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Asia Cup 2023, Super 4s: India vs Sri Lanka LIVE Updates

India will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the fourth game of Super Fours of Asia Cup 2023 at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday i:e 12th September.

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Sri Lanka are 133/6 afater 31 overs. Dhananjaya de Silva (32*) and Dunith Wellalage (15*) have added 34 runs in the partnership. India need 4 wickets whereas Sri Lanka are 81 runs away from victory.

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Spinners Dunith Wellalage and Charith Asalanka bagged nine wickets between them as Sri Lanka bowled out India for 213 in a Super Four clash of the Asia Cup on Tuesday. India skipper Rohit Sharma surpassed 10,000 ODI runs and scored 53 to hand his team a brisk start in Colombo but Wellalage hit back with his maiden five-wicket haul.

The 20-year-old returned figures of 5-40 including the key wickets of Rohit and Virat Kohli with strong support from off-spinner Charith Asalanka, who claimed four victims for 18 runs.

Both teams are fighting for a place in the final of the 50-over tournament, a tune-up for the upcoming ODI World Cup in India.

India headed into their third successive day of cricket after hammering arch-rivals Pakistan by 228 runs on Monday's reserve day due to rain.

Rohit and Shubman Gill started cautiously after electing to bat but got going soon after with a few boundaries.

Rohit entered an elite list of players with over 10,000 ODI runs after smashing a straight six off fast bowler Kasun Rajitha to get the Indian flags waving in the stands with his second successive fifty.

Wellalage struck with his first ball of the match when he bowled Gill for 19 and there was no looking back for the young spinner.

He made the home fans erupt with the wicket of Kohli who fell for three a day after an unbeaten 122 against Pakistan at the same venue.

Rohit was also bowled by Wellalage who snared his third in three overs.

Ishan Kishan, who made 33, and previous-match centurion KL Rahul attempted to rebuild the innings with a stand of 63.

Wellalage ended that partnership when he got Rahul caught and bowled for 39 and later sent back Hardik Pandya for his fifth.

Asalanka kept chipping away from the other end and was on a hat-trick with India on 186-9, but Axar Patel stuck around to take the total past 200 after a nearly 45-minute rain break.

Maheesh Theekshana dismissed Patel for 26 to end India's innings in 49.1 overs.

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Rain stops play in India-Sri Lanka Asia Cup contest

Rain has halted Sri Lanka's spin-charge led by Dunith Wellalage against India in their Asia Cup Super Four clash in Colombo on Tuesday.

India were 197-9 in 47 overs after opting to bat first, with both teams preparing for next month's ODI World Cup in India.

Axar Patel, on 15, and number 11 Mohammed Siraj, on two, were battling to survive their full quota of 50 overs.

Wellalage, a left-arm spinner, claimed his maiden five-wicket haul to return figures of 5-40 from his 10 overs. Off-spinner Charith Asalanka has picked four wickets.

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Fastest by innings

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Rohit Sharma is unbeaten on 53 with India 91/2 after 15 overs. Dunith Wellalage picked up both the wickets for Sri Lanka

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10000 ODI Runs For Rohit Sharma

Meanwhile, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has completed 10000 runs in ODI and that too in style with a six during his 241st inning. Rohit became the sixth Indian batter to cross the landmark and the second-quickest overall after Virat Kohli in terms of innings played.

Fastest batters to 10000 ODI runs (innings)

Virat Kohli (India) - 205 innings

Rohit Sharma (India) - 241 innings

Sachin Tendulkar - 259 innings

India batters with 10,000+ runs in ODIs 

18426 - Sachin Tendulkar 
13024 - Virat Kohli 
11363 - Sourav Ganguly 
10889 - Rahul Dravid 
10773 - MS Dhoni 
10001 - Rohit Sharma* 

Asia Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma becomes second fastest ever to get to 10000 ODI runs

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Asia Cup 2023: India Opt To Bat First vs Sri Lanka, Check Playing XI

India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in Super 4 Clash of Asia Cup 2023 at Colombo. Axar Patel replaces Shardul Thakur in India's playing XI. No changes in Sri Lanka Team.

Teams

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

Sri Lanka (Playing 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

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

India and Sri Lanka have faced each other in 165 ODIs. Out of these, India have won 96 games whereas Sri Lanka emerged victorious on 57 occasions . 11 matches ended without a result. 1 match ended ina tie.

 

Asia Cup 2023: India vs Sri Lanka Super 4s, Stats Preview

Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma is 22 runs away from becoming the second fastest batter to 10,000 ODI runs. There are already 5 Indian batters who have scored 10,000 runs. Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni's respective run tally in the ODIs totals above 10,000. 

Sri Lanka have won each of their last 13 ODIs, the second largest winning streak in men’s ODIs after Australia (21). Sri Lanka have also bowled out opponents in 13 ODIs in a row, a World Record.

India have won 10 of their last 11 ODIs against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.
 

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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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India will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the fourth game of Super Fours of Asia Cup 2023 at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday i:e 12th September.

Sri Lanka will come in "fresh" for an Asia Cup Super Four clash against an Indian team will be playing for a third consecutive day..

India beat arch-rivals Pakistan by 228 runs in a rain affected match that was played on a reserve day on Monday after only 24.1 overs, with the 50-over contest acting as a prelude to their big battle in the upcoming ODI World Cup.

Dasun Shanaka's Sri Lanka, who won the last edition of the Asia Cup -- played in the T20 format -- began their Super Four with a win over Bangladesh on Saturday. Another victory would improve their chances of making the final on September 17.

"With a team like India, you never know, but obviously they are playing three days in a row," assistant coach Naveed Nawaz told reporters. "We have got a bit of a break since the last game, so the boys are fresh for tomorrow. That can be good for us."

Sri Lanka remain unbeaten in the tournament after winning both their group matches while India are still searching for their first win in the Super Four stage.

"If we plan to play good cricket, if we execute our plans and go into the best version of ourselves in the middle against India -- obviously the result will be favourable for us," Nawaz said.

- 'Good under pressure' -

Only India have won more Asia Cup titles than Sri Lanka, who have often spoiled the India-Pakistan party in the final.

In the last edition, they beat Pakistan to lift the title in Dubai.

"Our boys are very resilient when it comes to handling pressure," said Nawaz, pointing out that Sri Lanka have been without some of their first-choice players in the past two editions of the tournament.

One name to watch out for is up-and-coming fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana.

The 20-year-old has made an impression with his slinging action and toe-crushing yorkers similar to his hero Lasith Malinga.

Pathirana shone for MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings as they captured this year's Indian Premier League title.

"I am sure MS and Chennai would have played a part in his development, but Pathirana is a product of Sri Lanka cricket," said Nawaz, when asked about Dhoni's part in brushing up Pathirana.

"He has played two Under-19 World Cups with us, he has been an identified product, and he has been in the development programmes of Sri Lanka Cricket."

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