India vs Sri Lanka Highlights: India all but out of Asia Cup after Sri Lanka outsmart Rohit Sharma’s men in another thriller | Cricket News – Times of India

DUBAI: For a staff that got here to the Asia Cup boasting it to be extra of a preparation for the T20 World Cup, India have been dealt a harsh lesson by Sri Lanka on Tuesday evening. All of Team India’s inadequacies got here to the floor as Sri Lanka, with immaculate planning and indomitable spirit, took pole place to make the ultimate by chasing down 174 with one ball and 6 wickets to spare.
India, who’ve performed musical chairs with its taking part in XI, discover themselves hoping for a miracle to make the ultimate having misplaced each their Super 4 matches. Fearless, carefree and aggression—every part Team India aspired to realize within the event—have been Sri Lanka’s virtues on the evening. 10 months on from the debacle of T20 World Cup right here in UAE, India nonetheless discover themselves weak in crunch video games.
As It Happened
Openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis set the tone for the chase, hammering 97 for the primary wicket in 11.1 overs. Both of them confronted 37 balls every and scored 52 and 57 respectively. Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin (who got here in for Ravi Bishnoi) drew India again into the competition 3/34 and 1/32 within the center overs. But captain Dasun Shanaka (33* off 18) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (25* off 17) placed on an unbeaten partnership of 64 in 34 balls to show the lackluster loss of life bowling of India who have been crippled by lack of bowling choices.

Sri Lanka got here with a plan to make use of the quick boundary to their benefit. They succeeded by proscribing the Indian batting to 173/8 as a lot of the Indian batters have been holed out to the larger facet of the sphere. And when Lankan batters got here out to bat, each large hit was focused in direction of the shorter boundary. The Indian bowlers, who seemed like bowling with out contemplating the shorter boundary, have been left surprised.

For the primary time since he assumed common Team India captaincy, Rohit the belligerent T20 got here out of the shadow of Rohit the captain. It’s all been about rebuilding a staff, setting a model of cricket and making ready for the T20 World Cup in October. On Tuesday, Rohit took it upon himself to carry India along with a 41-ball 72. If solely he had his batting lineup, crammed with IPL superstars, backing him up and offering a powerful end.
Rohit doesn’t normally emote a lot on the sphere. But when Virat Kohli was cleaned up for a duck by left-arm seamer Dilshan Madushanka a couple of balls after KL Rahul fell for six, he flung his head again and the stress was evident on his face. At 13/2, the Indian dressing room was certain to be jittery.
In response, Rohit launched a counterattack. He has been most vocal concerning the ultra-aggressive, carefree and fearless cricket he wished his staff to play. It was time he confirmed the way it’s completed. The second he skipped down the monitor to a quick Asitha Fernando ball and pulled him over mid-wicket for a six within the fifth over, you knew he meant enterprise.
The challenges of scoring fluently have been obvious seeing the ever-enterprising Suryakumar Yadav struggling to get a transfer on with 29-ball 34. Rohit was there to play the lead function. Skips down the monitor to the spinners, little laps previous fine-leg and his trademark pull photographs have been all on present. The run-rate shot previous nine-runs per over.
There the ordeal started. Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant confirmed flashes of their power-hitting prowess however then the Sri Lankan bowlers held their nerve and caught to their plans. Both fell for equivalent scores (17 off 13) attempting to clear the large boundary.
The match was performed on the identical floor India and Pakistan performed two nights in the past. It seemed drier and much more sluggish. With one facet of the boundary being 80 metre-long, the Sri Lankan assault was good to take advantage of all of it. Maheesh Theeksana had set the tempo together with his immaculate powerplay bowling. Rohit couldn’t have let leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga slide by means of his overs.
Rohit was motoring alongside and seemed like posting an ominous whole until the dearth of tempo within the pitch lastly accounted for him as his higher reduce was caught at deep-point off Chamika Karunaratne. Surya’s ramp off Dasun Shanaka additionally couldn’t clear quick third-man.