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Indians played against Sri Lanka in their second match of the super-4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022. Eventually, things didnβt fall in place for the men in blue as they lost the match by six wickets to the Lankan tigers. Batting first, Rohit Sharma & co posted a total of 173 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs.
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On the other hand, Sri Lanka chased it down in the last over of the match with one ball and six wickets. Now, Indian hopes are very low to reach the final of the tournament. In this match against Sri Lanka, skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Suryakumar Yadav were the only two batters who scored some fine knocks. Indian batting and bowling failed to restrict Sri Lanka in a must-win encounter for them.
Other than this, the incident that happened on the penultimate ball of the last over reminded the fans of former legendary Indian skipper and wicketkeeper MS Dhoni. At the same, Dhoni happened to trend on Twitter as fans missed how good he was behind the wickets to control the byes and throw the ball on the wickets at a crucial juncture in the match.
It all happened when Rishabh Pant failed to manage the pressure behind the wickets on the deciding ball of the match.
Here's how Twitter Reacted:
I miss how @msdhoni always prevented those byes! What an accurate throw he had.
β Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) September 6, 2022
We missed u #Dhoni in that second last ball throw π.. But what a beautiful last over by #arshdeepsingh ππ½
β Aly Goni (@AlyGoni) September 6, 2022
MS Dhoni, where are you?
β Aritra Mukherjee (@aritram029) September 6, 2022
Thats it!
β Spandan Srivastava (@Spandan911) September 6, 2022
Its time MS Dhoni comes out of retirement and leads this team to glory once again.
#INDvSL
Just get back MS Dhoni !!
β Harneet Singh (@Harneetsin) September 6, 2022
MS Dhoni was the real Jadugar on the field.#AsiaCupT20 #INDvSL
β Naveen Sharma (@iamnaveenn100) September 6, 2022
Not All wicket keepers are MS Dhoni. pic.twitter.com/KDWqXQNWmi
β MAHIYANKβ’ (@Mahiyank_78) September 6, 2022
MS Dhoni has done it before.
β Shahid ; (@abcdefghi8k) September 6, 2022
Team India badly missing him..
His captaincy is incomparable. No one can match it. pic.twitter.com/hBBHwYuNnm
Captaincy and stumping in last over !! MSDhoni has done it before @MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/7DkPjiBuFJ
β Shiva MSDIAN (@ShivaDhonifan7) September 6, 2022
This is the reason why he never took anything easy.
β Vivek. (@imvikky07) September 6, 2022
Everyone can't be MS DHONI. pic.twitter.com/4ZgS7n9ZTq
Talking about the match, then the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma played a very good knock of 72 runs off 41 runs with five boundaries and four sixes to his name. Other than him, Suryakumar Yadav scored 34 runs off 29 balls. With the help of these few knocks, India scored 173 runs losing eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Dilshan Madhushanka ended up as the highest wicket-taker for Sri Lanka with three scalps on his credit.
While chasing the target, the opening pair of Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis provided a very strong start to the Sri Lankan team. They both made a partnership of 97 runs for the first wicket in 11.1 overs. Nissanka and Mendis scored individual half-centuries with scores of 52 and 57 respectively.
Apart from these, the finishing knock of 33 runs off just 18 balls from the skipper Dasun Shanaka helped Sri Lanka to chase down the target in 19.5 overs with six wickets and one ball to spare.