Archive · 1 Oct 2026
India Restore Sooryavanshi and Bumrah for Sri Lanka Semifinal
India and Sri Lanka are playing a semifinal at the Asian Games.
Sri Lanka asked India to bat first.
India brought back young batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
Yash Thakur and Arshdeep Singh were left out of India’s team.
Sooryavanshi is opening with Abhishek Sharma.
Bumrah had been rested for India’s previous match against Japan.
Both teams had their quarterfinal matches cancelled because of heavy rain.
They moved on because they were ranked higher than their opponents.
India brought Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Jasprit Bumrah back into the XI for the semifinal.
Yash Thakur and Arshdeep Singh made way for the returning players.
Sri Lanka asked India to bat first at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin.
India’s quarterfinal against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka’s match against Nepal were washed out by rain.
Both teams reached the semifinals because they were ranked higher than their quarterfinal opponents.
- Who
- India and Sri Lanka, with Sahan Arachchige captaining Sri Lanka and Shreyas Iyer captaining India.
- What
- The teams are playing an Asian Games cricket semifinal.
- When
- Thursday; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin.
- Why
- Their quarterfinal matches were washed out, and both advanced as the higher-ranked teams.
- Match
- Asian Games semifinal
- Venue
- Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin
- Batting first
- India were asked to bat first by Sri Lanka
- India changes
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Jasprit Bumrah returned
- Players omitted
- Yash Thakur and Arshdeep Singh
- Sri Lanka captain
- Sahan Arachchige
- Unavailable India players
- Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana were injured and not in the squad