India won their eighth Asia Cup title after routing defending champions Sri Lanka by 10 wickets with Mohammed Siraj claiming a career-best 6/21, including four wickets in one over, at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.
Electing to bat, Sri Lanka were bundled out for a paltry 50 in 15.2 overs with five batters getting ducks in their sorry-looking scorecard with Siraj the wrecker-in-chief.
Siraj's fiery display of pace bowling was best illustrated in his second over when the right-arm quick dismissed Pathum Nissanka, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka and Dhananjaya de Silva to become the first Indian bowler to claim four wickets in an over in ODIs.
Hardik Pandya also bagged three wickets while Jasprit Bumrah claimed one as Sri Lanka registered their second lowest total in one-day internationals, lasting only 92 balls.
India needed 6.1 overs to achieve the target to register a comprehensive win by 10 wickets with 43.5 overs to spare -- their biggest victory in ODIs in terms of balls remaining.
Gill stroked his way to 27 from 19 balls, while Kishan made 23 from 18 balls as the two young openers finished off the job in grand style.
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