Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

P Nissanka
107(58) 7x4 - 6x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 37 runs
  • 1x4 - 3x6
12 0 13 9 18 2 20 33
Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma
61(31) 8x4 - 2x6
Control %63%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 14 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
6 0 9 7 15 2 11 11

Best performances - Bowlers

HH Pandya
HH Pandya
O1
M0
R7
W1
Eco7
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
KIC Asalanka
KIC Asalanka
O2
M0
R18
W1
Eco9
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

11:24pm And...breathe. A crazy game to close out the Super Four, and the stakes get taken up a notch in a couple of days' time, when India clash with Pakistan in the final. We hope you enjoyed our coverage, and would love to have your company on Sunday too. Until then, from all of us here at ESPNcricinfo, it is goodbye!

Re: the confusion around the non-dismissal of Shanaka after the review, the umpires may have just gotten it right. Law 20.1.1.3 says the ball will be deemed dead from the instant of the incident causing the dismissal. So, since the umpire gave it out caught-behind, the ball was considered to be dead from the moment the umpire thought Shanaka edged it, which made the run-out that happened after it, a moot point. We might hear more about it in the coming days.

Pathum Nissanka is the Player of the Match.

Suryakumar Yadav, India captain: It felt like a final (laughs). The boys showed a lot of character after the first half in the second innings. Told them to play this like a semi-final. Get everyone close in, have good energy and then let's see what happens. Good to be on the winning side. To have that start, and then someone like Sanju and Tilak batting that way and taking the tempo ahead from where Abhishek left (cannot say from where I left it)
Sanju not opening, going down the order, taking responsibility and Tilak taking confidence and responsibility, that was good to see. Arshdeep has been in that situation a lot of time and he has delivered for us. I only told him to back your own plans and not to think about anything. We are already in the finals, but have your own plans and execute it. I have seen him execute his plans, do really well for India and his IPL franchise. His confidence says it all and no one but Arshdeep for that Super Over. Let's have a good recovery tonight. Let us not think about that (the final) right now. Few boys had a lot of cramps today. Have a good recovery day tomorrow and we will turn up the same way we did today. What I wanted from the boys, just trying to execute their plans, be clear and not to fear, that was really important and I am sure everyone got what they wanted. Happy to be in the final.

Charith Asalanka, Sri Lanka captain: It was a fabulous game, of course. I think we were in the game and we were handling the game pretty nicely until Varun and Kuldeep bowled those really nice overs. It was unbelievable hitting (by Nissanka and Perera). They (India) got really experienced bowlers but they (Nissanka and Perera) batted extremely well. (On message before the Super Over) I just said to score as many runs as you can (smiles). Lot of positives throughout the Asia Cup. We have been playing good cricket but we could not manage to win in the last two games. As captain, lot of positives in the side.

11:05pm And, we have a result. Finally. After more than four hours of cricket, and after more than 40 overs of cricket. India, for most of the second innings (in the actual game) felt out of it. Nissanka and Perera had pummeled them into submission, but India did what all champion teams do: they hung on, and they clung to anything and everything they could find.

Which, of course, led to a Super Over. And over there, India flexed their muscles, and showed their wares under pressure. Arshdeep bowled magnificently, and despite some confusion and chaos, India kept SL down to just a couple of runs. SKY then iced that meagre chase off the first ball he faced, and India, if they did not have momentum before, now have plenty of it heading into the final.

0.1
3
Hasaranga to Yadav, 3 runs, One ball is all it takes! India canter past the finish line, and a game in which they had been pushed to the brink, has ended with yet another win! India remain spotless and warm up for the final with
.a Super Over win! Googly on a back of a length on middle and off. SKY backs away and punches it crisply past extra cover. The chase is on but the ball dribbles away far enough to allow SKY and Gill to complete the third. A slightly anti-climactic ending, given all that has happened tonight, but India will be pleased to have eventually gotten the job done!

No Abhishek for India. Hasaranga to bowl. SKY to open, alongside Gill.

0.5
W
Arshdeep Singh to Shanaka, OUT, Where are you going, Dasun Shanaka?! This is chaotic cricket, and Sri Lanka have been rolled over for 2 runs in the Super Over! Another exceptional yorker outside off. Shanaka fails to dig it out and then decides to go walkabouts, despite Samson having collected the ball cleanly. He takes aim and under-arms it into the stumps, with Shanaka nowhere in the frame! But hang on. Hang on. There is a twist left in this still. Arshdeep seemed to go up in appeal for the caught-behind, and the umpire, after a bit of thought, gave it out. Shanaka went to the umpire straightaway and asked for the review. Replays show there was no bat involved, and because the umpire gave it out, the run-out is now dubbed null and void. Think the run out happened first, rather than the caught-behind decision, and we have a conference now to figure out exactly what has happened and what to do now!

