India emerged victorious within the extremely prestigious Asia Cup 2023, securing an astounding 10-wicket conquer Sri Lanka within the finals held at Colombo on Sunday.
Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj performed a pivotal position on this outstanding victory, delivering an outstanding bowling spell with figures of 6/21. His distinctive efficiency decimated the Sri Lankan batting order, limiting them to 50 runs. The Rohit Sharma-led aspect then effectively chased the goal with out shedding a single wicket.
Amidst the celebration of India clinching their document eighth Asia Cup title, former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar vehemently criticized those that entertained the notion that Rohit and his workforce had any intention of intentionally shedding their Tremendous 4 match in opposition to Sri Lanka to stop Pakistan from reaching the ultimate.
Of their Tremendous 4 encounter in opposition to Sri Lanka, which happened final Wednesday, India got here dangerously near a defeat. The younger Sri Lankan sensation Dunith Wellalage triggered fairly a stir by securing his first-ever five-wicket haul in One Day Internationals, sending a wave of apprehension via the dominant Indian batting lineup.
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Why would Bharat lose intentionally to Sri Lanka?: Sunil Gavaskar
The previous Indian captain strongly refuted allegations made by people throughout the western border who claimed that the India vs Sri Lanka Tremendous 4 match was ‘mounted’, insinuating that India deliberately underperformed to remove Pakistan from the Asia Cup.
“What a good slap on the faces of all these throughout the Western border who have been screaming and shrieking that Bharat after being dismissed for 213 in opposition to Sri Lanka was purposely shedding the sport in order to deprive Pakistan of a spot within the ultimate. Did these brainless individuals even consider the likelihood that after Bharat loses the sport to Sri Lanka after which Pakistan beat Sri Lanka and the Bharat v Bangladesh sport will get rained off, it was Bharat who wouldn’t have certified for the ultimate. So why would Bharat lose intentionally to Sri Lanka? Morons” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.
Following Pakistan’s official elimination from the match after shedding the digital semifinal to Sri Lanka on Thursday, Gavaskar anticipated the emergence of additional conspiracy theories. Nonetheless, he discovered it unsurprising that Pakistan and its media redirected their anger and scrutiny towards their skipper, Babar Azam.
“When Pakistan misplaced to Sri Lanka and have been knocked out of the match, we have been anticipating some extra conspiracy theories blaming Bharat for the loss, however surprises by no means stop so that they forgot all the pieces else and targeting lambasting their skipper Babar Azam for his or her exit from the match” the 74-year-old additional added.
