India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs to Qualify for the Final, Winning Streak for the Home Team finally ended
ACC 16th Men’s Asia Cup 50 Overs Championship 2023 Pakistan & Sri Lanka – 10th Match – Super 04 Stage – Match 04 – Khettarama, Colombo, Western Province
India electing to bat, 213 all out – ( 49.1 Overs ) Skipper Rohit Sharma 53 ( 2×6, 7×4, 48 balls ) – 02nd fastest to complete 10,000 runs in One Day Internationals – Lokesh Rahul 39, Ishan Kishan 33, Axar Patel 26, Shubman Gill 19, Extras 21 – Rohit Sharma / Shubman Gill 80 run opening stand – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 11 runs – Ishan Kishan / Lokesh Rahul 63 runs for the 04th wicket – the next 06 wickets fell for the addition of 43 runs – Axar Patel / Mohammed Siraj 27 runs for the last wicket – first 10 overs : 65 / 0, 25 overs : 128 / 3, last 9.1 overs : 33 / 3 – Dunith Wellalage 5 / 40 – career best & 02 catches – Charith Asalanka 4 / 18 – career best – Kusal Mendis 02 victims.
Sri Lanka in reply, 172 all out – ( 41.3 Overs ) Dunith Wellalage 42no, Dhananjaya De Silva 41, Charith Asalanka 22, Sadeera Samarawickrama 17, Kusal Mendis 15, Extras 15 – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 18 runs – Sadeera Samarawickrama / Charith Asalanka 43 runs for the 04th wicket – the next 03 wickets fell for the addition of 31 runs – Dhananjaya De Silva / Dunith Wellalage 63 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 04 wickets added 10 runs – first 10 overs : 39 / 3, 25 overs : 99 / 5, last 6.3 overs : 18 / 4 – Kuldeep Yadav 4 / 43, Jasprit Bumrah 2 / 30, Ravindra Jadeja 2 / 33, Lokesh Rahul 03 victims, Suryakumar Yadav ( substitute ) 02 catches.
Player of the Match : Dunith Wellalage – Sri Lanka
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