India crush Sri Lanka by 10 wickets for eighth Asia Cup crown

Mohammad Siraj Picks up his 4th wicket

Mohammed Siraj took 4 wickets in 6 balls as Sri Lanka are in big trouble 12-5.
 

Sri Lanka in trouble, 12/5

Mohd.Siraj picked up his 4th wicket as Sri Lanka are struggling at 12/5.

Bumrah strikes in his first over

It took Jasprit Bumrah just three balls to get the first wicket in the final. Kusal Perera c Rahul b Bumrah 0(2).  Kusal Perera gone for 0 off 2 balls. Great start for India.

Sri Lanka Opt To Bat

Sri Lanka opted to bat against India in Asia Cup 2023 final.

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul(w), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana

Washington Sundar replaces injured Patel for Asia Cup final

India spinner Axar Patel has been ruled out of the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka and Washington Sundar joined the team as a replacement, the country's cricket board said Saturday.

India will take on Sri Lanka on Sunday in Colombo with the teams looking to win the 50-over tournament and get momentum ahead of the upcoming ODI World Cup.

Patel suffered a "left quadriceps strain" in the team's Super Four loss to Bangladesh where the bowling all-rounder took a wicket and scored 42 runs.

Sundar, an off-spinner who also bats, arrived in the Sri Lankan capital on Saturday evening to join the squad, according to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

India's squad: R. Sharma (capt), S. Gill, V. Kohli, S. Iyer, S. Yadav, T. Varma, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan, H. Pandya (vice-capt), R. Jadeja, S. Thakur, K. Yadav, J. Bumrah, M. Shami, M. Siraj, P. Krishna, W. Sundar

Asia Cup Final: Weather Update

Thundershowers are expected on Sunday. Rain might interrupt play. According to the meteorological department and multiple weather forecast website, there is a 90 per cent chance of rain in the day and a 55 per cent chance of scattered thunderstorms through the evening in Colombo on Sunday,

India vs Sri Lanka: Head-To-Head In ODIs

India and Sri Lanka have faced each other in 166 ODIs. Out of these 166 games, India have won 97 whereas Sri Lanka have come out victorious on 57 occasions . 11 matches ended without a result. 1 match ended in a tie.

Preview: India vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup Final

Rohit Sharma's India face underdogs Sri Lanka in Sunday's Asia Cup final, a crucial momentum-builder heading into next month's ODI World Cup. The cricketing giants have 13 Asian titles between them and Sri Lanka have a history of sneaking into the tournament's final -- to the consternation of fans keen for any showdown between arch-rivals India and Pakistan.

Bangladesh ended India's unbeaten run in the 50-over tournament after edging them out by six runs in Friday's last Super Four match.

Shubman Gill hit 121 but his knock went in vain after India faltered in their chase of 266 in Colombo, where Sunday's final will also be held.

Gill said clinching India's eighth Asia Cup title would give them "confidence" ahead of the World Cup starting back home on October 5.

India began with a washed-out match in Pallekele against Pakistan, whose fast bowlers rattled their top order and bowled them out for 266 in the only innings possible due to rain.

Big guns Virat Kohli and returning batsman KL Rahul hit back with centuries in their next outing against Babar Azam's team to rack up 356-2 and crush Pakistan by 228 runs.

India then prevented a gutsy Sri Lankan chase to book their place in the final, but Gill said their opponents were still a threat.

Sri Lanka, who won the previous edition of the Asia Cup played in the T20 format, came in as underdogs and snuck into the Super Fours with a dramatic win over Afghanistan.

They soon got into their groove on home soil and, despite going down to India, edged out Pakistan in a knockout match for their 11th Asia Cup final.

"We came without our key players, but still we managed to make the finals," skipper Dasun Shanaka said.

Injuries sidelined Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga, but others stood up at crucial junctures.

Kusal Mendis and Charith Asalanka both hit match-winning knocks to take the team over the line in a rain-shortened match and push a much-favoured Pakistan out of the tournament.

Up-and-coming fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana and left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage have impressed and lead the tournament's bowling chart with 11 and 10 wickets respectively.

Wellalage rattled India's batting with five wickets including the prized scalps of Kohli and Rohit in their Super Four match.

Twice before in the Asia Cup Sri Lanka have lost to India in the Super Four stage only to beat them in the finals, in 2004 and 2008.