India vs Sri Lanka Highlights Score, Asia Cup 2023 Super 4: India wins by 41 runs despite a Wellalage all-round show

Kuldeep in. Wicket!! What a ball!! Slider on off stump, Rajitha nowhere near the ball. India touching distance away from the win now.

Rajitha b Kuldeep Yadav 1(2)

Pathirana in at 11.

Wicket!! Kuldeep cleans up the last two wickets. Pathirana attempts a sweep and is bowled by one that turns in.

Pathirana b Kuldeep Yadav 0(2)

India wins by 41 runs.

Hardik with his 5th over. His second spell has been brilliant, the batters have not been able to rotate strike easily. Wicket!!! The fielders celebrate, Theekshana gets a leading edge as he looks to turn it leg side. Umpires checking for a fair catch. OUT!! Big Big Wicket!!

Theekshana c (sub)Suryakumar Yadav b Hardik Pandya 2(14)

Mix-up in between a fter nudging a ball to the right of Jadeja. Would have been out if he had hit the stump. Just two runs from the over.

Sri Lanka need 44 runs in 60 balls

Hardik continues. Four!! Manages to find the edge but beats the slip fielders on the way to the boundary. Good bumper to the new batter. Just six from the over despite the boundary.

Sri Lanka need 46 runs in 66 balls

Jadeja continues. Four! Wellalage comes down the track and drives it past the bowler and into the boundary for four. Wicket!! Jadeja strikes!! De Silva perishes trying to lift it over the mid on fielder. Important wicket for India.

Dhananjaya c Shubman Gill b Jadeja 41(66) [4s-5]

Theekshana in at 9. Two slips in place. Three dot balls to finish.

Sri Lanka need 52 runs in 72 balls

Hardik continues. Comes round the wicket, trying to get the ball away from the lefthander. Just a single from the over.

Sri Lanka need 57 runs in 78 balls

Jadeja in for his eighth. Beats the bat with one that turns comprehensively after pitching. Just two runs from the over.

Sri Lanka need 58 runs in 84 balls

Hardik into the attack. Back of a length, moves away from the batter. Good lines and lengths from Hardik this over. Batters have struggled to get bat on ball. Just two from the over.

Sri Lanka need 60 runs in 90 balls

Bumrah continues. Extra bounce in the first two balls. Four runs from the over.

Sri Lanka need 62 runs from 96 balls.

Kuldeep with his ninth. Beats Wellalage with one that spun away after pitching in line with the stumps. Six!! Wellalage playing a blinder. Kneels down and lofts it over midwicket for a huge six. Another attempted slog sweep, doesn’t get the connection right, falls in no man’s land.

Sri Lanka need 66 runs

Bumrah back into the attack. Short of a length on the stumps, defended behind square. Yorker on middle stump De Silva does well to keep it out. Four!! Outside off stump, guided past point for a boundary.

Sri Lanka need 76 runs

Kuldeep back into the attack. On the stumps, swatted onto the leg side for a single. Four!! Wellalage steps down and lofts it between midwicket and mid on for a boundary. Eight runs from the over. SL need 81 runs.

Jadeja continues. Tight over from the southpaw. Just three runs from it. Sri Lanka needs 89 runs from 20 overs.

Five wides!! Down the leg side and runs away to the boundary. Four!! Full and De Silva lifts it over mid on for another boundary. Axar not really threatening the bowling and is leaking runs as well. SL need 92 runs to win.

Turn into the left hander first ball. An outside edge off the next ball but past the slip fielder. The batters run two. Appeals for LBW but looks like there was an inside edge. Just three runs from the over.

Sri Lanka need 103 runs

Axar continues. SL needs to rotate strike well to get closer to the target. Four runs from the over. Sri Lanka needs 106 runs to win.

Jadeja resumes. Wicket!!! First ball and a wicket! Shanaka edges it and Rohit dives forward to take a great catch.

Shanaka c Rohit b Jadeja 9(13) [4s-1]

Wellalage in at 8. A free hit off the last ball after a front foot no ball. Five runs from the over.

Axar with his third. The last ball beats the bat as De Silva looked to cut. Just the four singles from the over. SL needs 115 runs to win.

Kuldeep again. Appeals for LBW. But a clear deflection off the glove before hitting the pads. Two from the over.

Axar with his second. Four!! Slightly wide outside off, a deft touch from the batter takes it past slip and into the boundary for four. Four!! Slog sweept to the vacant midwicket region for a boundary.

