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

8:17 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Karunaratne keeps it tight

 

Karunaratne is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Played in the gap and Rohit runs two as fifty comes up for India

 

Ball 2 In the air…but goes to deep backward square on one bounce

 

Ball 3 Dot ball 

 

Ball 4 Almost hit Surya’s stumps there as the ball kept lower than was expected by the batter

 

Ball 5 Slower one from Karunaratne and hit hard by Surya. But it goes to third-man for only a single 

 

Ball 6 Played to deep mid-wicket for a single 

 

India Live Score 54-2 after 08 overs 

 

8:12 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Hasaranga keeps it tight

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball 

 

Ball 2 Single to deep cover

 

Ball 3 Driven past short mid-off for a single to long-off

 

Ball 4 Dot ball as Hasaranga bowls a leg break

 

Ball 5 Googly as Rohit pushes this in the gap and runs two 

 

Ball 6 Played to deep covers for a single 

 

India Live Score 49-2 after 07 overs 

 

8:09 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: India recover from early losses

 

Theekshana is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single to deep backward square leg

 

Ball 2 Four!! Rohit goes on one knee and sweeps it for a four to deep square leg 

 

Ball 3 Single taken 

 

Ball 4 Quick single taken from mid-on

 

Ball 5 Dot ball as Theekshana bowls a yorker again

 

Ball 6 Played to long-on for a single 

 

India Live Score 44-2 after 06 overs 

 

8:05 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Most productive over for India

 

Asitha Fernando is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Asitha starts with a back of length in-swinger and Rohit plays this to short mid-wicket for no runs 

 

Ball 2 Six!! Short ball and Rohit comes down the ground and pulls it over deep fine leg for a six

 

Ball 3 Four!! Best shot of the evening so far as Rohit just presents the full face of the bat and cuts it through the backward point and covers for a beautiful four 

 

Ball 4 On the legs and worked away fine by Rohit for two runs to deep backward square leg

 

Ball 5 Misfield at short mid-wicket will get Rohit a single 

 

Ball 6 Single off the last ball would make it 14 from the over, the most productive for India so far

 

India Live Score 35-2 after 05 overs 

 

7:59 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Rohit survives

 

Karunaratne is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Karunaratne starts with a short of a good length ball that surprises Rohit 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Similar length again, but this time around Rohit was ready as he hits it over mid-on for a four

 

Ball 3 Cut away to deep backward point for a single 

 

Ball 4 Sri Lanka have Asitha Fernando as another pacer and it is surprising that instead of applying him, Shanaka has given the ball to Karunaratne. SKY drives this straight to mid-off for no runs 

 

Ball 5 Played to short third-man for a single 

 

Ball 6 Edge and falls just short of the flying slip as Rohit survives 

 

India Live Score 21-2 after 04 overs 

 

7:53 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Sri Lanka on the charge

 

Madhushanka is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single to third-man by Rohit 

 

Ball 2 Comes into Kohli as Madhushanka is able to swing it into the right-handers. Dot ball as Kohli defends 

 

Ball 3 Hits high on the bat to Kohli as he is forced into the drive. The ball lands short of mid-off

 

Ball 4 Appeal for leg before wicket as well as caught behind. The umpire is unmoved, Kohli laughs sheepishly and Sri Lanka don’t review. Well it has been called a wide now

 

Ball 4 Wicket!! No reviews are needed now as the great in-swinger from Madhushanka has castled Kohli and India are now two down with Kohli out for nought 

 

Ball 5 An in-swinger first up to Surya too, but he has taken it on the full and played to deep backward square leg for two wickets 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball will end an engaging over 

 

India Live Score 15-2 after 03 overs 

 

7:51 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Madhushanka castles Kohli, India two down

 

Madhushanka is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single to third-man by Rohit 

 

Ball 2 Comes into Kohli as Madhushanka is able to swing it into the right-handers. Dot ball as Kohli defends 

 

Ball 3 Hits high on the bat to Kohli as he is forced into the drive. The ball lands short of mid-off

 

Ball 4 Appeal for leg before wicket as well as caught behind. The umpire is unmoved, Kohli laughs sheepishly and Sri Lanka don’t review

