India vs Sri Lanka Highlights, Asia Cup 2025: Arshdeep's brilliance helps India pip Sri Lanka in Super Over

Spare a thought for young Pathum Nissanka, who produced one of the standout knocks of his career, if not the best, and would certainly have taken his team past the finish line had he not hit the ball down short fine’s throat at the start of the final over.

Nissanka deserved to be on the winning side after his magnificent 107 off 58, carrying his bat through the innings until the final over. India, however, proved just why they are the T20 world champions, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

Credit to Harshit Rana for believing in himself and keeping India in the hunt in the final over, even if both teams finished level on 202. And Arshdeep deserves a pat on his back for his exceptional death-bowling display in the Super Over, condemning the Lankans to a third consecutive defeat in a space of five balls!

He might find it difficult to slot into the Indian XI given the conditions and team balance, but has once again reminded us why he’s India’s leading wicket-taker in the shortest format and is right up there in the pecking order behind Jasprit Bumrah.

Shanaka had missed the ball completely and had set off for a single, with Sanju Samson comfortably running him out with a throw at the striker’s end.

Arshdeep, however, had appealed for a caught-behind, and the on-field umpire raised his finger for some reason. So Shanaka’s officially caught-behind, and not run-out, and he decides to review it. No contact with the bat, and because of the caught-behind appeal, the run-out won’t count as the ball had become dead.

Bizarre, but that’s cricket! Can Shanaka capitalise on the reprieve and get the Lankans to double-digits?

11 off Chakravarthy’s second over including a six off Nissanka’s bat in the penultimate delivery of the over that is straight as an arrow! This a couple of deliveries after Nissanka brings up century of the partnership with a brace. Just the second century stand in the ongoing tournament after Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill’s 105-run opening stand against Pakistan.

The over also witnesses Axar parry the ball over the boundary rope for a six near long on after a slog-sweep by Nissanka off Chakravarthy, only for the umpire to signal a dead ball due to the fact that Abhishek wasn’t off the field yet at the time of the delivery being bowled.

Sri Lanka race to 114/1 at the halfway stage in their chase of 203, and currently are favourites for victory, needing 89 more to win off 60 with 9 wickets in hand.

Tilak Varma, however, misses out on a deserved half-century as he remains stranded on 49 off 34 at the other end. Then again, Axar’s justified in dashing back for a second run in the penultimate delivery of the innings, keeping the team’s cause in mind ahead of personal milestones, something that Tilak himself would have justified.

Was turning out to be an excellent final over from Chameera, despite Sri Lanka having to put an extra fielder inside the circle due to the slow over rate, until Axar collected 8 runs in the last two to steer India past 200 – first time the milestone has been breached in the ongoing tournament! IND 202/5 after 20