The team is optimistic following an outstanding performance at the Asia Cup 2023, which the Rohit Sharma-led team won after a decisive 10-wicket victory against hosts Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Indian cricket squad is currently enjoying success. The team will enter the cricket World Cup with confidence following a brilliant performance at the Asia Cup 2023, where the Rohit Sharma-led team won after a decisive 10-wicket victory against hosts Sri Lanka in Colombo. Mohammed Siraj’s ferocious spell reduced the Lankans to only 50 in 15.2 overs, helped by other pacers Hardik Pandya (3 for 3) and Jasprit Bumrah (1 for 23), while the Indians completed the task with 10 wickets still to pick up in 6.1 overs.
South Africa defeated Australia in the fifth one-day international on the same day that Pakistan was named the world’s best team in the ICC ODI rankings. However, India may overtake Pakistan and take the top spot sooner rather than later. Certain conditions must be met for something to occur.
India’s following ODI is against Australia on Friday. Bangladesh plays New Zealand before England takes against Ireland. The outcomes of the games won’t have an impact on India’s ranking. India would overtake Australia as the top team if they win the opening ODI. India will continue to be the top ODI team even if they win the series 2-1.
Mohammed Siraj, India’s current man of the match, has spoken out about his remarkable 6/21 performance in the Asia Cup final. In his second over, Siraj dismissed Pathum Nissanka, Sadeera Samaraiwickrama, Charith Asalanka, and Dhananjaya De Silva before coming back to dismiss the Lankan captain Dasun Shanka with a peach of a ball.
I had worked hard to develop out-swing deliveries from outside the crease in the West Indies. My outswings were working out nicely. So I tried to push for the inswing from the wide of the crease (which will go away after pitching),” Siraj told some news sources.
In a conversation with fellow Indian colleague Kuldeep Yadav, Siraj revealed, “So what I planned, what I had in mind, it turned out to be absolutely perfect and it was my best wicket of the game.”
With less than a month until the World Cup, Siraj predicted that his performance in the Asia Cup Final will boost his confidence going into the major competition.
“Since it’s the final, it’s a huge accomplishment for me. It will greatly boost my confidence prior to the (ODI) World Cup, he remarked.
Since I had never dreamed about it, I’ll be honest and say that it was a magical spell. at the final ODI versus Lanka at Trivandrum, I had to work very hard to get the fifth wicket, but it never arrived. It all turned fine, though, today (Sunday).
“In my first spell, I realised I didn’t have to hit the wicket the instant I realised I could swing the ball. All I wanted to do was bowl in a specific area and get the ball to talk.
