India beat Sri Lanka in Super Over on eve of 2025 Asia Cup final

India instrumentality each the mode by Sri Lanka successful last Super Fours lucifer earlier Sunday’s Asia Cup last against Pakistan.

Defending champions India survived Pathum Nissanka’s blistering 100 and immoderate aggravated Super Over play earlier beating Sri Lanka successful a dormant rubber to support their unbeaten tally successful the Asia Cup connected Friday.

With India having already secured their spot successful Sunday’s last against Pakistan and Sri Lanka eliminated, the Super Fours clash was of simply world interest, but it turned retired to beryllium the astir breathtaking crippled of this year’s tournament.

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Sri Lanka gave a bully relationship of themselves and matched India’s 202-5 to unit the Super Over aft Nissanka (107) smashed the archetypal idiosyncratic 100 of this year’s tournament.

Sri Lanka, however, managed lone 2 runs successful the Super Over earlier losing some the wickets successful 5 deliveries from Arshdeep Singh.

India skipper Suryakumar Yadav took 3 runs from the archetypal transportation from Wanindu Hasaranga to seal their triumph matter-of-factly.

Earlier, enactment into bat, 20-overs satellite champions India racked up the tournament’s archetypal 200-plus full riding opener Abhishek Sharma’s 3rd consecutive 50 successful the tournament.

Abhishek, the world’s top-ranked T20 batter, maintained his red-hot signifier with a sizzling 61 disconnected 31 balls.

Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka successful enactment with India’s Kusal Mendis [Raghed Waked/Reuters]

Opening spouse Shubman Gill fell for four,

and skipper Suryakumar’s (12) slump successful signifier continued, but India did not truly endure arsenic Abhishek raced to a 22-ball fifty.

Sri Lanka skipper Charith Asalanka removed Abhishek, but Tilak Varma, who made 49 not out, and Sanju Samson (39) maintained the unit connected the Sri Lankan bowlers.

In their chase, Sri Lanka mislaid Kusal Mendis for a duck successful the archetypal over, but cruised to 72-1 aft the six powerplay overs.

India rested gait spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, portion Hardik Pandya bowled conscionable 1 implicit earlier leaving the field.

Nissanka needed 25 balls to bring up his fifty, and Kusal Perera (58) could not beryllium denied his half-century either.

Spinner Varun Chakravarthy broke the 127-run basal erstwhile helium dismissed Perera.

Nissanka raced to a 52-ball hundred, but fell successful the archetypal shot of the past over, which ended with Sri Lanka besides connected 202-5, forcing the Super Over.