Shanaka took 1 run off the first ball of Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the 19th over. Chanuka took 1 run off the second ball. After that, he bowled 2 wides. Shanaka hits a four off the third ball. Dasun hit another four off the fourth ball. Shanaka took 1 run off the fifth ball. Bhanuka took 1 run in the last ball. A total of 14 runs were scored in the over. Sri Lanka scored 167 runs for 4 wickets in 19 overs.

Sri Lanka needs 7 runs in the last over to win. Rohit gave the ball to pacer Arshdeep. He couldn’t do it today like in the match against Pakistan.

Bhanuka took 1 runoff Arshdeep’s first ball. Shanaka took 1 run from the second ball. Bhanuka took 2 runs off the third ball. Sri Lanka needs 3 runs from 3 balls to win. He took 1 run off the fourth ball. Shanaka could not put the bat on the fifth ball. But two batters run to get the run. Pant fails to hit the stumps for a run-out. Arshdeep also bowled the ball at the non-striker’s end and failed to hit the stumps. Sri Lanka runs for 2 runs and with one ball to spare, Sri Lanka reaches the victory port.

Kusal Mendis scored the highest run for Sri Lanka. He scored 57 runs off 37 balls before being lbw by Chahal in the opening. The second highest run is another opener Pathum Nissanka. He is also a victim of Chahal. He scored 52 runs off 37 balls. In the end, Rajapaksa and captain Shanaka formed a great pair. Both Rajapaksa and Shanaka remain unbeaten on 25 off 17 and 33 off 18 respectively.

Earlier on Tuesday, India lost the toss at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates and batted first, losing the wickets of Lokesh Rahul and Virat Kohli for just 13 runs.

After that, Captain Rohit Sharma relieved the pressure on the team by making a pair of 97 runs from 58 balls with Suraiya Kumar Yadav. After scoring 110 runs for two wickets in 12.2 overs, India lost 6 wickets for 63 runs. The Asia Cup record 7-time title winners missed out on a big score due to the regular fall of wickets at the end of the innings.