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COLOMBO: Kuldeep Yadav starred as India overcame a brilliant all-round effort from Sri Lanka's Dunith Wellalage to win a tense Asia Cup clash by 41 runs on Tuesday (Sep 12) and book a place in the final.
India defeated Sri Lanka by 41 runs in a super four match to secure their place in the final of the Asia Cup on Tuesday. Asked to bowl first, left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage (5/40) took a fifer as Sri Lanka bowled India out for 213. The spin duo of Wellalage and Charith Asalanka (4/18) wreaked havoc in the middle overs to bundle out India in 49.1 overs after skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat. Rohit (53) top-scored for India. There was a brief rain interruption with just three overs remaining in India's innings.
The Asia Cup 2023 has been severely affected by rain delays with a number of matches getting abandoned due to either heavy showers or far from ideal ground conditions. The much-anticipated India vs Pakistan game in the group stages had to be abandoned due to rain and their Super 4 clash could be finished thanks to the reserve day. The game between India and Sri Lanka was also halted after the 47th over during the Indian innings due to rain with the score reading 197 for 9 wickets.
The India vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup Super 4 match turned out to be quite a low-scoring thriller. After India were all out for 213, with Sri Lanka spinners Dunith Wellalage and Charith Asalanka taking nine wickets among them, Indian bowlers struck back. It was a challenging contest for both side. Sri Lanka lost three early wickets but a steady stand between Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka frustrated India. However, Kuldeep Yadav broke the stand in the 18th over with the scoreboard reading 68/4. KL Rahul affected a brilliant stumping and Rohit broke into an aggressive celebration.
Cricket sometimes present beautiful incidents off the field. One such incident happened during England women's cricket team's match against Sri Lanka women's cricket team at the County Ground in Northampton. In a video posted by Sky Sports Cricket, an Indian-origin man named Mayank and his girlfriend Dory were being interviewed when a special thing happened. The anchor asked Dory: "How's Your Day Going Dory?" The reply was: "It's perfect. We love cricket."
Jasprit Bumrah suffered a massive injury scare during the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 clash between India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Bumrah suffered a back injury back in September 2022 and he ended up missing the T20 World Cup and the Indian Premier League due to rehabilitation. He finally made his return in the T20I series against Ireland and will surely be a major asset for his side in the upcoming Cricket World Cup 2023. As a result, Indian cricket team fans were left extremely worried when he seemingly twisted his ankle while bowling against Sri Lanka. He landed awkwardly while delivering the ball and his ankle got twisted during the follow-through. However, there was not much to worry as he came back to continue his bowling spell and ended up dismissing Pathum Nissanka in his next over.
It has been an interesting week for Sri Lanka spinner Dunith Wellalage. During Sri Lanka's group stage match against Afghanistan, the 20-year-old was on the receiving end of a Rashid Khan onslaught that almost knocked his side out of the competition. Wellalage ended up conceding three boundaries in 4 balls and it took the late heroics from teammate Dhananjaya de Silva to salvage the game for Sri Lanka. However, it looks like he was able to put that all in the past as he produced a sensational bowling display against India on Tuesday. He dismissed Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli to leave the India top-order in tatters and followed it up with Hardik Pandya to complete his five-wicket haul.
The esteemed batting pair of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma brought up another record, becoming the fastest pair in world cricket to score 5,000 runs in ODIs. The Kohli, Rohit pair went past West Indies' Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes in the process. The Windies duo had reached the landmark in 97 innings. Kohli and Rohit reached the 500-run mark in the Asia Cup Super 4 match against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.