Sri Lanka beat India by three runs to win the 2018 Emerging Teams Asia Cup. Chasing a target of 271, India were restricted to 267/9. The tournament was hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka and Karachi, Pakistan. India had reached the final after beating Pakistan in the semis while Sri Lanka saw off Bangladesh.
But Sri Lanka managed to get partnerships all the way down the order and in the end, set up a competitive target of 268. India had to depend on their tail to bring out the goods after Sri Lanka blew away their top order before the score reached three figures. Nitish Rana and captain Jayant Yadav led the attemped rescue effort, anchoring the lower order batsmen but it was too much an ask for them in the end. Yadav was the highest scorer for India with 70 runs.
