MUMBAI-India pacers decimated the Sri Lankan batting assault after Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer to energy the house facet handy Sri Lanka the second-biggest World Cup defeat within the 33rd match of the ICC World Cup 2023.
Set to chase a frightening 358-run goal, the Sri Lankan batting lineup unfolded at a mere 55 in 19.four overs. Indian pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj gave India a dominant begin within the defence as they ran by way of Sri Lanka’s high order, decreasing them to three/four within the fourth over.
Charith Assalanka and Angelo Mathews tried to drag their facet of bother, however Mohammed Shami spoiled their plans with a ruthless spell which yielded 5 wickets and finally booked Sri Lanka on the meagre complete. Kasun Rajitha remained the top-scorer for Sri Lanka of their dismal present with the bat, adopted by Maheesh Theekshana and Mathews scoring 12 every.
The remainder of their batters did not make it into the double figures. Shami led the bowling assault for India with 5/18, adopted by Siraj’s 3/16 whereas Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja made one scalp every.
After inviting India to bat, Dilshan Madushanka drew first blood for Sri Lanka as he castled Rohit Sharma on the second ball of the innings after he despatched the primary one for 4. Virat Kohli then joined Shubman Gill and collectively they scored 189 runs for the second wicket, finishing their half-centuries.
Shubman Gill appeared to bein a place to attain his maiden World Cup ton, whereas Virat Kohli was eyeing his 49th ODI century to tie Sachin Tendulkar’s report for many ODI a whole bunch. Nonetheless, Dilshan Madushanka rained on their parade as he returned to the assault and eliminated each batters in consecutive overs.
Shubman Gill top-scored with a run-a-ball 92, that includes 11 boundaries and two sixes, in the meantime, Virat Kohli scored 88 runs from 92 deliveries with the assistance of as many boundaries as his companion. Shreyas Iyer got here all the way down to bat at quantity 4 and added 60 runs for the fourth wicket with KL Rahul, who scored 21 runs throughout his 19-ball keep on the crease.
Iyer added one other 57 runs with Ravindra Jadeja for the sixth wicket however was dismissed by Madushanka after hitting back-to-back sixes. Iyers’s blistering knock of 82 runs from 56 balls featured three boundaries and 6 sixes.
Jadeja on the opposite finish scored a quick 35-run cameo off 24 balls earlier than being run-out on the final ball of the innings. Apart from Madushanka’s 5 wickets, Dushmantha Chameera was the one bowler to select a wicket for Sri Lanka, whereas two batters acquired run out.