Virat Kohli in motion throughout the third one-day worldwide (ODI) match between India and Sri Lanka, at Greenfield International Stadium, Karyavattom, in Thiruvananthapuram on January 15, 2023.
| Photo Credit: Okay. Murali Kumar
When Shubman Gill pushed Nuwanidu Fernando gently for a single to mid-on to carry up his second ODI hundred, Virat Kohli was on the non-striking finish. It was an impressive century by the 23-year-old opener who appears to be like to be the inheritor obvious of the good Indian batsmanship.
But, he would quickly be overshadowed by the king himself. Kohli scored a superb 166 not out off simply 110 balls (13×4, 8×6) to assist India record the most important victory (by runs) in ODI historical past and whitewash Sri Lanka 3-0.
Riding on the tons of from Gill (116, 97b, 14×4, x6) and Kohli, in addition to helpful knocks from captain Rohit Sharma (42, 49b, 2×4, 3×6) and Shreyas Iyer (38, 32b, 2×4, 1×6), India posted a mammoth 390 for 5, after which dismissed the guests for simply 73, in simply 22 overs, on the Greenfield Stadium on Sunday. India’s margin of victory – 317 runs – broke the record set in 2008 by New Zealand, which defeated Ireland by 290 runs at Aberdeen.
It actually was an odd ODI match. If the primary typically half resembled a T20I, the second was extra like a Test match, with Mohammed Siraj bowling to 4 slips and a gully.
Siraj moved the ball round fantastically to break the again of the Sri Lankan batting. Chasing a goal shut to 400 was all the time going to be extraordinarily troublesome however he made it unattainable.
Siraj had Avishka Fernando caught at slip in his first over and Kusal Mendis caught behind within the subsequent. His new-ball associate Mohammed Shami additionally received into the act, eradicating Charith Asalanka.
The promising opener Nuwanidu performed on to Siraj for 19, which might end up to be the very best rating within the innings. The Hyderabad seamer accomplished his first four-wicket haul in ODIs. He completed with 4 for 32 and was the one Indian bowler required to full his quota.
Earlier, it was a masterclass in ODI batting by Kohli. It was not all that way back when he went by a three-year drought of worldwide tons of, however he’s now again at his perfect. Frighteningly for bowlers world wide, he appears to be getting even higher – the eight sixes he smashed on this innings is the very best in his ODI innings.
It was his third hundred within the final 4 ODIs and forty sixth general. He is now simply three in need of Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI tons of. While Tendulkar’s tons of got here in 452 innings, this was Kohli’s 258th innings.
The manner he paced his innings was fantastic, as he ensured Sri Lanka can be left with too huge a mountain to climb. He added 131 for the second with Gill, who but once more seemed elegant, and 108 with Shreyas.
India had received off to an excellent begin with Rohit and Gill placing on 95. The end can be offered by Siraj.
Scoreboard:
India: Rohit Sharma c Avishka Fernando b C Karunaratne 42 Shubman Gill b Rajitha 116 Virat Kohli not out 166 Shreyas Iyer c Dhananjaya de Silva b Lahiru Kumara 38 KL Rahul c D Wellalage b Lahiru Kumara 7 Suryakumar Yadav c Avishka Fernando b Rajitha 4 Axar Patel not out 2 Extras: (lb-10, w-5) 15
Total: 390/5 in 50 overs
Fall of wickets: 95-1, 226-2, 334-3, 364-4, 370-5
Bowling: Kasun Rajitha 10-1-81-2, Lahiru Kumara 10-1-87-2, Wanindu Hasaranga 10-0-54-0, Jeffrey Vandersay 7-0-59-0, Chamika Karunaratne 8-0-58-1, Dasun Shanaka 3-0-19-0, Nuwanidu Fernando 2-0-22-0.
Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj 1 Nuwanidu Fernando b Mohammed Siraj 19 Kusal Mendis c Rahul b Mohammed Siraj 4 Charith Asalanka c Patel b Mohammed Shami 1 Dasun Shanaka b Kuldeep Yadav 11 Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva b Mohammed Siraj 1 Chamika Karunaratne run out (Mohammed Siraj) 1 Dunith Wellalage c Yadav b Mohammed Shami 3 Kasun Rajitha not out 13 Lahiru Kumara b Kuldeep Yadav 9 Ashen Bandara absent damage
Extras: (B-1, LB-2, W-7) 10 Total: (For 9 wickets in 22 overs) 73
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-22, 3-31, 4-35, 5-37, 6-39, 7-50, 8-51, 9-73
Bowling: Mohammed Shami 6-2-20-2, Mohammed Siraj 10-1-32-4, Kuldeep Yadav 5-1-16-2, Shreyas Iyer 1-0-2-0.
