Colombo: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat against India in the Asia Cup final and were bowled out for 50 runs in just 15.2 overs. Mohammad Siraj took six wickets to destroy Sri Lanka. Siraj took four wickets in the fourth over of the match and dropped Sri Lanka to the depths of collapse. Hardik Pandya took three wickets and Jasprit Bumrah took one wicket. Sri Lanka’s top scorer is Kushal Mendis who scored 17 runs. Five men were out without taking a wicket in the Lankan innings.
Lanka lost the wickets of opener Nisanka (two), Kushal Perera (nil), Sadhira Samarawickrama (nil), Charith Asalanka (nil), Dhananjaya D’Silva (four) and Dashun Sanaka (nil) early on. They could not recover from this collapse.
First, Jasprit Bumrah took the wicket of Kushal Perera in the third ball of the over and started the downfall of the islanders. Then Siraj struck with five wickets. This made it 30 for six. In the wet outfield due to the rain, the Lankan topline collapsed in front of the speed and bounce of the Indian pacers.
India faced Sri Lanka with six changes from the team that played the last match against Bangladesh.
While Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Pyath Krishna, Mohammad Shami and Axar Patel were ruled out, Washington Sundar joined the playing XI along with Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav.
India Playing XI- Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicket keeper), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj
Sri Lanka Playing XI- Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kushal Mendis (wicket keeper), Sadira Samarawickrama, Charit Asalanka, Dhananja D’Silva, Dashun Sanaka, Dunith Vellalaghe, Dushan Hemantha, Pramod Madhushan, Matisha Pathirana
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2023-09-17 11:46:53
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