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India crush Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to win eighth Asia Cup cricket crown

India's Mohammed Siraj celebrates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Dhananjaya de Silva [Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo]

India have lifted the Asia Cup for a record-extending eighth time 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, Sri Lanka.

Electing to bat on Sunday in front of a full house of 35,000 fans, 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.

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