Asia Cup Final Updates | Siraj (6/21) stars as India win title
Rain delays start
As we were about to start the final, there is a drizzle. We won't be starting at 3 PM IST.
Gill is leading run scorer
With 275 runs, India's Shubman Gill is the top scorer in Asia Cup 2023.
Head to head in Asia Cup final
India: 4; Sri Lanka: 3. Overall it is 10 apiece between the sides in Asia Cup matches.
Team changes
India: 6 changes
In: Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj. Out: Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Shami.
Sri Lanka: 1 change
In: Dushan Hemantha. Out: Maheesh Theekshana.
Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav.
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (captain), Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana.
Toss: Sri Lanka bat first
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and opted to bat first.
Team news
Axar Patel (India) and Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka) are out due to injuries. India have called up off-spinning all-rounder Washington Sundar to replace Axar. He has already joined the squad.
Pitch report
Sanjay Manjrekar and Dominic Cork on Star Sports say it is a brand new pitch and whoever wins the toss should bat first on the dry surface.