MD Shanaka c sub b Arshdeep Singh

0.4
0
Arshdeep Singh to Shanaka, no run, Where are you going, Dasun Shanaka?! This is chaotic cricket, and Sri Lanka have been rolled over for 2 runs in the Super Over! Another exceptional yorker outside off. Shanaka fails to dig it out and then decides to go walkabouts, despite Samson having collected the ball cleanly. He takes aim and under-arms it into the stumps, with Shanaka nowhere in the frame! But hang on. Hang on. There is a twist left in this still. Seems like Arshdeep appealed for the caught-behind and the umpire, after a bit of contemplation, raised his finger. All this while Samson was running Shanaka out at the other end. Shanaka, seeing the caught-behind decision, reviews immediately and argues that it should be dead ball and that he should still be out there. Replays come up and Shanaka has missed the ball completely. Decision overturned and the run out is null and void too. Strange and bizarre is the word, but that is what it is. There is a conference now to discuss the happenings and to decide what to do next. Looks like Shanaka, somehow, has survived. Wow.
0.4
1w
Arshdeep Singh to Shanaka, 1 wide, Goes for the wide yorker again but this time, errs a little on the wider side. Another fresh-air shot for Shanaka but he gets the wide on this occasion
0.3
0
Arshdeep Singh to Shanaka, no run, Another superb wide yorker outside off. Shanaka swishes at it with all he has but cannot lay bat on ball. Squirms under his bat and that is another dot
0.2
1
Arshdeep Singh to PHKD Mendis, 1 run, Excellent wide yorker outside off. Kamindu shapes for the scoop and makes a mess of it. Jams it off the inside edge into his pads and Shanaka races through for the single, despite Arshdeep trying to side-foot it with his right foot into the stumps
0.1
W
Arshdeep Singh to Perera, OUT, Sliced straight to deep point, and this is the worst possible start for Sri Lanka! Speared in full and wide, and this is perfect planning and execution. Perera sits deep in his crease and looks to carve it away. But all he does is find Rinku to perfection. Sri Lanka rocked early, and they are also just one wicket away from being bowled out in the Super Over now!'

MDKJ Perera c sub b Arshdeep Singh

Okay. Looks like Shanaka and Perera are coming out to bat. Arshdeep with the ball. Over the wicket

END OF OVER:
20 | SL: 202/5 (1 run required, RR: 10.10)

10:41pm Phew. What a game. And we are still not done. There was drama at the start. there was drama through the middle and there was drama right at the end too. Nissanka, of course, was the star of the show. His majestic hundred left India shell-shocked and onlookers spell-bound, and he very nearly took SL past the finish line. But just when the line was in sight, he perished, and that set the stage for a frenetic ending.

Prior to that, Perera had supported Nissanka wonderfully, rattling his way to a 32-ball 58. The rest of the middle order, namely Asalanka and Kamindu, though, did not turn up and that meant Shanaka had to do a lot of the heavy lifting.

As for India, they were shabby with the ball. Their spinners, however, turned it up towards the end of their respective spells and that put SL in a spot. Rana and Arshdeep also largely held their nerve, but they will now have to pick themselves up and go at it again.

19.6
2
Harshit Rana to Shanaka, 2 runs, and we have a tie! This game is going to a Super Over! Chaos everywhere, and absolutely manic ending! Back of a length on middle and off. Shanaka hacks it down the ground towards long on. Miscues it terribly, though, and that allows both batters to get back for two. Shanaka, in trying to make his ground, sprawls at the batter's end. In the meantime, Rana fumbles his collection of the throw and the third may have been on had Shanaka not been down on the deck at the other end. Proper drama. Proper nerves. But no proper conclusion yet. And we will have a one-over shootout to figure it all out!

3 off the final ball. Super Over anyone? SKY walks up to his bowler, perhaps wanting to discuss what to bowl. Rinku has run from the off side over to the leg side. Probably into a hot spot to prevent the second. Looks like Dube has been moved over to the off side from deep mid wicket, with Rinku taking that spot now

19.5
4
Harshit Rana to Shanaka, FOUR, in the slot, and screamed over short third! Not the best ball Rana will bowl. Not the best shot Shanaka will play. But it works for Sri Lanka. This is an almighty swish and the ball flies off the outside edge. No one back on the fence, and SL need three off the final ball!

7 off 2. SL need a boundary here

19.4
2
Harshit Rana to Shanaka, 2 runs, slanted into the slot on off stump. Shanaka winds up and heaves it towards deep mid wicket. Dube misfields on the fence this time and Shanaka scrambles back for the second

9 off 3. India in the box seat now perhaps. Shanaka, though, might have other views

19.3
1b
Harshit Rana to Liyanage, 1 bye, off-pace again, on a length outside off. Liyanage, rather ambitiously, looks for the reverse lap but misses it due to no pace on the ball. Samson fumbles and Shanaka is alert enough to sneak in a bye
19.2
2
Harshit Rana to Liyanage, 2 runs, slower ball on a back of a length outside off. Liyanage has a huge swipe at it and the bottom hand comes off. The ball spirals off the higher part of the bat and just evades SKY to his right in the wide mid off region

Liyanage, playing his first game of the tournament, walks in with SL needing 12 off 5

19.1
W
Harshit Rana to Nissanka, OUT, straight to short fine leg, and Harshit Rana roars in delight! Nissanka is distraught, and he cannot believe what has just transpired! Zipped in full on the stumps. Nissanka shuffles across very early and laces his flick. Smashes it straight to Varun, who does really well to get both of his hands up in front of his face. The ball sticks and Nissanka does now know where to look. Nissanka walks off after playing a splendid knock, but someone else will have to take SL past the finish line now!

P Nissanka c Varun b Harshit Rana 107 (103m 58b 7x4 6x6) SR: 184.48

12 needed off 6. Rana to bowl. Rana has been very expensive tonight, but this is his moment to turn things around and become the hero. Nissanka, already the hero for SL, would want to add another chapter to his knock tonight

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7BKG MendisP Nissanka
2nd127MDKJ PereraP Nissanka
3rd23KIC AsalankaP Nissanka
4th6PHKD MendisP Nissanka
5th28MD ShanakaP Nissanka
6th11MD ShanakaJ Liyanage

Men's T20 Asia Cup

Super Fours
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND33060.913
PAK32140.329
BAN3122-0.831
SL3030-0.418
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND33063.547
PAK32141.79
UAE3122-1.984
OMA3030-2.6
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33061.278
BAN3214-0.27
AFG31221.241
HKG3030-2.151