Twenty-year-old Dunith Wellalage produced one of many nice solo all-round efforts in ODI cricket, taking 5-40 and scoring 42* (46 balls, 3×4, 1×6) and for some time together with Dhananjay De Silva 41 (66 balls, 5×4) threatened to take Sri Lanka house of their chase of 214 within the Asia Cup Tremendous 4 Conflict on a spin-friendly R Premadasa monitor on Tuesday.
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From 99-6, Sri Lanka had received to 162-6 in 37.2 overs. Skipper Rohit Sharma was having frequent conversations along with his bowlers. Former skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Hardik Pandya too joined in.
That is when De Silva misplaced his nerve and hit Ravindra Jadeja to Shubman Gill at mid-on. India received an finish open.
Maheesh Theekshana was pouched brilliantly at widish mid-on by substitute Suryakumar Yadav off a powerful Hardik Pandya (5-0-14-1) and Kuldeep Yadav, who had been hit for a slog-swept six by the younger Wellalage, however had picked up two very important wickets of Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka earlier than, then cleaned up tailenders Kasun Rajitha and Matheesha Pathirana in three balls of his final over to finish with 4-43 and assist India win by 41 runs and seal a spot in Sunday’s ultimate.
In final league sport, they face Bangladesh on Friday and the sport between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Thursday turns into a digital shoot-out.
For some time, we had been transported again to the mid-90s and early 2000s. Sri Lanka used to play on turners at Premadasa that allowed them to script unreal comebacks by way of gamers of their high six, who might bowl their full quota of finger spin. Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya are names that come to thoughts.
On Tuesday, after India gained the toss, batted and rattled alongside to 80 for no loss with Rohit scoring a elegant half century and attending to 10,000 ODI runs within the course of, one felt the Indian batters had been in cruise mode once more after that they had plundered the Pakistan assault for 356-2 a day earlier than.
Nevertheless, the introduction of left-arm-spinner Wellalage rapidly modified issues. The bald, brown floor aided him. The primary ball that he bowled from vast off the crease turned from center stump and hit Gill’s off stump. The over-eagerness to play on the entrance foot and being fooled by the vast angle, a recurring theme for all gamers, accounted for Gill.
Virat Kohli, eyeing his fifth successive ton on this floor, chipped Wellalage to mid-wicket and Rohit, performed from the crease to an arm ball that stored low and was castled. KL Rahul seemed probably the most settled batter in opposition to spin. He and Ishan Kishan added 63 for the fourth wicket and regardless of boundaries drying up, one felt India had been on the street to get 250-plus.
Nevertheless, Wellalage, in his second spell, accounted for Rahul as he went again to a supply that stopped and bounced on him and all he might do was pat the ball again to the bowler. Sri Lanka have missed key bowlers like Dilshan Madhushanka, Lahiru Kumara and Wanindu Hasaranga as a result of accidents.
Nevertheless, in specialist batters like De Silva and Asalanka, they’ve cricketers who can make the most of a turning pitch with fastish finger spin.
Each tied up the left-handers, Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. Asalanka received Kishan to spoon a catch to Wellalage at cowl and the latter then dismissed Pandya caught behind to finish a well-deserved five-for.
Asalanka dismissed Jadeja, Bumrah and Kuldeep rapidly and at 186-9, even 200 seemed uncertain. However a helpful hand of 26 from Axar received India to 213.
Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj’s opening burst helped India cut back Sri Lanka to 25-Three to make sure that spinners did not need to do all of the work.
