SL vs IND Full Scorecard, Asia Cup 2025 Updates

6th T20I • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

Sri Lanka

202/5 & 2/2 (0.5)

India

202/5 & 3/0 (0.1)

IND won by superover

Info

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Mini Games

Date & Time

26 Sep, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Sony Network

Match

6th T20I,

Umpires

Gazi Sohel (Bangladesh), Izatullah Safi (Afghanistan), Masudur Rahman (Bangladesh, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

Pitch Report

The India v Bangladesh game was played on this pitch. It's a good opportunity to get big runs batting first on this surface! This deck looks good to last right through the game. The first three-four overs may do a bit for the quicks though, so, the batters need to be watchful then.

1st Innings

145Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

122.89Avg SR

2nd Innings

128Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

122.61Avg SR

Weather Update

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND

8- 2

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

India

Sri Lanka

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Abhishek Sharma

IND . BAT

248 Runs

5 Matches

Pathum Nissanka

SL . BAT

154 Runs

5 Matches

Kusal Mendis

SL . WK

122 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Kuldeep Yadav

IND . BOWL

12 Wkts

5 Matches

Wanindu Hasaranga

SL . ALL

7 Wkts

5 Matches

Nuwan Thushara

SL . BOWL

6 Wkts

5 Matches

Player of the Match Pathum Nissanka

107(58)

IND

Info

India

202/5 (20)

Batters

Abhishek Sharma

196.77

c Mendis b Asalanka

Shubman Gill

133.33

c & b Theekshana

Surya Kumar Yadav

(C)

92.31

lbw b Hasaranga

N. Tilak Varma

144.12

Not out

Sanju Samson

169.57

c Asalanka b Shanaka

Hardik Pandya

66.67

c & b Chameera

Axar Patel

140.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 2, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.1)

202/5

Did not Bat

Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh

Bowlers

EXT

10.75

9.00

10.00

9.25

11.50

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shubman Gill

c & b Theekshana

1-15

1.3

Surya Kumar Yadav

lbw b Hasaranga

2-74

6.5

Abhishek Sharma

c Mendis b Asalanka

3-92

8.4

Sanju Samson

c Asalanka b Shanaka

4-158

15.3

Hardik Pandya

c & b Chameera

5-162

16.1

Sri Lanka

202/5 (20)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

107

184.48

c Chakaravarthy b Rana

Kusal Mendis

0.00

c Gill b Pandya

Kusal Perera

181.25

st Samson b Chakaravarthy

Charith Asalanka

(C)

55.56

c Gill b Yadav

Kamindu Mendis

42.86

c Patel b Singh

Dasun Shanaka

200.00

Not out

Janith Liyanage

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.1)

202/5

Did not Bat

Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara

Bowlers

EXT

7.00

11.50

13.50

10.67

7.75

7.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kusal Mendis

c Gill b Pandya

1-7

0.4

Kusal Perera

st Samson b Chakaravarthy

2-134

12.2

Charith Asalanka

c Gill b Yadav

3-157

15.1

Kamindu Mendis

c Patel b Singh

4-163

16.4

Pathum Nissanka

c Chakaravarthy b Rana

5-191

19.1

Sri Lanka

2/2 (0.5)

Batters

Kusal Perera

0.00

c (sub Singh) b Singh

Dasun Shanaka

0.00

c (sub Sharma) b Singh

Kamindu Mendis

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(0.5 Ov, RR: 2.4)

2/2

Did not Bat

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Janith Liyanage, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara

Bowlers

EXT

Arshdeep Singh

0.5

2.40

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kusal Perera

c (sub Singh) b Singh

1-0

0.1

Dasun Shanaka

c (sub Sharma) b Singh

2-2

0.5

India

3/0 (0.1)

Batters

Surya Kumar Yadav

(C)

300.00

Not out

Shubman Gill

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(0.1 Ov, RR: 18)

3/0

Did not Bat

Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya, N. Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh

Bowlers

EXT

Wanindu Hasaranga

0.1

18.00

Match Info

Date & Time

26 Sep, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Sony Network

Match

6th T20I,

Umpires

Gazi Sohel (Bangladesh), Izatullah Safi (Afghanistan), Masudur Rahman (Bangladesh, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

Over 1

Runs: 3

All Overs

Player of the Match Pathum Nissanka

107(58)

Commentary

If that is something to go by, we are in for a humdinger in a day's time when it will be India vs Pakistan in an Asia Cup final for the first-time ever. Block your calendar, folks, 8 PM IST on 28th Sep. We will be there to bring you all the action as ever, for now it is time for us to catch our breathes and have a breather after that pulsating contest. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did bringing it to you, this is Sourabh Agrawal taking your leave on behalf of Bidipto Datta and the entire team. Cheers!

Surya Kumar Yadav (India captain): "It felt like a final! Told the boys to play this game like a semi-final, wanted to maintain the energy and we sure got good game! Batting was brilliant! Sanju (Samson) going down the order and still taking responsibility, the others coming through too, just fantastic! Arshdeep (Singh) has done it for us at the back-end of innings, so, I backed him. And he had to bowl that Super Over! He has the mentality of a bowler who can bowl a Super Over. We will have a good recovery tomorrow, and get back fully charged on Sunday. The boys were clear about what they had to do, and we are so happy to be in the final! Looking forward to the final now!"

Charith Asalanka (Sri Lanka captain): "Yes, it was a good game! Unfortunate that we could not get over the line, but this was a terrific game. They batted superbly, and then, we responded equally well! We are disappointed with how things went on the Asia Cup, we have a good team, and there are lots of positives to take away."

