India vs Sri Lanka: Why Hardik Pandya refused to shake hands with Suryakumar Yadav?

India vs Sri Lanka: Team India faced Sri Lanka in Super Four of Asia Cup 2023. In a hard-fought battle, India won toss and decided to bat. However, y did t perform at ir best level while batting and mand only 213 runs after being completely bowled out in 49.1 overs. But during Sri Lanka’s innings, Kuldeep Yadav played a key role in restricting m from chasing down score. India won by 41 runs and qualified for finals.

3 things you need to kw 

• IND vs SL match witnessed both teams being bowled out completely 
• India vs Sri Lanka match was filled with thrillers 
• Team India will w play Bangladesh in its final Super Four match 

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IND vs SL Hardik Pandya refused to shake hands with Suryakumar Yadav 

Indian cricket team beat Sri Lanka by a score of 41 runs in Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 match. As a result of ir victory, Team India will be competing in event finals on September 17 at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. incident in question was Suryakumar Yadav, a substitute fielder who came on and took a spectacular catch off Hardik Pandya's bowling to get rid of Maheesh ekshana. While everyone else was celebrating wicket, onlookers saw Yadav pass on a handshake with Pandya, and Pandya refused to shake his hand.

However, if we look at video closely during incident, when Hardik took his hand back, he seemed to pat Surya on shoulder with or hand and was seen talking during incident. This increases possibility of him being injured. Some see it as a hint of tension between two players, while ors believe Pandya was avoiding shaking hands due to a finger injury he got during catch.

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When is Team India's next match in Asia Cup 2023?

Team India is set to face Bangladesh to wrap up ir Super Four on Friday, September 15, 2023. After that, y will be playing final of tournament against winner of Sri Lanka vs Pakistan match. Before beating Sri Lanka by 41 runs, Rohit Sharma and his team destroyed Pakistan by winning match by 228 runs.