India, with seven titles, and another club with six titles, are the two most successful teams in Asia Cup history.
On September 12 at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka will face each other in the fourth game of the Super Four of the Super 11 Asia Cup 2023.
India will be into the match fresh off of a decisive 228 run victory against Pakistan, their longtime nemesis. Team India posted a staggering total of 356/2 in a rain-delayed match that continued on a reserve day, with all four of the top batsmen getting more than fifty runs. In spite of both being dismissed after collecting fifty runs, Rohit Sharma and Gill managed to put up another century stand for the first wicket.
Virat Kohli scored his 77th century and became the ODI player to reach 13000 runs in the fewest number of innings (267), surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s record by 54 innings. KL Rahul made his comeback with a wonderful century. Kuldeep Yadav excelled in the bowling department, picking up five wickets and became the second Indian to record a five-wicket haul for India in an Asia Cup ODI. India will try to maintain its winning streak to secure their final slot.
On the other side, Sri Lanka will be entering the match after a strong 2023 that saw them win 13 straight ODIs. They not only won 13 games, but they did so impressively on each of those occasions by bowling out the opposition. Their go-to batters are Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama. Mendis got back-to-back fifty-scores in his past two games, totaling 92 and 50, respectively. Samarawickrama also scored back-to-back fifty-scores against Bangladesh, totaling 54 and 93, respectively.
Although both of their openers made excellent beginnings, they were unable to capitalise on those opportunities. All of the team’s bowlers have delivered when it counts most, with Kasun Rajitha taking four wickets against Afghanistan and the trio of Theekshana Pathirana, Shanaka, and Shanaka taking three each in a 21-run victory over Bangladesh. With both the bat and the ball, Dunith Wellalage has demonstrated his all-around promise since replacing the injured Hasaranga. Sri Lanka will also try to extend their winning streak in order to secure their last spot.
Let’s take a moment to review the figures and upcoming benchmarks from India and Sri Lanka.
India has won 96 of the 165 games played between the two teams, while Sri Lanka has triumphed in 57 of them, with one game ending in a tie and 11 games ending in a draw.
Both teams have faced each other 19 times in Asia Cup ODIs, with Sri Lanka holding the advantage with 10 victories to India’s nine.
Rohit Sharma (9978) only needs 22 more runs to get 10,000 career ODI runs.
KL Rahul (48) needs two more sixes to reach 50 in ODIs.
To reach 200 ODI wickets, Ravindra Jadeja (197) needs three more victories.
Mohammed Siraj (46), who needs 4 more wickets to achieve the 50-wicket mark in ODIs.
4 – Kuldeep Yadav needs 4 wickets to achieve the 150-wicket mark in ODIs. He currently has 146.
Charith Asalanka (99) needs just one more four to reach 100 in ODIs.
Dasun Shanaka (49), who needs just one more catch to reach 50 in international cricket.
Kasun Rajitha (97) must take 3 more wickets to reach 100 in international cricket.
Dasun Shanaka (1441) must score 59 more runs to reach 1500 career international runs as captain.
Rohit Sharma (26) must knock one more sixes to surpass all other players in the Asia Cup ODI.
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