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India meet Sri Lanka in dead rubber

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         India meet Sri Lanka in dead rubber A drag-down gets Abhishek Sharma Charith Asalanka is decidedly not one of Sri Lanka's best bowlers. He's also pitched too short bowling the fourth ball of his first over (the ning of the innings). The way Abhishek Sharma has been batting, he should have thumped that waaaaaay over deep midwicket. Instead he holds out to Kamindu Mendis on the rope. Abhishek punches his bat before he walks off the field. He has clearly mis-hit that. Asalanka looks relieved - the form batter of the tournament has been wangled out. Hasaranga gets SKY While no one has quite been having the Asia Cup that Abhishek Sharma has had, Wanindu Hasaranga has been getting himself back into rhythm following a hamstring injury. He'd had six wickets in five Asia Cup matches before this, and in the seventh over, strikes gets one to dip on Suryakumar Yadav, who is attempting to sweep. In pitches on middle and straightens, and would have gone on to take of...