Kuldeep with his sixth. Top edge as De Silva sweeps, over the head of leg slip and falls safely. Batters get a couple. SL need 130 runs.

Axar into the attack. Slightly wide, De Silva drives to the offside sweeper for a single. Just a single off his first.

Kuldeep strikes again!! Asalanka consults his partner but walks away. Asalanka played well for his 22 but perishes. An excellent catch driving forward by KL Rahul.

Asalanka c Rahul b Kuldeep Yadav 22(35) [4s-2]

Shanaka in at 7. Four!! Overpitched and wide, driven through the covers for a boundary.

SL 79/5 in 20 overs

Jadeja continues. Finds De Silva’s edge but it was played with soft hands and it falls short of the slip fielder. Four!! Jadeja goes slightly short and De Silva kneels down and pulls it over midwicket for a boundary.

Kuldeep with his fourth. Wicket!! Sadeera stepped down and missed the ball. Rahul makes no mistake in effecting the stumping. Partnership broken.

Samarawickrama st Rahul b Kuldeep Yadav 17(31) [4s-1]

De Silva in at 6. Turn and bounce again as De Silva edges towards leg slip, just short of the fielder.

SL 69/4 in 18 overs

Jadeja in for his third. Dropped!! Difficult catch running in from the deep, ball bounces out of his palms. Was an attempted slog sweep from Asalanka, didn’t get the timing right. Five runs from the over.

Kuldeep continues. Axar runs around from the deep to cut off the boundary after a shortish ball is cut by Sadeera through point. Six runs from the over.

Jadeja continues. Appeals for LBW, but the ball was turning too much. Not given. Sadeera gets an inside edge as he prods forward to defend, quick single taken. Four from the over.

Kuldeep continues. Asalanka sweeps past leg slip and will get three. Five runs from the over.

Jadeja replaces Hardik. Vicious turn and bounce in the first ball as the batter attempts a reverse sweep! Turn again! Ball goes straight to Rohit at slip! Three runs from the over.

Kuldeep into the attack replacing Siraj. Slight turn first ball, turned off the back foot onto the leg side for a single. Huge appeals from Rohit for a slip catch!! India review!! Replays show a flat line as the ball passes the bat. India loses its review. Two runs from the over.

Hardik into the attack. Hardik keeps the batters on their toes with the change of pace and lengths. Three runs from the over.

Siraj cramps up Asalanka. Three dots and Siraj overpitches. Asalanka crunches it gorgeously through cover for FOUR. Bumper to follow and Asakanka top-edges it over the keeper for FOUR.

Bumrah tails one in and Sadeera pushes it out to mid-off. Three dots and a bouncer follows. The umpires signal it another wide and Rohit is displeased. Bumrah pitches up and Sadeera creams it through extra cover for FOUR.

Siraj continues. Siraj to Karunaratne, OUT! Edged and gone. Short and angling across and Dimuth slashes hard at it. Thick outside-edge and it flies straight to Gill at first-slip. Charith Asalanka is in at 5. Siraj shapes one in just past the off-stump. A quick bumper to follow and the umpire signals wide. Hard length again and Asalanka pushes it to cover.

Dimuth Karunaratne c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj 2 (18b)

Four!! Mendis flicks a full ball over the infield on the leg side over midwicket for a boundary. Yorker on the stumps, Mendis is upto the task. Wicket!! The fielders are celebrating a catch at short cover. The umpires checking a bump ball though. Replays suggest the ball pitched before hitting the bat and not after. That’s the second wicket.

Kusal Mendis c (sub)Suryakumar Yadav b Bumrah 15(16) [4s-3]

Sadeera at 4.

SL 25/2 in 7 overs

Siraj to Karunaratne, back of a length on the stumps, defended to mid on. A suprise bouncer from Siraj, Karunaratne ducks underneath. Second maiden for Siraj.

Bumrah again. Four!! Finds the edge but it goes high over the slip cordon for a boundary. SL will have to score quickly with the new ball looking at how the first innings transpired. Appeals for LBW again but the umpire is unmoved. Might have been pitching outside leg.

Siraj continues. First runs off Siraj as Karunaratne punches it to the right of mid off for a single. Four!! On the pads, Mendis clips it past the infield to the boundary for four. Kishan gives chase but can’t stop the four. Siraj finds Mendis’ edge but it falls short of Gill at slip.

Wicket!! Bumrah nicks off Nissanka to slip in the first ball of his second over. Perfect line and length that and a good catch by Rahul.

