India beat Sri Lanka by 41 to qualify for Asia Cup final
Spinners Dunith Wellalage and Charith Asalanka had previously bowled India out for 213 with a combined nine wickets.In Colombo, India's captain Rohit Sharma scored 53 to give his team a quick start after surpassing 10,000 ODI runs, but Wellalage responded with his first-ever five-wicket haul.Along with vital dismissals of Rohit and Virat Kohli, the 20-year-old delivered figures of 5-40. Off-spinner Charith Asalanka, who claimed four victims for 18 runs, provided significant assistance.After crushing longtime foe Pakistan by 228 runs on Monday's make-up day due to rain, India entered their third straight day of play.Shubman and Rohit After deciding to bat, Gill got things going right away with a few boundaries.After hitting a straight six off fast bowler Kasun Rajitha to raise the Indian flags in the crowd with his second consecutive fifty, Rohit joined an exclusive group of athletes with over 10,000 ODI runs.When Wellalage bowled Gill for 19 with his first ball of the game, the rookie spinner was unable to recover.The wicket of Kohli, who was dismissed for three a day after scoring an unbeaten 122 against Pakistan at the same location, caused the home crowd to roar.Wellalage, who claimed his third catch in three overs, also bowled Rohit.Ishan Kishan, who scored 33, and previous game centurion KL Rahul made an effort to revive the innings with a 63-run stand.That partnership was broken up by Wellalage, who had Rahul caught and bowled for 39 before returning Hardik Pandya for his fifth wicket.Axar Patel persisted after a roughly 45-minute rain break to push the total beyond 200. Asalanka continued to make inroads from the other end and was on a hat-trick with India on 186-9.India's innings was concluded in 49.1 overs when Maheesh Theekshana bowled Patel for 26.
IND 213 (49.1)
SL 172 (41.3)