Latest Match Report – Sri Lanka vs India Closing 2023
India 51 for 0 (Gill 27*, Kishan 23*) beat Sri Lanka 50 (Siraj 6-21, Pandya 3-3) by 10 wickets
After a few tight video games, it appeared just like the 2023 Asia Cup was heading in the direction of an thrilling finale however the title bout turned out to be an anti-climax as Mohammed Siraj singlehandedly demolished Sri Lanka within the blink of a watch. It was India’s seventh 50-over Asia Cup title, to go together with one within the T20 format in 2016.
In overcast situations, Siraj obtained the brand new ball to maneuver round and picked up 6 for 21, the fourth-best ODI figures for India. He took simply 16 balls for his first 5 wickets – the joint-fastest five-for in ODIs (the place ESPNcricinfo has the info recorded) alongside Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas and USA’s Ali Khan.
In consequence, Sri Lanka have been all out for 50 – their second-lowest ODI whole – with solely two batters reaching double digits. The entire innings lasted simply 15.2 overs, the fifth-shortest in ODIs total.
In response, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan, opening the innings rather than Rohit Sharma, took simply 6.1 overs to finish the formalities. The 2 India openers hit 9 fours between them; all Sri Lanka batters mixed hit 5.
After shedding the toss, Rohit Sharma stated that he too had needed to bat first on what he referred to as “a dry wicket”. However ten minutes earlier than the scheduled begin, it began raining. Maybe that modified the entire state of affairs.
When the match lastly began after a delay of 40 minutes, Jasprit Bumrah obtained the ball to maneuver in each instructions. Together with his third supply, he had Kusal Perera caught behind. Sri Lanka have been in for a good ruder shock from the opposite finish.
Siraj began with a maiden, beating Kusal Mendis’ outdoors edge 4 instances within the over. In his subsequent, he had 4 wickets. Pathum Nissanka was the primary to depart, pushing a size supply uppishly in the direction of backward level, the place Ravindra Jadeja dived low to his proper to pouch it with each arms.
Two balls later, Siraj trapped Sadeera Samarawickrama lbw after which instantly after that had Charith Asalanka chipping one to cowl. Dhananjaya de Silva survived the hat-trick ball. In reality, he pushed it by way of the vacant mid-on area for 4. Such was Siraj’s adrenaline that he chased all of it the best way to the long-on boundary, leaving the Indian fielders splitting their sides with laughter.
Dhananjaya didn’t final for much longer; subsequent ball, Siraj completed the over by having him caught behind, thus changing into the fourth bowler after Vaas, Mohammad Sami and Adil Rashid to take 4 wickets in an over in ODIs (the place knowledge is obtainable). In his subsequent over, Siraj uprooted Dasun Shanaka’s off stump to finish his maiden ODI five-wicket haul.
At 12 for six, Sri Lanka have been in peril of being bowled out for the bottom ODI whole. Mendis and Dunith Wellalage saved them from that ignominy by including 21 for the seventh wicket. However Siraj wasn’t finished but. Within the twelfth over, he obtained one to nip again to rattle Mendis’ center stump.
Quickly after, Hardik Pandya wrapped up the innings with three fast wickets.
Gill and Kishan confronted no hassle in chasing down the paltry goal, with Gill opening his account by flicking Pramod Madushan for 4 on the final ball of the primary over.
From the opposite finish, Kishan struck back-to-back fours off Matheesha Pathirana, just for Gill to go one up on him within the subsequent over with three in three balls.
Off the primary ball of the seventh over, Kishan sealed the win with a single to long-off.
Hemant Brar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
