ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Day 29 - India v Sri Lanka: Gill, Kohli, Shami, Bumrah on fire as India roll on

The Top Order Cricket Podcast

The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 is here, and the Top Order Podcast has you covered with regular game reviews and recaps.

In this episode of the show, we discuss the Day 29 match between India and Sri Lanka.

India have been in top form so far in this tournament, cementing themselves as title favourites. Could Sri Lanka do anything to halt the home side’s momentum? Or would we see a repeat of the one-sided Asia Cup final?

As it turns out it was deja vu all over again as India piled up another massive score, then routed Sri Lanka for 55. Even in this one-sided content there were some highlights for Sri Lanka as Dilshan Madushanka picked up his maiden five-for, dismissing Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav. But was that enough to win him the coveted CricInfo MVP award?

The plaudits keep coming for Mohammad Shami, but Raj, Baldy, and Binksy cannot agree on the best bowler for India. At any rate, can anyone beat India come knockout games?

Finally, Raj and Baldy put their proverbial supporter hats on and don the stethoscopes as we look at the rising injury toll for Australia and New Zealand and what impact that might have on the balance of both sides for their respective games at the weekend...

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