Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 73 in 22 overs at Thiruvananthapuram as they attempted to chase India's mammoth total of 390 for 5
Thiruvananthapuram: India 390-5, Sri Lanka 73 - India win by 317 runs
India have beaten Sri Lanka by 317 runs to inflict the biggest margin of defeat in men's ODI history.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 73 in 22 overs as they attempted to chase India's mammoth total of 390 for 5.
No team had ever lost a men's ODI by 300 runs before, with New Zealand's 290-run thrashing of Ireland in 2008 the previous record.
More recently, England defeated the Netherlands by 232 runs last summer – the biggest margin of men's ODI victory in the last five years until now.
Mohammed Siraj took four wickets for India (Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images)
In 2015, Australia beat Afghanistan by 290 runs at Perth, with South Africa hammering Zimbabwe by 272 runs in 2010.
Before today, Sri Lanka's biggest men's ODI defeat had come almost exactly a decade ago to the day, losing by 258 runs against South Africa in Paarl, while India's biggest win was by 257 runs against Bermuda at the 2007 World Cup – an occasion better remembered for Dwayne Leverock's famous slip catch.
India's margin of victory was built on centuries from Shubman Gill (116) and Virat Kohli (166*), before Mohammed Siraj ran through the tourists' top order. Siraj bowled his 10-over allocation straight through and also picked up a runout. Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav claimed two wickets apiece.
Little went right for Sri Lanka, who lost Jeffrey Vandersay and Ashen Bandara to a collision in the field that caused both to be stretchered off and taken to hospital for precautionary scans.
Largest margin of defeat in men's ODIs (by runs)317: India v Sri Lanka, 2023290: New Zealand v Ireland, 2008275: Australia v Afghanistan, 2015272: South Africa v Zimbabwe, 2010258: South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2012
Only five teams in men's List A history have lost by more runs than 317, with the highest coming only last November, when Tamil Nadu racked up 506 for 2 against Arunachal Pradesh to win by 435 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
In women's ODIs, seven teams have lost by more than 300 runs, with New Zealand's 408-run win over Pakistan in 1997 still top of the tree.
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