In the final match of the Asia Cup, India defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets and became the Asian champion for the eighth time.
In the final match played at the Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo yesterday, Sri Lanka batted first and gave India a target of only 51 runs. The Indian team achieved the target on the first ball of the seventh over.
After winning the final match, several Indian players lifted the Asia Cup trophy during the ceremony, the first player to lift the trophy was 20-year-old Tilak Verma.
According to media reports, it is a tradition in Indian cricket that the youngest player is given the opportunity to lift the trophy first, followed by a person who was neither a player nor a coach.
After Tilak Verma, Raghu Raghavendra lifted the Asia Cup trophy, who is a throw-down expert, he makes the Indian players practice throws at the nets.
It may be noted that India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has earlier praised the throw-down experts, saying that credit goes to the boys, who made us practice regularly.
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