Their top-order had no solutions as Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj decreased then to 3-4 earlier than the remorseless Mohammed Shami adopted up with 5-18 in 5 overs.

Iyer, who had earlier starred on his Wankhede Stadium dwelling floor with a blistering 82, together with six sixes, advised reporters: “Looking at immediately’s bowling and the earlier sport, undoubtedly, we’re fortunate to not play towards them.

“But at the same time, we bat against them in the nets. So, it gives us an added motivation to come and play any sort of bowlers.”

Iyer’s innings was his highest rating of the match after he had did not profit from some promising openings.

“It was playing on my mind right from the start, because I was getting tremendous starts in the first few games,” he mentioned. “I simply wasn’t in a position to capitalise.

“But immediately, I simply advised myself that if it is there in my space, I’m simply going to go take the bull by the horns.

“Fortunately, it worked for me and I hope that it keeps on working for me in the future as well, because the team is in a great space at the moment.”

Virat Kohli, a member of the India aspect that beat Sri Lanka within the 2011 World Cup ultimate on the Wankhede, made 88 on Thursday.

That left him nonetheless one in need of equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s world file of 49 one-day centuries, with opener Shubman Gill out for 92 in a complete of 357-8.

But Iyer was unconcerned by the shortage of 100, saying: “This is the stage where you play for the team. You don’t play for your individual performances.”

Sri Lanka’s fifth defeat in seven matches ended the 1996 champions’ semi-final hopes, with Tigers’ assistant coach Naveed Nawaz lauding India’s tempo trio.

“Bumrah, Siraj, and naturally Shami, they’re very skilful. They at all times get the batsman to play the ball, and the ball’s at all times attacking the stumps.

“They all can swing the ball both ways and also, we have seen their death over skills, the middle overs as well as the death.”

With the highest seven sides within the 10-team World Cup, plus hosts Pakistan, qualifying the 2025 Champions Trophy, Nawaz mentioned Sri Lanka nonetheless had one thing to play for of their concluding pool video games towards Bangladesh and New Zealand.

“I think it’s going to be important that we finish above eighth to qualify for the Champions Trophy.”

He added: “We had the identical difficulty in June after we performed the World Cup qualifiers.

“We will get the boys motivated and see what we can do in the next two games to bring out our best cricket.”

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