{"id":788404,"date":"2026-10-01T09:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788404\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:40:12","slug":"asian-games-cricket-sl-bowled-out-for-45-india-face-pak-in-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788404\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Games Cricket: SL bowled out for 45, India face Pak in final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka kept India in check in the opening over, with just six runs coming off it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi found the boundary off the final ball with a cut to deep extra cover, while Abhishek Sharma chipped in with a single.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The spinner got some grip and turn early on, making life slightly tricky for the Indian openers.<\/p>\n<p>Abhishek Sharma made his mark immediately, launching Sri Lanka skipper Sahan Arachchige over the bowler&#8217;s head for a huge six first ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the fun lasted just one delivery longer &#8212; Abhishek went for another big hit and was caught by Wanuja Sahan for a quickfire 7 off 3 balls, leaving India with an early setback.<\/p>\n<p>India finish the second over on 17-1, with Sanju Samson settling in after Abhishek Sharma&#8217;s early dismissal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi then showed his class, rocking back to slash a short, wide delivery through the covers for a crisp four. Sanju added a single, while Sri Lanka kept things tight around him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka kept India in check in the opening over, with just six runs coming off it.\u00a0 Vaibhav&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,40950,913,216111,175264,4497,217016,216110,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-788404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-indian-cricket-news","tag-latest-news","tag-live-commentary","tag-live-cricket-scores","tag-live-updates","tag-match-scores","tag-rediff","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}