Defending an enormous 357, Bumrah struck on the primary ball of the innings to lure Pathum Nissanka in entrance, a call upheld on umpire’s name after a Sri Lanka evaluation.
With this effort, the right-arm pacer Bumrah turned the primary Indian bowler to take a wicket on the primary ball of the innings in World Cup historical past.
Sri Lanka acquired off to a disastrous begin as they collapsed to 3 for 4 in spite of everything the primary three batsmen dismissed had been out for nought, with each openers falling for golden geese.
Bumrah bowled two wides to offer Sri Lanka their first runs, however in the beginning of the subsequent over Mohammed Siraj had Dimuth Karunaratne, the opposite opening batsman, lbw for nought as nicely.
Sadeera Samarawickrama, batting at quantity 4, managed to outlive for simply 4 deliveries earlier than he too fell for a duck, edging the ball to 3rd slip, the place Shreyas Iyer accomplished the catch.
Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis confronted an identical destiny when Siraj bowled him for only one run, leaving his staff reeling at three for 4 within the fourth over.
