WATCH: Suryakumar Yadav's 'superhuman catch' leaves Maheesh Theekshana stunned

India sealed a place in the final of the Asia Cup as they defeated Sri Lanka by 41 runs in a Super 4s fixture At R. Premdasa stadium in Colombo on Tuesday. Batting first Indian team could only manage a paltry score of 213 runs due to some exceptional spin bowling from Dunith Wellalage. Kuldeep Yadav was the peak of the Indian bowlers with four wickets in his tally.

3 things you need to know

• India are the defending champions of the 50 overs Asia Cup
• The winner of Pakistan and Sri Lanka will face India in the final
• This is India's 3rd consecutive win in the Asia Cup

Suryakumar Yadav took a brilliant catch against Sri Lanka

The insipid effort of their batsmen made it mandatory for the Indian bowlers to be on the money from ball one, and Jasprit Bumrah led the way. Bumrah took the ball away from Pathum Nissanka and the healthy edge was snaffled behind the wicket by a diving KL Rahul. Kusal Mendis looked in fine touch but he failed to keep his drive off a slow, full delivery from Bumrah down.

Substitute fielder Suryakumar Yadav took the catch at covers and umpires gave Mendis out after a quick check with the TV umpire for bump ball. It appeared to be a pretty difficult catch as the Mumbai Indians batsman dived forward to dismiss Maheesh Theekshana.

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Rohit Sharma breached another milestone against Sri Lanka

Earlier, left-arm spinner Wellalage and offie Asalanka did not allow Indian batters to settle into any sort of rhythm, as they knifed through their line-up taking nine wickets among them. But before Lankan spinners exploited the generous turn and grip on the Premadasa pitch, India started their innings in a blazing fashion.

Rohit added 80 runs for the opening wicket with Gill, and that remained the brightest phase of Indian innings. Watching Rohit and Gill adding those runs in just 12 overs rekindled the memories of India's blitz against Pakistan on Monday, when they posted a massive 356 for two. During his innings, the Indian captain also went past a significant personal milestone, becoming the sixth Indian batsmen to score 10000 runs in ODIs.

(With PTI inputs)