ICC World Cup: India steamroll Sri Lanka by 302 runs to storm into semis

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Sri Lanka collapsed against the mighty trio of Shami, Siraj and Bumrah on Thursday and lost by 302 runs in the ongoing ICC World Cup..

Sri Lanka was no match for the men in blue and was all out for 55 runs in 19.4 overs..

Pathum Nissanka was lbw to Jasprit Bumrah's first ball of the innings, a decision upheld on umpire's call after a Sri Lanka review...

Bumrah bowled two wides to give Sri Lanka their first runs, but at the start of the next over Mohammed Siraj had Dimuth Karunaratne, the other opening batsman, lbw for nought as well..

In the first innings Virat Kohli led with 88 runs from 94 balls, followed by Shubman Gill with 92 runs off 92 balls, and Shreyas Iyer contributed significantly with 82 runs from 56 balls for the Indian side.. Ravindra Jadeja's 35 off 24 balls pushed India past 350...

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