On September 6, Tuesday, India plays Sri Lanka in the third match of the Super 4 round of the Asia Cup 2022. In the opening Super 4 match, the Lankans overcame Afghanistan, while India fell to Pakistan in the second contest. Pakistan returned the favour in their second group match after the Men in Blue had earlier defeated them in the opening contest.

India and Sri Lanka are playing each other for the first time in this Asia Cup. In back-to-back games, Sri Lanka has now successfully chased twice. They sought to reach the Super 4 stage by surpassing a record total of 184.

One poor performance is all it takes to put a team in danger of losing the Asia Cup. The hurdle Pakistan had after losing to India in the group stage was overcome. After losing to Pakistan in the Super 4 round, India is currently in a perilous situation.

The team led by Rohit Sharma cannot afford to lose to Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Dubai. In order for the reigning champions to have a chance of making the final, they must hope that other outcomes go their way. And Sri Lanka will rise to the top of the odds to play in the summit match.

Sri Lanka's tournament debut wasn't good. After being defeated in the first game by Afghanistan with 59 balls remaining, they were dismissed for 105. However, since then, Sri Lanka has managed to pull off two spirit-boosting victories, chasing down 184 in a crucial group match against Bangladesh and 176 in their opening Super 4 game against Afghanistan.

Sri Lanka (predicted): 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Mendis (wk), 3 Charith Asalanka, 4 Danushka Gunathilaka, 5 Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt), 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Chamika Karunaratne, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Asitha Fernando, 11 Dilshan Madushanka.

India (predicted): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 KL Rahul, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Dinesh Karthik/Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

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