New Delhi, Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India won the final of Asia Cup 2023 in a one-sided manner. India defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final and won the Asia Cup ticket for the record 8th time. In the match, the Sri Lankan team, playing first, was all out after scoring only 50 runs in 15.2 overs. 9 players could not touch double figures. Fast bowler Mohammad Siraj performed brilliantly and took 6 wickets for 21 runs. This is his best performance in ODI. In reply, the Indian team achieved the target in 6.1 overs without taking any wicket. Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 27 runs on 19 balls and Ishan Kishan remained unbeaten on 23 runs on 18 balls. Talking about Multination Tournament i.e. ODI tournament held between 3 or more countries, Team India has become the team to win the final in the least number of balls. This is also a world record.

Team India won the final match against Sri Lanka in just 6.1 overs i.e. 37 balls. There were still 263 balls left in the match. Earlier, Australia had the record of winning in the fewest number of balls in the final of the multinational tournament. In 2003, in the final of the VB series, Australia defeated England by 10 wickets with 226 balls remaining. Playing first in the match, the England team could score only 117 runs. In reply, Australia achieved the target in 12.2 overs.

The match ended in just 129 balls

The match between India and Sri Lanka ended in just 129 balls. Talking about ODI cricket, this is the third shortest match in terms of ball. Earlier in 2020, the Nepal-America match ended in 104 balls, whereas in 2001, the Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe match ended in 120 balls. This is Team India's biggest win with balls remaining. There were still 263 balls left to play in the match. Earlier in 2001, the Indian team had defeated Kenya with 231 balls remaining.

Rohit Sharma has become the third Indian captain to win 2 Asia Cup titles as captain. Mohammad Azharuddin and MS Dhoni have also done this. As captain, Dhoni has won the title of ODI once and T20 Asia Cup once. Rohit and Azharuddin have won the ODI Asia Cup title twice each. This can be called a big victory for the team before the ODI World Cup starting from 5th October.