India beat Sri Lanka in Super Over on eve of 2025 Asia Cup final

India, the defending champions, held on to a blistering 100 and some intense Super Over drama before beating Sri Lanka in a dead rubber to keep their unbeaten run in the Asia Cup on Friday.

The Super Fours clash was intended to be of academic interest, but it ended up being the most exciting game at the tournament, with India already taking home the spot they did against Pakistan and eliminated Sri Lanka.

After Nissanka (107) smashed the first individual hundred of the tournament, Sri Lanka defended their position and defeated India by 202-5 to win the Super Over.

In the Super Over, Sri Lanka only managed two runs before Arshdeep Singh’s five deliveries, which totaled two, gave them both.

Suryakumar Yadav, the skipper of India, took three runs from Wanindu Hasaranga’s first delivery to declare the victory.

India, the 20-overs world champions, had earlier recorded their third consecutive fifty against India, which came after its 200-plus-total opening.

The top-ranked T20 player in the world, Abhishek, continued to impress with a sizzling 61 runs out of 31 balls.

Shubman Gill, the opening man, lost four.

and Indian skipper Suryakumar’s (12) form continued, but Abhishek’s 22-ball fifty prevented the team from really suffering.

Abhishek was taken out by Sri Lankan bowler Charith Asalanka, but Sanju Samson (39) and Tilak Varma (49 not out) made a 49-run save.

In the first over, Sri Lanka lost Kusal Mendis for a duck in the chase, but the pair won 72-1 with six powerplay overs.

Before leaving the field, Hardik Pandya bowled just one over while Jasprit Bumrah was rested.

Kusal Perera’s (58) half-century could not be denied, just like Nissanka could not be denied. He also needed 25 balls to bring up his fifty.

When Perera was dismissed, Spinner Varun Chakravarthy broke the 127-run rule.