The Indian cricket team has become the first team to enter the semi-finals of the ongoing ICC ODI World Cup 2023 as it defeated Sri Lanka in the match which was played yesterday at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. It won’t be wrong to say that Sri Lanka suffered a humiliating defeat against India as the whole team got out for just 55 runs in response to India’s 357/8.
The toss was won by Sri Lanka and it put India to bat first, India had a bad start as the team lost skipper Rohit Sharma (4 runs) on the second ball of the innings but Shubman Gill (92 runs) and Virat Kohli (88 runs) made things difficult for the Sri Lankan bowlers by stitching a partnership of 189 runs. After these two got out, Shreyas Iyer played a blistering knock of 82 runs and helped his team in posting a total of 357/8.
Sri Lanka’s start was disastrous as the Indian pace battery of Jasprit Bumrah (1 wicket), Mohammed Shami (5 wickets) and Mohammed Siraj (3 wickets) was literally on fire and the whole Sri Lankan team could manage only 55 runs. This is the biggest ever win of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 as India won the match by 302 runs.
The online users couldn’t keep calm and this is how they expressed themselves on X:
Mohammed Shami was adjudged as the Player of the Match for his superb bowling performance.
Congratulations team India.
