Sports Desk: Sri Lanka won the toss in the final of the Asia Cup and were bowled out for 50 runs against India in a rain-interrupted match. Indian pacer Mohammad Siraj crushed the Lankans with six wickets for 21 runs, including four in one over.
The six-time Asia Cup champions fell shy of the all-out with the second-lowest runs in ODIs. Sri Lanka won the toss and went into bat at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. Sri Lanka, one of the most successful teams in the Asia Cup, lost their wicket in the first over in a rain-hit match.
Kushal Perera goes back to Jasprit Bumrah. After that, Indian pacer Mohammad Siraj gave a big shock to the host Sri Lanka camp. He picked up four wickets with the ball in his second and his team’s fourth overs. Pathun Nishanka (2), Sadira Samarawickrama (0), Charitha Ashalanka (0), and Dhananjaya de Silva (4) were sent back one by one. Later, Siraj took two more wickets, with his career-best bowling in 29 ODIs.
The right-handed pacer bowled Dashun Shanaka (0) and Kushal Mendis (17). He took a career-best six wickets for 21 runs. Hardik Pandya took the remaining three wickets. Earlier, Sri Lanka’s lowest score in the ODI format was 43.
They collapsed in the 21st over against South Africa in 2012 at Pearl. Sri Lanka narrowly escaped that embarrassment with a minimum of 35 runs all out in ODIs.
