Asia Cup 2023: India Win by 10 Wickets — Mohammed Siraj's 6/21 Bowls Sri Lanka Out for 50 in Colombo

India won the Asia Cup 2023 on 17 September 2023 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, defeating the hosts by 10 wickets. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 50 in 15.2 overs — the lowest total in any Asia Cup final. India chased 51/0 in 6.1 overs, completing the target with 263 balls unused. Mohammed Siraj took 6/21 as Player of the Match — his five wickets in the first 16 balls of the match the joint-fastest five-wicket haul in ODI cricket history. Kuldeep Yadav won Player of the Tournament with 9 wickets across the competition. Rohit Sharma captained India; Dasun Shanaka captained Sri Lanka. It was India's eighth Asia Cup title.

Mohammed Siraj 6/21: Five Wickets in 16 Balls to Bowl Sri Lanka Out for 50

Mohammed Siraj's 6/21 — taking five wickets in his first 16 deliveries of the innings, equalling the joint-fastest five-wicket haul in ODI cricket history — was the bowling performance that reduced Sri Lanka to 50 all out in 15.2 overs and turned the 2023 Asia Cup final into a 10-wicket India win. Siraj, the Hyderabad right-arm fast-medium bowler who had become India's primary pace bowling option across ODI cricket in the 2023 World Cup cycle, produced his career-best ODI figures (6/21 — fourth-best ODI figures by any India bowler) in the Asia Cup final, giving the championship match's bowling performance a historic individual quality. Sri Lanka's 50 all out — the lowest total in any Asia Cup final, and one of the lowest in any bilateral or tournament ODI final — reflected the collective collapse that Siraj's 5 wickets in 16 balls triggered.

51/0 in 6.1 Overs: India's Unbeaten Chase of History's Lowest Asia Cup Final Total

India's 51/0 in 6.1 overs — chasing Sri Lanka's 50 all out with no wickets lost and 263 balls unused — gave the 2023 Asia Cup final one of the most lopsided results in any bilateral or tournament ODI final. An unbroken opening partnership completing the chase in 37 deliveries, without losing a wicket, gave India's 8th Asia Cup title the lowest-effort batting victory in the competition's final history — a chase so short that the identity of India's openers and their individual contributions within 51/0 mattered less than the collective statement that Sri Lanka's 50 all out represented. Rohit Sharma's India completing an Asia Cup final in total — bowling and batting together — inside 22 overs gave the 2023 Colombo final one of the shortest elapsed-time results in any 50-over format championship match.

Asia Cup 2023 in Context

The Asia Cup 2023 — played in 50-over ODI format, hosted jointly by Pakistan (group stage) and Sri Lanka (Super 4s and final), with matches ultimately held at Colombo and Multan — was the final major 50-over tournament before the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 in India. India's 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka — Siraj's 6/21 bowling Sri Lanka out for 50, India's 51/0 chase completing in 6.1 overs — gave the 2023 Asia Cup final its place as the most dominant performance in any Asia Cup final result by margin, confirming India's ODI form heading into the 2023 World Cup. Sri Lanka, as the 2022 Asia Cup champions defending their title, conceding 50 all out in the 2023 final to India's Siraj-led bowling attack reflected how quickly the competitive balance shifted in the one year between the UAE T20 final and the Colombo ODI final.