Team India bagged their eighth Asia Cup title with a exceptional victory over Sri Lanka within the closing match on Sunday. Asked to bowl first, the Rohit Sharma-led facet bundled out Sri Lanka for simply 50 runs, with pacer Mohammed Siraj stealing the present along with his spectacular six-wicket haul. Later, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan chased down the goal in simply 6.1 overs and took Team India throughout the road with ten wickets in hand. After the ultimate match, skipper Rohit attended a press convention, the place his one remark left all of the media individuals in splits.

During the interplay, Rohit was answering a query however he bought interrupted by the sound of firecrackers, which had been being burst by the followers to have a good time India’s victory. The right-handed batter waited for a minute and mentioned that the followers ought to look ahead to India to win the ODI World Cup 2023.

“It gives us a lot of confidence to come here and win a tournament like this. Through the tournament we saw a lot of..” mentioned Rohit when the noise of the bursting crackers interrupted him.

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“Arey World Cup jeetne ke baad phodo ye sab..(burst crackers once we win the world cup)”, mentioned Rohit with a smile because the media individuals burst out in laughter.

Talking concerning the match, Sri Lanka opted to bat first however Siraj quickly made them remorse this resolution as they had been lowered to 13/6 after he took 4 wickets within the sixth over.

Kusal Mendis (17) and Dushan Hemantha (13*) swung their bats for some time, providing tiny moments of respite. Siraj ended with 6/21 in his seven overs whereas Pandya took 3/3 in 2.2 overs. Bumrah additionally bought 1/23 in 5 overs as Sri Lanka had been bowled out for 50 in 15.2 overs.

Ishan Kishan (23*) and Shubman Gill (27*) chased down the goal in 6.1 overs with none lack of wicket.

India captured its eighth Asia Cup title and Siraj took house the ‘Player of the Match’ award. Kuldeep Yadav (9 wickets) was given the ‘Player of the Series’ award for his bamboozling spin bowling within the match. Shubman Gill with 302 runs in six video games and one century and two fifties, scored essentially the most runs within the match.

(With ANI Inputs)