India, Oct. 1 -- Ishan Kishan, who played a match-winning knock against Sri Lanka in the Asian Games semi-final, is not losing sleep over the prospect of facing Pakistan in the gold medal match; however, he was quick to acknowledge the strength of the Sahibzada Farhan-led Green Shirts. The Men in Blue thumped Sri Lanka by 124 runs in the second semi-final to enter the final and have a crack at defending their gold medal from the Hangzhou Games.

The left-handed batter played an unbeaten knock of 80, and his knock on a tricky pitch led to India posting 169/7 in 20 overs. Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Abhishek Sharma then took two wickets each as Sri Lanka folded up for 45 inside 10 overs, losing the contest by more than 100 runs.

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