Despite the first match being canceled due to rain, the Indian cricket team has reached the semi-finals of the Asian Games. Today i.e. on Thursday it has to face Sri Lanka. This match is being played at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin city of Japan. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl first and the Indian team came into bat. The team that wins this match will play against Pakistan in the final match. Pakistan has made its place in the final by defeating Bangladesh in the first semi-final match.
The Indian team has entered this match with an army of batsmen. Except Ravi Bishnoi and Jasprit Bumrah, the remaining 9 players can bat well. The explosive trio of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma is present in the opening. The middle order consists of Tilak Verma, Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dubey. In the lower order, there are Axar Patel and Washington Sundar who can bat well in T20.
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Where can you watch this match?
This time the good news for cricket fans is that this match will also be telecast live on DD Sports (DD Free Dish). Apart from this, this match can also be watched on Sony Sports Network. To watch on mobile you can go to Sony Liv app.
India's playing 11: Shreyas Ayyas (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi and Jasprit Bumrah.
Sri Lanka's playing 11: Sahan Archachige (captain), Latish Kruspulle Sineth Jayawardene, Sohan de Livera, Ashen Bandara, Nuwanidu Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Vanuza Sahan, Vijayakanth Weyaskanth, Tarindu Ratnanayake, Binura Fernando.
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What happened in the first semi-final of the Asian Games?
On the other hand, the first semi-final match was played between Pakistan and Bangladesh. This match could be played only for 13 overs. Batting first, Bangladesh scored 111 runs in 13 overs. Pakistan team won this match by 6 wickets. After the initial setbacks, Pakistan's Abdul Samad and Hasan Nawaz batted well and led their team to victory on the third ball of the 12th over. Now Pakistan team has reached the finals and will face the winner of the India-Sri Lanka match. That means if the Indian team wins its match then it will face Pakistan for the gold medal.