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Some fiery fast bowling from India’s Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj lit up their World Cup encounter with Sri Lanka and helped the unbeaten hosts secure a thumping 302-run victory yesterday, becoming the first side to book a semifinal spot.
It was India’s seventh win from as many matches in this year’s 50-over tournament, and arguably their most dominant, with Sri Lanka’s batters lasting under 20 overs while chasing a 358-run target.
Sri Lanka collapsed to 55 all out inside 20 overs, having been set 358 to win.
The defeat all but ended Sri Lanka’s remaining hopes of making the knock-out stages with Kusal Mendis’s side suffering their fifth defeat from seven matches.
Sri Lanka’s chase got off to an awful start.
Jasprit Bumrah struck with the first delivery before Siraj picked up the next three wickets to reduce them to four for three runs — SuperSport.
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