India pacer Mohammed Siraj struggled all through the World Cup particularly within the powerplay overs till he confronted Sri Lanka on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday (November 2). After India posted 357 runs on the board, the tempo bowler actually wreaked havoc with the ball leaving Sri Lanka reeling in his first couple of overs itself.
Nevertheless, it was Jasprit Bumrah to strike first with the brand new ball to entice Pathum Nissanka in entrance of the stumps. Then it was all Siraj present as he pinned Dimuth Karunaratne for a golden duck off the very first ball of his spell. The ball swung in to catch the batter unexpectedly and despite the fact that he reviewed, Karunratne needed to stroll again with the ball projected to hit the stumps.
Subsequent up was Sadeera Samarawickrama’s flip who overturned the umpire’s lbw determination efficiently off the primary ball he confronted. However he did not keep within the center for lengthy after wafting a large supply solely to edge the ball to the third slip. It was an excellent captaincy from Rohit Sharma as he stored attacking fields and Shreyas Iyer did not make any mistake to ship again the third batter of the line-up for a duck.
Siraj was again once more for his subsequent over to citadel Sri Lanka skipper Kusal Mendis with a jaffa. It was a dream supply for a quick bowler because the ball straightened after pitching to hit the highest of off-stump. The stumps had been shattered as Sri Lanka had been reeling at 4 down for simply three runs. Siraj hadn’t conceded a single till 1.5 overs of his spell and picked up three wickets earlier than conceding a 4 off the final ball.
Earlier, staff India rode on half-centuries from Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer as they posted a mammoth whole of 357 runs for the lack of eight wickets after 50 overs. Dilshan Madhushanka was the very best bowler for Sri Lanka choosing up 5 wickets for simply 80 runs of their 10 overs.
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