Nissanka c Rahul b Bumrah 6(7) [4s-1]

Mendis in at 3. Bumrah appeals for leg before but the umpire says no. Was missing the stumps because of the height. Wicket maiden for Bumrah.

SL 7/1 in 3 overs

Siraj to bowl from the other end. Full and moving away from the batter, beats Karunaratne in his forward defence. Siraj with a shy at the stumps on his follow through. The batter has made his ground though. Maiden over from Siraj.

Bumrah starts proceedings for India. Nissanka on strike first ball. The experienced Karunaratne is his opening partner. An inswinger from Bumrah after three balls on a length outside off, clipped to fine leg for a couple. Bumrah looks to have twisted his ankle there. Bumrah carries on. Four!! Full and wide, driven expertly through the covers for a boundary. Seven from the over.

Theekshana to Axar, OUT! In the air and gone. Axar holes out to long-on and India folds at 212. First instance of India losing all wickets to spin.

Pathirana starts with two wide yorkers. A couple of singles to follow. Siraj dabs another to point for a single. Axar upper-cuts a bumper towards third, gets a single and retains strike.

In walks Axar Patel and Mohammed Siraj as the Lankans take the field. Theekshana starts with a wide. Width from Theekshana and Axar carves the ball through point for two runs. He pushes the next to long-off for one run. 200 up for India. A single for Siraj with an inside-edge. Theekshana drops one on length and Axar pummels the ball just over the long-on fielder for SIX.

A quick resumption as we will have play in seven minutes. Innings break to be only 10 minutes.

An inspection will take place after the covers have been peeled off.

Length from Asalanka and Axar pumps it straight back. Asalanka gets a hand on it and Axar ends up with just a single. A couple of runs to follow. And the covers come on. Rain stops play!

Axar fails to get a move on as Theekshana continues to slide the ball in and drift it away. Dark clouds are approaching and the groundstaff are lining up. A single to follow and Siraj reciprocates Axar with another.

Four dots on the trot from Asalanka and Axar finds a single. Siraj blocks out the last ball. One from it.

Theekshana into the attack. Short and wide. Axar slaps it through cover for two runs. Axar chips a length ball to long-off for a single. A wide to follow as Theekshana attempts a slider.

Asalanka to Bumrah, OUT! Cleans him up through the gates. The ball is turning square and it crawls in sharply after dipping in. Bumrah plays all ends up. Kuldeep Yadav is in at 10. GONE! First ball. Asalanka floats it outside the off-stump and Kuldeep chips it straight to de Silva. He’s on a hat-trick! CLOSEE! A fine dipper from Asalanka but Siraj gets a faint inside-edge to escape the lbw. Double-wicket maiden for Asalanka.

Jasprit Bumrah b Asalanka 5 (12b); Kuldeep Yadav c de Silva b Asalanka 0 (1b)

The spinners have wound a tight leash and all Axar and Bumrah can do is to bat time and reel in the rationed singles.

Bumrah tucks de Silva through mid-wicket for a single. Ones and twos are the only currencies the batters can buy at the moment. Four from the over.

de Silva slides the ball in and Bumrah does well to block them out. He gets an outside-edge towards point and gets off the blocks with a single.

Jadeja and Axar rotate with three singles. Sharp drifter from length and Jadeja shoulders arms outside the off-stump. OUT! Jadeja closes the face of his bat briefly and the ball kisses the edge onto the keeper.

Ravindra Jadeja c †Mendis b Asalanka 4 (19b)

de Silva floats one in and Axar chips the ball past cover for a single. Four dots on the trot.

Axar opens his account with a single to long-off. Asalanka skims through his deliveries as Jadeja prods forward to block them out.

Wellalage into his final over. Three dots and Jadeja gets off strike with a single. Wellalage closes his spell with a corker. Pushes one in and straightens it past Hardik’s blade.There’s a loud appeal and SL reviews. Good call in the end as the UltraEdge shows a spike. OUT!

Hardik Pandya c †Mendis b Wellalage 5 (18b)

Asalanka to Kishan, OUT! Got him! Gentle off-break outside the off-stump and Kishan mistimes the drive and a fine leap from Wellalage at cover sends him on his way. Ravindra Jadeja is in at 7. Three dots and Jadeja opens his account with a single.

Ishan Kishan c Wellalage b Asalanka 33 (61b 1x4 1x6)

Wellalage pushes the ball up and Hardik applies soft hands for a tap to point. He gets a single. Another run to follow. Hardik is troubled by Wellalage who pushes in another arm ball to hit the pads, probably sliding down leg.

