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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi included in India's XI for Asian Games semifinal vs Sri Lanka

Shreyas Iyer will captain the Indian men's cricket team for their Asian Games semifinal encounter against Sri Lanka, scheduled for Thursday, October 1, starting at 10:00 AM IST. The squad features a top-order opening combination of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma, alongside Sanju Samson performing wicketkeeping duties.

Jasprit Bumrah returns to bolster the bowling group, which also includes Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, and Ravi Bishnoi.

Both national sides advanced to this knockout stage through weather-affected walkovers after persistent rainfall disrupted the previous round. India's quarterfinal fixture against Afghanistan was abandoned on September 29, while Sri Lanka's match versus Nepal met a similar washout on September 30, with tournament seedings determining the outcomes.

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