In the 2023 Asia Cup final on Sunday (September 17) in Colombo, Mohammed Siraj performed a bowling performance to remember, reducing Sri Lanka to only 50 runs with his explosive bowling, which featured four wickets in one over.
When Sri Lanka batted first, they lost wickets frequently. Mohammed Siraj completely destroyed the home team, taking six wickets in the process. Later on, Hardik Pandya joined the party, taking three wickets to reduce Sri Lanka to only 50 runs.
India won the Asia Cup for the seventh time after achieving the target in only 6.1 overs thanks to an unbroken 51-run partnership between openers Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan. With that, India picked up an easy win and registered multiple records in the process.
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 50 in 15.2 overs (Kusal Mendis 17, Dushan Hemantha 13*; Mohammed Siraj 6-21, Hardik Pandya 3-3) lost to India 51/0 in 6.1 overs (Shubman Gill 27*, Ishan Kishan 23*) by 10 wickets.