India wins Asia Cup title, Siraj Shines
Sports : Team India won the title of Asia Cup 2023 with 263 balls left. This is India’s eighth Asia Cup triumph. India defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final. Mohammad Siraj played an important role in India’s victory. Siraj took 6 wickets for just 21 runs. The Sri Lankan team had lost 6 wickets at the score of 12 runs in the match. After this the team was all out at the lowest score of 50 runs.
Siraj took his first wicket in the form of Nissanka. After this Samaravikrama was sent to the pavilion. On the very next ball, Asalanka was the next wicket Dhananjaya de Silva was dismissed on the sixth ball of his over. Siraj also became the first Indian to get four wickets in an over in international cricket.
Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. During this, he was all out after scoring 50 runs in 15.2 overs. Siraj proved to be the most dangerous for SriLankan innings. He took 4 wickets in the fourth over of the match. Along with Siraj, Hardik Pandya also took 3 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah got a success.
Sri Lanka gave India a target of 51 runs to win in the final. In response, India achieved the target in just 37 balls. Shubhman Gill scored 27 not out and Ishan Kishan scored 23 not out.