 

Earlier in the evening, after being put to bat first, India had a bad start and lost two quick wickets in KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma added 97 for the third wicket. However, Rohit got out on 72 off 41 balls and India lost the momentum. They could eventually score only 53 off 35 balls to finish at 173/8 in 20 overs.  

India vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2022 Toss

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and decided to bowl first against India, led by Rohit Sharma.

IND vs SL Asia Cup 2022: How did the teams shape up?

The Sri Lankan team is playing with the same team that beat Bangladesh and Afghanistan. On the other hand, India have brought in Ravichandran Ashwin in place of Ravi Bishnoi 

India Playing 11

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R.Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh

Sri Lanka Playing 11

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Charith Asalanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka.

Asia Cup 2022 India vs Sri Lanka Highlights: Catch all the updates from every happening on the field during India vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2022 live here

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First Published: Sep 06 2022 | 6:15 PM IST