In the men's ODI Asia Cup final, Mohammed Siraj delivered a remarkable performance, becoming only the second bowler after Ajantha Mendis to claim a six-wicket haul. Siraj's devastating spell of bowling saw him take 6-21 as India bowled out Sri Lanka for a mere 50 runs in the title clash at the R. Premadasa Stadium.

Play resumed at 3:40 pm following a rain delay, and Siraj capitalized on the movement off the pitch. He made the ball swing both ways, leaving Sri Lankan batsmen bewildered. Siraj achieved a career-best performance, taking six wickets in seven overs, with four of them coming in his second over of the game.

Additionally, Hardik Pandya contributed with three wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah secured one scalp. Indian fast bowlers accounted for all ten wickets, limiting Sri Lanka to their second-lowest ODI total ever and their lowest score against India.

Bumrah gave India a dream start by enticing Kusal Perera to chase a wide, away swinging delivery and the left-handed batter nicked behind to wicketkeeper K.L Rahul moving to his left. Siraj's first over saw him bowl six outswingers and beat the batters four times.

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On the first ball of his second over, Siraj bowled an outswinger yet again and Pathum Nissanka could drive only to backward point, where Ravindra Jadeja moved to his right to complete the catch. A dot ball later, Siraj trapped Sadeera Samawickrama lbw with a sharp nip-backer beating the inside edge and striking the batter in front of stumps.

On the very next ball, Charith Asalanka chipped the first ball he faced straight to cover-point. Dhananjaya de Silva survived the hat-trick ball by punching Siraj past mid-on for four. But Siraj had the last laugh as de Silva pushed at an outswinger, giving a faint edge behind to take a catch.

Siraj grabbed his five-wicket haul in 16 balls by getting late movement at a fuller delivery to swing past Dasun Shanaka's outside edge and sent the off-stump on a cartwheel ride.

Seeing the carnage from the other end, Kusal Mendis tried to get Sri Lanka's innings back on track from 12/6 by taking two boundaries square of the off-side against Bumrah.

But Siraj grabbed his sixth wicket by getting one to nip back in from outside off and castle Mendis through the gate, to grab the best figures by a fast-bowler in the men's ODI Asia Cup.

Pandya joined the wicket-takers list by bouncing out Dunith Wellalage, giving Rahul a simple catch on the top edge. He took out the remaining two wickets to end Sri Lanka's innings at 50 in 92 legal balls.

Brief scores:

India 51/0 in 6.1 overs beat Sri Lanka 50 all out in 15.2 overs (Kusal Mendis 17; Mohammed Siraj 6-21, Hardik Pandya 3-3) by 10 wickets