Colombo (Information 1st) – India received sport one of many three match ODI sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka depsite some late heroics by Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka in Guwahati, India.
After the guests received the toss and selected to area, the house facet bought off to a blistering begin with openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill placing on 143 for the primary wicket. The partnership was damaged when Gill was dismissed for 70 within the twentieth over. Sharma was later dismissed for 83.
The prolific Virat Kohli notched yet one more ODI century: his forty fourth. He made 113 off 87 balls serving to India put up a mammoth 373/7. For the Lankans, Kasun Rajitha picked up 3 wickets for 88 runs off his 10 overs.
The Sri Lankan chase bought off to a poor begin. They misplaced their first two wickets in simply the primary six overs. On the 14 over mark, the scorecard learn 64 for 3. Pathum Nissanka scored 72 and placed on a partnership of 72 runs with Dananjaya De Silva, earlier than De Silva was dismissed for 47 runs.
Sri Lanka regarded down and out when the scorecard learn 206/8 in 37.5 overs, till the Shanaka determined to take issues into his personal palms and placed on a present to attain his 2nd ODI hundred. He scored a 108 off 88 balls, a knock which included 12 boundaries and three sixes. However this was not sufficient and his facet ended on 306/8 of their 50 overs.
The sequence now strikes to the Eden Gardens on Thursday (12).
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