Pathum Nissanka has been adjudged the Player of the Match for his incredible 107 off 58 balls!

The Super Sixes of the Match award winner is Pathum Nissanka for smashing 6 sixes!

The Gamechanger of the Match award goes to Arshdeep Singh for his overall bowling effort!

11:12 PM local time, 12:42 AM IST: Not sure if our emotions have been controlled just as yet, but it's time for the post-match presentation now!

11:02 PM Local Time, 12:32 AM IST: MATCH SUMMARY

India (202/5 in 20 overs) beat Sri Lanka (202/5 in 20 overs) in a SUPER OVER

Abhishek Sharma 61(31) | Hardik Pandya 1/7(1)
Pathum Nissanka 107(58) | Charith Asalanka 1/18(2)

And, breathe! So much to unpack there as the players exchange handshakes with good spirits. The Asia Cup has come alive or what, for all those who were complaining about the lob-sidedness of the matches, we have had a super over with nothing to separate the two teams for the entire length of the match.

It is a different matter altogether that we saw one of the most one-sided super overs, Sri Lanka losing both their wickets on just 2 runs and then the Indian captain striding out with Shubman Gill to finish proceeding in just one ball with an all-run three.

Very rarely does a T20I century go in a losing cause but Pathum Nissanka registered his name in that list as his majestic first-ever century in T20s for Sri Lanka went in vain. Think Sri Lanka would've fancied themselves at 134/1 in 12 overs, needing 69 off 48 with two men at the crease who were making this Indian bowling look pedestrian in all honesty.

Sri Lanka lost Kusal Mendis for a duck in the very first over but then the other Kusal, Kusal Perera joined Pathum Nissanka and both those men gave the Indian bowlers a proper shellacking. A joint-highest powerplay of the tournament as Sri Lanka racked up 72/1 in 6 overs. The going did not slow down post that as well, the spinners were treated with same disdain as both Nissanka and Perera registered 25-ball fifties.

India looked like they had no answers for the large parts of it before Perera ran past one from Varun to be stumped and the big stand got broken. Then, India pulled things back with their spinners, the new batters found it tough to get going as Nissanka kept losing partners. Nissanka eventually got his ton but fell in the final over with 12 needed, India were hamstrung with Hardik off the field but that is when Arshdeep stood up in the death along with Harshit with the final over as well as the two spinner Kuldeep and Varun.

In the super over, it was a masterclass from Arshdeep who made light work of Sri Lanka and then it was just formalities with the bat chasing three runs. Sri Lanka would be gutted with the loss and also the fact that they really did not show their potential in this tournament but at the same time they will be happy that some of their players have found their mojo back, Nissanka especially.

0.1 Wanindu Hasaranga to Surya Kumar Yadav, THAT IS THAT! SURYA FINISHES IT OFF FIRST BALL! Wrong 'un on the good length on off-and-middle. Surya waited for it, made a bit of room and punched it on the up through cover against the turn to pick up the required three runs! India win the match by winning the Super Over!

Wanindu Hasaranga's Opening Bowling spell

Shubman Gill opening at non-striker's end

Surya Kumar Yadav opening at striker's end

10:59 PM Local Time, 12:29 AM IST: The players are back. Interesting choice from India, Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav are the batters to walk out with the skipper at the striker's end. Wanindu Hasaranga will try and defend 3 runs.

Harsh Chaurasiya: "I think they should send Pathum Nissanka. Sri Lanka made big mistake."
That is what common sense told you, for sure.

Some: ""Asia cup peaks hear!!!
Absolute cinema 🔥🔥🔥""

10:54 PM Local Time, 12:24 AM IST: Sri Lanka have indeed been bowled out for just 2 runs in the Super Over. This is the end of the innings, yes we can confirm it this time. That is an exceptional piece of bowling from Arshdeep in the Super Over, took 2 wickets and gave absolutely nothing away closing things early. Sri Lanka would not be happy at all, Shanaka would not be happy with himself. This also means that India need 3 runs off 6 balls in their Super Over to claim victory here, how many balls do you fancy?

Last wicket to fall was of Dasun Shanaka

0.5 Arshdeep Singh to Dasun Shanaka, WELL, THIS IS OUT, NO PROBLEM! Full and wide outside the line of off-stump. Shanaka went for an almighty slash through the line of the ball and sliced it high up. Substitute fielder Jitesh Sharma was at deep third man and he made no mistake with the catch, whatsoever! Sri Lanka score only 2 runs!

The umpire at the non-striker's end gave Shanaka out for caught behind, this is something I have not seen ever. Since the umpire gave it out caught behind, the ball became dead at that moment and the run-out will not be counted. The Sri Lankan innings will continue, how? Make sense of this if you can. Even Surya cannot, he is trying to understand from the umpire who is giving him a lengthy explanation.

0.4 Arshdeep Singh to Dasun Shanaka, RUN OUT! AND THAT WILL BE THAT FROM SRI LANKA'S POINT OF VIEW! ACTUALLY, IT HAS BEEN GIVEN OUT FOR CAUGHT BEHIND, OR HAS IT? YES! SHANAKA HAS REVIEWED IT! Full and wide outside off-stump. Shanaka tried to thump it through the covers on the front foot but missed it. However, there was an appeal and the umpire raised the dreaded finger to give Shanaka out, caught keeper! And the replays show that there was no nick! So, Shanaka stays on here! We wonder why the on-field umpire gave it out in the first place because the appeal was actually a shout for the keeper to throw the stumps down!

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