Sri Lanka were bowled out for 45 – their lowest score in T20 internationals – in their 124-run defeat to India at the semi-final stage in the Men's cricket competition of the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
Sri Lanka's previous lowest score in a completed innings was 77, during the 2024 T20 World Cup in the United States.
India will now face Pakistan for the gold medal, while Sri Lanka will take on Bangladesh for bronze.
Background
Sri Lanka are one of ten teams that were competing for Asian Games gold in Men's Cricket.
Sri Lanka and India had both qualified for the Quarter-Finals by virtue of their placings at the last Asian Games.
They were both given byes into the Semi-Finals after their Quarter-Final matches were washed out due to rain.
Match recap
Batting first, India scored 169 for 7 wickets in their 20 overs.
Ishan Kishan top-scored with 80 from 46 deliveries faced, with opener Vaibhav Sooryabanshi contributing 38.
For Sri Lanka, Tharindu Rathnayake and Sahan Arachchige took two wickets each.
In response, Sri Lanka lost two wickets in the first over bowled by fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
Sri Lanka's best partnership was for 16 runs between Sahan Arachchige and Nuwanidu Fernando – the pair making the two highest scores for their team, 9 and 15 respectively.
Bumrah, along with spinners Axar Patel and Abhishek Sharma, took two wickets each, while Washington Sundar picked up one wicket, with three Sri Lankan batsmen run out.
Sri Lanka faced just 9.5 overs in their innings.
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