How India defied the chances to succeed in Asia Cup ultimate – Online Cricket News

Good to play high-pressure match, challenged a number of facets of our recreation: Rohit

IMAGE: India will both face Sri Lanka or Pakistan within the summit conflict on Sunday. {Photograph}: ACC/X

India captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday mentioned it was good to play a high-pressure recreation in opposition to Sri Lanka within the Tremendous 4 stage of the Asia Cup because it “challenged a number of facets of our recreation” forward of the World Cup.

Opting to bat, India managed a below-par 213 however the bowlers produced a splendid collective effort to hold their workforce to a 41-run win, and into the ultimate of the continental match.

Rohit Sharma’s fifty (53 off 48 balls) was the cornerstone of India’s whole as Lankan spinners Dunith Wellalage (5/40) and Charith Asalanka (4/18) bamboozled them.

However India, guided by Kuldeep Yadav’s 4 for 43, bowled out Sri Lanka for 172.

India, who entered the ultimate with 4 factors, will both face Sri Lanka or Pakistan within the summit conflict on Sunday.

“It was a superb recreation. For us additionally to play a recreation like that underneath stress. Challenged a number of facets of our recreation,” Rohit mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony.

“We positively wish to play on pitches like these to see what we will obtain.”

Rohit was stuffed with reward for Hardik Pandya (1/14) and Kuldeep Yadav’s (4/43) efforts with the ball.

“He is (Hardik) labored onerous on his bowling over the past couple of years, and it is pleasing to see how he bowled that spell. Not a simple goal to defend. Pitch acquired barely higher in the direction of the tip so we needed to maintain our nerve and bowl persistently,” the skipper mentioned.

“(Kuldeep) once more for the previous yr or so bowling rather well. He is labored onerous on his rhythm and you’ll see the leads to the final 15 ODIs he is performed. He offers us a number of choices. So going ahead it is a fairly good signal.”

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