Confident Sri Lanka Beat Fighting India by 06 Wickets In the Penultimate Delivery, Win Both Games In the Super 4 Stage, Defending Champions Likely To Miss Out On The Final After Losing Both Super 4 Matches
ACC 15th Asia Cup T20 Championship 2022 – Super 4 League Stage – Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Match 09
India put into bat, 173 / 8 – ( 20 Overs ) Skipper Rohit Sharma 72 ( 4×6, 5×4, 41 balls ), Suryakumar Yadav 34, Hardik Pandya 17, Rishabh Pant 17, Ravichandran Ashwin 15no – 03 batters were dismissed bowled – Rohit Sharma / Suryakumar Yadav added 97 runs for the 03rd wicket, Hardik Pandya / Rishabh Pant put on 30 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 15 runs, the last 03 wickets fell in the last 02 overs for the addition of 16 runs – first 06 overs : 44/2, 10 overs : 79 / 2, 15 overs : 127 / 4, last 05 overs : 46 / 4 Dilshan Madushanka 3 / 24 : career best for the Hungama Hurricane with Kohli bowled for 00, then Hooda 03 & Pant 17 removed in his final over which was the penultimate over of the innings, concedingjust a miserly 04 runs, Skipper Dasun Shanaka 2 / 26, Chamika Karunaratne 2 / 27, Pathum Nissanka 03 catches.
Sri Lanka in reply, 174 / 4 – ( 19.5 Overs ) Kusal Mendis 57 – ( 3×6, 4×4, 37 balls ), Pathum Nissanka 52 ( 2×6, 4×4, 37 balls ), Skipper Dasun Shanaka 33no, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 25no – Pathum Nissanka / Kusal Mendis involved in a 97 run first wicket stand, the first 04 wickets fell for the addition of 13 runs in 18 balls, Bhanuka Rajapaksa / Dasun Shanaka added 64 runs in an unfinished 05th wicket partnership – the winning runs coming off 02 byes with the wicket keeper & the bowler missed hitting the stumps at the opposite ends with both batters well out of the crease – first 06 overs : 57 / 0, 10 overs : 89 / 0, 15 overs : 120 / 4, last 4.5 overs : 54 / 0 – Yuzvendra Chahal 3 / 34 – broke the opening stand & captured 02 wickets for 01 run in the 02nd over after the drinks break, his 03rd over, Ravichandran Ashwin 1 / 32.
Player of the Match : Dasun Shanaka – Sri Lanka