Asia Cup 2023 Final: Gone For 50! India Serve Revenge To Sri Lanka After 23 Years, Shatter Records

Revenge is a dish best served cold. The Indian cricket team might be thinking on these lines after they dismissed Sri Lanka for 50 in the Asia Cup 2023 final in Colombo on Sunday. This is the lowest total in an ODI tournament final. Sri Lanka broke the forgettable record held by India for 23 years. India were dismissed for 54 by Sri Lanka in Sharjah in 2000 in the final of the Champions Trophy. This is also the lowest ODI total by any team against India. Till Sunday, Bangladesh's 58 at Mirpur in 2014 was the lowest total against India.

The architect of the miserly total was Mohammed Siraj, who became the fourth Indian to take six wickets in an ODI. He finished with figures of 6/21 - the second-best figures in Asia Cup history. He also took five wickets in 16 balls - the joint-quickest five wickets haul in ODIs. He also took four wickets in the fourth over - thus becoming the record-holder for most wickets in an over in ODIs.

"Feels like a dream. Last time I did the same against Sri Lanka at Trivandrum. Got four wickets early, couldn't get the five-for. Realised you get what's in your destiny. Did not try too much today. I have always looked for swing in white-ball cricket. Did not find much in the previous games. But today it was swinging, and I got more wickets with the out-swinger. Wanted to make the batters drive," Siraj said after the Sri Lanka innings ended.

Talking about the match, Mohammed Siraj produced a magical spell, 6 for 21, to decimate Sri Lanka for 50, and place India on the brink of a victory in the Asia Cup final on Sunday. Sri Lanka elected to bat first after winning the toss, despite heavily overcast conditions, and the match started 40 minutes after the scheduled 3 PM beginning.

But a storm of a