{"id":3523,"date":"2023-09-13T02:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/asia-cup-2023-india-reach-final-with-win-over-sri-lanka\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T02:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:07:04","slug":"asia-cup-2023-india-reach-final-with-win-over-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/asia-cup-2023-india-reach-final-with-win-over-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup 2023: India reach final with win over Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Kuldeep Yadav starred as India overcame a brilliant all-round effort from Sri Lanka\u2019s Dunith Wellalage to win a tense Asia Cup 2023 clash by 41 runs on Tuesday and book a place in the final.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch ARY News live on\u00a0live.arynews.tv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kuldeep Yadav took four wickets including the final two as India defended 213, bowling out Sri Lanka for 172 to silence a large home crowd at Colombo\u2019s R. Premadasa Stadium.<\/p>\n

\n

2 wins in 2 days for Team India! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<\/p>\n

Kuldeep Yadav\u2019s brilliant 4-wicket haul and the disciplined efforts of India\u2019s pacers were the defining moments in a low-scoring showdown against Sri Lanka, resulting in a 41-run victory! #AsiaCup2023<\/a> #INDvSL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/eokXOPQ9xe<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

India recorded their second straight Super Four win in the 50-over tournament, a prelude to the upcoming ODI World Cup, and ended Sri Lanka\u2019s 13-match winning streak in ODIs.<\/p>\n

Dunith Wellalage, who claimed his maiden ODI five-wicket haul, remained unbeaten on 42 when he ran out of partners as left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav wrapped up the opposition tail in 41.3 overs.<\/p>\n

It was India\u2019s third straight day on the field after they crushed Pakistan by 228 runs on Monday in a match that was played across two days due to rain.<\/p>\n

The next Super Four match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan on Thursday will decide the second finalists between the two teams.<\/p>\n

India skipper Rohit Sharma scored 53 to hand his team a brisk start but Dunith Wellalage hit back.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old returned figures of 5-40 including the key wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli with strong support from part-time spinner Charith Asalanka, who claimed four victims for 18 runs.<\/p>\n

Rohit Sharma entered an elite list of players with over 10,000 ODI runs and hit his second successive fifty.<\/p>\n

Dunith Wellalage struck with his first ball of the match when he bowled Shubman Gill for 19 and there was no looking back for the young spinner.<\/p>\n

He made the home fans erupt with the wicket of Virat Kohli who fell for three a day after an unbeaten 122 against Pakistan at the same venue.<\/p>\n

Rohit Sharma was also bowled by Dunith Wellalage who snared his third scalp in three overs.<\/p>\n

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

Dunith Wellalage ended that partnership when he got KL Rahul caught and bowled for 39 and then took his fifth.<\/p>\n

Charith Asalanka kept chipping away from the other end and was on a hat-trick with India on 186-9, but Axar Patel took the total past 200 after a nearly 45-minute rain break and hit 26.<\/p>\n

India hit back with regular wickets and Jasprit Bumrah struck twice.<\/p>\n

Charith Asalanka attempted to increase the run-rate but became Kuldeep Yadav\u2019s second wicket.<\/p>\n

Dhananjaya de Silva fought back along with Dunith Wellalage in a threatening seventh-wicket stand of 63 but Ravindra Jadeja broke the partnership with the wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva for 41.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n