New Delhi: India has defeated Sri Lanka badly in the cricket semi-finals of the Asian Games 2026. Team India has entered the finals with a huge victory of 124 runs, where the team will face Pakistan on 3rd October. Let us tell you, in the second semi-final played on Thursday, Sri Lanka won the toss and asked India to bat first.
During this, the Indian team captained by Shreyas Iyer scored a challenging score of 169 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. The hero of this score was Ishan Kishan, who held one end and played a brilliant inning of unbeaten 80 runs on 46 balls. His innings included 4 fours and 5 sixes. Along with this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi also played a quick inning of 38 runs in 21 balls.
How was the start of Team Sri Lanka?
The start of the Sri Lankan team, which came to chase the target of 170 runs, was like a nightmare. Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets in the very first over. He LBWed Sineth Jayawardene on the second ball and then got Sohan De Livera caught by Sanju Samson behind the wicket. Opener Lasith Kruspule was run out on the very next ball, during which the score was 2 runs for 3 wickets.
After this the Sri Lankan team could not maintain itself in the field. Captain Sahan Arachige was out after scoring 9 runs, Ashen Bandara could not even open the account. By the time the score was 31 runs for 6 wickets, half the team had returned to the pavilion. In the end the entire team was reduced to just 45 runs in 9.5 overs. The bowlers did wonders for India. Bumrah, Axar Patel and Abhishek Sharma took 2 wickets each, while three Sri Lankan batsmen were run out.
India-Pakistan face to face in the final
On the other hand, in the first semi-final, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 6 wickets and made it to the final. Bangladesh had scored 111 runs, which Pakistan achieved with 9 balls remaining. Now India-Pakistan will compete in the final. India is the gold medalist of the Hangzhou Asian Games and this time too it will aim to retain the gold, whereas Pakistan could not even win a medal last time. Let us tell you, the match for the gold medal will be played on October 3 from 9:30 am.