Team India has thrashed Sri Lanka to win their seventh match in a row on the ongoing World Cup. After posting a mammoth whole of 357 runs on the board, the bowlers breathed fireplace beneath the lights to Sri Lanka batters clueless. It all began with Jasprit Bumrah trapping Pathum Nissanka in entrance of the stumps. Mohammed Siraj then adopted go well with selecting up three wickets in lower than two overs of his spell.
If this was not sufficient, Mohammed Shami got here into the assault and scalped 4 wickets for only one run in his first three overs to go away Sri Lanka reeling at 29/8. He has been on a roll on this World Cup selecting up a whole of 14Â wickets in simply three matches and as quickly as he picked up his fifth wicket of the match, the tempo bowler turned the very best wicket-taker for India in World Cup historical past.
Most wickets for India in World Cup historical past:
| Players | Wickets |
| Mohammed Shami | 45 |
| Zaheer Khan | 44 |
| Javagal Srinath | 44 |
Javagal Srinath and Zaheer Khan have been joint-highest wicket-takers earlier than having picked up 44 wickets every in World Cup. Interestingly, they took 33 and 23 matches respectively to select these many wickets and such has been the consistency of Shami in World Cup matches that he went previous them in solely 14 outings. Moreover, that is the third five-wicket haul for Mohammed Shami in World Cup equalling Mitchell Starc to take action. Also, Shami now has essentially the most five-wicket hauls for an Indian bowler in ODI historical past as properly.
Meanwhile, staff India has certified for the semifinal with a 302-run win over Sri Lanka. The hosts are nonetheless unbeaten within the World Cup this yr successful all their seven matches so far and are clearly dominating the event. Moreover, Sri Lanka’s 55 all-out is the fourth lowest in World Cup historical past.
