Group India beat Sri Lanka by an enormous margin of 317 runs within the third ODI on Sunday (January 15) in Thiruvananthapuram. It’s the largest victory (when it comes to runs) for any crew within the historical past of ODI cricket. The hosts have additionally whitewashed the Sri Lankans by successful all three video games of the collection.
The Males in Blue solid a mammoth whole of 390/6 within the first innings after Rohit Sharma gained the toss and opted to bat. Virat Kohli (166*) continued his superb kind in his most favored format by notching up his forty sixth ODI hundred. Shubman Gill (116) additionally strengthened his credentials as among the finest younger batters within the nation with a chic century.
Sri Lanka by no means discovered any momentum within the steep chase by shedding wickets at common intervals. Mohammed Siraj (4/32) triggered the batting collapse with a fiery opening spell, the place he scalped three top-order wickets.
Mohammed Shami (2/20) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/16) additionally joined in on the enjoyable quickly after and helped the hosts in bundling out a hapless Sri Lankan facet to simply 73 in 22 overs. Nuwanidu Fernando (19) was the very best scorer for Sri Lanka on a forgetful day.
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka mirrored on his facet’s dismal efficiency within the match within the post-match presentation and stated:
“It is disappointing. It isn’t the sport we needed. It occurs at occasions, however we’ve got to study to handle the beginning. (On what went fallacious) Most likely the bowling and the batting each. The bowlers must study to select wickets on these tracks and the batters must study to attain runs.
“Enjoying constructive cricket is most necessary. (The) intent was not there from the beginning. If there was intent, the bowling would have been completely different. I wish to congratulate the Indian crew for his or her efficiency.”
Followers react after India whitewash Sri Lanka within the 3-match ODI collection
Followers loved the one-sided third ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram. They conveyed their views on Sri Lanka’s timid batting response within the chase by sharing hilarious memes.
Listed below are a number of the greatest ones:
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