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

7:10 PM

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

7:03 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Sri Lanka win toss, opt to bowl

 

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

 

6:54 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Earlier today, one of India’s best Suresh Raina retired

6:52 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: India team has landed in Dubai

6:39 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: What should be India’s bowling ploy against Sri Lanka?

 

Going into the game against Sri Lanka tonight, India must plan to have five proper bowlers and Hardik. If Avesh Khan is fit, he becomes the fifth bowler naturally, and one among Ravi Bishnoi or Yuzvendra Chahal would have to sit out. However, if Avesh is still not fit, India would have to slide in either Axar Patel or Ravi Ashwin to make it a five-bowler set or would have to bowl Hooda for some overs.

 

The bad thing with India is it has no other pacer in reserve to play in place of Avesh. In the last match against Afghanistan, Sri Lankans showed they are more than apt at negotiating quality spin. Thus, India is in a bit of a tricky situation here. How they would get out of it is another question that might only be answered on the field.

 

6:39 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Should Hardik Pandya be India’s fifth bowler?

 

In a career of 69 matches, Hardik has taken two or more wickets by conceding less than 30 runs on only nine occasions, clearly suggesting that he is not the main bowler. And even in those nine matches, it has only been thrice, twice against Sri Lanka in 2017 and once against England in March 2021, that the Baroda man played as the fifth bowler. In all other cases, he did not have the pressure to bowl four overs.

 

It clearly indicates that he does not see himself as the team's fifth bowler or third pacer. He can surely bowl four overs in good rhythm, but on that day, the captain would have to cut down on the overs of his main bowlers to give Hardik that liberty. However, you can't count on him to be the fifth bowler and deliver regularly.

 

6:34 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Sri Lanka Predicted Playing 11

 

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

 

6:33 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: India Predicted Playing 11

 

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

 

6:33 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: How will the teams shape up?

 

The Indian team would look to play Axar Patel in this game as he will bring about a left-arm spin option which would be better off against Sri Lanka as two leg spinners in the team make it a one-dimensional attack. Also, Dinesh Karthik might replace Rishabh Pant. 

 

For Sri Lanka, the only problem is Maheesh Theekshana’s injury. If he is injured, he might be replaced by Praveen Jayawickrama, a left-arm orthodox spinner. 

 

6:33 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Pitch Report

 

The dew is now playing a game-changing role in the second innings as batting is getting easier. However, if bowled on the right lengths and catches are taken regularly, a total of 175 is still worthy of being defendable. 

 

6:33 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: Toss timing

 

The toss between Indian captain Rohit Sharma and his Sri Lankan counterpart Dausn Shanaka will take place at 07:00 pm IST and 06:00 pm Local Time. A captain winning the toss at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in UAE would look to field first. 

 

6:32 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: India must win against spirited Lankans

 

That loss has now put pressure on the Indian team which faces Sri Lanka tonight at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in UAE. Sri Lanka has already won its first match against Afghanistan and look in red hot form to cause an upset against India. 

 

While Sri Lanka don’t have any pressure playing against a far superior Indian side, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team must win this match to remain in contention for making the final of the event. If it loses tonight, it will then have to depend on other results to make the final. 

 

6:31 PM

IND vs SL Asia Cup Super Four Live: India's loss against Pakistan

 

A dropped catch from Arshdeep Singh, an expensive 19th over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a miscalculation from skipper Rohit Sharma to not bowl Deepak Hooda in the middle and the ugly reverse sweep of Rishabh Pant to get out to. These were some of the reasons discussed ever since India lost to Pakistan in their first Super Four encounter of Asia Cup 2022. 

 

6:03 PM

Welcome to the Live Coverage of Asia Cup 2022 Super Four clash between India and Sri Lanka

Hello and Welcome to the Live Coverage of India vs Sri Lanka Super Four clash from Asia Cup 2022. The two teams face each other in Dubai. Stay tuned to Business-Standard for the ball-by-ball updates of the game.