IND vs SL

4:10 PM local time (12:40 PM IST): So, Team India march to the final of the tournament, eyeing the gold medal! Their match is on Saturday from 1:30 PM local time (10:00 AM IST). We will be there for it, with you! For now, this is Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

4:03 PM local time (12:33 PM IST): India win by 124 runs with 61 balls to spare! 

Ishan Kishan 80* (46) | Axar Patel - 2/8 (3)
Nuwanidu Fernando 15 (11) | Sahan Arachchige - 2/28 (4)

It's yet another medal bagged for India in the Asian Games, as Shreyas Iyer and his Men in Blue have wrapped this semi-final up at a canter, humbling Sri Lanka to finish their innings under 50 runs! 

Yes it was a tricky pitch to bat on, with the ball expected to take turn, but India's bowling on it was far too good for the relatively inexperienced Sri Lankan batting line-up. 

Jasprit Bumrah started things off with two wickets in the first over itself - one of which was thanks to a sharp catch to his left by Sanju Samson - and then, the wickets kept falling, with hardly that many runs scored! 

Axar Patel, Washington Sundar and Abhishek Sharma, spun a web around the Sri Lankan batters, as the ball turned, bounced and danced to their tunes! 

There were two run-outs in the innings, both with direct-hits from point! Those just made things even more special in this magnificent victory! 

9.5 Abhishek Sharma to Binura Fernando, IT'S ALL OVER! INDIA  ARE IN THE ASIAN GAMES FINAL! Arm-ball around off-and-middle on the good length. Binura played around that one from the crease, and got cleaned up! 

9.4 Abhishek Sharma to Chamika Karunaratne, AND NOW, IT'S A STUMPING! Flighted around off-stump on the fuller side of good length. Chamika tried to push forward and drive through cover. But the ball dipped on him and turned, to beat the shot, drag him out of the crease and then, allow Samson the time to collect the ball and whip the bails off! 

9.3 Abhishek Sharma to Chamika Karunaratne, RUN OUT AGAIN! IT'S A DIRECT HIT! Short and slow outside off. Cut with the turn to point, but it was not well timed. The fielder got to it, shied at the stumps and found Tharindu way short of his crease, after trying to return to his end, post the mix-up! 

9.2 Abhishek Sharma to Tharindu Ratnayake, over he wicket, full and slow around off. The hoick across the line gets inside-edged to backward square for a single.

9.1 Abhishek Sharma to Chamika Karunaratne, round the wicket, full and slow around off. Pushed off the front foot to the left of the covers for a single.

8.6 Washington Sundar to Tharindu Ratnayake, OH! THAT WILL BE FOUR OFF A MISFIELD! Tossed up around off-stump. Slapped off the front foot, and through the legs of cover, for a boundary in the end!