It was a final to forget for Sri Lanka as they got bowled out for a mere 50 IND vs SL Asia Cup final in Colombo. This was the lowest ever total in a men’s final. Coincidentally, the previous record was held by Team India against Sri Lanka (54) in Champions Trophy Final in 2000.
Lowest total in men’s ODI tournament final
50 – IND vs SL, 2023, Colombo
54 – IND v SL, 2000, Sharjah
78 – SL v PAK, 2002, Sharjah
81 – Oman v NAM, 2019
This was also the lowest ever in men’s Asia Cup ODIs, surpassing the previous record held by Bangladesh (87 all out in 2000). However, this is not the only records that Sri Lanka created. With this embarrassing batting performance, the home side created many unwanted records. Let’s have a look at it.
- Sri Lanka recorded its second lowest score in ODI cricket. Their lowest is 43 vs SA in 2012.
- It was the lowest total by a team vs India in ODIs. The previous lowest total was scored by Bangladesh (58) in 2014.
- It is the 10th lowest total in ODI history.
- It is the third time in 2023 that Sri Lanka have been bowled out for less than a 100 in ODIs.
- This is Sri Lanka’s 5th loss in Asia Cup final against India.
- This was third shortest ODI match in history. The match lasted for just 129 balls.
We made our own life difficult: SL Head Coach
Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood called Sri Lanka’s batting performance “a disappointment” and said the batters didn’t play good shots in the challenging conditions.
“The way we got dismissed is very disappointing, think there’s a lot of reflection to be done in the dressing. I think today we’ve come up against a very high class bowling attack, thought Siraj was superb. At the same time I think we made our own life difficult as well”, Silverwood said after the game.
