Asia Cup 2023 IND vs SL Final Highlights : India has won the 8th Asia Cup by defeating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets with 263 balls remaining. After 2018, Rohit Sharma has won the Asia Cup as captain for the second time. Due to the havoc of Mohammed Siraj, Sri Lanka was all out for just 50. In the final, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. Jasprit Bumrah showed the way to the pavilion to Kushal Perera on the very third ball of the innings.
Pitching the ball around middle stump and swinging away. Bumrah swings the ball both inside and outside. This time there was outswing and wicketkeeper KL Rahul took a brilliant catch. Kushal Perera’s account did not open and Sri Lanka got the first blow on 1. After this, Mohammad Siraj took 3 wickets in the fourth over.
The first ball of the over was a length ball, which came inwards after being hit. Pathum Nissanka opened the face of the bat and tried to take a behind square single. But Ravindra Jadeja took a brilliant catch while flying at backward point. Nissanka scored 2 runs on 4 balls and Sri Lanka got its second blow on 8 balls.
Now Sadira Samarawickrama, who scored the most runs in the tournament for Sri Lanka, had come on the field. Mohammed Siraj bowled the third ball of fuller length to Samarawickrama, which came inwards after being hit. Samarawickrama was late in playing the inswinger shot. The ball hit the middle stump and hit the pad. It was also confirmed from the ball tracker that the ball would hit the top of the leg stump.
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Samarawickrama returned without opening the account in the final. Sri Lanka’s score became 8 runs at the loss of cricket. Now Asalanka, who led the team to victory against Pakistan, came on the field. Siraj bowled a fuller length delivery on off stump, which came to the bat with a pause. Asalanka also returned after giving an easy catch to Ishan Kishan on the covers without opening the account. The team’s score became 8 runs at the loss of 4 wickets.
Mohammad Siraj performance in IND vs SL asia cup 2023 Final
Now Mohammad Siraj had a chance to take a hat-trick on the fifth ball of the fourth over. All the fielders were deployed in slip. Therefore, batsman Dhananjay de Silva hit a four on a fuller and straight delivery from the direction of mid-on. Mohammad Siraj himself should run after the ball and reach the boundary line.
This was enough to show the passion with which Siraj plays cricket. Mohammad Siraj bowled a wide outswinger on the last ball of the fourth over. The fine edge of Dhananjay de Silva’s bat went into the gloves of wicketkeeper Rahul. De Silva scored 4 runs in 2 balls with a strike rate of 200 and Sri Lanka got its fifth blow at 12.
Mohammed Siraj took 4 wickets in a single over, not on the wicket of Australia or England, but on the spinner-friendly wicket of Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium. Mia’s magic had reached its peak.
Mohammad Siraj placed the last ball of the sixth over on the middle stump and achieved slight movement. Shanaka was beaten due to movement and the stumps were uprooted and fell on the ground. Shanaka could not open the account after playing 4 balls.
The sixth Sri Lankan batsman returned to the pavilion on the score of 12. One was Kusal Mendis, who was on the wicket from the beginning. Mohammad Siraj knocked him out on the second fuller length ball of the 12th over. The inside edge of the bat and the next moment the stumps were lying on the ground. No one had seen such a horrifying sight of fast bowling for a long time. Sri Lanka’s score became 33 runs at the loss of 7 wickets.
After this, Hardik Pandya took charge of taking Sri Lankan wickets. Hardik bowled the third ball of the 13th over as a bouncer on the body line. Dunith Welegele was bowled out at speed and the ball hit the glove. Wicketkeeper Rahul took an easy catch. Welegele scored 8 runs in 21 balls and the score was 8 outs at 40.
Hardik Pandya’s first fuller length ball of the 16th over was outside off. Pramod Madhushan went to drive away from the body and Virat Kohli took a simple catch at first slip. Pramod scored 1 run on 6 balls and Sri Lanka got its ninth blow at 50. Hardik Pandya kept the second ball of the over short of length around the stump.
Pathirana slices it straight to Ishan Kishan at covers. Pathirana’s account did not open and Sri Lanka was all out on 50. All 10 wickets from India’s side were taken by fast bowlers. For India, Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets for 21 runs with 1 maiden in 7 overs. Hardik Pandya took 3 wickets for 3 runs in 2.2 overs.
Jasprit Bumrah took 1 wicket for 23 runs with 1 maiden in 5 overs. In reply, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan came to bat. Together they gave India victory in just 37 balls. Shubhman Gill scored 27* runs in 19 balls with the help of 6 fours. Ishan Kishan remained unbeaten on 23 runs with 3 fours in 18 balls.
India has won the final of Asia Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka (IND vs SL). After 2018, Rohit Sharma has won the Asia Cup 2023 for the second time as a captain. India achieved this feat by completing an easy target of 50 runs from Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. After 5 years, India has become the Asia Cup 2023 champion. Last time India won the Asia Cup in 2018, but this time the cup was very cheap for India, although its deadly bowling was responsible for it in IND vs SL.
