Sri Lanka captain Sahan Arachchige won the toss and chose to bowl first against India in the Asian Games 2026 semifinal clash at Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin. India have included Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sanju Samson; apart from that, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah who missed India's last clash against Japan, has also included for the semifinal clash. This is the first time that the batting trio will be seen featuring together in a T20I match. 

Notably, Pakistan have qualified for the Asian Games final, and the winner of this clash will face the Men in Green in the gold medal match of the multinational event.

Sanju Samson for Sri Lanka clash

We will try our maximum. Whatever we can do, we will try our maximum. [On how India have gone from strength to strength in cricket] I think it's all over the internet. It's a known fact nowadays how strong Indian cricket has grown over the last so many years. So I think there has been some constant effort. Definitely, IPL plays a huge role, but I feel our domestic cricket is also playing a huge role actually. We have been constantly making great efforts to go out and play all the domestic matches whenever we get a chance, and that's where we tend to develop a lot of talents also. So our grooming teams are really nicely placed - actually the Mushtaq Ali, the Vijay Hazare, the Ranji Trophy. The Under-19 (teams) are traveling abroad every season. A great amount of cricketers are coming from (there). So which is a great thing for our country, and we will keep doing our best.

India vs Sri Lanka playing XIs

India playing XI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah

Sri Lanka Playing XI: Lasith Croospulle, Sineth Jayawardena, Sohan de Livera(w), Ashen Bandara, Sahan Arachchige(c), Nuwanidu Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanuja Sahan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Tharindu Ratnayake, Binura Fernando

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