Asia Cup T20 2016: India vs Sri Lanka - 5 Talking Points

India qualified for the final of the 2016 Asia Cup T20 after they defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Tuesday. Apart from a fabulous opening spell from Nuwan Kulasekara, India were hardly troubled and eased to victory thanks to fine batting efforts from Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh.Earlier, the Indian bowlers – especially Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin – continued from where they had left off in the previous match against Pakistan and restricted the Sri Lankans to just 138 in their 20 overs.An unbeaten half-century from Kohli and a quick-fire 35 from Yuvraj helped India chase down the target with four balls left.Here are 5 talking points from the India-Sri Lanka clash:

#1 India pick up wickets at regular intervals

In the past, the biggest problem for India has been in their bowling department. At the Asia Cup, though, it has been the bowling that has stood out for the Men in Blue and it was no different on Tuesday.

Ashish Nehra took the wicket of Dinesh Chandimal in the third over and there was no looking back after that as Sri Lanka lost wickets at regular intervals. The Sri Lankans couldn’t muster a single 50-run partnership as they ended with 138/9 in their 20 overs.

MS Dhoni decided to bowl three overs of Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah each in the Powerplay and they didn’t disappoint as they conceded just 31 runs in the first six. Despite the Sri Lankan lower-order batsmen taking on Nehra and Bumrah at the backend of the innings, both the pacers ended with very respectable figures of 1/23 and 2/27 respectively.

Although Ravindra Jadeja had an off day, his spin partner Ravichandran Ashwin was in fine form as he picked up the key wickets of Milinda Siriwardana and Thisara Perera – both of whom were taking the attack to the Indian bowlers.

The top score in the Sri Lankan innings was 30 which clearly shows that the Indian bowling never allowed any batsman to get away at any point of the innings.