India vs Sri Lanka, 18th Match, Super Fours at Dubai, Asia Cup, Sep 26 2025 - Match Result

One ball is all it takes! India canter past the finish line, and a game in which they had been pushed to the brink, has ended with yet another win! India remain spotless and warm up for the final with….a Super Over win! Googly on a back of a length on middle and off. SKY backs away and punches it crisply past extra cover. The chase is on but the ball dribbles away far enough to allow SKY and Gill to complete the third. A slightly anti-climactic ending, given all that has happened tonight, but India will be pleased to have eventually gotten the job done!

No need for a replay this time, and no need for DRS as well! Sprayed across full and wide. Shanaka has no option but to throw his hands at it and slices across it a little too much. Deep backward point runs in and does the rest. Shanaka has been dismissed finally, and Sri Lanka have been rolled over for a couple of runs!

Where are you going, Dasun Shanaka?! This is chaotic cricket, and Sri Lanka have been rolled over for 2 runs in the Super Over! Another exceptional yorker outside off. Shanaka fails to dig it out and then decides to go walkabouts, despite Samson having collected the ball cleanly. He takes aim and under-arms it into the stumps, with Shanaka nowhere in the frame! But hang on. Hang on. There is a twist left in this still. Seems like Arshdeep appealed for the caught-behind and the umpire, after a bit of contemplation, raised his finger. All this while Samson was running Shanaka out at the other end. Shanaka, seeing the caught-behind decision, reviews immediately and argues that it should be dead ball and that he should still be out there. Replays come up and Shanaka has missed the ball completely. Decision overturned and the run out is null and void too. Strange and bizarre is the word, but that is what it is. There is a conference now to discuss the happenings and to decide what to do next. Looks like Shanaka, somehow, has survived. Wow.

Goes for the wide yorker again but this time, errs a little on the wider side. Another fresh-air shot for Shanaka but he gets the wide on this occasion

Another superb wide yorker outside off. Shanaka swishes at it with all he has but cannot lay bat on ball. Squirms under his bat and that is another dot

Excellent wide yorker outside off. Kamindu shapes for the scoop and makes a mess of it. Jams it off the inside edge into his pads and Shanaka races through for the single, despite Arshdeep trying to side-foot it with his right foot into the stumps

Sliced straight to deep point, and this is the worst possible start for Sri Lanka! Speared in full and wide, and this is perfect planning and execution. Perera sits deep in his crease and looks to carve it away. But all he does is find Rinku to perfection. Sri Lanka rocked early, and they are also just one wicket away from being bowled out in the Super Over now!'

and we have a tie! This game is going to a Super Over! Chaos everywhere, and absolutely manic ending! Back of a length on middle and off. Shanaka hacks it down the ground towards long on. Miscues it terribly, though, and that allows both batters to get back for two. Shanaka, in trying to make his ground, sprawls at the batter's end. In the meantime, Rana fumbles his collection of the throw and the third may have been on had Shanaka not been down on the deck at the other end. Proper drama. Proper nerves. But no proper conclusion yet. And we will have a one-over shootout to figure it all out!

in the slot, and screamed over short third! Not the best ball Rana will bowl. Not the best shot Shanaka will play. But it works for Sri Lanka. This is an almighty swish and the ball flies off the outside edge. No one back on the fence, and SL need three off the final ball!

slanted into the slot on off stump. Shanaka winds up and heaves it towards deep mid wicket. Dube misfields on the fence this time and Shanaka scrambles back for the second

off-pace again, on a length outside off. Liyanage, rather ambitiously, looks for the reverse lap but misses it due to no pace on the ball. Samson fumbles and Shanaka is alert enough to sneak in a bye

slower ball on a back of a length outside off. Liyanage has a huge swipe at it and the bottom hand comes off. The ball spirals off the higher part of the bat and just evades SKY to his right in the wide mid off region

straight to short fine leg, and Harshit Rana roars in delight! Nissanka is distraught, and he cannot believe what has just transpired! Zipped in full on the stumps. Nissanka shuffles across very early and laces his flick. Smashes it straight to Varun, who does really well to get both of his hands up in front of his face. The ball sticks and Nissanka does now know where to look. Nissanka walks off after playing a splendid knock, but someone else will have to take SL past the finish line now!

Shanaka does not nail this, but it has enough legs on it to trickle into the fence! Arshdeep goes closer to the stumps and compounds his woes by bowling a full toss. Not the cleanest of strikes but Shanaka but the ball agonizingly evades Rinku, who is running back from mid on!

length ball pushed well outside off. Shanaka swings and misses, but his blushes are spared by the umpire stretching out his arms

another low full toss darted wide outside off. Nissanka swings at it but only manages a shank off the toe-end. Dribbles towards deep backward point

into the blockhole wide outside off. Shanaka throws his hands at it and slices it towards deep backward point

full and way outside off. Shanaka cannot reach it and the umpire decides to indulge in some more exercise

banged into the track just outside off, and that is a riposte to Shanaka shaping for the scoop. He tries to adjust frantically but fails to make contact

slower full toss outside off. Nissanka flat-bats it straight to long off and has to settle for a single. He will feel he missed out there

into the blockhole on middle and off. Nissanka jams down on it and squeezes it out towards fine leg. Canters back for a brace and stays on strike

fired in on a length just outside off. Nissanka loses his shape while slogging at it and squirts it off the inside edge towards short fine leg

length just outside off. Shanaka moves across his stumps and swipes it towards deep mid wicket

back of a length outside off and this grips in the surface just enough. Spins away a shade and that takes it past Shanaka's flailing blade

Shanaka wants a piece of the action too, and Sri Lanka's six-hitting barrage is back on track! A bit of a drag-down on middle and off. Shanaka opens up his stance and muscles it just over deep mid wicket!

back of a length outside off. Nissanka waits for it and drills it towards extra cover. SKY misfields and allows a single

length just outside off. Shanaka gets down on one knee outside off and sweeps it towards deep backward square leg