'I told him ...': Suryakumar opens up on why Arshdeep Singh bowled Super Over

India secured a thrilling Super Over triumph against Sri Lanka successful their last Super Four lucifer of the Asia Cup successful Dubai connected Wednesday, with Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav praising his team's quality and peculiarly highlighting the performances of middle-order batsmen Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, and bowler

Arshdeep Singh

's composure successful the decisive Super Over wherever Sri Lanka managed lone 2 runs.The match, contempt being a dormant rubber, turned into an aggravated contention with some teams scoring implicit 200 runs, including a period from Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka."It felt similar a last and the boys showed a batch of quality aft the archetypal fractional successful the 2nd innings. I told the boys to person bully vigor and let's spot wherever we are astatine the end. To person that commencement with the bat, and idiosyncratic similar Sanju and Tilak taking that tempo was bully to see.

And for idiosyncratic similar Sanju, who is not opening the batting, and taking that work and adjacent Tilak showing large confidence, which was bully to see," said Suryakumar during the post-match presentation."Arshdeep has delivered for america the past 2-3 years. I told him to backmost his ain plans and effort to execute. He has been determination successful that concern galore times and helium has done truly good for India and for his IPL side. His assurance says it all.

None different than Arshdeep to vessel that Super Over," Suryakumar added.

The Indian skipper mentioned that immoderate players experienced cramps owed to vigor but assured they would person a betterment time connected Saturday earlier the finals.Sri Lankan skipper Charith Asalanka acknowledged Nissanka's awesome period and remained affirmative contempt their winless Super Four signifier performance."It was a fabulous game, and we were successful the crippled until Varun and Kuldeep bowled those mediate overs.

It was unbelievable batting (from Nissanka), they person immoderate highly bully bowlers and it was splendid to spot him bat with that attacking approach. There were galore positives from the Asia Cup. We person been playing bully cricket, but unfortunately, we could not triumph successful the past 2 games. As a captain, determination are a batch of positives to take," Asalanka stated.

After winning the toss, Sri Lanka chose to tract first. India's innings saw aboriginal setbacks with Shubman Gill falling for 4 and skipper Suryakumar scoring lone 12 runs.Abhishek Sharma continued his outstanding form, scoring 61 disconnected 31 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes, becoming the archetypal batter to transverse 300 runs successful the T20I Asia Cup.The middle-order concern betwixt Tilak Varma (49 not out) and Sanju Samson (39) proved crucial, contributing a 66-run basal and helping India scope 202/5 successful their 20 overs.Sri Lanka's pursuit began poorly with Kusal Mendis dismissed for a aureate duck, but Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera launched a beardown counter-attack.Nissanka scored a superb 107 disconnected 58 balls, portion Perera contributed 58 runs from 32 balls.

Dasun Shanaka

added a speedy 22 runs, but the lucifer yet went to a Super Over with some teams tied.In the bowling department, Kuldeep Yadav was India's astir palmy bowler with figures of 1/31, portion Sri Lanka's Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga each claimed 1 wicket.The Super Over saw Arshdeep Singh's exceptional bowling restrict Sri Lanka to conscionable 2 runs portion taking 2 wickets. India easy chased down the people successful conscionable 1 ball.Nissanka was awarded Player of the Match for his century. The triumph maintained India's unbeaten grounds arsenic they beforehand to the final, portion Sri Lanka exited the Super Four signifier without a triumph contempt entering it undefeated.