🏏T20 Asia Cup 2025: IND vs SL, Match 18, A1 vs B1 - Super 4 @Dubai🏏 - Page 3

Kannadachi : "There was a point of time when SKY couldn't do any wrong with the bat. Currently he is extremely unsettled at the crease , leave alone scoring / dominating the bowlers! What a leveler this game of cricket is !" -- But a good knock today could be just what India need going into Sunday.

Cricfan: "I'm all for India playing the same eleven that will play in the finals. But I think they might rest Bumrah today, not risking injury"

maddy: "After a bout of uncontrolled batting order experimentation last game , India must revert back to playing with the same order that they will play in Finals." -- That is what conventional wisdom suggests, but with recent evidence, it is anyone's guess what tack India will adopt tonight.

Toss time now. Both captains are there, and both the teams are here and warming up.

Originally posted by: Arziya

Thanks for the tag!

ICC found SKY guilty in Pahalgam comments made against in conference and after match against pak :(

India has appealed the verdict but I hope this doesn’t go far for SKY

let’s hope India wins this and final on Sunday!!

That's really sad to know

Charith Asalanka: We are going to bowl first.

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to field.

Azweer : "Will SKY bat at No. 11 tonight?? " -- Ha! Think he needs some time out in the middle too to get back rhythm.

It's time for the toss. Asalanka and Suryakumar are out there in the middle. Suryakumar has the coin and he gives it a spin. Asalanka calls heads and heads it is. Sri Lanka will bowl first. Asalanka says they know they cannot qualify but still terms this an important game. Adds that it looks like a good pitch and that they want to keep India down to 170-175. The openers have been doing well, he mentions, and he wants them to continue that performance. Karunaratne goes out, Liyanage comes in.

Suryakumar says they want to continue what they are doing. They would have batted first anyway. Good games, good atmosphere and just stick to it, he says. Two changes for India - Bumrah and Dube are resting, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh come in.

Pitch Report: A good opportunity to get those big runs, says Ravi Shastri after looking at the pitch. This surface will remain good, he adds, and he expects it to be a good batting track. As a bowler, you have to give the ball the opportunity to swing, says Shastri, and that batters will come after them in the powerplay.