Cricket: India lifts 8th Asia Cup beating S. Lanka

COLOMBO: India have won final of Asia up 2023 beating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets here today (17th of September, 2023).

Batting first, Sri Lanka were all out at 50 runs in just 15.2 overs.

In reply, India achieved the victory target only in 6.1 overs without any loss.

India have won the title for eighth time.

For India, Ishan Kishan with 23 runs and Shubman Gill with 27 runs remained the main scorers.

Mohammed Siraj of India, who secured six wickets, was declared Player of the match, while Kuldeep Yadav remained Player of the Series.

This is the lowest total in the history of Asia Cup (ODI)  since the record was previously held by Bangladesh, who scored 87 runs against Pakistan back in 2000.

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.