: Sanju Samson gained much-needed confidence with a useful 39 after Abhishek Sharma’s familiar early assault as India posted an imposing 202 for 5 against Sri Lanka in the final Super 4s game of the Asia Cup here Friday.

This was the highest score by any team in the current tournament, surpassing India’s 188 against Oman and Afghanistan’s same total versus Hong Kong.

While Abhishek blasted his way to a 31-ball-61, Samson was finally in his element at No. 5, playing some breathtaking sixes in his 22-ball innings. Tilak Varma anchored the innings well to finish on an unbeaten 49 off 34 balls, a knock that will do him a world of good.

Abhishek hammering the bowlers in the powerplay has become the norm of this tournament as he completed a hat-trick of half-centuries. Friday’s innings was la

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