India's match against Sri Lanka at the ICC World Cup was ignited by some explosive fast bowling from Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj, who guided the undefeated hosts to a resounding 302 run victory on Thursday, securing their place in the semifinals. With Sri Lanka's batsmen requiring less than 20 overs to reach a 358-run target, India's victory was their seventh in as many matches this year and possibly their most commanding.
India's captain, Rohit Sharma, expressed his happiness at officially qualifying during the presentation. t's been a good effort from the entire squad, it has been clinical, we've wanted individuals to put their hands up.", he added
The loss was Kusal Mendis's team's fifth loss in seven games, therefore ending Sri Lanka's last hopes of qualifying for the round of sixteen. Sri Lanka's pursuit commenced with a terrible start. After Jasprit Bumrah hit with the opening delivery, Siraj took the next three wickets to cut them down to four wickets for three runs. Next up in the attack, Shami picked up a five-wicket haul to keep India's momentum going. With Shami scoring 5.18 and Siraj scoring 3/16, Sri Lanka was eliminated with their lowest-ever score of 55 in the competition.
Since only Bangladesh has been formally ruled out from therace, there is still fierce competition for the final three seats.
