If we say that it is the most hyped about game after football, it won’t be wrong. Did the better team win today? - 100%.Cricket is the game that is very popular and loved all over the globe. But it was SL who held their nerves better. He tried his best, nailing the yorker almost every ball. Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 14 off the penultimate over with Arshdeep tasked to defend just seven off the final. However, they made sure to find boundaries at regular intervals to take their side close. Rajapaksa and Shanaka came in with SL at 110 for 4 with the target still a fair bit away. However, the pacers were disappointing once again. He changed the game around with his spell while Ashwin too did his bit. India then made a comeback largely through Chahal, who picked up 3 for 34 in his four overs. The duo added 97 runs for the opening wicket in 11.1 overs with both batters getting fifties. India put up a par score, but Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka hit their straps from the get-go. A third straight 170-plus chase for them and that is a run chase for the ages set up by the openers. The players run out to the middle to embrace Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dasun Shanaka. You have to give a lot of credit to Arshdeep for coming out the way he did at the end.ĩ.48pm Celebrations in the SL camp.

We are still looking for some answers but when we play a game like this, you get a lot of answers. We wanted to put ourselves under pressure during this Asia Cup. It is just the two games we have lost back to back. We pretty much know now what to deal with regarding our combination. Since Hardik came back we always played with three seamers with Hardik being the fourth, but we have to look at all options. Come the WC I want to be ready with all answers. Ideally, when we start touring, we would like four seamers., But you also try with three. I was thinking of bringing Hooda but it did not work out the way we thought. Their right-handers batted for longer periods of time. We thought with the bigger boundary, you can use the spin well. In the end, SL held their nerves quite well. The spinners came out and bowled quite aggressively.

It was a good effort with the ball, considering the start they got. The guys out in the middle need to learn what they need to do and what kind of shot-making can happen, This team was on a good run for a long time, such losses will help us better to learn as a team. The kind of runs we got, we could have capitalised a bit more. Rohit Sharma, the Indian captain up first: We ended up on the wrong side, just as simple as that.

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