India vs Sri Lanka Highlights, Asia Cup: IND hold nerve in super over, survive despite Pathum Nissanka's masterclass

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Nice last ball six from Axar, finally gets an error ball after Chameera nailed his yorkers through the over. Takes India past that 200 mark, with Tilak Varma stranded on 49*.

Very very good total, the middle order performing well even as the pitch grew trickier. India will feel much better with that performance.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Looking at 200 from here. Tilak hitting it well and Axar will want to have an impact as well in this finisher-type role.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: What a catch! It goes down as a caught and bowled, but my word. Skied high, Chameera has to stop his follow through, run all the way back to midwicket, and has to put in a dive with the ball falling over his shoulder. Terrific fielding off his own bowling!

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Another crunching six from Samson — and it's a no-ball too! He can't put away the free hit though, and the very next ball, he skies one for Asalanka to take a good catch.

Very solid 39(23) from Samson, but he's frustrated. He was finding his feet, and wanted a few more to show for it.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Much better from Samson! He's so good at hitting down the ground against the spinners, and this is a pretty good entry point for him to keep the attack going without having to slog. Carbon copy down the ground for six more.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Great hitting! They're hitting it very well, ensuring they don't let the pressure mount. First Tilak, then Samson with crunching sixes straight on. Running well between the wickets too.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: A couple of quieter overs, but the rate still at 10. This time, India won't want to let the platform Abhishek has given them to slip away.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Sri Lanka fighting back with a couple of wickets! It's the part-time spin of Asalanka which Abhishek picks out deep midwicket with, and he's not happy. He was hungry for a century today. Connected well, but not quite well enough with that one – gone for 61 off 31.

Samson new man in.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: That's plumb, Hasaranga sneaks one underneath the sweep, and that's crashing into off-stump. Suryakumar hasn't had the best tournament, and his lack of form will begin to become a concern now.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: What an innings already, and he will want to turn this into a big one. Another flurry of boundaries, India are suddenly 71/1 after the powerplay, and he shows no signs of stopping.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Where do you even bowl? Bouncer, he just scoops it over his head. Too much room, he scythes it over backward point. Just impossible to prevent boundaries off his bat.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Wow! Hard to explain how difficult that shot is, and just how easy Abhishek has made it look. Bounces down the track, gives himself room, and still somehow just chips it for six over mid-off. All his body momentum going one way, but his head is so still and his hands so good that he easily finds distance and elevation sending the ball the other way. Incredible batting.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: India sitting pretty with two overs in the powerplay still to go.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Thushara going for yorkers early but that's a big miss! Abhishek can slice that for four, and the free-hit is something of a hoick, but an inside edge STILL gets him four! Very rare for him to lose shape like that, as Manjrekar notes on air, but he gets four anyway. He's off to a flier again.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: What a catch, Theekshana! Sticks in the pitch as Gill looks to play on the up, goes away to Theekshana's left, but he puts in a dive and hangs on to it low during his follow through! The kind of fielding that makes a difference and Sri Lanka have early inroads!

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Gill finishes the first over with a four, and spin is on early. Always dangerous against Abhishek! Nice easy swing through the line against Theekshana, and his party has started.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Ready to go! Abhishek Sharma faces up against Thushara, who thuds one into his pads to get us going.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: One change for Sri Lanka today. Liyanage comes in.

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka (c), Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL:

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Sri Lanka to opt to bowl after Asalanka wins the toss. SKY does say India wanted to bat today. Bumrah and Dube sit out, Arshdeep and Harshit Rana come in for India.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: If changes are indeed made in the Indian team, will it be a result of rest for the star players, or a tactical call? Indeed, if Jitesh Sharma comes in, would he retain his place in the final? Or are India settled with the lineup they have been using thus far? Interesting questions to see the answers to.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Half an hour from the toss. Asalanka will lead Sri Lanka, and chasing will be what teams would like to do here, if they want a result. However, India might just want some more practice putting runs on the board, having struggled doing so against Bangladesh and somewhat against Oman as well. Runs on the board could be valuable.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: These two teams are familiar foes, but not at this venue: in T20 cricket, they have only faced off in Dubai once, and that was in 2022. That year, Sri Lanka shocked India in the Super 4s, contributing in dumping them out of the Asia Cup before going on to win the tournament and lifting the trophy for themselves. A repeat of that result on the cards?

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: With not much riding on this at all, SKY and Gambhir might opt to put their star bowler on ice and save him for the big final on Sunday. The backup options are stellar: Arshdeep Singh will be chomping at the bit to show off what he has got, and Harshit Rana might find some joy with his hit the deck style on this surface as well. With plenty of questions surrounding his workload management, this is an opportunity to let Bumrah have a day off and be completely fresh to face up against Pakistan.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Demoted to the middle order to account for new vice-captain Gill at the top of the order, it was always going to be a tall order for Samson recovering from injury to try and find rhythm. It hasn't helped that he doesn't know where exactly he is batting: he didn't play the first two matches, batted at three vs Oman, came in during the middle order second time around vs Pakistan, and then didn't come in to bat at all against Bangladesh.

What is exactly the game plan against Samson? Is he being seen as a finisher or as a bonafide middle order option, or is someone with his ceiling of talent being used simply as a floater? All these options have downsides that are puzzling many.