Watch: The 2023 Asia Cup final was dominated by Mohammed Siraj, and even when he wasn’t taking wickets, he was still the centre of the action.
India got off to a perfect start, with Jasprit Bumrah taking a wicket in the third ball and Siraj taking three from four balls to complete his hat-trick in his second start. Although he could not get his three runs off his three balls, he actually had a lot of work to do as the area in front of the wicket was emptied by the approach of many fielders.
Danajaya de Silva pushed the throw to the leg side and Siraj chased the ball. He chased it all the way to the boundary, smiling and sprinting, but lost the race as Sri Lanka added a total of four points.
Virat Kohli, dressed in briefs, struggled to contain his laughter at the energetic quick’s antics.
Shiraj hit back one ball later and caught de Silva to complete his four-wicket over. In the next over, he attacked again, beating Dasun Shanaka to get 5R in 16 balls, equaling Chaminda Vaas’s world record for fastest ODI five-wicket haul. This boundary was Siraj’s only goal conceded up to that point.
He finished the game with 6 wickets as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 50 wickets and India quickly won the victory and won the Asia Cup.
