Super Over drama- Shanaka saves dismissal by review:Axar drops Nissanka as India’s fielding woes continue; Abhishek Sharma’s fiery fifty

Despite the last Super-4 matchup on Friday being a dead-rubber matchup, it turned out to be the most thrilling matchup of the Asia Cup 2025. India and Sri Lanka played excellent innings and ended the match in a tie at the Dubai Stadium on Friday night. However, in the Super Over, Sri Lanka could only set up 3-run target that India just chased in just one ball with Suryakumar Yadav’s quick runs. During the match, some moments made the match more interesting. Among these, the most special was Dasun Shanaka’s lifeline in the super over. He escaped being out by taking a review with the help of ICC rules. Actually, the umpire gave Shanaka caught out on Arshdeep Singh’s ball. The batter took a review, then, at the same time, wicketkeeper Sanju Samson hit the stumps, setting up a run out. But by then Shanaka had already taken the review, which made the ball dead, and the third umpire declared him not out. However, Shanaka got caught by Jitesh Sharma on the very next ball. Still, it was a controversial decision since Samson hit the stumps with the ball before Shanaka took the review. Read the top 10 moments of IND Vs SL match… 1. Gill out due to Theekshana’s diving catch The Indian team lost their first wicket in the second over. Here, Shubman Gill got out after scoring 4 runs. Gill was caught by Maheesh Theekshana off his own delivery. Theekshana bowled a full-length delivery on the third ball of the over. Gill played a hard shot towards the front. Here, Theekshana took an excellent dive and grabbed the catch. 2. Abhishek’s fifty with a four Abhishek Sharma completed his fifty in the sixth over off 22 balls. He hit a boundary on the fourth ball of Nuwan Thushara’s over to reach his half-century. Here, Thushara bowled a short of length delivery, which Abhishek pulled for a four. Reaching the 50-run milestone in style, Abhishek got his hat-trick fifty of the tournament. However, he got out after scoring 61 runs. 3. Chameera took Pandya’s catch running backwards On the first ball of the 17th over, Hardik Pandya was dismissed by Dushmantha Chameera’s brilliant catch. Chameera bowled a back-of-length delivery on which Hardik attempted to pull. The ball took the top edge of the bat, went up in the air and fell between mid-wicket and mid-on. Here, Chameera ran back and dived to take the catch off his own bowling. Hardik was dismissed after scoring 2 runs. 4. Axar hit a six on the last ball of the innings Dushmantha Chameera gave away 13 runs in the 20th over. Axar Patel hit a six on the last ball of the Indian innings to take the team score past 200. On Chameera’s ball, Axar hit a six between mid-wicket and long-on. 5. Kusal Mendis out on his very first ball Hardik Pandya, bowling the first over with the new ball, got India their early breakthrough. Kusal Mendis was caught out on the fourth ball of his over. This was his very first ball. He couldn’t even score a single run and got caught out by Shubman Gill in the slips. 6. Harshit’s ball hit Nissanka’s helmet Harshit Rana, who bowled the 11th over of the Sri Lankan innings, gave 16 runs. He bowled a bouncer on the very first ball of the over. Pathum Nissanka missed while attempting to pull, and the ball hit his helmet. After this, Nissanka hit a four over mid-wicket on the second ball. He also hit a six on the next ball. Nissanka hit another six on the 5th ball of the over. 7. Axar drops Nissanka, umpire calls it dead ball The third ball of the 10th over was declared a dead ball by the umpire. Varun Chakravarthy bowled a length ball on the middle stump. Nissanka played a shot, and the ball went to Axar Patel standing at long on. He dropped the catch, and the ball went outside the boundary for six. But just before Varun was about to bowl the next ball, the umpire signalled for a dead-ball. The reason for the umpire calling dead-ball was that Abhishek Sharma had not left the field at that time. 8. Sanju’s stumping sends Perera back to pavilion Chakravarthy bowled a flighted delivery outside off stump. Kusal Perera came forward to play a big shot but missed the ball. Wicketkeeper Sanju Samson caught the ball and stumped Perera. The Sri Lankan batter scored 58 runs and had a 127-run partnership with Nissanka. 9. Nissanka smashes century with a six On the last ball of the 17th over, Pathum Nissanka completed his century with a six. After that, he removed his helmet and did a finger on mouth celebration depicting the chatter around his performance in the tournament. Notably, he scored a century in just 52 balls. 10. Shanaka’s controversial save from dismissal by review call On the fourth ball of the super over, Arshdeep bowled to Shanaka. No run was scored on this ball, and on Arshdeep’s appeal, the umpire gave Shanaka caught out behind stumps. However, Sri Lanka took a review. Meanwhile, Samson hit the stumps with an underarm flick for a direct hit. Here, Shanaka was run out. However, since the umpire had already given him caught out and the ball was dead, Shanaka was not given run out. Umpire Ghazi Sohail explained to Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav that the first decision always stands, and Shanaka cannot be given run out due to the ball being dead.