ICC World Cup Match Report, India vs Sri Lanka: Team India has qualified for the semi-finals of the World Cup for the fourth consecutive time. Team India had to face defeat twice out of these, whereas in 2011 it had won the title. Now once again Team India is desperate to win the title.

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Everyone at Wankhede Stadium modified into searching in advance to that the batsmen can be amazing. Before Team India, South Africa had scored rankings of greater than 350 in its suits in this ground. Then different groups had been disposed of cheaply. In this kind of situation, while Sri Lankan captain Kusal Mendis referred to as Team India to bat first, the Indian group and lovers had been sincerely glad however all of us else changed into surprised. In the end the result was the same as was seen before. But it took place with inside the fashion of the Asia Cup final, wherein the Indian pacers had completed the sport for Sri Lanka.

Team India has registered a convincing victory for the second one time in months, devastating Sri Lanka. In its 7th game of the World Cup 2023, India defeated Sri Lanka with the aid of using 302 runs on the premise of sensational speedy bowling. In this way, through triumphing the 7th consecutive match, Team India has made its region with inside the semi-finals. Team India had made an extraordinary rating of 357 runs with the sturdy innings of Shubman Gill, Virat KohliAnd Shreyas Iyer on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, however the actual magic became proven through the quick bowlers. The tempo trio of Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah destroyed the Sri Lankan batting and the complete group became all out for simply fifty five runs.

Siraj-Shami and Bumrah Blast

What happened after this was not surprising to anyone. Bumrah and Shami had already shown their magic in this World Cup but Siraj's magic was yet to be seen. Siraj also compensated for this deficiency against his favorite opponent Sri Lanka. Then it was Bumrah who made the beginning and got in-form opener Pathum Nissanka out LBW on the very first ball. Then on the first ball of the next over, Siraj also sent the second opener Dimuth Karunaratne back to the pavilion. In the same over, Siraj also took the wicket of Sadira Samarawickrama and the score became 3 wickets for 2 runs. In his next over, Siraj again took the wicket of Kusal Mendis on the first ball and reduced the score to 4 wickets for 3 runs.

Gill-Kohli and Iyer hit out

Before this explosive victory, however, Team India had not had a good start and on the second ball itself, captain Rohit Sharma was bowled by left arm fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka. From here Virat and Shubman took over the innings. However, both of them had to face a lot of problems in the beginning and even got the gift of life once. Kohli and Gill took advantage of Sri Lanka's mistakes. Kohli scored his fourth half-century and Gill scored his second half-century in this World Cup. Together they made a tremendous partnership of 189 runs for the second wicket.

However, each the batsmen couldn't complete their century. Once again Madushanka (5/80) proved to be the star of Sri Lanka. This pacer first trapped Gill (92) and then Kohli (88) with the slower ball and sent both of them back to the pavilion. KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav were quickly dealt with but Shreyas Iyer, who was facing constant criticism, finally wreaked havoc. Iyer hit sixes and scored his 2d half-century with inside the tournament. However, Iyer also could not complete his century and gave away 82 runs (6 sixes, 3 fours) in just 56 balls. In the end Ravindra Jadeja took Team India to 357 runs. Team India scored 300 runs for the first time in this World Cup.

From here the memories of the Asia Cup final started getting refreshed, when on the basis of Siraj's 6 wickets, India defeated Sri Lanka for just 50 runs. These memories were not only refreshed, but its action replay was seen in Wankhede. Shami took the start of Bumrah and Siraj forward. Shami, who came to bowl in the 10th over, ended Sri Lanka's game by taking 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls. Even after this, Shami's magic continued and for the second time in 3 matches of this World Cup, he destroyed Sri Lanka by taking 5 wickets. Apart from this, Shami became the bowler who took the highest number of 45 wickets for India in World Cup history. Although Sri Lanka crossed the 50 mark, the entire team still collapsed for 55 runs.