IND vs SL Live: Onus on Kishan, Shreyas after Sooryavanshi departs

Asian Games 2026India vs Sri Lanka live, Asian Games semi-final: India (62/3 in 7 ovs). India have lost the crucial wicket of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are looking to build another partnership.IND vs SL Live, Asian Games semi-final. (Reuters Photo) Hello and welcome to the semi-finals of men's cricket at the Asian Games. India are playing Sri Lanka in the second semi-finals of the competition. 10:37 IST:7.6: Wanuja Sahan to Ishan Kishan, 1 run, this is driven through mid on for a single.10:36 IST:7.5: Wanuja Sahan to Shreyas Iyer, Too full, on off, Shreyas Iyer knocks it to long on for a single.10:36 IST:7.4: Wanuja Sahan to Shreyas Iyer, Fullish, around off, Shreyas Iyer taps it to extra cover.10:36 IST:7.3: Wanuja Sahan to Ishan Kishan, Flatter, outside off, Ishan Kishan chips it over mid off for a single.10:36 IST:7.2: Wanuja Sahan to Shreyas Iyer, Much fuller, on off, Shreyas Iyer taps it to cover. Ishan Kishan runs for a single but is sent back. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. An overthrow allows the batters to collect a single.10:35 IST:7.1: Wanuja Sahan to Ishan Kishan, Short, on leg, Ishan Kishan fends it to mid-wicket for a single.10:33 IST:6.6: Sahan Arachchige to Ishan Kishan, Much fuller, outside off, Ishan Kishan drives it through extra covers for one more.10:33 IST:6.5: Sahan Arachchige to Shreyas Iyer, Fullish, on middle, Shreyas Iyer pushes it to mid on for a run.10:32 IST:6.4: Sahan Arachchige to Ishan Kishan, Much fuller, on off, Ishan Kishan knocks it to wide of mid on for a single.10:32 IST:6.3: Sahan Arachchige to Ishan Kishan, Fired in, on off, Ishan Kishan fends it to the off side.10:36 IST:With Sooryavanshi gone, Sri Lanka now have a real opportunity to tighten the screws and bowl a few quiet overs to slow the run rate down. India, meanwhile, need a steady partnership to rebuild, with two relatively fresh batters at the crease. Ishan Kishan is the new man in.10:31 IST:6.2: Sahan Arachchige to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, OUT! TAKEN! Sahan Arachchige returns and strikes again. The captain is making a strong impact. Loopy, outside off, with a bit of turn on it. Sooryavanshi comes dancing down the track, looking to loft this one away but ends up with a top edge instead. The ball balloons towards short third, where Sineth Jayawardena makes no mistake. Almost a carbon copy of the dismissal that accounted for Abhishek. Vaibhav falls after an entertaining innings, and India are 59/3 in 6.2 overs.10:29 IST:6.1: Sahan Arachchige to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter, on off, Shreyas Iyer knocks it to mid on for a single.10:29 IST:India are 58/2 at the end of Powerplay. Sahan Arachchige comes back into the attack now.10:28 IST:5.6: Binura Fernando to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Much fuller, on off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi knocks it to mid on.10:28 IST:5.5: Binura Fernando to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! What a shot that is! Back of a length, on off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rocks back and clatters it all the way over deep mid-wicket for a huge six. Unreal batting from the young kid.10:26 IST:5.4: Binura Fernando to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, A slower bouncer, on off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sways away from it.10:26 IST:5.3: Binura Fernando to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, That one stays low! Slightly down the leg side, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi looks to flick it but wears it on his pads. 10:25 IST:5.2: Binura Fernando to Shreyas Iyer, Angling in, on leg, Shreyas Iyer tucks it to square leg for a single.10:25 IST:5.1: Binura Fernando to Shreyas Iyer, Fullish, on off, Shreyas Iyer pushes it to cover.10:24 IST:4.6: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! Sooryavanshi is in some form! Fullish, outside off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stays in his crease and drills it powerfully through covers for a boundary. 50 comes up for India in just 5 overs. 15 runs off the over. 27 in the last two overs for India.10:23 IST:4.5: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX! That is a lovely shot! Much fuller, on middle and leg, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi latches onto it and plunders it over long on as the ball sails into the stands.10:23 IST:4.4: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! Innovative way to get a boundary! Loopy, on off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi changes his stance and plays a reverse sweep over short third for a boundary.10:22 IST:4.3: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Quicker, on off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi looks to slap it past covers but edges it to short third.10:23 IST:The ball hits the helmet of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, and the physio comes out in the middle for the mandatory concussion tests. All fine now and we are good to continue...10:20 IST:4.2: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, A bit fuller than a length, on leg, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi looks to slog it aerially, but his head falls over and he gets completely off-balance. The ball pops up with some turn, deflects off his gloves and rams onto his helmet.10:20 IST:4.1: Tharindu Ratnayake to Shreyas Iyer, Flighted up, full and on leg, Shreyas Iyer knocks it to long off for a single.10:19 IST:3.6: Binura Fernando to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries from Sooryavanshi! Fernando overcooks this one. It is a low full toss, outside off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi latches onto it and drills it through the cover-point gap for yet another boundary.10:18 IST:3.5: Binura Fernando to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! Sooryavanshi is not holding back! Back of a length, on off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stays in his crease and lofts it magnificently over mid off for a boundary. That was far from a bad delivery from Fernando, and this is an incredibly tough shot to execute, yet Vaibhav pulls it off to perfection.10:17 IST:3.4: Binura Fernando to Shreyas Iyer, Good length, on top of off, Shreyas Iyer pushes it to mid off for a run.10:17 IST:3.3: Binura Fernando to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Slows it up, on off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi drags it over mid-wicket for a single.10:16 IST:3.2: Binura Fernando to Shreyas Iyer, A bit fuller, on off, Shreyas Iyer pushes it to cover for a single.10:15 IST:3.1: Binura Fernando to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Angling in, on off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi tucks it to mid-wicket for a single.10:18 IST:Shreyas Iyer is the new batter in at number 4 with India in a bit of pressure. Also, time for pace as Binura Fernando comes into the attack now.10:14 IST:2.6: Tharindu Ratnayake to Sanju Samson, OUT! TIMBER! Tharindu Ratnayake strikes and that's a massive blow. That one kept low. Flatter, on leg, and it keeps a tad low while drifting into the batter. Sanju Samson tries to create room by backing away and looks to cut it but fails to get his bat down in time. The ball sneaks beneath his bat and rattles over the stumps. India are 24/2 after 3 overs.10:13 IST:2.5: Tharindu Ratnayake to Sanju Samson, Beauty! Turn and bounce, on off, Sanju Samson looks to punch it but misses. The ball just goes over the off pole. The keeper whips the bails off but Sanju Samson had kept his back leg inside the crease.10:12 IST:2.4: Tharindu Ratnayake to Sanju Samson, Much quicker, on leg, Sanju Samson punches it to cover.10:12 IST:2.3: Tharindu Ratnayake to Sanju Samson, FOUR! That's a brilliant shot! Loopy, on leg, Sanju Samson moves to his leg side and chips it over the cover region for a boundary.10:11 IST:2.2: Tharindu Ratnayake to Sanju Samson, Drops it short, on off, Sanju Samson rocks back and pulls it through mid-wicket for a brace.10:10 IST:2.2: Tharindu Ratnayake to Sanju Samson, No Ball! Tharindu Ratnayake loses control and bowls it outside the pitch. In fact, it lands on the other practice pitch and it will be a No Ball. Free hit to follow.10:10 IST:2.1: Tharindu Ratnayake to Sanju Samson, Interesting twist here, Ratnayake, who bowled right-arm off-break in the first over, switches to left-arm orthodox against the right-hander. He is one of those rare ambidextrous spinners capable of bowling both ways. Loopy, on leg, Sanju Samson looks to punch it but wears it on his pads. The ball rolls towards backward point. Dot.10:09 IST:1.6: Sahan Arachchige to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Short, on leg, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi looks to flick it but wears it high on his pads. A stifled appeal for LBW but turned down.10:09 IST:1.5: Sahan Arachchige to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! Through the gap! Short and wide, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rocks back and cuts it magnificently in the gap through point for a boundary.10:09 IST:1.4: Sahan Arachchige to Sanju Samson, Shortish again, on leg, Sanju Samson tucks it to mid-wicket for a single and opens his account.10:09 IST:1.3: Sahan Arachchige to Sanju Samson, A bit short, on off, Sanju Samson punches it to cover.10:06 IST:Sanju Samson walks in at number 3.10:09 IST:1.2: Sahan Arachchige to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! TAKEN! Sahan Arachchige gets the big fish. He loops it up, a bit wider, on a shorter length. Abhishek Sharma makes room for himself, reaches out to it and looks to loft it over covers. The ball turns away and catches the outside edge of Abhishek Sharma's bat and lobs straight into the hands of Sineth Jayawardena at short third, who makes no mistake. India are 12/1.10:09 IST:1.1: Sahan Arachchige to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! First maximum of the game! Flatter, on leg, Abhishek Sharma moves to his leg side and powers it high and over long off for a huge six.10:04 IST:Sahan Arachchige to share the attack.10:09 IST:0.6: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR! Excellent from Sooryavanshi! A bit fuller, on off, drifting into the batter, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi takes a step forward and chips it over extra covers for a boundary.10:09 IST:0.5: Tharindu Ratnayake to Abhishek Sharma, Much fuller, on off, Abhishek Sharma flicks it to backward square leg for a single.10:09 IST:0.4: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, First runs for India! Slightly down the leg side, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi looks to flick it but the ball brushes his pads and rolls fine. They collect a leg bye.10:09 IST:0.3: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Quicker, on leg, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi looks to play a reverse sweep but edges it back to the bowler.10:09 IST:0.2: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, A bit short, on off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi punches it to cover.10:09 IST:0.1: Tharindu Ratnayake to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Turn and bounce straightaway! Huge turn, outside off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has a waft at it but misses.10:02 IST:Right then, we are done with the prematch formalities. The Sri Lankan players take their respective field positions now. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma open up for India. Tharindu Ratnayake has the new ball in hand and is raring to go. Let's play...09:57 IST:Time for the national anthems - We are all set for the action to begin. Both teams stride out in the middle and line up for their respective national anthems. It will be Sri Lanka's first, followed by the nation anthem of India.09:59 IST:Sri Lanka (Playing XI) - Lasith Croospulle, Sineth Jayawardena (On T20I debut), Sohan de Livera (WK) (On T20I debut), Ashen Bandara, Sahan Arachchige (C), Nuwanidu Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanuja Sahan (On T20I debut), Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Tharindu Ratnayake and Binura Fernando.09:56 IST:India (Playing XI) - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Shreyas Iyer (C), Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi and Jasprit Bumrah.09:58 IST:In conversation with Sanju Samson - On focusing on the Gold Medal, Samson keeps it simple, saying the team will try their absolute maximum and give whatever they can towards the goal. On Indian cricket going from strength to strength, Samson feels this is pretty well known at this point, calling it an established fact how much Indian cricket has grown over the years. He credits constant effort behind the scenes, with the IPL playing a big role, but is quick to highlight domestic cricket as an equally important factor. He points to the consistent push to turn up and play domestic fixtures whenever possible, calling it the breeding ground for a lot of the talent coming through. He singles out the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Ranji Trophy as strong grooming platforms, along with the Under-19 sides touring abroad every season, all of which he feels are producing a steady stream of cricketers for the country. On Virat Kohli's 86th international century in the first ODI against West Indies, Samson calls himself very fortunate to have someone like Kohli around. He says watching Kohli score runs, seeing how he practices and how he goes about playing for the country, remains a huge inspiration for players like him still in the national setup, and for everyone sharing the dressing room with him. He adds that the performances Kohli keeps churning out benefit the team in a real way, and admits he is genuinely happy to witness it all.09:43 IST:Massive update - We are hearing that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is in for this one, with both Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson retained in the XI as well. That likely means Samson slots down to number three to accommodate him. And more interestingly, Arshdeep Singh makes way while Bumrah comes back into the side, leaving India with just him and Shivam Dube as their seam bowling options. So India have clearly gone with a batting-heavy lineup, leaving the spinners to shoulder the bulk of the bowling load. We will have both playing XIs for you shortly, so stay tuned.