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Home » Blog » Articles » Asia Cup At Khettarama: Disaster! Comedy! …. Hara-Kiri?-by Michael Roberts
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Asia Cup At Khettarama: Disaster! Comedy! …. Hara-Kiri?-by Michael Roberts

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Asia Cup At Khettarama: Disaster! Comedy! …. Hara-Kiri?-by Michael Roberts

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Given the humid and rainy conditions, why the Sri Lankan management chose to bat on winning the toss is a major issue for deate after the collapse for 5 runs in  the face of some excllent seam and swing bowling from Siraj, Bumrah and Pandya.

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Notwithstanding the quality of the Indian bowling, the techniques and batting of the Sri Lankan batsmen [yes bastmen] left much to be desired.

BATTING R B M 4s 6s SR
Pathum Nissanka 
c Jadeja b Mohammed Siraj 2 4 16 0 0 50.00
Kusal Perera 
c †Rahul b Bumrah 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
Kusal Mendis †
b Mohammed Siraj 17 34 59 3 0 50.00
Sadeera Samarawickrama 
lbw b Mohammed Siraj 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
Charith Asalanka 
c Ishan Kishan b Mohammed Siraj 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Dhananjaya de Silva 
c †Rahul b Mohammed Siraj 4 2 2 1 0 200.00
Dasun Shanaka (c)
b Mohammed Siraj 0 4 7 0 0 0.00
Dunith Wellalage 
c †Rahul b Pandya 8 21 35 0 0 38.09
Dushan Hemantha 
not out 13 15 24 1 0 86.66
Pramod Madushan 
c Kohli b Pandya 1 6 13 0 0 16.66
Matheesha Pathirana 
c Ishan Kishan b Pandya 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 2, w 3) 5
TOTAL 15.2 Ov (RR: 3.26) 50
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kusal Perera, 0.3 ov), 2-8 (Pathum Nissanka, 3.1 ov), 3-8 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 3.3 ov), 4-8 (Charith Asalanka, 3.4 ov), 5-12 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 3.6 ov), 6-12 (Dasun Shanaka, 5.4 ov), 7-33 (Kusal Mendis, 11.2 ov), 8-40 (Dunith Wellalage, 12.3 ov), 9-50 (Pramod Madushan, 15.1 ov), 10-50 (Matheesha Pathirana, 15.2 ov) • DRS
BOWLING O M R W ECON 0s 4s 6s WD NB
Jasprit Bumrah
5 1 23 1 4.60 20 3 0 1 0
Mohammed Siraj
7 1 21 6 3.00 34 2 0 2 0
Hardik Pandya
2.2 0 3 3 1.28 12 0 0 0 0
Kuldeep Yadav
1 0 1 0 1.00 5 0 0 0 0

India Team: 

Rohit Sharma (c), 
Shubman Gill, 
Virat Kohli, 
KL Rahul †, 
Ishan Kishan, 
Hardik Pandya, 
Ravindra Jadeja, 
Washington Sundar, 
Jasprit Bumrah, 
Kuldeep Yadav, 
Mohammed Siraj 
TAGGED:Dasun ShanakaDhananjaya De SilvaDunith WellalageIshan KishanMatheesha PathiranaMohammed SirajPathum NissankaPramod MadushanRavindra JadejaRohit SharmaSadeera Samarawickrama
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