Asia Cup final, IND vs SL Highlights: Siraj hero as India lift the trophy

India vs Sri Lanka final, Asia Cup Live Updates: Mohammed Siraj took 6/21 as India bowled out Sri Lanka for only 50 runs. India chased the total down in only 6.1 overs.

8:18 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka HIGHLIGHTS in Asia Cup 2023

WATCH: How Siraj wrecked havoc in Asia Cup 2023 final against Sri Lanka, giving India 10-wicket victory

6:48 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: The match winner for India

6:16 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: India win Asia Cup by the biggest margin

 

Mohammed Siraj's best-ever bowling performance of 6/21 guided India to their eighth Asia Cup title as they beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets on Sunday, September 17, 2023, at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. This was the biggest win by a margin of balls remaining for India as they chased down 51 in only 6.1 overs, meaning that 263 balls remained in the Indian innings to be bowled. The previous record was 231 balls achieved against Kenya in Nairobi. 

 

This is also the biggest victory margin in terms of ball remaining in the Asia Cup as well as in the final of any multilateral tournament. 

 

India Live Score vs Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final 51-0 after 6.1 overs

 

6:04 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Six away from win

 

India are just six runs away from a victory here and it would be the biggest margin of victory for the men in blue if they win it before the ninth over.

 

India Live Score vs Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final 45-0 after 05 overs

 

6:01 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Record for biggest win by balls remaining in ODIs

 

Finally, some rest for Sri Lankan fielders as only two runs came from the fourth over. India however would not be able to break England’s record of biggest victory by balls remaining in ODI cricket. The target was 277 balls, but that was in a 60-over game. For a fifty-over match, the target is 274 balls. It was achieved by Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe.

 

India Live Score vs Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final 34-0 after 04 overs

 

5:56 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: India eye record

 

32/0 in three overs means that India need just 19 more to win the final and it might turn out to be the quickest victory and the biggest as well by the margin of balls left in the final of an ODI multi-lateral tournament. 

 

India Live Score vs Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final 32-0 after 03 overs

 

5:45 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: India begin the chase

 

Ishan Kishan has been sent up the order which means that India’s intentions are clear they want to get to the total as soon as possible. And in the first over itself, the dup of Kishan and Shubman Gill have scored seven runs. 

 

India Live Score vs Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final 7-0 after 01 over

 

5:18 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka full scorecard

Sri Lanka full scorecard

Sri Lanka (50 ovs maximum)
BATTING	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka	c Jadeja b Mohammed Siraj	2	4	0	0	50
Kusal Perera	c †Rahul b Bumrah	0	2	0	0	0
Kusal Mendis †	b Mohammed Siraj	17	34	3	0	50
Sadeera Samarawickrama	lbw b Mohammed Siraj	0	2	0	0	0
Charith Asalanka	c Ishan Kishan b Mohammed Siraj	0	1	0	0	0
Dhananjaya de Silva	c †Rahul b Mohammed Siraj	4	2	1	0	200
Dasun Shanaka (c)	b Mohammed Siraj	0	4	0	0	0
Dunith Wellalage	c †Rahul b Pandya	8	21	0	0	38.09
Dushan Hemantha	not out	13	15	1	0	86.66
Pramod Madushan	c Kohli b Pandya	1	6	0	0	16.66
Matheesha Pathirana	c Ishan Kishan b Pandya	0	1	0	0	0
Extras	(lb 2, w 3)	5
TOTAL	15.2 Ov (RR: 3.26)	50
BOWLING	Overs	Maiden	runs	Wickets	Economy	DOT
Jasprit Bumrah	5	1	23	1	4.6	20
Mohammed Siraj	7	1	21	6	3	34
Hardik Pandya	2.2	0	3	3	1.28	12
Kuldeep Yadav	1	0	1	0	1	5

5:15 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka innings key highlights

Sri Lanka innings: Key stats

Rain: Sri Lanka - 0/0

Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 0/0

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 6 wickets)

Over 3.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Richard Illingworth, Batter - Sadeera Samarawickrama (Struck down)

Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 19 runs, 4 wickets)

Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 5

Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 50/10 in 15.2 overs (Hemantha 13)

 

5:13 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka bowled out for 50

 

Hardik Pandya gets back-to-back wickets on the first two deliveries of the 16th over as Sri Lanka are bowled out for 50 runs in this final of the Asia Cup. This is their second-lowest total, lowest ever at home and lowest ever in the Asia Cup as well as against India in their ODI history. 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final 50-10 after 15.2 overs

 

5:05 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka go past their lowest ODI total

 

Sri Lanka have gone past their lowest-ever ODI total in history as they have crossed the dreaded mark of 43 runs. At 49/8, their next aim would be to get past 50 and then 87, the lowest Asia Cup total ever. 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final 49-8 after 14 overs

 

4:55 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: 8 down, Sri Lanka stare at lowest ever Asia Cup total

 

Hardik Pandya has struck in his first over as Dunith Wellalalge just couldn’t get out of the line of the ball. It was a well-attempted bouncer on the leg stump and the young Sri Lankan just guided it to KL Rahul behind the stumps. At 40/8, Sri Lanka are staring down at a record they would not like to have to their name-lowest ever Asia Cup total. It is 87 and currently in the name of Bangladesh. 

 

4:52 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: What is the lowest ODI total in Asia Cup?