Kishan and Hardik maintain their anchor and continue to nudge about the gaps for singles. Asalanka pops one to Hardik’s pad and it lobs up to the keeper. A stifled appeal but the umpire is unmoved.

Wellalage overpitches and Hardik taps it to cover. BEATEN. Excellent length this time as he drops it a few inches short and beats the outside-edge with sharp spin. Wellalage overpitches and Kishan pumps the ball down the ground for SIX.

Asalanka into the attack. Kishan guides the first ball through point for a single. Hardik follows up with a single as Asalanka finds some drift and turn with his off-spin.

Flat and across from Wellalage and Kishan moves out of a cut late in the crease. 150 up for India with a single. Rahul mistimes a slog-sweep and it falls short of cow corner. Wellalage to Rahul, OUT! Gone this time! The ball sits on length for a moment and Rahul chips it straight back to the bowler.

KL Rahul c & b Wellalage 39 (44b 2x4)

de Silva loops one in and Kishan drives the ball down to long-on for a single. Kishan and Rahul tap about the field and find a couple of singles. Four from it.

Wellalage returns. Drops one short outside the off-stump and Rahul slices the ball past backward point for FOUR. Wellalage drifts it in straight and Rahul cuts the ball through point for another FOUR - 50 of the partnership comes up as well as India recovers steadily.

De Silva in for his seventh over on the trot. Rahul brings out the reverse sweep and comes back for two. Full and straight, driven down to long on for a single. Turn and bounce as Kishan is beaten on the outside edge.

Theekshana continues. Both the batters have taken the game forward after the quick wickets but run scoring hasn’t been easy. Three runs from the over.

De Silva with his sixth over on the trot. Kishan tries to go for a big one, doesn’t get the connection, falls short of the midwicket fielder. Five runs from the over.

Theekshana with his fourth. A bit of extra bounce in the final ball there. Quiet over otherwise. Five runs from it.

De Silva with his fifth. Over pitched, Kishan drives it down the ground, only a single though. Rahul steps down and flicks it in the air, falls well short of the deep mid wicket fielder. Just two from the over.

Theekshana back into the attack. A misfield from the fielder and Kishan steals another run. Slightly shorter, Kishan cuts to the offside sweeper for a single. Five runs from the over.

De Silva again. Pinning Kishan down, not allowing him to clip the ball either side of the pitch for singles. Kishan lunges forward and drives past cover for a single. Two runs from the over.

Wellalage with his fifth. Bowling over the stump, turning it into Kishan. Round the stump now, full and straight, defended by Kishan straight back at the bowler. Direct Hit on the last ball and Sri Lanka appeal. Kishan well inside the crease.

De Silva continues. Another tight over, just four runs from it.

Wellalage into his fourth over. Four!! Lifted straight down the ground by Kishan to break the shackles. Six from the over.

De Silva continues from the other end. Too full, driven down the ground for a single. Just the four singles from the over.

Wicket!! Rohit is next to go! Kept low and went in with the arm, no chance for the batter. Three quick wickets for Sri Lanka.

Rohit b Wellalage 53(48) [4s-7 6s-2]

KL Rahul in at 5. Full outside of, Rahul prods forward and pushes it on the offside for a single. Ball stops on Kishan as he puches it down the ground for a single.

IND 93/3 in 16 overs

Dhananjeya De Silva into the attack. Some turn on offer and Sri Lanka attacking Kishan with the right arm offie. Just a single from the over.

Wellalage continues. Spin for him again. We have seen Kohli get dismissed by SLA quite a lot in the last couple of years. A tense passage of play for him. Wicket!! And right on cue Kohli goes. Simple catch to mid wicket, Kohli staring at the pitch in disbelief.

Kohli c Shanaka b Wellalage 3(12)

Kishan in at 4. Wicket maiden for Wellalage.

IND 90/2 in 14 overs

Pathirana continues. Four!! Short again, Rohit pulls in front of square for another boundary. Pathirana sticking to his short ball ploy and Rohit taking full toll. Surprisingly, he lets a short one go past him to the keeper. Eight from the over.

Wellalage into the attack. Bowled!! What a start for the young spinner! Pitching on leg and turning away to take out the off stump. Gill completely flummoxed with that one. Sri Lanka gets its first wicket.

Shubman Gill b Wellalage 19(25) [4s-2]

Full on the stumps, driven past mid wicket for a couple. 5000 ODI partnership runs between Kohli and Rohit.

