The Indian team defeated Sri Lanka by 302 runs in a spectacular fashion. The bowlers performed amazingly for India. The Sri Lankan team could not stand against the Indian bowlers. Batting first, India gave a target of 358 runs to the Sri Lankan team to win, in response to which the Sri Lankan team was all out for just 55 runs. The Indian team has created history by winning by 302 runs. This is the second biggest win in the history of ODI World Cup. Apart from this, this is India’s seventh consecutive win in the ODI World Cup 2023. With this victory, Team India has qualified for the semi-finals.
Sri Lanka’s batting disintegrated
No batsman from Sri Lanka could perform well. Sri Lanka’s entire batting collapsed in front of the Indian bowlers. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Sri Lankan batsman Pathum Nishanka on the very first ball of the first over. After this Mohammad Siraj wreaked havoc. Sri Lankan batsmen could not stand before him. Siraj bowled the second over of the Sri Lankan innings and took 2 wickets. For Sri Lanka, this happened for the second time in the World Cup that both the openers could not even open their account.
Mohammed Shami took five wickets
Kasun Ranjitha scored the maximum 14 runs for Sri Lanka. There remained five players who could not even open their accounts. These include Pathum Nishanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadira Samarawickrama, Dusan Hemantha and Dushmantha Chameera. Sri Lankan players did not make even a single move against the Indian bowlers. Every move of the Sri Lankan team failed in front of the Indian bowlers. Mohammed Shami took five wickets, Mohammed Siraj took 3 wickets, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket each.
Three players scored half centuries
In this match, Sri Lankan captain Kusal Mendis won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved wrong. Indian batsmen batted amazingly in this match. The Indian team, which came to bat first, had a very bad start. When captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs. But after this Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill took over the Indian innings. These players presented an excellent example of batting. But both these players could not complete their century. Gill scored 92 runs and Kohli scored 88 runs. After the dismissal of these two players, Shreyas Iyer took over the responsibility of scoring runs. As soon as he entered the field, he scored runs in a explosive manner. He scored 82 runs in just 56 balls, which included three fours and 6 sixes. Ravindra Jadeja contributed 35 runs and KL Rahul contributed 21 runs. It is because of these players that Team India was successful in making a big score.
For Sri Lanka, Dilshan Madushanka took 5 wickets. But he proved to be very expensive. He gave away 80 runs in 10 overs. Apart from him, Dushmantha Chameera took 1 wicket. Apart from these two bowlers, no Sri Lankan player was successful in taking wickets.
Second biggest win in ODI World Cup
India won against Sri Lanka by 302 runs. This is the second biggest win in the history of ODI World Cup. Australia holds the record for the biggest win in the World Cup. Australia won against Netherlands by 309 runs in ODI World Cup 2023. Team India is the second team which has won by more than 300 runs in the ODI World Cup.
