Lowest Team Total in ODI and Asia Cup History: Sri Lanka Set Unwanted Record Against India In Asia Cup 2023 Final

Sri Lanka on Sunday (September 17) set an unwanted record in front of their home fans as they were bundled out for 50 runs against India in the Asia Cup 2023 final at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Indian spearhead Jasprit Bumrah started off the Sri Lankan collapse with the dismissal of Kusal Janith Perera, who departed for a duck in the first over after a diving catch from wicketkeeper KL Rahul. Two overs later, Mohammed Siraj, the wrecker in chief joined the party.

Siraj took a five-wicket haul inside three overs, starting with four wickets in a single over, in which he removed Pathum Nissanka, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka and Dhananjaya de Silva.

Nissanka was removed after a good catch at backward point by Ravindra Jadeja, while the in-form duo of Samarawickrama (LBW) and Asalanka (Caught Behind) departed for ducks in back-to-back deliveries. De Silva avoided the hattrick, but fell caught behind in the final delivery of the over.

An over later, Siraj removed the Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka with a jaffa as he clean bolwed him to become the first bowler to pick up a fifer inside 3 overs of an ODI. A few overs later, Siraj claimed his sixth wicket as he castled Kusal Mendis, who was the lone Sri Lankan batter to put up a fight with 17 runs.

At 33/7, Sri Lanka stared at registering one of the lowest totals in ODIs. But they avoided topping that list after they crossed 50 and were bowled out for that score. The current record for lowest team total in ODI still belongs to Zimbabwe, who were bowled out for 35.

Here is a look at the current top 10 lowest team scores in ODI cricket, featuring Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Zimbabwe among others. Sri Lanka have been involved in five of the top 10 lowest scores in ODIs so far.

Lowest Team Total in ODI

Team	Total	Versus	Venue	Date
Zimbabwe	35	Sri Lanka	Harare	25 April 2004
U.S.A.	35	Nepal	Kirtipur	12 February 2020
Canada	36	Sri Lanka	Paarl	19 February 2003
Zimbabwe	38	Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	8 December 2001
Sri Lanka	43	South Africa	Paarl	11 January 2012
Pakistan	43	West Indies	Cape Town	25 February 1993
Zimbabwe	44	Bangladesh	Chattogram	3 November 2009
Canada	45	England	Manchester	13 June 1979
Namibia	45	Australia	Potchefstroom	27 February 2003
Sri Lanka	50	India	Colombo (RPS)	17 September 2023

While Sri Lanka avoided posting the lowest total in ODI cricket, they could not avoid posting one of the lowest totals in Asia Cup history in ODI format. Here is a look at the top 5 lowest totals in Asia Cup ODI format: