🏏T20 Asia Cup 2025: IND vs SL, Match 18, A1 vs B1 - Super 4 @Dubai🏏 - Page 2

Today's Match Prediction: Team Bowling first to win the match

Disclaimer: The prediction is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While making your prediction, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.

Thank you, Raji, for the thread and for tagging me.

Anyway, we all knew that India will win.

Pitch growing tireder and tireder in Dubai

Already known as a pitch that is slow, low, and not very comfortable for batters to find a difficult sort of groove, the amount of games in quick succession in Dubai has meant that batting has felt almost impossible at times, particularly against spinners and pacers with good cutters. Another 40 potential overs of cricket today, and then another 40 to follow on Sunday: which batter can take the best advantage of it?

Sri Lanka's fast start collapses

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: Sri Lanka also went three out of three in the group stages, but from there, their momentum stalled. A deflating loss to Bangladesh, and then with their backs to the wall, a loss against Pakistan knocked them out of the tournament. Underwhelming after some high hopes.

India unbeaten thus far

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Asia Cup 2025, IND vs SL: 5 games into this tournament, and India have remained unbeaten with 5 wins. All three group matches were coasted through, Pakistan were undone in the Super 4, and then they managed to survive against Bangladesh despite a couple of scares. Best team in the world label being lived up to.

India's two lefty MVPs carrying the mantle

Someone always seems to stand up for India in these tournaments. This time around, it is a young superstar in Abhishek Sharma, leading the run-scoring charts, and in the other department, the wizardry of Kuldeep Yadav, who just grows trickier and trickier, better and better. The two players have been nothing short of sensational, almost singlehandedly wreaking havoc with their opposition, in very different ways. Ask for what two players who look on song look like in their respective crafts, and the image you will get is pretty close to what this pair have provided.

Thanks for tag and thread

Thank you for the tag Raji

Always excited for India's match

Thanks for the tag!

ICC found SKY guilty in Pahalgam comments made against in conference and after match against pak :(

India has appealed the verdict but I hope this doesn’t go far for SKY

let’s hope India wins this and final on Sunday!!

17:30 Local Time, 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST: The Asia Cup 2025 final is set - India v Pakistan on Sunday - but before that, we have the last Super Four fixture. It’s a dead rubber on paper with India already through and Sri Lanka heading home, but with a T20 World Cup next year, every game is a chance to fine-tune skills and test the bench. Hello and welcome to the final Super Four clash of this edition.

Both the teams are here and warming up. It's the same pitch today that was used for the India-Bangladesh match, so expect much better batting conditions as opposed to yesterday, which was played on a high-traffic surface here on the square." - greets Pratyush from the ground.

India haven’t quite produced a perfect game yet. The top order, led by Abhishek Sharma, has carried the batting while the bowlers have delivered consistently, but the fielding has been sloppy with too many catches going down. That’s a concern they’ll want to fix. Sri Lanka, unbeaten in the group stage, have faltered badly here - two lost tosses, two failures batting first, and the middle order (barring Kamindu Mendis) simply not turning up. Can they salvage pride with a win to close their campaign?