India: 49.1 overs 213 runs
Sri Lanka: 41.3 overs 172 runs
Result: India won by 41 runs.
Duniya Bhellalage brought sudden curiosity to the Indian camp. The Indian camp means the Indian media. Even though India won two matches against Sri Lanka in the home ground in January, there was nothing to remember in Bhellalage. In one match, he bowled 8 overs and conceded 65 runs without taking a wicket. After giving 12 runs in 2 overs in another match, he did not take any wicket, and the bowling was not the wicket.
The 20-year-old spinner, who had made a name for himself in international cricket by taking 5 wickets against India and three of them against the big Indian batsmen Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Lokesh Rahul, can naturally create curiosity. Before going into more detail about Bhellalage, it is good to know the result of the match. Because, while reading about the fame of this all-rounder in bat and ball, one may think that Sri Lanka has won the match. Actually, that’s not the case. Despite Bhellalage’s 40 runs with the bat and 5 wickets in 42 runs in the innings, India won this 13-wicket ODI match by stopping the cart on 41 runs. With a 41-run win, Rohit Sharma’s team advanced to the final. Whatever amount of til pitha there was in the last two wickets to go to Bangladesh, it has now been removed. The winning team of tomorrow’s Sri Lanka-Pakistan match will be India’s opponent in the final. And if the match is washed out in the rain, Sri Lanka will go to the final with the advantage of the net run rate.