 

Ball 5 Wicket!! No reviews needed now as the great in-swinger from Madhushanka has castled Kohli and India are now two down with Kohli out for nought 

 

7:46 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: India suffer early blow

 

Theekshana is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Into Rohit first ball and he works it away for a single 

 

Ball 2 Worked away on the on-side for a single by Rahul this time 

 

Ball 3 Once again Theekshana is quick and into Rohit from over the wicket. Pure off-spin. Single is taken again

 

Ball 4 Four!! Rahul pre-empts the delivery, goes down the ground and gets it inside out over the covers for a four

 

Ball 5 Wicket!! It was a faster delivery and once again Rahul was going down the ground and Theekshana bowled a perfect yorker which is difficult even for a fast bowler to execute. The ball hit Rahul’s boots. The umpire has given it out, but Rahul took the review immediately 

 

Replays show that the ball is hitting the shoes directly. But it seems like the third-umpire has some doubts and he is playing the video again and again. He was sure that the ball was hitting the stumps. The ball tracking showed that the impact was in line and the ball was pitching outside off. It would have gone on to clip the stumps and hence Rahul has to walk back on the umpire’s call. 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball will end the over 

 

India Live Score 11-1 after 02 overs 

 

7:46 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Rahul gone, India lose first wicket

 

Theekshana is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Into Rohit first ball and he works it away for a single 

 

Ball 2 Worked away on the on-side for a single by Rahul this time 

 

Ball 3 Once again Theekshana is quick and into Rohit from over the wicket. Pure off-spin. Single is taken again

 

Ball 4 Four!! Rahul pre-empts the delivery, goes down the ground and gets it inside out over the covers for a four

 

Ball 5 Wicket!! It was a faster delivery and once again Rahul was going down the ground and Theekshana bowled a perfect yorker which is difficult even for a fast bowler to execute. The ball hit Rahul’s boots. The umpire has given it out, but Rahul took the review immediately 

 

Replays show that the ball is hitting the shoes directly. But it seems like the third-umpire has some doubts and he is playing the video again and again. He was sure that the ball was hitting the stumps. The ball tracking showed that the impact was in line and the ball was pitching outside off. It would have gone on to clip the stumps and hence Rahul has to walk back on the umpire’s call. 

 

7:37 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Good start from Madhushanka

 

Madhushanka is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Good outswing first up from Madhushanka. Single is taken by Rahul

 

Ball 2 Wide down the leg as Madhushanka tries to get the ball back into Rohit

 

Ball 2 Dot ball. Rohit plays this to mid-off

 

Ball 3 Rohit guides this outside off delivery to third-man to get off the mark 

 

Ball 4 Wide down the leg once again

 

Ball 4 Good ball as this one comes back into Rahul who plays it hastily 

 

Ball 5 Wide outside off and Rahul tries to cut it, but he is unable to get the full face of the bat. Dot ball 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball will end the over

 

India Live Score 4-0 after 01 over 

 

7:29 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: The national anthems are on

 

Both the teams are in the ground for the mandatory national anthems before the game and the fans of both teams have thronged the stadium in large numbers. India are batting first once again. 

 

7:23 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Here’s a look at the pitch

7:22 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: It is the same pitch that India played Pakistan on

 

“This is the same pitch that was used in the game against Pakistan. It looks a lot whiter and a lot drier. It played really nicely and will have a lot more for the spinners. Glad to see Ashwin in the side with Sri Lanka having quite a few left-handers. This would be a very good pitch for batting,” Ravi Shastri in the pitch report

 

7:16 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Is dropping Ravi Bishnoi a good call?

 

India have played Ravichandran Ashwin in place of Ravi Bishnoi as a tactical move to counter the Sri Lankan left-handers. It is valid that an off-spinner was required, but should Ravi Bihsnoi have been dropped? Bishnoi gave away only 26 runs and picked the crucial wicket of Babar Azam in the last game. But on the other hand, Yuzvendra Chahal went for 43 in his four overs and still gets a game. 

 

7:12 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Sri Lanka Playing 11 for today’s game