India becomes first team to qualify for ICC World Cup 2023 semifinals

The Men in Blue registered their seventh consecutive win in the tournament and topped the points table with 14 points, leapfrogging South Africa in the process.

Mohammed Siraj celebrates after taking a wicket against Sri Lanka during a World Cup 2023 match in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI/The Hindu

India thrashed Sri Lanka by 302 runs in a league stage match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday to become the first team to qualify for the semifinals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

IND vs SL Highlights

The Men in Blue registered their seventh consecutive win in the tournament and topped the points table with 14 points, leapfrogging South Africa in the process.

IND vs SL Scorecard

Sri Lanka was bundled out for just 55 runs after India posted a mammoth 357 for eight in 50 overs. While it was Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer’s fifties that helped India register a match-winning score, the pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami did the job with the ball.

They picked nine wickets between them as Sri Lanka posted its lowest total in ODI World Cups and the fourth lowest total overall in the tournament’s history.