IND vs SL, Asia Cup final: Mohammed Siraj completes five-wicket haul in 16 balls, picks four wickets in one over

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IND vs SL, Asia Cup final: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first but only to get humiliated by Mohammed Siraj who picked four wickets in the fourth over of the match to help India reduce Sri Lanka to 12/5 in four overs at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

He returned to bowl the sixth over of the match to complete his five-wicket haul in just 2.4 overs. At the end of three overs, he had figures of 5/5 in three overs including a maiden.

Mohammed Siraj, who gave away just one run in his first over, picked a wicket on the first, third, fourth and sixth delivery of the fourth over. He completed his maiden ODI five-wicket haul on the fourth ball of the sixth over (fourth ball of his individual third over).

It all started on the first ball of the fourth over when Pathum Nissanka tried playing an in-swinging delivery behind square but ended up giving a catch to Ravindra Jadeja in the process.

A 143 km/h dot ball followed before the Hyderabad-born pacer trapped Samarawickrama in front of the stumps with another in-swinger. The fourth delivery saw Charith Asalanka depart for a golden duck after chipping a delivery straight into the hands of Ishan Kishan at covers.

Dhananjaya de Silva marred Siraj's hat-trick plan by pushing the fifth delivery through mid-on for a boundary. However, much to the amusement of all his teammates including Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya, Siraj ran all the way to the boundary rope himself after completing his run-up. He failed to stop the white ball from crossing the boundary but thrilled the fans with his insane effort.

He was rewarded soon for his sweet hard work as Dhananjaya ended up edging an out-swinging delivery into the gloves of KL Rahul on the final ball of the over.

At the end of his second over, Siraj had figures of 4/4 including a maiden. Sri Lanka were left reeling at 12/5 in four overs.

The speedster returned to bowl his third over and registered his maiden ODI five-wicket haul by cleaning the stumps of Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka with another delivery which swung in.

The mayhem for Siraj and a five-wicket haul in just 2.4 overs saw hosts Sri Lanka get reduced to 13/6 in six overs in front of a stunned home crowd at the Premadasa.

The 29-year-old cleaned bowled Kusal Mendis on the second ball of the 12th over to make his bowling figures read - 5.2-1-7-6 with Sri Lanka seven down for 33 in 11.2 overs.