India blew away Sri Lanka within the Asia Cup 2023 last on Sunday, first limiting the hosts to a mere 50 runs adopted up by a fast-paced chase to safe their eighth Asia Cup title.
Earlier within the day, Sri Lanka after profitable the toss opted to bat first, nevertheless, India’s Mohammad Siraj blew away the hosts by taking six wickets — 4 of which got here in a single over — whereas conceding solely 21 runs.
The match began with a delay of 40 minutes because of rain. The collapse began with Jasprit Bumrah eradicating Kusal Perera within the first over the sport.
After the primary wicket, it was all about Mohammad Siraj, who accomplished his fifer in his first three overs of the spell.
Aside from Siraj’s six-wicket haul, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah bagged three and one wickets every, leaving Sri Lanka bowled out at 50 in 15.2 overs.
Solely two Sri Lankan batters managed to get into double figures, with Dushan Hemantha scoring an unbeaten 13 and Kusal Mendis including one other 17 runs.
That is the bottom complete within the historical past of Asia Cup (ODI) historical past because the report was beforehand held by Bangladesh, who scored 87 runs in opposition to Pakistan again in 2000.
In response, Blue Shirts sailed by way of the 51-run goal and accomplished the chase in 6.1 overs with 10 wickets in hand.
India’s openers Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill scored 23 and 27 runs respectively.
