Whom did Mohammed Siraj hand over Asia Cup trophy while celebrating India’s eighth title victory? India won the Asia Cup for the eighth time, defeating Sri Lanka by ten wickets.
On Sunday, September 17, India defeated Sri Lanka by ten wickets in the final of the Asia Cup 2023 at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, claiming their eighth victory in the continental tournament. Seamer Mohammed Siraj stole the show with his best ODI statistics of 6/21. In seven overs and was duly named Player of the Match.
Siraj was justifiably in the center of the team’s celebration as the Men in Blue were present the trophy. Having played a vital role in India’s comprehensive win. The trophy, however, pass to another individual on his left, who appeared to be a member of the support crew, by the Hyderabad-born player.
The identity of the man in question has widely speculate upon. Raghu Raghavendra is India’s throwdown specialist, and his major role is to provide throw downs to Indian hitters using a slinger. Notably, Raghu was India’s first throw-down specialist, and he has even trained legends Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni in throw-downs.
In addition to him, the club has two more throw down experts to assist them in the nets. The photograph of Raghavendra grinning with glee as he lifted the Asia Cup trophy has gone popular on social media.
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India achieves their greatest victory in terms of balls remaining
Siraj was Sri Lanka’s destroyer-in-chief, claiming the joint-fastest five-wicket haul in ODIs in just 16 balls. His second over produced four wickets, the most ever by an Indian bowler. In response, India put in youngsters Ishan Kishan (23* off 18) and Shubman Gill (27* off 19) to open the innings, and the pair chased down the target in 6.1 overs, giving India their largest victory in terms of balls remained (263).
As a result, India’s domination in the Asia Cup maintained with their seventh title. They are the most successful team in Asia Cup history. Followed by Sri Lanka (6 titles) and Pakistan (2 titles). Kuldeep Yadav won Player of the Series after taking nine wickets in the event.