 

Five-time Asia Cup winners Sri Lanka were six down for 12 at one point in this match. They were staring at the lowest ODI total in history -35 by Zimbabwe. They have crossed that mark. But at 40/8 they are still three runs away from going over their own lowest ODI score ever of 43. In Asia Cup’s history, the lowest total recorded is 87 by Bangladesh against Pakistan. Will Sri Lanka be able to breach that?

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final 40-8 after 12.3 overs

 

4:47 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Pathetic shot play from Mendis gives Siraj his sixth

 

Kusal Mendis, having spent a lot of time in the middle, plays as rash a shot as it gets to get clean bowled by Mohammed Siraj. The Indian now has six wickets to his name while Sri Lanka are still dreading scoring their lowest-ever score in ODIs.  

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final 38-7 after 11.4 overs

 

4:39 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Watch Mohammed Siraj’s four-wicket in an over

4:34 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Siraj only bowler with 4 in an over without hat-trick

 

In limited-overs cricket, Mohammed Siraj has become the only cricketer in history to take four wickets in an over without picking up a hat-trick. Apart from him, Lasith Malinga in ODIs and T20Is, Curtis Campher (IRE), Rashid Khan (AFG) and Jason Holder (WI) have taken four wickets in an over. But all these bowlers picked a hat-trick in that over in which they took four wickets. Rashid took his four wickets in four balls, but not in the same over. 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final 30-6 after 9 overs

 

4:24 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka’s lowest ODI totals

 

Sri Lanka’s lowest total in ODIs is 43 which was recorded against South Africa in 2012 at the Paarl cricket ground. At home, Sri Lanka’s lowest ODI total is 98 which was recorded in 1998 at this very ground of RPS Colombo against South Africa in 1998. 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final 17-6 after 7 overs

 

4:20 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka in danger of getting bowled out

 

35 is the lowest ODI total ever recorded and it was against Sri Lanka. Now the Lankan Lions wouldn’t want to be a team that gets out before 35 here. They are 13/6 already. 

 

4:18 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Siraj gets a five-for

 

This is just unbelievable stuff from Siraj as he has cleaned up Dasun Shanaka, who just couldn’t get in the line of the ball. It pitched on middle and leg and uprooted the off-stump. 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final 12-6 after 5.4 overs

 

4:08 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Siraj takes four wickets in an over

 

Siraj the bowler has chased down the ball after Dhananjaya de Silva played the on-drive on the hat-trick ball. However, the ball went for a four eventually. 

 

Wicket!! This is unbelievable. De Silva, shaving struck a four on the previous ball, just threw his bat at a nothing delivery outside off, got caught and is heading back, Four wickets in an over. This is outstanding

 

4:04 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Siraj on a hattrick

 

This can’t be true, cannot be. Fuller length and Asalanka has handed it to Ishan Kishan at the point and another Sri Lankan batter departs for a duck. The home team are four down for just eight runs on the board and Mohammed Siraj is on a hat-trick

 

4:01 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Siraj traps Sadeera, Sri Lanka three down

 

This is mayhem at Premadasa as Sri Lanka keep losing wickets one after another. This one swung back in from Siraj and hit Sadeera Samarawickrama on the knee roll. The umpire raised his fingers and it was always going to be out. Sadeera wasted a review by going for the DRS. 

 

3:58 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Jadeja takes a stunner, Sri Lanka two down

 

Wicket!! The Sri Lankans in the crowd were stunned as Ravindra Jadeja took a stunner at cover-point after Pathum Nissanka tried to drive the length ball from Mohammed Siraj on the up and couldn’t keep it down. The ball was dying on Jadeja, but he kept his calm to catch it with both hands.

 

3:55 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Runout opportunity goes begging

 

That right there was a runout opportunity as the two Sri Lankan batters hesitated while taking a single from short square leg where Washington Sundar fumbled with the ball in hand. 

 

Good lengths from Bumrah result in only one run from the over. 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final 8-1 after 03 overs

 

3:52 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Maiden over by Siraj

 

A maiden over by Mohammed Siraj is a significant achievement showing that India have gained the upper hand and managed to silence the crowd at the same time.  

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final- 7-1 after 02 overs

 

3:46 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Dramatic over for India

 

Four!! Full toss and Kusal Mendis doesn’t need a second invitation to play his exquisite cover drive and get off the mark with a four 

 

Wide- That was way outside off 

 

Edge to third-man for a single. Nerves early on from Sri Lanka

 

Sri Lanka Live Score vs India in Asia Cup final- 7-1 after 01 over

 

3:43 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Bumrah gets dangerous Perera

 

Edge and taken and Kusal Perera would have to walk back off just the second ball he faces. A very good catch by KL Rahul behind the stumps as Perera chased a wide ball outside off, which was always moving away from him. India have drawn the first blood. 

 

3:41 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Players out in the middle, play begins

 

It is housefull at the R Premadasa Stadium and the players are in the middle with Jasprit Bumrah taking the first new ball. Kusla Perera and Pathum Nissanka, the two Sri Lankan openers have already taken the pitch and here we go. 

 

3:36 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Action to begin soon

 

The action would begin soon but before that, have a look at how the finals between India and Sri Lanka have panned out over the years. 

 

India vs Sri Lanka final: What happened when two teams played in finals?

Asia Cup 2023 final between India and Sri Lanka. Photo: X

3:30 PM

FINAL | India vs Sri Lanka LIVE SCORE in Asia Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma ninth Indian to play 250 ODIs

 

The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has become the ninth Indian player to play 250 ODIs for the country. He joins the elite list which features players like Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Mohammed Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli and Anil Kumble