CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments A high voltage match is expected between India vs Sri Lanka match 7 Asia Cup 2016 on 1st March 2016 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur. Both the team will fight to take a step closer to the final by winning the match. India and Sri Lanka have equally won the Asia Cup 5 times and both are wanting to succeed in this battle.
India has won both the matches played till now in the tournament and is leading the point table. India is looking in great form and has shown some excellent performance in both the match. India has won by 45 runs against Bangladesh and defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets. Indian batsmen have impressed everyone with their much needed performance in pressure. Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya were hero of the match against Bangladesh and Virat Kohli played a match winning inning in the match against Pakistan. Inclusion of bowlers like Bumrah and inform bowler Ashish Nehra and Ashwin have made the bowling side.
The last series between India and Sri Lanka was not a good one for Sri Lanka, where India won the series by 2-0. Sri Lanka missed its experienced player in series but return of these seniors Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Angelo Mathews and Rangana Herath has made the team back into the winning momentum. Though the team has won its first match against UAE, but the team is looking weak in batting section though the bowling section is doing well.
India Team Squad:
- MS Dhoni (Captain & wk)
- Rohit Sharma
- Virat Kohli
- Suresh Raina
- Yuvraj Singh
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Ashish Nehra
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Harbhajan Singh
- Mohammed Shami
- Pawan Negi
Sri Lanka Team Squad:
- Angelo Mathews (captain)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
- Dinesh Chandimal (wicket-keeper)
- Kusal Perera
- Lahiru Thirimanne
- Dimuth Karunaratne
- Kithruwan Vithanage
- Lasith Malinga
- Thisara Perrera
- Nuwam Kulasekara
- Dhammika Prasad
- Rangana Herath
- Suranga Lakmal
- Jeevan Mendis
India vs Sri Lanka Match 7 Asia Cup 2016
Date and Time : 1 March 2016, 7:00 pm (IST)
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (Bangladesh)
Live Score:
Toss: India won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Update : One change in the Indian team squad Shikhar Dhawan back into the team in place Rahane.
Match Result : India won the match by 5 wickets and entered into the finals of Asia cup 2016.
SL : 138/9 in 20 overs
Ind: 142/5 in 19.2 overs
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli for his 58* runs on 47 balls with 7 fours.
Here is the full Scorecard of India vs Sri Lanka Match of Asia Cup 2016 :-
| Sri Lanka innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| LD Chandimal† | c †Dhoni b Nehra | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 |
| TM Dilshan | c Ashwin b Pandya | 18 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 112.50 |
| DSNFG Jayasuriya | c †Dhoni b Bumrah | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| CK Kapugedera | c Pandya b Bumrah | 30 | 59 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 93.75 |
| AD Mathews* | b Pandya | 18 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 94.73 |
| TAM Siriwardana | c Raina b Ashwin | 22 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 129.41 |
| MD Shanaka | run out (Sharma/Ashwin) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| NLTC Perera | st †Dhoni b Ashwin | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 283.33 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | run out (Kohli/†Dhoni) | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 144.44 |
| PVD Chameera | not out | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 4, nb 1) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 20 overs; 92 mins) | 138 | (6.90 runs per over) | ||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | |
| A Nehra | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | 12 | 3 | 0 | (2w) |
| JJ Bumrah | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
| HH Pandya | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| RA Jadeja | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| R Ashwin | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 | 10 | 1 | 1 | (1nb, 2w) |
| SK Raina | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| India innings (target: 139 runs from 20 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| S Dhawan | c †Chandimal b Kulasekara | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| RG Sharma | c Kapugedera b Kulasekara | 15 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 107.14 |
| V Kohli | not out | 56 | 85 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 119.14 |
| SK Raina | c Kulasekara b Shanaka | 25 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 96.15 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Kulasekara b Perera | 35 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 194.44 |
| HH Pandya | b Herath | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| MS Dhoni*† | not out | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175.00 |
| Extras | (w 1) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 19.2 overs; 95 mins) | 142 | (7.34 runs per over) | ||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | |
| AD Mathews | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7.00 | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
| NLTC Perera | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| PVD Chameera | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | 8 | 3 | 0 | (1w) |
| HMRKB Herath | 3.2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 7.80 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| MD Shanaka | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| TAM Siriwardana | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Have a look: Top run scorer of Asia cup 2016
So by winning this match India entered into the final of Asia cup 2016, lets see who will be the second finalist of the tournament. Till then check most wicket taking bowler of the tournament.