{"id":3387,"date":"2023-09-12T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/asia-cup-2023-sri-lankas-wellalage-asalanka-spin-out-india-for-213\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:55:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:55:06","slug":"asia-cup-2023-sri-lankas-wellalage-asalanka-spin-out-india-for-213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/asia-cup-2023-sri-lankas-wellalage-asalanka-spin-out-india-for-213\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka\u2019s Wellalage, Asalanka spin out India for 213"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>India skipper Rohit Sharma surpassed 10,000 one-day international (ODI) runs and scored 53 to hand his team a brisk start in Colombo but Wellalage hit back with his maiden five-wicket haul.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>India headed into their third successive day of cricket after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1775278\">hammering<\/a> Pakistan by 228 runs on Monday\u2019s reserve day due to rain.<\/p>\n<p>Rohit and Shubman Gill started cautiously after electing to bat but got going soon after with a few boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Rohit was also bowled by Wellalage who snared his third in three overs.<br \/>\nIshan Kishan, who made 33, and previous-match centurion KL Rahul attempted to rebuild the innings with a stand of 63.<\/p>\n<p>Wellalage ended that partnership when he got Rahul caught and bowled for 39 and later sent back Hardik Pandya for his fifth.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Maheesh Theekshana dismissed Patel for 26 to end India\u2019s innings in 49.1 overs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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