Asia Cup, IND vs SL Highlights: Wellalage's efforts in vain, India in final

Asia Cup, India vs Sri Lanka Highlights: Dunith Wellalage's maiden five-wicket haul and unbeaten 42 went in vain as India clinched a low-scoring thriller to reach the final

4:25 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: 100 up for India

 

Four!! Fuller from the left-arm spinner and Ishan Kishan foes down the ground to get a four 

 

 

Comes over the wicket does Wellalage to Ishan Kishan to cut down the arc of his bat swing. 

 

 

India 102-3 after 18 Overs

 

4:19 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: Wellalage has three wickets in three overs

 

Rohit Sharma too has to walk out as Wellalage is on a roll here. The ball keeps low and turns back into the batter. It beats his bat and his ricochets off his pads to the stumps. Classic left-arm orthodox dismissal of a handed batter. Three wickets in three overs for Wellalage. 

 

India 93-3 after 16 Overs

 

4:14 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: Ishan Kishan promoted

 

Ishan Kishan has been promoted to number four to counter the left-arm spin of Wellalage, but Sri Lanka play another card and bring in off-spinner Dhananjaya de Silva to counter left-handed Ishan. It’s a game of chess here at R Premadasa. 

 

India 91-2 after 15 Overs

 

4:10 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: Kohli departs, Wellalage has another

 

Left-handed bowlers and the dismissal of Kohli. The tale continues as he has now been removed by young Sri Lankan spinner Dunith Wellalgae, who has got back-to-back wickets in his first two overs. Earlier he had dismissed Gill in his first over. 

 

Kohli’s was a swift dismissal as he wanted to play the ball towards the leg side, but was not able to keep it down and was caught at mid-wicket.

 

India 90-2 after 14 Overs

 

4:05 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: Wellalage gets Gill

 

This is an identical dismissal to the one where Akeal Hosein had got Shubman Gill out in the Caribbean during the T20 international series. It was bowled on middle and leg and turned from there to get the off stump uprooted. 

 

India 82-1 after 12 Overs

 

3:53 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: Rohit nears fifty

 

Six!! Now Pathirana comes in the hitting range of Rohit Sharma and he moves to 47 off just 38 balls. 

 

Five wides!! This is just pure indiscipline from Pathirana as it seems he is bowling under a lot of pressure. This ball was bowled to the short-fine leg fielder it seems. 

 

India 80-0 after 11 Overs

 

3:46 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: Fifty partnership between Indian openers

 

Back-to-back fours from Rohit Sharma has brought up the fifty-run stand between the Indian openers. 

 

 

Short of a length and pulled away straight down the ground for a four 

 

 

Four!! And with three fours, Rohit gets a gift from the fielders and a misfield at cover-point would get him his fourth four of the over. 

 

 

India 65-0 after 10 Overs

 

3:42 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: Pathirana into the attack

 

Mathisha Pathirana, the man with the slinky action like Malinga has been brought into the attack. 

 

And the four!! The entire over gets ruined by one bad delivery on the last ball. 

 

India 49-0 after 9 Overs

 

3:36 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: Rohit reaches 10,000 ODI runs

 

Rohit Sharma has reached 10,000 runs in ODIs and he has become the second fastest to the milestone, taking 241 innings to reach there. The fastest is Virat Kohli, who reached the milestone in 205 innings.  

 

Just a single from the Shanaka over

 

India 44-0 after 8 Overs

 

3:33 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: India 43-0 after 7 Overs

 

This is wayward bowling from Kausn Rajitha as he is keeping the ball wide outside leg 

 

 

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have now added 1005 runs as an opening pair in ODIs at an average of 91

 

 

Six!! Hit down the ground with as straight a bat face as it gets and the ball goes the distance for a straight six

 

 

12 runs come from the over 

 

3:26 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: India 31-0 after 6 Overs

Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 4 1 ; India: 31-0 after 6 Overs; Rohit Sharma (17), Shubman Gill (13)

Captain Dasun Shanaka brings himself in the attack and starts with two DOT deliveries against Shubman Gill.

Shanaka sprays the third ball on the pads, Gill fails to make most of it. Third DOT of the over. 

Gill finally gets the first run of the over as he cuts one towards deep backward point for a single.

Rohut Sharma flicks the ball on pads towards deep backward square leg boundary for FOUR thanks to a poor fielding effort from Charitha Asalanka.

3:21 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: India 25-0 after 5 Overs

Over Summary: 0 4 2 Wd 1 0 0 ; India: 25-0 after 5 Overs; Rohit Sharma (12), Shubman Gill (12)

Rajitha continues and starts with a DOT ball.

Shubman Gill smashes the second ball over mid-off for FOUR. Rajitha sprays the third ball on the pads, Gill flicks it towards deep square leg for a couple of runs. 

Rajitha bowls WIDE on the leg side. Gill collects a single off the 4th ball towards third point. 

Rohit defends the last two deliveries to end the over. 

3:17 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: India 17-0 after 4 Overs

Over Summary: 2 0 1 1 0 0  ; India: 17-0 after 4 Overs; Rohit Sharma (12), Shubman Gill (5)

Theekshana continues and Rohit tucks the first ball behind square on leg side for a couple of runs. 

Theekshana concedes only four runs in the over.

3:13 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: India 13-0 after 3 Overs

Over Summary: 0 0 1 1 0 1  ; India: 13-0 after 3 Overs; Rohit Sharma (9), Shubman Gill (4)

Rajitha continues and starts with two DOT deliveries. Rohit collects a singles off the third ball towards gully region. 

Shubman taps the 4th ball towards backward point for a single. Rajitha produces a peach of delivery and beats Rohit outside off. 

Rohit dabs the short of length delivery towards backward point, a miss field allow him to collect a single off the last delivery.

3:09 PM

Asia Cup 2023, India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE: India 10-0 after 2 Overs

Over Summary: 0 1 0 1 1 0  ; India: 10-0 after 2 Overs; Rohit Sharma (7), Shubman Gill (3)

Off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana takes the new ball from other end.

Rohit cuts the first ball straight to point region and takes a single off the second.

Gill defends the third ball towards cover and nudges the next towards square leg for a single.

Rohit collects a single off the 5th ball. DOT to end the over.