NEW DELHI: A Mohammed Siraj magical spell demolished Sri Lanka within the big-ticket ultimate as India clinched the Asia Cup 2023 title with a commanding one-sided 10-wicket win in Colombo on Sunday.
With the best of wins that got here in nearly 2 and a half hours of play, India grabbed their eighth Asia Cup title.
The win additionally meant India broke their five-year title drought — their final title was received in 2018 in Asia Cup as effectively, by beating Bangladesh in Dubai.
Wreaking havoc with the brand new ball, Siraj bowled a spell of a lifetime as Sri Lanka skittled out for a lowly 50 in 15.2 overs. Breaking a plethora of information, Siraj singlehandedly determined the end result of the match proper at first of the competition itself.
After the Lankans folded for 50 in simply 15.2 overs, India openers Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan went all weapons blazing as they chased down the 51 goal in simply 6.1 overs.

Here’s a have a look at the important thing moments of the India-Sri Lanka ultimate on the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo:
Sri Lanka’s incorrect name on the toss
When Sri Lanka received the toss and elected to bat first, regardless of closely overcast situations, it got here as a shock to many. Soon after the toss, heavens opened up and the match begin was delayed by 40 minutes. Although there wasn’t a lot rain, the situations grew to become virtually good for the Indian seam assault. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah gave India the beginning they wished as he removed opener Kusal Perera for a 2-ball duck third-ball of the primary over. As Perera chased a large one from Bumrah outdoors off, KL Rahul grabbed the best of catches as Lanka suffered an early blow.
Siraj present
Under strain Sri Lanka, who misplaced their first wicket within the very first over of the ultimate, had completely no thought {that a} Mohammed Siraj storm was on its means. The lanky pacer began off fantastically with a maiden first over after which went utterly berserk in his second. Siraj grabbed 4 wickets within the fourth over, placing Sri Lanka out of the sport then and there. Pathum Nissanka (2) grew to become Siraj’s first sufferer off the primary ball of the fourth over when he hit a size ball outdoors off straight to Ravindra Jadeja at backward level. A ball later, Sadeera Samarawickrama was trapped in entrance for a two-ball duck. Then the very subsequent ball noticed Charith Asalanka taking part in a horrendous shot straight to Ishan Kishan at covers for a golden duck. With 3 wickets in 4 balls and two in a row, Siraj was on a hat-trick. Dhananjaya de Silva did hit the hat-trick ball to the fence however on the final ball of the over, edged it straight to KL Rahul behind the stumps. The 4-wicket fourth over from Siraj meant, Lankans discovered themselves reeling at 12 for five.

Lankans narrowly prevented lowest ever ODI complete
With 4 wickets in an over, Siraj had his tail up and when he got here out for his subsequent over, he bowled a dream ball to skipper Dasun Shanaka. A size ball on off that simply darted sufficient away, it missed the surface fringe of Shanaka’s bat and hit his off stump. As Shanaka took the lengthy stroll again for a 4-ball duck, it grew to become clear that there was no bouncing again for the Lankans from the unprecedented collapse. Kusal Mendis grew to become Siraj’s subsequent sufferer within the twelfth over when he went for an expansive drive and missed the ball utterly because it crashed onto his stumps. But earlier than departing, Kusal’s 17-run knock did enable Lanka to go previous the bottom ever complete of 35 in ODIs. Dushan Hemantha added 13 runs to the scoreboard however Hardik Pandya joined the get together simply in time, making certain that the Lankans folded fairly rapidly. With wickets of Dunith Wellalage, Pramod Madushan and Matheesha Pathirana, Hardik helped India to bundle out Lanka in simply 15.2 overs and their lowest ODI complete towards India.

Gill, Ishan blitz
Chasing 50 was nothing for the star-studded India batting line-up and skipper Rohit Sharma allowed the younger weapons to exit and end the job. Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan went all weapons blazing proper from the primary over. As Gill ended the primary Pramod Madushan over with a boundary, he made his intentions fairly clear. Ishan too joined the enjoyable as each hit boundaries at will within the best of chases. With a complete of 9 boundaries, Gill and Ishan chased down the 51 goal in simply 6.1 overs. With the win, India additionally earned their greatest win by way of ball remaining — 263.