Group India was on a excessive of a 228-run win in opposition to Pakistan however the Sri Lankan spinner introduced them to the bottom of their second Asia Cup 2023 Tremendous Fours match in Colombo on Tuesday, September 12. Skipper Rohit Sharma started from the place he left off within the recreation in opposition to Pakistan, hitting his third half-century in a row within the ongoing match. Shubman Gill was gradual however he stayed with Rohit to sew an 80-run opening stand.
Nonetheless, as soon as the partnership was damaged, all of it got here downhill for India with Dunith Wellalage being the star. Because it was a recent wicket, it was dry and it turned ferociously. Wellalage utilised the floor to the fullest as Indian batters could not negotiate the flip the left-arm spinner bought. From 80/0, India went all the way down to 91/3 with Rohit, Gill and Virat Kohli all getting dismissed to Wellalage.
KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan solid a 63-run partnership, nevertheless, the momentum was all the time with Sri Lanka after these three fast wickets. Wellalage got here again to choose a few extra wickets whereas part-timer Charith Asalanka ran by means of the decrease order as if not for Axar Patel’s late 26-run knock, the Males in Blue might have been skittled round 180.
Regardless that India are additionally taking part in three spinners, there’s each likelihood that they may lose this recreation and that will actually damage their qualification probabilities for the Asia Cup last. At present, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka all have two factors of their kitty.
Pakistan after that 228-run loss in opposition to India are essentially the most deprived aspect as their web run charge is -1.8. So, even when they beat Sri Lanka of their final Tremendous Fours match, they must win by a really enormous margin.
Sri Lanka with a win in opposition to Bangladesh has a web run charge of +0.4 and in the event that they beat India, they’ll qualify with 4 factors as India can also attain solely 4 factors after the results of Tuesday’s match. India’s web run charge at +4.5 is basically good and a win in opposition to Bangladesh needs to be sufficient for them to succeed in the ultimate.
If India defend a 213-run whole, they’ll qualify for the ultimate anyway however sure, in the event that they lose, they are going to be taking part in a do-or-die encounter in opposition to Bangladesh as they must win at any price to e book a spot within the summit conflict.
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