Asia Cup Final: Sri Lanka start disastrously, 6 out for just 12 runs
In the final of the Asia Cup, the batting of the defending champion Sri Lanka has had a disastrous start and 6 players have returned to the pavilion for only 12 runs.
Defending champions Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the final of the Asia Cup being played at the Prema Dasa Stadium in Colombo, which proved to be very disastrous and the Islanders were bowled out for 12 runs in just four overs. More than half of the team has returned to the pavilion.
The Sri Lankan batsmen kept coming to the field and returning to the pavilion. Mohammad Siraj has taken the valuable wickets of Patham Nishanka, Sudheera Samaravkarma, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya De Silva and captain Dasan Shanka.
Mohammad Siraj has taken the valuable wickets of Patham Nishanka, Sudheera Samaravkarma, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya De Silva and captain Dasan Shanka.
He further said that he was very happy with the performance of the young players. Support from the fans boosts motivation.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that if we had won the toss, we would have batted first. Will now try to restrict Sri Lanka to a minimum score.
For today's match, one in Sri Lanka while six changes have been made in the Indian team.
Sri Lanka have replaced bowler Mahesh Thikshana with Dushan Hemantha due to his unfitness, while Washington Sundar has replaced India pacer Akshar Patel.
Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj, who were rested against Bangladesh, are back.
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