IND 82/1 in 12 overs.

Pathirana with his second. Full on the stumps, driven to the right of mid on for a single. Six!! Short and a trademark Rohit Sharma pull for six! Rohit in the mood today. Short again, pulled to the front of square for a couple. Short and very wide, Rohit lets this one go. Five wides!! No chance for the keeper down leg side. 15 runs from the over.

Shanaka continues. Keeper upto the stump again, very wide and Rohit looses balance trying to reach it. Four!! Wide and full, lifted over the off side for a boundary. Not the best timing but enough to get a boundary. Fifty stand up for the openers. Four!! Full and straight, driven past midwicket and mid on for four more.

Four!! Stand and deliver from Rohit. Slightly short, Rohit pulls it past the mid on fielder.Was close to the fielder but another boundary from the over. Four!! Full and wide this time, driven past cover for another boundary. Rohit hitting Shanaka out of the attack. 17 runs from the over.

Pathirana into the attack. On the stumps, defended to mid wicket. On leg stump again, defended to the short 45 this time. Attempted slower yorker from Pathirana, Gill solid in defence. Four!! Gill gets it through this time, was on the pads, clipped past mid wicket for four.

Shanaka continues. Full and straight, defended back solidly. Outside off, guided to thidman for a single. Keeper upto the stumps. Some movement for Shanaka as Rohit tries to guide it past third man again. Beaten. Just a single from the over.

Rajitha again. Outside off stump, Rohit leaves. On the stumps this time, Rohit defends solidly. Wide and Four!! Late swing down leg side and the ball races away to the fence. Close call for Rohit, slightly wide of off and finds the under edge. Lands close to the stumps but safely. Six!! Straight down the ground for a six and brings up 10,000 ODI runs for the India captain.

Shanaka into the attack. Solid line and length first ball. Gill moves across but misses the clip, seems like an inside edge. Four!! Down leg side, Rohit clips it to fine leg, the fielder makes a mess of it and pushes it over the boundary rope. Six from the over.

Rajitha continues. Slighty short outside off, Gill punches to cover. Four!! Gill steps down the ground and lofts it past mid off for a boundary. On the pads, Gill clips it to the legside, Wellalage does well in the deep to keep it down to two. Slower ball from Rajitha this time, down leg side though, wide. Full and straight with a little bit of shape, Rohit defends off the front foot. Eight from the over.

Theekshana with his second. Some turn for the bowler as Rohit turns it leg side for a brace. No single on offer the following ball though. Theekshana bowling at the stumps, batters turning it to the leg side easily. Needs to be fuller in length to trouble the batters. Four from it.

Rajitha to continue. Cracking shot from Rohit but straight to the fielder at point. Slightly shorter, Rohit guides to third man for a single. Tight over from Rajitha. Just three from it.

Theekshana from the other end. Slightly short, Rohit cuts it straight to the fielder. A single to long on follows. On the pads, clipped to the leg side for a single. Straying down leg again, Rohit turns it to fine leg for another single. Three from the over.

Rajitha to Rohit, kept low from back of a length, outside off stump, Rohit lets its go. Similar ball next up but some more outward swing on offer this time. Four!! Slightly overpitched and Rohit leans forward to drive it through the covers for a boundary. Over pitched again, guided to third man for a single. On the pads and Gill clips it to the leg side for a double.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill make their way to the crease. Rohit to take strike. Kasun Rajitha will start proceedings for Sri Lanka.

The players make their way to the middle. The national anthems being played at the venue.

India XI: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Sri Lanka XI: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana

TOSS: India wins toss, opts to bat

Rohit: We are going to have a bat. That’s the challenge you come across as a sportsman, different challenges thrown at you as a player and as a team. Looks like a dry pitch and we have Axar in place of Shardul just because of the conditions.

Dasun Shanaka: We would have batted first as well. They are pretty strong side compared to us but we have to play a good game. We will somehow try to win the game. We are going with the same team.

Rohit Sharma is 22 runs short of completing 10,000 ODI runs for India. He will become just the sixth Indian to reach the landmark and the third opener after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.

INDIA: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Md. Shami, Md. Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna

SRI LANKA: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Dushan Hemantha, Pramod Madushan, Binura Fernando, Kusal Perera.

What happens if India vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2023 match is washed out today?

India and Sri Lanka will share a point each if their Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 match in Colombo is washed out on Tuesday.

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The India vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2023 Super Four match will start at 3:00 PM IST on Tuesday, September 12.

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