India is the first team to reach the semi-finals
Defeated Sri Lanka by 302 runs, achieved its biggest win in the World Cup.
Team India has given a target of 358 runs to Sri Lanka to win in the World Cup. The team batted after losing the toss at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday and scored 357 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Sri Lanka lost 9 wickets in scoring 49 runs in 18 overs. Mahish Teekshana is at the crease.
Kasun Rajitha was out after scoring 14 runs. Shami got him caught by Gill. This is Shami's fifth wicket. He also dismissed Angelo Mathews (12 runs), Dushmantha Chameera (0 runs), Dushan Hemanth (0 runs), Charith Asalanka (1 run).
Captain Kusal Mendis was out after scoring 1 run. He was bowled by Mohammad Siraj. This is Siraj's third wicket. He also dismissed Sadira Samarawickrama (0 runs) and Dimuth Karunaratne (0 runs).
Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah LBWed Pathum Nissanka (0 runs) on the first ball of the innings.
The scorecard of India-Sri Lanka match
Indian innings from here
India scored 357 for the first time in this World Cup.
After losing the toss and coming to bat, Team India scored 350+ for the first time in this World Cup.
From India, Shubhman Gill scored 92 runs on 92 balls, Virat Kohli scored 88 runs on 94 balls and Shreyas Iyer scored 82 runs on 56 balls. Dilshan Madushanka took 5 wickets from Sri Lanka. Whereas Dushmantha Chameera got one wicket.
Kohli-Gill's innings took India past 190, Madushanka broke the partnership
After a steady start in the powerplay, the pair of Kohli and Gill took the Indian innings forward. Both of them scored some good shots. First Kohli then Gill completed his fifty.
Kohli completed his 70th fifty and Gill completed his 11th fifty of his ODI career. There was a partnership of 189 runs on 179 balls between these two for the second wicket. This partnership was broken by Dilshan Madushanka on the last ball of the 30th over by getting Gill caught by wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis on a slower bouncer.
In the 20 overs between 11th and 30th overs, the Indian team scored 133 runs losing one wicket. After 30 overs, Team India's score was 193/2.
Interesting facts and records of India-Sri Lanka match
- Kohli has scored 4018 international runs against Sri Lanka. He is second in the list of players scoring the most runs against the Sri Lankan team. Sachin Tendulkar is at the top of this list after scoring 5108 runs against Sri Lanka.
- Kohli has scored 50+ for the 13th time in the World Cup. This is Kohli's 5th fifty in this World Cup. He has scored his 12th fifty in ODI against Sri Lanka. Kohli has become the non-opener with the highest score of 50+ in the World Cup. More than him, Sachin Tendulkar scored 50+ scores 21 times.
- Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman in Asia to score 8 thousand runs. He achieved this feat in 159 innings. Kohli broke the records of Sachin Tendulkar (188 innings), Kumar Sangakkara (213 innings) and Sanath Jayasuriya (254 innings).
- Kohli has scored more than one thousand runs in 2023. He has scored 1000+ runs in a calendar year for the 8th time. He is the most frequent batsman to score a thousand runs in a calendar year. He broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar has done this 7 times.
- Rohit out on 4 runs, Kohli-Gill's fifty partnership
- After losing the wicket of captain Rohit Sharma for 4 runs, openers Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli gave a good start to the Indian team. Both of them made a half-century partnership for the second wicket in the powerplay. In the first 10 overs, the Indian team scored 60 runs for one wicket.
On the other hand, the Sri Lankan camp fielded poorly. In the 5th over, Charith Asalanka caught Gill and in the sixth over, Dushmantha Chameera caught Virat Kohli short. During this period, mistakes were also made in stopping the boundaries.
No change in Indian team, one change in Sri Lanka
There was no change in the Indian team, whereas in the Sri Lankan team, Dushan Hemanth has been given a chance in place of Dhananjay de Silva. Sri Lanka is the same team, which India won the ODI World Cup for the second time after 28 years by defeating it on the same ground in 2011.
Playing-11 of both the teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.
Sri Lanka: Kusal Mendis (captain and wicketkeeper), Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dushan Hemanth, Mahish Teekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Dilshan Madushanka.