MUMBAI: Sri Lanka could only make 55 runs in reply of India’s huge 357-run total after a lethal display of fast-bowling by Shami, Siraj and Bumrah in Match 33 of ICC World Cup 2023 here at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
SCORE
INDIA 357/8 50/50 over
SRI LANKA 55/10 19.4/50 over
FALL OF WICKETS- SRI LANKA
1-0 (P Nissanka, 0.1 ov), 2-2 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 1.1 ov), 3-2 (S Samarawickrama, 1.5 ov), 4-3 (Kusal Mendis, 3.1 ov), 5-14 (KIC Asalanka, 9.3 ov), 6-14 (D Hemantha, 9.4 ov), 7-22 (D Chameera, 11.3 ov), 8-29 (AD Mathews, 13.1 ov), 9-49 (K Rajitha, 17.6 ov), 10-55 (D Madushanka, 19.4 ov)
Shami’s brilliant World Cup continued as he ran through the Sri Lanka middle and lower order, finishing with stunning figures of 5/18.
Siraj’s brilliant earlier spell earned him figures of 3/16 from seven overs and Bumrah ended with 1/8 from five.
Sri Lanka had won the toss and elected to field first. Islanders’ main pacer Madhushanka took five wickets including two of the top Indian batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
Half-centuries from Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer lit up the first innings, before India’s seam attack took over in style, ripping through Sri Lanka in a dominant display under the Wankhede Stadium lights.
Mohammed Shami became India’s leading wicket-taker at Men’s Cricket World Cups in just his 14th appearance, coming on at first-change to take 5/18 from five overs.
But the brilliant Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj had already put India in a dominant position, having Sri Lanka four down for just three runs at one stage in a ruthless opening powerplay.
The result is the fourth-largest margin of victory by runs in the history of men’s ODI cricket, and the second-largest margin at a World Cup, trailing only Australia’s hammering of the Netherlands a week ago.
Earlier, after the excellent Dilshan Madushanka accounted for Rohit Sharma (4) early, Kohli and Gill stitched together a mammoth 189-run stand for the second wicket to set India up for a big total.
Neither were able to go on and reach triple figures, with Madushanka removing Gill for a run-a-ball 92 and then Kohli for 88.
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