By: Sports DeskSeptember 27, 2025 12:47 AM IST 4 min readIndia's captain Suryakumar Yadav reacts during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. (AP Photo)The Indian team defeated Sri Lanka in their final Super 4 game at the Asia Cup after a dramatic and controversial Super Over. After levelling the scores at 202 while chasing, Sri Lanka managed to score just two runs in the Super Over, which India knocked off in just one ball by running three runs! India will now face Pakistan in the final of the Asia Cup, in what will be the third encounter between the two arch-rivals at the tournament.India had already qualified for the Asia Cup final before today’s game while Sri Lanka were eliminated after losing both their Super 4 games. But even though the game was a dead rubber, there was plenty of drama as the game headed into a Super Over. Batting first, India had scored 202/5 with Abhishek Sharma smashing 61. In their chase, Sri Lanka ended their innings with an identical score of 202/5 which pushed the game into a Super Over.In the Super Over, there was further drama and a bizarre incident which led to controversy. For the Super Over, India handed the ball to Arshdeep Singh, who dismissed Kusal Perera on the first ball itself. On the fourth ball of the over, with just two runs on board for Sri Lanka, Dasun Shanaka missed the ball which flew into the hands of keeper Sanju Samson. The Lankan batters ran, while Arshdeep Singh appealed for caught behind. The umpire raised his finger, apparently for an edge. Replays show there was no bat involved. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson underhanded the ball straight at the stumps for a run out. But the Sri Lankans appealed immediately, claiming that the ball should have been dead as soon as he gave it out for caught behind. The umpire had to accept, thus giving the Sri Lankan batters one more chance. Not that it mattered because Shanaka squandered his second life in the very next ball by offering a catch as the Sri Lankan innings ended.Here’s what rule 20.1.1.3 of the rule book says: “The ball is dead when a batter is dismissed. The ball will be deemed to be dead from the instant of the incident causing the dismissal.”This meant that despite the batter being clearly run out, the ball was deemed dead the moment Sanju completed the catch as the umpire gave it out.“It felt like a final,” said India captain Suryakumar Yadav at the post-match presentation.Earlier, Sanju Samson gained much-needed confidence with a useful 39 after Abhishek Sharma’s familiar early assault as India posted an imposing 202 for 5 against Sri Lanka in the final Super 4s game of the Asia Cup here on Friday.This was the highest score by any team in the current tournament, surpassing India’s 188 against Oman and Afghanistan’s same total versus Hong Kong.Story continues below this adWhile Abhishek blasted his way to a 31-ball-61, Samson was finally in his element at No. 5, playing some breathtaking sixes in his 22-ball-innings. Tilak Varma anchored the innings well to finish on an unbeaten 49 off 34 balls, a knock that will do him a world of good.Abhishek hammering the bowlers in the powerplay has become the norm of this tournament as he completed a hat-trick of half-centuries. Friday’s innings was laced with eight fours and two sixes, even as Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav were dismissed cheaply.However, it was the third time in the tournament that Abhishek missed out on an opportunity to get a hundred, as he was caught at deep mid-wicket boundary after a half-tracker from Sri Lanka skipper Charith Asalanka.(With inputs from PTI)Stay updated with the latest sports news across Cricket, Football, Chess, and more. Catch all the action with real-time live cricket score updates and in-depth coverage of ongoing matches.© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd