India, the tournament’s undefeated hosts, crushed Sri Lanka by 302 runs in Mumbai on Thursday, advancing to the World Cup semi-finals.Sri Lanka, needing to score 358 runs to win, crashed to 55 all out in 20 overs. After Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj struck with the new ball in an innings that had five ducks and a top score of just 14, Mohammed Shami took 5-18 in five overs. Sri Lanka dropped to 14-6 after both of their openers were dismissed for golden ducks.
Bumrah, with 1-8 in five overs, and Siraj (3-16 in seven) did the early damage before Shami took two wickets in two balls as Sri Lanka’s rapid collapse continued.
India’s winning-margin was their biggest success, by runs, in a World Cup game surpassing their 257-run defeat of non-Test nation Bermuda during the 2007 edition in the Caribbean.Virat Kohli scored 88 runs in a total of 357-8, however he was unable to tie Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 one-day international hundreds. Shubman Gill, the opening batsman, led all scorers with 92. After sharing a stand of 189 runs after India skipper Rohit Sharma was removed from the game after the second delivery, the two were out in short succession. However, Shreyas Iyer continued to pile on runs with a scorching 82 off only 56 balls, which included six well timed sixes.
